Education
Professional
Experience
Master of Fine Arts, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2018-Present University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Associate Professor of Foundations and Coordinator of Foundations Program
2011-2017 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, Associate Professor of Foundations and Director of Foundations Program
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Step Right Up, Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2025 Mystery at Candy Canon, Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2024 A World Away, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS.
2024 Sweet Narratives of Peril, artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2023 Ostentatious Affliction, Milliken Gallery, Converse University, Spartanburg, SC.
2022 Dressed Up Bones, Gadsden Museum, Zoe Golloway Gallery, Quincy, FL.
2021 Sweet Façade, Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC.
2021 Siúcra, Vandiver Gallery, South Carolina School of the Arts, Anderson University, SC.
2019 The Moment it all Made Sense, Bolivar Gallery University of Kentucky, Lexington.
2019 Sensory Illusions, Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, Ponte Verde, FL.
2018 Dressed for Success, Sechrest Gallery, Highpoint University, NC.
2016 Pop Portraits, Cultural Arts Gallery, Savannah, GA.
2015 Jessica Burke: Figurative Work, University of Alabama, Mobile, AL.
2014 (Re)Play, City Gallery, North Charleston, SC.
2014 Another Fine Mess, Fine Arts Gallery, Seminole State College, Sanford, FL
2012 Meditations on Identity, Giles Gallery, University of Eastern Kentucky, Richmond, KY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Cabinet of Curiosities, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia.
2025 Aqua Art Fair, represented by Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Miami Beach, FL.
2025 Drawing Discourse, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC.
2024 Aqua Art Fair, represented by Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Miami Beach, FL.
2024 ArtFields 2024, Lake City, South Carolina.
2024 Spotlight Showcase, Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2023 Color 2023, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
2023 Woman’s Essence Show 2023, Musa International, LABO 6/2 Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2022 Presence: A Figurative Art Survey, GreenHill Center for Art, Greensboro, NC.
2022 ArtFields, Snax Gallery, Lake City, SC.
2022 Coined in the South, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC.
2021 INTIMISTS 8: Beautiful World, La Fenice Art Gallery, Hong Kong.
2021 ArtFields, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC.
2020 Women’s Essence 2020, Palazzo Velli, Rome, Italy. MUSA International Art Space/UNESCO Bologna. (Catalog)
2020 Pretty in Pink, Treat Gallery, New York, New York.
2019 The Social Policing of Gender and the Criminalization of Queerness, Amos Enos Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 PaperWest -National Works on Paper Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
2017 28th National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland.
2016 The 31st Annual Tallahassee International Juried Competition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
2015 Art Olympia Biennial 2015, Toshima Gallery, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Art of the South, Hyde Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN.
2014 Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China (Catalog)
2013 Material Witness, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. (Catalog)
2012 Women and Body, Kepco Art Center Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. (Catalog)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Visual Art Journal, “JB Burke”, Issue 63, October 2026 https://visualartjournal.com/2026/10/15/jb-burke/
Michael de Vena, “JB Burke.” Hyperlux: Exploring the Uncommon World, Spring 2026. Pages 10-16. (Also Cover Artist)
Liz Ohanesian, “JB Burke.” Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 76, Fall 2025. 20-25
“Captain Tony: Cayo Hueso's Favorite Storyteller and Smuggler”, 3x3 International Illustration Annual, No.22, page 33, 2026.
Artist Magazine, “Strokes of Genius 16: The Best of Drawing”, Winter 2025, page 96.
The Spirit World: Exhibition Catalog, Spirit World, Create! Magazine, December 29, 2025, page 34.
“Strokes of Genius 16: The Best of Drawing”, Artist Magazine. Winter 2025, page 96.
Creative Quarterly, The Journal of Art & Design, Issue 75, Fall 2024, page 23. https://www.cqjournal.com/magazines/75
Art for Everyone, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, January 2022, Figure 3.10. Print (ISBN: 9780190903411)
Ginger Cochran, “Jessica Burke” Thought Art Magazine, Issue 1, April 2020, page 40-43.
“Popular Culture on Identity” Candyfloss Magazine, March 30, 2021.
International Drawing Annual (INDA) 13. Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, 2019, page 58.
Rachel Rubin Wolf, Strokes of Genius 9: The Best of Drawing, North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio. November, 2017, page 40-41
Collections
Anderson University, School of the Arts, Permanent Collection, South Carolina.
Carolina Raptor Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, Oregon.
City of Savannah, Cultural Arts Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
College William States Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Converse University, Permanent Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Georgia Southern University Presidential Portrait Collection, Statesboro, Georgia.
GLAAD, New York City, New York.
High Point University, Permanent Collection, North Carolina.
J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
National Living Treasure Museum (NTLM), Yugawara, Japan.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Permanent Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Notre Dame of Maryland University, Permanent Collection, Baltimore, Maryland.
Oak Hill Museum, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia.
Seminole State College, Permanent Collection, Sanford, Florida.
Works held in private collections throughout the United States, Japan, France, Ireland and Mexico.
*Full Curriculum Vitae Available upon request