Biography
Jill Burks is an upstate New York-based printmaker and glass artist. Burks holds a B.F.A. from New York University and has over 20 years professional graphic and digital design experience in the magazine publishing industry. Burks has exhibited widely in group shows at the International Print Center New York; the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; and Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA; among others.
Exhibitions
2020
Impressions of Southern Washington County, Argyle Brewing Company, Cambridge NY
MGC Comes Together!, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
Breaking the Grid, Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Glorious Mutualism, Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, Poultney, NY
Small Works 2020; Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
2019
Annual Member’s Show; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale & Exhibition; Agriultural Stewardship Association, Coila, NY
Student Work / Faculty Work; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
10 x 10; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
New Prints 2019/Winter; International Print Center New York, New York, NY [Jurors: May Castleberry, Editor, Contemporary Editions, Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art; Elleree Erdos, a Private Collection Curator and Freelance Writer; Tatana Kellner, Artist and Co-Founder of Women’s Studio Workshop; and David Sandlin, Painter, Printmaker, Cartoonist, and Professor at School of Visual Arts]
93rd ANNUAL International Competition Online Exhibition; The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA [Jurors: José Diaz, Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and Lisa Sutcliffe, Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum]
2018
Annual Member’s Show; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Print Effect: Small Works/Big Impact; Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY [Juror: Lothar Osterburg, artist and master printer]
National Juried Competition – Works on Paper 2018; The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey [Juror: Kim Conaty, Curator of Drawings & Prints, the Whitney Museum of American Art]
10 x 10; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017
Annual Member’s Show; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
New York International Miniature Print Exhibition; Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY [Juror: Jennifer Farrell, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Prints and Illustrated Books, Metropolitan Museum of Art]
10 x 10; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Glitch: An Exploration in Digital Media; Torpedo Factory Art Center/Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA [Juror: Adriel Luis, artist and Curator of Digital and Emerging Media at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, DC]
30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA [Juror: Gia Hamilton, Director, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans]
Digitalia: A National Juried Exhibition of Digital Art; Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY [Juror: Bruce Wands, author and Founding Chair, BFA Computer Art Department and Director of Computer Education, School of Visual Arts]
Family Circus; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Open Call NXNE 2017; Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT [Juror: Bernard Yenelouis, Assistant Director at L. Parker Stephenson Photographs]
2016
Annual Member’s Show; Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Glens Falls, NY
10 x 10; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY [Juror: Michael Oatman, artist and professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]
Annual Member’s Show; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
2015
Annual Member’s Show; Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Publications
“Digital and Traditional Media Join Forces” Washington Post exhibition review, July 5, 2017
Awards
New York State Council of the Arts/Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council DEC Individual Artist Grant 2020