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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Richmond, Virginia
Studied painting, printmaking, photography, and performance at Mass. College of Art, Boston, Mass. and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2008

DER WALD; new paintings, Galerie Kaysser, Munich Germany (October, 2008)

2007

THE ELEMENTS; new paintings , Kathryn Markel Fine Art, NYC, NY

 

WARMTH IN WINTER; new paintings , Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany

2006

DRAGONFLY DAY, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

2006

THE APPARENT STILLNESS OF SMALL SPACES; new paintings, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC

2003

NEW PAINTINGS, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

 

CIRCLE'S EXTENT: an installation at Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

 

RIPPLES: an installation at Soaring Gardens, Wyalusing, PA

2002

NEW PAINTINGS, DUMBO Art Under the BridgeFestival, Brooklyn NY

2000

SPEED OF LIGHT, Cooper Classics Gallery, NYC

 

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): 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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007

4. BERLINER KUNST SALON, with Galerie Kaysser, Berlin Germany (catalog)

 

Galerie Kaysser, @ Tease Art Fair, 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, New Jersey

 

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

2005

COLOR THEORY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

 

BALANCING ACT, Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, NYC, NY

 

PURE PAINT, Henry Greg Gallery, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY

 

IDEAL: SELECTIONS FROM AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS, 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

 

WINTER INVITATIONAL, The Painting Center, NYC, 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

 

AFFORDABLE ART FAIR- NYC, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hudson Piers, NYC, 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

 

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

 

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

 

Inaugural Exhibition; ARTADVOCATE.COM , NYC

 

Paintings prominently featured in Chaikin Films production ,"BIG EDEN", Berlin. Film Festival, U.S. premiere L.A. Independent Film Festival, NY New Film Festival

 

SPRING STUDIO TOUR sponsored by Dumbo Direct, Brooklyn, NY

 

SMALL WORKS ON PAPER, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

 

NEW PAINTINGS, D.U.M.B.O 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

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS:

2008

Visiting Artist; Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

2004

Printmaking Grant, Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, 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

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:

"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

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

"Nature Abstracted", The New York Sun, December 9, 2004, by Maureen Mullarkey

Feature interview: www.abartonline.com, April, 2005 interview conducted by Joe Walentini

"Balancing Act", The New York Times, February 20, 2004, by Ken Johnson

"New York Abstracts Energetic with Color", 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

"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, The Washington Post, Sept 4, 2002 pgs.C1 & C4

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

"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

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA

White and Case, LLC

The Sundance Corporation, NYC, NY

Swiss Re Capital Bank, NYC, NY

Capitol One Bank

Citibank , NYC, NY

Cantor, Fitzgerald Inc., NYC, NY

The Sundance Corporation, NYC, NY

Swiss Re Capital Bank, NYC, NY

Maruca Designs, INC., Boulder, CO

Wildchild Studios, NYC, NY

Nordstrom, Seattle, WA

Pat Steir, NYC, NY

and numerous private collections

 
 
  
 
PERFORMANCE 1984-2001:

Presented Solo dance and performance work in NYC at Performance Space122, the Knitting Factory, and Ceres Gallery, and in New Hampshire at the MacDowell Colony, as well as performing and collaborating with choreographers Sally Silvers, Kumiko Kimoto, Barbara Chang, Linda Austin and others in works presented at the Joyce Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop, St. Marks Danspace, Roulette, Merce Cunningham Studio, DIA Foundation, PS1 Museum, and PS122, NYC.

Julian Jackson is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery in Brooklyn, NY 2001-present

 
 

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