Julian Jackson

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Julian Jackson lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

He studied painting, printmaking, photography, and performance at Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA, and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. His paintings have been exhibited widely nationally and internationally. Jackson had his fifth solo show with Kathryn Markel Fine Art in NYC in May, 2018. In 2017 he was featured artist at NY Artlab, Umeda Gallery, Hankyu, Osaka Japan, and exhibited at the Chautauqua Institute. In 2015 he had his second solo exhibition with Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA. In 2013 he had his fourth solo exhibition at Galerie Kaysser in Munich Germany, In 2011 he had solo exhibitions at Karan Ruhlen Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, Page Bond Gallery in Richmond, VA., and Galerie Kaysser in Munich. He has also has solo exhibitions at 490 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, and Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany.

Recent note worthy museum exhibitions include: Haus der Kunst, Munich Germany, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany, The Icebox, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA, The Bau Institute, Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Italy, ParisCONCRET, Paris, France, and Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Germany

Jackson has been awarded fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Soaring Gardens, and has twice been visiting artist at the Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Schwandorf Germany. He currently serves on the artists advisory panel for BRIC artspace in Brooklyn, NY, and is a member and former secretary of the American Abstract Artists.

Jackson’s work can be found in numerous public and private collections in the US and abroad including the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the Metropolitan Museum, NY, and the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.

Born 1953 Richmond, VA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

Studies in painting, printmaking, photography, and performance at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Select Solo Exhibitions

2015
Other Rooms, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014
JULIAN JACKSON / Other Rooms, 490 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013
Collage With, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany

2012
Crossing, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY

2011
Julian Jackson, Aura Studies (May 2011), Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany
Julian Jackson: Aura, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
AfterGlow,

2010
Will ‘O The Wisp, New Paintings, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY

2008-9
Watching Fire: New Paintings, Galerie Kaysser, Munich Germany

2007
The Elements: New Paintings, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
Warmth in Winter: New Paintings, Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany

2006
Dragonfly Day: New Paintings, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
The Apparent Stillness of Small Spaces: New Paintings, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY

2003
New Paintings, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Circle’s Extent: an installation at Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
Ripples: an installation Soaring Gardens, Wyalusing, PA

2002
New Paintings, DUMBO Art Under the BridgeFestival, Brooklyn, NY

2000
Speed of Light, Cooper Classics Gallery, New York, NY
New Paintings, D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

1999
New Paintings, D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

1998
Spirit Lights (for my father, for Tom Cora): Performance and Studio Exhibition, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
WORK, a mini retrospective, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

1997
LIBRARY: an installation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA

1995
New Paintings, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA

Select Group Exhibitions

2017
SUNSCREEN, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Conversations in Red, Chautaqua Institute, Chautaqua, NY (curated by Judy Barie)

2015
Circle the Wagons: Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014
To Leo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sensory Impact, Morgan Stanley International, Purchase, NY
The Art in Embassy Program Ambassador to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2013-15
Ongoing: Travelling exhibition of the American Abstract Artists 75th anniversary Print Portfolio: Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, Vermont, University of Kentucky, Sarah Moody Gallery University of Alabama, Ewing Gallery, The University of Tennesee, Knoxville, Martin Gallery at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, University of Mary Washington Galleries, Fredericksburg, VA

2012
Boundary Hunters, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred NY

2011
Splendor of Dynamic Structure, 75 years of the American Abstract Artists, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Blur, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Exposure, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Summer, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA
BAMart Benefit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artists International, Bau Institute, The Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Italy
Summer in the Hamptons, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY

2009
Berlin – New York; 4 Positions in Contemporary Painting, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany
Color Exchange Berlin – New York, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Partners in Art and Life, Brooklyn Public Library Central at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
KUF/MOLD 3, A-Locatie, Oud Chamois, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Internationale Kunst, Galerie Kaysser,  Schloss Ruhpolding, Germany
3.LAGERSCHAU, Galerie Kaysser, Munich Germany
BAMart Benefit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Aqua Art Fair Miami with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Miami, FL

2008
Co-Organizer: ARTOBAMA benefit featuring work by 120 artists. Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artists Annual, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Conversations in Paint, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
KUF/MOLD 2, Jan Kolle Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Treasure Chest, Metaphor contemporary art, Brooklyn, NY
Summer, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY

2007
4. BERLINER KUNST, with Galerie Kaysser, Berlin Germany (catalog)
Tease, Galerie Kaysser, Cologne, Germany (catalog)
KUF/MOLD, curated by Suzan Batu and Bill Doherty, Grand Bazaar Gallery in the Old Bedesten,in conjuction with the Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog)
BAMart Benefit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Continuum 70, American Abstract Artists, St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ
Red Dot, Miami, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Valentine, AG Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY

2006
Through The Looking Glass, Haus der Kunst. Munich, Germany
Scope, metaphor contemporary art, East Hampton, NY
Beautiful Pictures, Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Bridge Miami, with metaphor contemporary art, Miami FL

