Selected sections of the resume below. Please contact J Burger for full resume or C.V.

Work Experience

 

J Burger Studio

Owner/Operator, 2011-Present

Craven Arts Council & Gallery

Executive Director, 2020-Present

Shop Class New Bern

Instructor, 2017-Present

Craven Arts Council & Gallery

Gallery & Marketing Director, 2016-2020

Selected Exhibitions

 

Wilson Arts Sculpture Invitational

Wilson Arts Council, 2022

Downeast Sculpture Exhibition

PCAC at Emerge, 2020

ECU Alumni Exhibition

PCAC at Emerge, 2021

Innercoast Woodworking and Quilting

Craven Arts Council & Gallery, 2019

Selected

Commissions

 

Monarch Art Trail

South Walton Beach, Florida

Kaleidoscope (2021)

Underwater Museum of Art

Walton Beach, Florida

Hope (2020)

Arts Council of Carteret

Morehead City, North Carolina

Water Mandala (2018)

Coastal Carolina Airport

New Bern, North Carolina

Landing Place (2011), Lift (2010)

Awards

 

Best in Contemporary Craft

Celebration of the Live Oak, 2018

Artist in Residence

Pitt County, 2014-2015

Regional Artist Project Grant

Pitt County, 2014

Research and Creativity Grant

East Carolina University, 2012

Professional Development

 

Leadership Exchange in Arts & Disability

Raleigh, NC (2022)

Arts Day North Carolina

Raleigh, NC (2019-2022)

Education

 

East Carolina University

BFA, Sculpture, Philosophy

Magna Cum Laude, 2012

Pitt Community College

Welding Coursework

2013

Curatorial

 

Wilson National Mixed Media Juried Exhibition

Wilson Arts Council

Juror & Judge, 2022

Craven Arts Council & Gallery

More than 60 exhibitions in two gallery spaces at Bank of the Arts

2016-Present

Professional Affiliations

 

Tri State Sculptors

Member, 2019-Present

American Welding Society

Member, 2023-Present