Jean Burdick

Through her observations of the natural world over the passage of time, Jean Burdick is inspired by the layering of light, pattern, texture and color. The artist is interested in the fragility of nature in a changing environment. Burdick draws on her photographs of landscapes, both rural and urban, recording light, shadow and memory for her pieces.

In the studio process, Burdick builds each successive layer of pattern, texture, shape and color. Beginning with silkscreen printing, the artist enhances the image by drawing, painting, printing and experimental mark-making. Each layer magnifies, overlaps, obscures or otherwise enhances the layers that came before.

Reimagining what Burdick has observed, she references organic and man-made structures. The resulting images suggest narratives of unfolding life cycles: birth, growth, death and regeneration, producing a memoir of places and transitions.

Burdick's works have been exhibited regionally and nationally and are included in public, corporate, and private collections including Capital Health Medical Center, Johnson and Johnson Headquarters, Penn Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Mercy Health System, AtlantiCare, and the Mercer County Cultural and Historical Society. Burdick lives and maintains a studio in Bucks County.

Education and Training
Bachelor Fine Art, Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1973
Master Education, Art Education, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, 1998
Master Fine Arts, Painting, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2003

Teachers and Influences
Florence Moonan, Pat Martin Instructors Rudolph Baranik at Pratt Institute, and Eileen Neff, Gerald Nichols, and Carol Moore at the University of the Arts

Connection to Bucks County
Burdick has been a resident of Yardley, Pennsylvania since 1981, after she and her husband moved from New York City. While raising her two daughters, Burdick taught art in the local public school districts.

Artistic Community and Colleagues
Artworks, Trenton, New Jersey
Frontline Arts, New Jersey
Arts and Culture Council of Bucks County
Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Major Solo Exhibitions
Trenton City Museum of Trenton at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ, 2005
Janssen Pharmaceutical, Division of Johnson & Johnson, Titusville, NJ, 2006
Life Gallery, E. Williamsburg, NY, 2006
Marguerite & James Hutchins Gallery, The Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ, 2007
The Nassau Club, Princeton, NJ, 2009
The Silva Gallery of Art, The Pennington School Pennington, NJ, 2010
Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2010, 2012, 2013
St. Asaph Gallery, Bala Cynwyd, PA, 2011
Princeton Medical Arts Pavillion, Plainsboro, NJ, 2014
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, 2015
Rittenhouse 1715 Boutique Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA, 2015

Major Group Exhibitions
Preserving the Garden: Saving New Jersey Landscape, The Printmaking Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ, Nabisco Corporate Gallery, East Hanover, NJ, 2000
Mercer County Artists, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Works in Progress, Hamilton Hall Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2001, 2002
Eyes on Trenton, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2001
60th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA, 2002
Northeast Prints 2002, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ, 2002
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rosenwald-Wolf Galleries, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton,NJ 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
TAWA at 25 Exhibition, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ, 2004
American Impressions, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ, 2004
Critical Mass: A Mid Atlantic Exhibition, The 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2004
Faculty Show: Mercer County Community College, Artworks Gallery Trenton, NJ, 2005
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA, 2005
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, 2005, 2006, 2008
The Gallery, Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ, 2006
Wish You Were Here, 5 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, 2006
Phillips' Mill 77th Annual Exhibition, New Hope, PA, 2006
National Print Exhibition, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, 2006
National Printmaking, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, 2007
Works on Paper, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA, 2007
Dangerous Women Two, The Gallery, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2007
Pink at Perkins: The Character of a Complex Contradictory Color, The Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, 2007
Inside and Out: Selections from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Visual Artist Fellows, Maloney Art Gallery, The College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, 2008
Elements, Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ, 2008
New Jersey Green, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ, 2009
Reality and Artifice, New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Art, New Jersey State Museum Trenton, NJ, 2010
A Reference for Water, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 2010
Art on Paper, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2010
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours 2011, 3rd Street Gallery Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Water, Water Anywhere, Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, 2011
5 x 5, Arts Council of West Windsor, Princeton Junction, NJ, 2011
Cerulean Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2021

Collections
Capital Health Medical Center, Hopewell, NJ
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
Mercer County Cultural and Historical Society, Trenton, NJ
University Medical Center of Princeton, Plainsboro, NJ
Penn Medicine, PA and NJ

Teaching and Professional Appointments
Fellowship, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Award, Visual Artist/Educator, 2007
Adjunct Instructor, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2004-2006
Residency in Visual Arts, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, 2004
Art Instructor, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Princeton Junction, NJ, 1989-2011
Art Instructor, Hamilton Township School District, Hamilton, NJ, 1985-1989
Instructor, Department Chair, St. Michaels High School, New York, NY, 1975-1985

Major Awards
Honorable Mention, Ellarsli Open 33, City of Trenton Museum, New Jersey, 2016
Best in Show, Celebration of Art and Life, Hospital of the University of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 2013
Jurors Choice Award, Works on Paper, Perkins Center for Arts, Moorestown, NJ, 2006, 2008
Johnson and Johnson Purchase Prize, 48th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 2004
Jurors Choice Award, Mercer County Artists Exhibit, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2004
Liquitex Artists Materials Grant Award, Liquitex Corporation, Piscataway, NJ, 2004
Purchase Award, Mercer County Artists Exhibit, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2001-2003