2005
Color Theory, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Pure Paint, Henry Greg Gallery, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY
Ideal, metaphor contemporary art, Brooklyn, NY
Optical Simulations, Yellowbird Art Space, Newburgh, NY
AAF ContemporaryArt Fair, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hudson Piers, NYC, NY

2004
Balancing Act, Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, NYC, NY
AAF ContemporaryArt Fair, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hudson Piers, NYC, NY
Nature Abstracted, The Painting Center, NYC, NY
Pierogi A Go-Go, tenth anniversary pinewood derby, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Kenlter Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY
Dumbo Art Center Benefit, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY

2003
Abstract New York, Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Estate 2003, from the Narrative to the Minimal , Holzpavilion, Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, Austria
Safir International, Triest, Italy
Kentler Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY
Paper 2003,  Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY

2002
+LIFE, M% Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Less Than One, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Beauty, Exhibit A, Soho, NYC, NY
Mutations, Mastel+Mastel Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artists,  Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
Rearranged, Barbara Greene Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC, NY
On The Waterfront, curated by Frantiska & Tim Gilman-Sevcik/ Flash Art, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Pier Show 10, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY
Affordable Art Fair- NYC, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hudson Piers, NYC, NY

2001
Aqua Marine, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Color Aid, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
New Paintings, D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Pier Show 9, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY
Nature Revisited, Kenise Barnes Fine Art,  Larchmont, NY
Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY
National Small Works Exhibition, Selected by David Bietzel, Schoharie County Arts Council
Spectra, Installation & Paintings, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA

2000
The Spiritual in Art, Islip Art Museum, East Islip,  NY
Paintings prominently featured in Chaikin Films production,”BIG EDEN”, Berlin
Film Festival, U.S. premiere L.A. Independent Film Festival, NY New Film Festival
Inaugural Exhibition; ARTADVOCATE.COM , NYC
Spring Studio Tour sponsored by Dumbo Direct, Brooklyn, NY
Pier Show 8, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
New Paintings Dumbo, Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Burn Center Foundation Benefit, Fire Museum, NYC

1999
Outer Boroughs, White Columns, NYC, NY
Four Painters, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA
Paintings featured in Universal Pictures production, “THE BEST MAN”
New Paintings, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

1997
Pier Show 5, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Atrium Gallery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Park Slope Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY
Set Design for “B/side” a film by Abigail Child (Included in the Whitney Biennial)

1996
Global Fax; Mail Art Exhibit, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN

1995
O.I.A. Salon, Organization for Independent Artists, NYC, NY

1992
Art Around The Park, mural project, Tompkins Square Park, NYC, NY

1991
O.I.A. Salon, Organization for Independent Artists, NYC, NY

1990
Ornamental Abstraction, SOHO Center for Visual Arts, NYC, NY
Faith in the Fin de Siecle, MMC Gallery, NYC, NY

Fellowships and Awards

2013
Appointed to the Artist Advisory Board, BRIC arts/media, Brooklyn NY

2012
Artist honoree; Annual BRIC Gala, Brooklyn NY

2008
Visiting Artist; Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

2004
Printmaking Grant Award, Silicon Gallery Fine Art Printmakers, Philadelphia PA

2003
Visiting Artist; Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
Fellowship; Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Wyalusing, PA

2001
Fellowship; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA
Fellowship; Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat, Wyalusing, PA

2000
Fellowship; Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
Awarded Membership; American Abstract Artists (Secretary)

1999
Fellowship; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA

1998
Fellowship; MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

1997
Fellowship; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA

1995
Fellowship; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA

1990
Fellowship; Pallenville Interarts, Pallenville, NY

Selected Bibliography

2014
Catalog: “Sensory Impact”, American Abstract Artists, essay by Stephen Maine, September
Review: “To Leo – Sideshow Gallery” by Paul Curio in on-verge.org, September 17
Wine Label Artwork liscenced / “Mirage 4”: BOE Pinot Gris

2013
Review and reproduction of “Hanami” : Süddeutsche Zeitung “Rechteck in Ruhpolding” Julian Jackson at Galerie Kaysser, September
“Homo Faberʼs Favorite Shape”, by Rudiger Heise, Julian Jackson at Galerie Kaysser Sept,
Catalog: American Abstract Artistsʼ 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, essay by Robert Storr
“A Sense of Place” Professional Artist Magazine, April-May, interview with Brenda Zapitell

2012
“Julian Jackson, Crossing at Kathryn Markel, review, Steven Alexander Journal, June
Review: “Color; Field and Form Part 1” by Joanne Mattera, Joanne Mattera Art Blog July
Catalogue; BOUNDARY HUNTERS, Alfred University, texts by Sharron McConnell and Eric Sutphin

2011
AURA, review, Richmond Arts Review, Richmond Virginia, October
Catalogue; SPLENDOR OF DYNAMIC STRUCTURE, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, essay by Nancy E. Green
Review: “Julian Jackson: Afterglow”, by Eva Tolpa, Santa Fean Magazine , Aug/Sept.
Review: “Color, Structure, Motion”, by Kate McGraw, Venue Santa Fe North, Sept.
Review: “Julian Jackson: Afterglow”, by Paul Lehman, Albequerque IQ, Sept.

