Category archives: Artist Pages
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London cartoonist Jak Burke has enjoyed a diverse career in the arts. In the 1990 Alan Weavis, a well-known charismatic British illustrator discovered her doodling on a tablecloth. Alan organized an exhibition of Jak’s cartoon work at the infamous Cafe Delancey in Camden, London. This debut show encouraged Jak to take a diploma in cartooning and media at The Morris School of Journalism, followed by a Bachelor's degree at Middlesex University. During the 90's Jak worked as a freelance contributor. Her clients included The Journal of Silly, DNA magazine, and Anchor Books, an imprint of Random House.
In 2000 Jak moved to NYC following the Street Art scene as it emerged there. She soon began to hold solo and group shows.
NYC Publication Credits & Shows
The Clinton Chronicle, Gonyc, Next Magazine, Gotham Magazine, Time Out Kids, Unity Magazine, The Improper Hamptonian Magazine, New Yorker Magazine, Punch, New York Times Magazine.
The Cooper Brook Gallery, East Village, NYC (solo show) Picture That Gallery, CT (group show) Times Square Gallery, NYC (group show) Ryan Chelsea Center, NYC (group show) The Digital Art Gallery, Soho, NYC (solo show) Education Hall, Coney Island, Brooklyn (solo show) The SketchBook Project, (group show) Critical Mass, Headquarters Gallery, NYC (group show)
Clippings
“A very talented young woman … her illustrative art has a special flair that is a unique mix of her British background and her American experiences[...]
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"Almost everything I do is basically comprised of these 3 categories:
Landscape: NYC located/themed sampled vintage photography
Protagonist/s: Retro (early 20th-century studio, Max Fleischer, Otto Mesmer) hand-drawn cartoon
Narrative/s: Beatnik or Bohemian NYC poetry or political speeches
the result is a pulp digital montage of NYC social history."
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"Almost everything I do is basically comprised of these 3 categories:
Landscape: NYC located/themed sampled vintage photography
Protagonist/s: Retro (early 20th-century studio, Max Fleischer, Otto Mesmer) hand-drawn cartoon
Narrative/s: Beatnik or Bohemian NYC poetry or political speeches
the result is a pulp digital montage of NYC social history."
examples:
Exhibition pieces
"image #4 - Circus of the Soul, 2010"
"image #14 - Circus of the Soul, 2010"
Characters:
"Green Cat, 2009"
Commercial:
"Umi Tiddle-Tum, The Cautionary Tales, 2014"
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This artist site is a work in progress. More info and art coming soon. In the meantime please feel free to drop me a line here: jakburkeindllc@aol.com
