Biography

Jill Burks is an upstate New York–based printmaker and glass artist. She holds a B.F.A. from New York University and brings over twenty years of professional experience in graphic and digital design within the magazine publishing industry. Burks has exhibited widely in group exhibitions at the International Print Center New York; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Bullseye Projects, Portland, OR; and the Bellevue Arts Museum, WA, among others. Her kiln-cast glass work Perception Shift received the Gold Medal Award in Bullseye Glass’s Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass exhibition, a biennial juried competition recognizing excellence in contemporary kiln-glass art and design. She is currently engaged in immersive glass practice and creative exploration at the Glassmaking Institute at the Corning Museum of Glass Studio (2025–2027).

Select Group Exhibitions

2025
Tg @ Bullseye Projects, Bullseye Projects Gallery, Portland, OR

2024
Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2023
Critical Forum Artist Exhibition, Capital Region Arts Center, Troy, NY.

2021
Days to Remember, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT

2020
MGC Comes Together!, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY

2019
Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale & Exhibition, Agricultural Stewardship Association, Coila, NY

Forms of Enclosure: New Prints 2019/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, NY

93rd Annual International Competition Exhibition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2018
The Print Effect: Small Works/Big Impact, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY

Works on Paper 2018 – National Juried Competition, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ

2017
New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY

Glitch: An Exploration in Digital Media, Torpedo Factory Art Center/Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA

30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

NXNE 2017, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT

2016
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY

2015
Annual Member’s Show, Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY

Grants and Honors

2024 Gold Medal Award, Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2020 Individual Artist Grant, New York State Council of the Arts & Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Glens Falls, NY

2019 Semifinalist, 93rd Annual International Competition Exhibition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Select Press

“Printing From Nature: Artist Jill Burks Gives a Lesson in Bennington”, Bennington Banner, October 11, 2020

“In the Galleries: Digital and Traditional Media Join Forces”, Washington Post, July 5, 2017