Jocelyn Claire Burke

The memory of a place from a dream, the echoes of an alternate history that has been imagined and never made real, or the nostalgia for a certain quality of light are the muses most demanding of my attention. In my paintings I'm often reaching to evoke the atmosphere of geographies I've visited or imagined. Other times, a metaphysical impression of a conversation or relationship dynamic becomes the basis for my exploration in colour and mark making. From my personal visual language, a sense of space and my impressions of the sublime experience of landscape often emerge from abstraction. We are all makers of our subjective experience, so it’s my hope that when you look at my paintings you will see something universal and yet very personal reflected in your own life experience and sensory memories.

The very stimulation of our memories when looking at one thing that makes us think of something else creates connections, touchstones, triggers, and entry points that allow art to bring our solitary experience closer together. Art is a conversation.

Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art & Art History, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Contemporary Art & Venice Biennale Certificate Programs, European Cultural Academy, Venice, Italy

Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December, 2018 "Art + Charity" Annual Group Show and Sale curated by Elaine Fleck

MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada. November 2018 "Off The Hook" Annual Group Show and Sale curated by Emily McKibbon

Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, December 2017 "Open Door Thirteen" Annual North-American Juried Art Show and Sale guest curated by Danielle Krysa: The Jealous Curator