DEMETRI BURKE
Education
2020 BFA in Studio with a concentration in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking,
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Deans’ List
Magna Cum Laude
GPA: 3.87/4.0
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
2020 Project Assistant for Atlanta artist, Fabian Williams, a.k.a. Occasional superstar, during his mural work for Coca Cola at the Mercedes Benz Stadium
2018-2020 Studio Assistant for the Atlanta artists, Charly Palmer and Tracy Murrell
2018-2020 Graphic Designer/Illustrator for Georgia State University’s independent newspaper, The Signal
2018 Gallery Intern for ZuCot Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Georgia State University’s Fall 2020 B.F.A. Exhibition, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2020 “do it (home)” YoungArts Online Exhibition, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
2020 AXA Art Prize Juried Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, juried by Ian Alteveer, Lauren Haynes, Brett Littman, Eugenie Tsai
2020 Georgia State University’s 2020 Juried Student Show, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA, juried by Shannon Morris
2020 “andyet: an exhibition of young emerging talent” Dalton Gallery Juried Exhibition, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA juried by Veronica Kessenich, Yu-Kai Lin, and Joseph Peragine
2020 “Atlanta Exhibition” Aviation Community Cultural Center Exhibition, Atlanta, GA curated by Tisha Smith and Okeeba Jubalo
2019 “Within Interdependence” YoungArts Exhibition, YoungArts Gallery, Miami, FL, curated by Deanna Haggag
2019 “Inspiration” Community Cultural Arts Council Douglasville Exhibition, Douglasville, GA, curated by Demetri Burke, Shancheze Johnson, and Charly Palmer
2019 “400: A Collective Flight of Memory”, Community Cultural Arts Council Douglasville Exhibition, Atlanta, GA curated by Jamaal Barber and Tisha Smith
2019 Paideia Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, curated by Tracy Murrell
2017 YoungArts 2017 Finalists Exhibition, YoungArts Gallery, Miami, FL, curated by Franklin Sirmans, juried by Derrick Adams, Loni Johnson, Naomi Fisher, Robert Chambers
CURATORIAL WORK
2019 “Inspiration” Community Cultural Arts Council Douglasville Exhibition, curated by Demetri Burke, Shancheze Johnson, and Charly Palmer
SELECTED AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2020 Red Bull Arts Microgrant
2020 Juried Student Exhibition Award by Larry and Gwen Walker in honor of Casandra Wood Walker
2019 First Place in Georgia State University’s Juried Ethics Week Exhibition
2018 Made Mark Scholarship Recipient
2017 Finalist for the national YoungArts competition and program in visual arts
2016 First Place in the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Competition
PUBLICATIONS
COMMISSIONS
2021 “Together, a short film”, commissioned by the YoungArts Foundation
2021 Illustration commissioned by the Dharma Project
RESIDENCIES
2021 The Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program 2021 Mellon Summer Academy at the High Museum of Art
2017 National YoungArts Week at the YoungArts Miami Campus