Artist: Jessica Burke | Location: Charlotte, NC
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Artist: Jessica Burke | Location: Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Jessica Burke (J.B.) is a figurative artist and educator that was raised on a steady diet of Saturday morning cartoons and Little Debbie Snack Cakes. She earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She serves as an Associate Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is interested in the effect of popular culture on identity. Working mostly in colored pencil in bright contemporary palettes, her figurative drawings emphasize precision, focus and humor. Her creative work is in private, public and corporate collections. It has been included in over fifty competitive group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally including the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts; the Toshima Gallery in Tokyo, Japan; the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China and the Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum, Seoul, South Korea.
Artist Website
www.jessicaburkeartist.com