Judge Bio
Meet our judge for our juried art show, Noteworthy: A Melodic Fusion of Art and Music! We are thrilled to have @jburkeartist Jessica “JB” Burke come to Mount Holly for our show. Read more about her:
Jessica “JB” Burke is an award-winning artist and Associate Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. As a contemporary realist working in both traditional and digital drawing media, she focuses on the intersection of identity, memory, and mass media. Inspired by world-building in children’s literature, her art invites viewers to contemplate their inner worlds. She has established a strong reputation as an arts practitioner whose work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts in Tallahassee, Florida; the Toshima Gallery in Tokyo, Japan; Aqua Miami during Art Basel 2025 and the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. She has been an artist-in residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Cork, Ireland; Key West, Florida; Cove Park, Scotland and in Budapest, Hungary . Her drawings have been published in Manifest’s International Drawing Annual (INDA) 13; Studio Visit Magazine; Strokes of Genius 9 and 13: The Best of Drawing and Art for Everyone, a textbook from University Press. She was recently awarded her second North Carolina Arts and Science Council Grant based on her recent digital media practice which reflects a dedication to drawing as a creative practice that is both innovative and responsive to cultural conditions.