Top left and circling around clockwise and towards the center like a snail:
All of these works are encaustic collage created
on reclaimed wood with found ephemera.
Plus Size (detail) 2013 7” x 5.5”
Look 2012 (detail) 8" x 8"
Little Kitten 2013 5" x 8"
All The Dolls 2012 11.75" x 11.75"
Sentry (detail) 2013 4" x 10"
Do you see? 2011 12" x 12"
My Nest 2012 8" x 8"
Artist, Jessica Burko
"I use encaustic, mixed-media, and paper quilts, to explore non-linear, autobiographical narrative created through upcycling and combining found ephemera with original imagery. The stitched, collaged, layered aspects of life, pieces of domestic space, and non-traditional portraits, are both real and imagined. Through this work I employ discarded materials, unifying them as a way to reclaim the past and blend it with the present."—Jessica Burko
Jessica Burko has been an exhibiting artist since 1985 and has displayed work in solo and group shows throughout the United States. Burko is originally from Philadelphia and currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in Imaging Arts and Science from Rochester Institute of Technology. Burko’s artwork has been seen in venues including the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, the Attleboro Arts Museum, the Danforth Museum, Samson Projects Gallery, and the Rochester Museum of Art (NH). Artwork by Jessica Burko has been published on the cover of Canadian writer Jenni Samprisi’s novel, iswas and can also be seen on the set of Ben Affleck’s 2010 film, The Town.
See: jessicaburko.com Shop: etsy.com/shop/JessicaBurko Explore: bostonhandmade.org Connect: twitter.com/JessicaBurko
Boston, Massachusetts
