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Jessica Burko has been curating exhibitions since 1998 and continues to create shows that challenge and engage audiences in a wide range of venues.

2025:
Pieced, curated by Jessica Burko
The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf, open everyday 7am - 10pm
290 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
October 15, 2025 - January 2, 2026

2024:
Obscure Intentions, work by Fran Forman.
October-November 2024 at the VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

2023:
Home Sweet Home
curated by Jessica Burko for Analog Forever Magazine
September 2023, at the VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

For A Moment
Co-Curated with Faith Ninivaggi. Photographic Resource Center, VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Featuring work from the Boston Photo League.

2022:
When Time Matters, Curated by Jessica Burko & Susan Nalband
fp3 Gallery, Fort Point, Boston, MA
April 7 – June 29, 2022

2021:
Photographic Resource Center, CambridgeSide pop-up gallery, Field of Vision, Cambridge, MA
The PRC pops up at CambridgeSide, Review of Field of Vision
By Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe, May 5, 2021

2020:
What They Don’t See
curated by Jessica Burko
The Photographic Resource Center, University Hall, Lesley University
Artists included: Nicholas Costopoulos, Byron Hocker, Elise LaMaster, Faith Ninivaggi
February 3 - March 27, 2020
Reviewed in Cambridge Day

Present Histories Redefined
The Photographic Resource Center, VanDernoot Gallery, University Hall, Lesley University
Artists included: Feda Eid, Jonathan Mark Jackson, Joanna Tam
February 3 - March 27, 2020
Reviewed in Artscope Magazine
Best Photo Pick in What Will You Remember?

2018:
STITCH: syntax / action / reaction, New Art Center, Newton, MA

2015:
Layer by Layer: Encaustic Art by Boston Women, Roslindale, MA

2012-13:
Boston Handmade Holiday Gallery, Brookline, MA
Annual Boston Handmade Marketplace, Somerville, MA

2011:
The Future of the Past: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century, conception and planning with the MassWax Exhibitions Committee, produced by MassWax at the Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
4th Annual Boston Handmade Marketplace, Somerville, MA

2010:
Boston Handmade Downtown, Boston, MA
3rd Annual Boston Handmade Marketplace, Somerville, MA

2009:
Boston Handmade Downtown, Boston, MA
2nd Annual Boston Handmade Marketplace, Somerville, MA
Be Mine, Boston, MA

2008:
Boston Handmade Downtown, Boston, MA
The Boston Handmade Marketplace, Somerville, MA
On Drawing: Surface, Line, Mark, work by, Aparna Agrawal, Thaddeus Beal, Basil El Halwagy, Randy Garber, Rebecca Kinkead, Angela Mark, Deborah Putnoi, Maxine Yalovitz- Blankenship, The New Art Center, Newton, MA
History, Story, Warmth: QUILT, work by, Jessica Burko, Michelle Jones, Dawn Wilson, Boston Public Library, West Roxbury, MA
   
2007:
Farming Out, new work by Sam Earle, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
First Thursdays Artisan Fair, June-September, Jamaica Plain Centre/South Main Streets, MA

2006:
Rebecca Kinkead: ORIGINS, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Enchanted Landscape: an exploration of place, work by, Meg Birnbaum, Keith Johnson, Gerald Parker, Colleen Paz, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Matthew Hincman, The Radio Towers series, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2005:
ge·om·e·try. circle, square, solid, work by, Jeanne Griffin, Jemi Faust, Amy Furman, Sarah Slavic, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
From a Small Island, work by Jonathan Sharlin, Olivia B. McCullough, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
A Gathering Of Voices: communicating through collage, work by, Paula Grasdal, Maria G. Keehan, Jane Maxwell, Carol Owen, Lynne Perrella, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
   
2004:
Memory, History, Family, work by Gabrielle Keller, Elizabeth Pothier, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Brockton: A Visual History, work by Gerald Parker, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Gathering: The Art of Assemblage, work by, Dawn Southworth, Patricia Burleson, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Cuban Impressions, work by Robert Rosenthal, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2003:   
Visions of America, work by, Leah Fasten, Keith Johnson, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
The Calculation Project, Donnamaria Bruton, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2003:
Layered Images, work by Karen McCarthy, Sharon McCartney, MaryJean Viano Crowe, Judy Hazilla, Deborah Putnoi, Nancy Wagner, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA

2002:   
Vaughn Sills: One Family, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Cultural Encounters, Paul Briggs & Mercedes Nuñez, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA
Primitive Abstractions, Donna Hamil Talman, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, MA