2009
“Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Announces Third Solo Show for Julian Jackson”, Art Daily, December 6, 2009, feature article and photos
“Julian Jackson Will ‘O the Wisp at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts” video interview, James Kalm Report on youtube, artreview, etc.
“Julian Jackson at Kathryn Markel”,  Steven Alexander Journal, review Color Exchange: Berlin – NY catalogue essay by Professor Mathias Bleyl published by Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany 2009
Color Exchange: Berlin – NY, panel discussion, artistt’s talk, Metaphor contemporary art, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Profile: Art in Brooklyn.com, Febuary, 2009

2008
“Truth as One and Many”, by Michael P. Lynch,  Oxford University Press, Cover artwork, “Flare” 2008
Paintings featured prominently in the film Nanny Diaries, 2008

2007
“Light Is The Subject” text by Lilly Wei, brochure for Julian Jackson; The Elements at Kathryn Markel Fine Art, September 2007
Artist2Artist; Julian Jackson/ReneLynch, interview with Leah Oates, NYARTS Magazine, VOLUME 12, N0. 9/10,  2007

2005
Review: Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Art Space, Newburgh, NY NYArts Magazine October, 2005
Review: Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Art Space, Newburgh, NY Chronogram October, 2005
Feature interview: www.abartonline.com, April, 2005 interview conducted by Joe Walentini

2004
“Nature Abstracted”, The New York Sun, December 9, 2004, by Maureen Mullarkey
“Balancing Act”, The New York Times, February 20,  2004, by Ken Johnson

2003
“New York Abstracts Energetic with Color”, front page photo & review, Philadelphia Inquirer, by Miriam Seidel, Dec, 12, 2003
“Kunst und Kunstlers International”  MittelBayerische Zeitung, article with photo, July 16,2003, by Harald Raab

2002
“Abstract Dilemmas” American Abstract Artists, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA, 2002, catalogue
“Blurring the Lines”, by Kelly Crow, interview and photograph, The New York Times, April 24, 2002
“Forget Soho, Now it’s Dumbo”, by Blake Gopnik, interview and photo, TheWashington Post, Sept 4, 2002 pgs.C1 & C4

2001
“Color Aid at Metaphor”, review for New York Arts, Dec., 2001, Joseph Karoly

2000
“Spiritual in Art”,  review,  New York Times,  Nov.5,  2000 by Helen Harrison
“Virginia Artists in New York”, by Morris Yarowsky, Arts in Virginia, volume 23

Select Collections

450 K Street, Washington, DC
Cantor, Fitzgerald Inc., New York, NY
Capital One, Richmond, VA
Citibank, New York, NY
City Center, Las Vegas, NV
Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA
Essex House, Marriott Hotel, New York, NY
HBSC Bank
Hilton Hotels, Washington, DC
John Hancock/Manulife, Boston, MA
KPMG International
Maruca Designs, INC., Boulder, CO
McLean Hilton Hotel, McLean, VA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
Nordstrom, Seattle, WA
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Ritz Carlton Hotels, Palm Springs, CA
The Sagamore Hotel, Miami, FL
The City of Salzburg, Austria
Shangri-la Hotel, Shanghai, China
Steve Markel
The Sundance Corporation, New York, NY
Swiss Re Capital Bank, New York, NY
US Embassy, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
US Embassy, Bogota, Columbia
Volksbank Rems, Waiblingen, Germany
White and Case LLC
Wildchild Studios, New York, NY
Winston & Strawn LLP

Related Experience

2001 – 2010
Co-Director / co-founder of Metaphor Contemporary Art, Metaphor curated and produced more than 80 exhibitions in ten years of activity. Website: www.metaphorcontemporaryart.com

Aura is often defined in near mystical terms as the halo or penumbra of colored light surrounding an individual in a field of radiant energy. The colors of the aura are imagined to correspond to the individuals’ personal Chi, or life force. The works in this exhibition are from an ongoing series of paintings and works on paper in which I am exploring phenomena of light, color, and atmosphere in order to map the sense of a day, season, person, or place, as well as to explore the inner architecture of my own sensibility.

On a color wheel the visible spectrum is rendered as 7 key colors; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Each of these has its own specific energy, intensity, and web of associations. But we all know that between these cardinal points there lie infinite gradations of hue and shade. In my work I am very interested in these delicacies of nuance. Much like music, color is a language of mood. These works from the Aura Series are like pages from my journal helping me to find form, experiment with subtleties of color, and to further my understanding of the pulse and temperature of passing time.