Janet Burgess » About the Artist
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A Brief History
Janet Burgess was born in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. After completing her baccalaureate in Art and Spanish from Western Carolina University she moved to New York City where she earned her Master's Degree in painting and drawing from Columbia University. Ms. Burgess' credentials include being an artist-in-residence, gallery director, art teacher, juror and panelist. She was a finalist for the Millay Colony for the Arts and the Fulbright Grant. She has been Artist-in-Residence for the North Carolina Department of Youth Services, for the Sandhills Arts Council and at Toreki Colony of Artists in Hungary.
Most recently Ms. Burgess has been focusing on creating enamels and marketing them through show venues and on her website. Her pastel drawings have remained a major focus. She regularly exhibits them in juried group exhibitions, sometimes winning prizes!
Throughout her career she has maintained an active exhibition schedule presenting her work in the Unites States, Canada and Hungary in invitational and juried shows/solo and group exhibitions. Her work is included in the public collections of Western Carolina University, Sandhills Arts Council, the North Carolina State Department of Human Resources, the Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and the private Braun Collection in Budapest, Hungary.
Her professional affiliations have included artists' collectives, artists' societies and public art organizations.
A Few Details
FEATURED ARTICLES
"Community Supported Art", Carolina Country Magazine, September 2017 (online & print version)
MOST RECENT SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2008 IREDELL MUSEUMS, COURT STREET GALLERY, Statesville, NC
2001 SPRINGBANK ART CENTRE, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada "Home from the Moon" Installation with sculptor Pay Morrisey
MOST RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Art Shop, NC Statewide Pastel Exhibition, Greensboro, NC JUROR: Liz Haywood-Sullivan
2017 CORNWELL CENTER, NC Statewide Pastel Exhibition, Charlotte, NC JUROR: Colette Odya-Smith
2014 CORNWELL CENTER, 3rd Annual NC Statewide Pastel Exhibition, Charlotte, NC JUROR: Gerald Melberg
2013 HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART, NC Statewide Pastel Exhibition, On Common Ground, Hickory, NC JUROR: Frederick Somers
2011 YADKIN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, Eye of the Artist, Yadkinville, NC
2011 CAMERON ART MUSEUM, State of the Art/Art of the State, Wilmington, NC
2008 eMOTION PICTURES, International Exhibit of Orthapaedics in Art, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL
JURORS: Rene deGuzman, John R. Killacky, Paul Pratchenko
2005-2006 TOREKI VALOGATOS A MUVESZTELEP GYUJTEMENYEBOL, Siofok, Hungary
MOST RECENT AWARDS & HONORS
CRAFTSMAN OF THE MONTH Rock & Gem Magazine, November 2011
FEATURED ARTIST Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival 2010, Cary, NC
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
BRAUN COLLECTION, Budapest, Hungary
NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Raleigh, North Carolina
SANDHILLS ARTS COUNCIL, Southern Pines, North Carolina
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Cullowhee, North Carolina
MANATEE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP, Bradenton, Florida
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS PAST & PRESENT
Picasso's Gallery Gift Shop, Graham, NC
Wooden Stone Gallery, Davidson, NC
The Enamelist Society
UNI 4 ARTISTS, Hickory, NC
IREDELL MUSEUMS, Statesville, NC
PASTEL SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA
ANDRE CHRISTINE GALLERY, Mooresville, NC
ONE 0 NINE ART SHOP, Salisbury, NC
STICKLEY ARTS & GIFTS, Banner Elk, NC
RED SKY GALLERY, Charlotte, NC
ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA, Mississauga, Ontario
continuum.og Artists Collective, Ontario, Canada
PASTEL ARTISTS CANADA
CANADIAN ENAMELIST ASSOCIATION
ART LEAGUE OF MANATEE COUNTY, Bradenton, Florida
Personal Truth Artist’s Group, Bradenton, Florida
FULTON BURT GALLERY, Sarasota, FL
EDUCATION
MASTER OF ARTS, 1973: Columbia University
BACHELOR OF ARTS, 1972: Western Carolina University
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
North Carolina Department of Youth Services 1975-76
Sandhills Arts Council, Southern Pines, NC 1976-78
Toreki Colony of Artists, Siofok-Toreki, Hungary 2005
