Education

Professional

Experience

2005     Master of Fine Arts, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

2000      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 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022      Mementos of Life Beyond Death, Greenville Center for the Arts, Greenville, 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

  • 2010      Confounding Conflict, Streff Gallery, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 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     5th Annual FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Socially and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum,

  • 2017     East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. (Catalog)      

  • 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. (Catalog)

  • 2015     We All Draw: Thinking Drawings, University Arts London, Southbank, London.

  • 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      Choice, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (Catalog)

  • 2013      Material Witness, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. (Catalog)

  • 2012     Women and Body, Kepco Art Center Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. (Catalog)         

  • 2012      23rd National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland   University, Baltimore, Maryland.

  • 2011      Americas 2011: Paperworks, Harnett Hall Gallery, Minot State University, Minot, ND.

  • 2011      Queer Me: Art & Gender Politics, The Center Gallery, New York, NY (Catalog).   

  • 2010     Real, Heatherly School of Fine Arts, Chelsea, London (Catalog)

  • 2010     Feeling Oregon Wind, Como Art Gallery, Saitama University, Saitama City, Japan 

  • 2009      Birmingham Queer Open, Shout Festival, Projection Series, Birmingham, England, UK

  • 2009      Expressions West 2009, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon

  • 2008      Women, Power and Politics, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, California

Collections

  • Greenville Center for the Arts, Permanent Collection, South Carolina.

  • Gaston College, Permanent Collection, Dallas, North Carolina.

  • Anderson University, School of the Arts, Permanent Collection, South Carolina.

  • College William States Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

  • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Permanent Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • Notre Dame of Maryland University, Permanent Collection, Baltimore, Maryland.

  • High Point University, Permanent Collection, North Carolina.

  • Georgia Southern University Presidential Portrait Collection.

  • City of Savannah, Cultural Arts Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.

  • Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, Georgia.

  • National Living Treasure Museum (NTLM), Yugawara, Japan.

  • City of North Charleston, North Charleston, South Carolina.

  • Seminole State College, Permanent Collection, Sanford, Florida.

  • GLAAD, New York City, New York.

  • Lane Community College, Permanent Collection, Eugene, Oregon.

  • Works held in private collections throughout the United States, Japan, France, and Mexico.