About Ianthe Jackson
I am Ianthe Jackson and I have been an artist my whole life. I make all sorts of artwork and I always find it hard to stick to one thing. I am just very curious. I will go from drawing to sculpture to weaving and back to drawing again! Over the past few years I have been struck by nature. I have always been attentive to it, while walking around NYC with my son when he was little I always pointed out anything growing or anything in the natural world. The persistence of nature in NY always captures me.
I was born and raised in Buffalo NY and left in a hurry at 18 to see the world! I lived briefly in New Orleans to learn about the roots of American Music. From there I went to Kenya for a year and then Austin TX and then to NYC and never looked back.
I came to NYC to go to school at School of Visual Arts and studied Printmaking and Sculpture. I loved going to school there. I worked so hard to be able to go there.
After graduating I began teaching english at El Centro de Education de Trabajadores. (workers education center) and I fell in love with teaching. Then I was offered a job in the Department of Education and my love of teaching was very challenged to say the least! But that is a story for another day!
I continued on making my art and playing accordion until I decided to go back to school for an MFA at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.
This is me and my son standing in from of my Stilt House in Ridgefield Park NJ through Art Mora Gallery's sculpture park. The sculpture was installed but not detailed yet.
I also loved going to school there! I graduated with an MFA in Sculpture. This period of time I really began to have some great experiences with my art. I traveled to europe for shows and residencies and I had some great shows that were a real turning point for me.
Now I am working in my studio in the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park Brooklyn. It s such an amazing spot! Right on the waterfront and you can even catch a ferry there. Below are my two studio mates and I, we set up a table for a holiday fair. We call our space Cloud of Bats. To the left is a video of me printing a collograph plate for Valentine's Day
Another aspect of my life is our beloved lake house in the Catskills. This is my son creating a large drawing in the snow on the frozen lake. The house has been a sanctuary from the city and this is where we lived during the pandemic. It was a wonder because I could watch the seasons change day by day. During the spring when the lake was melting we would go in the kayaks and weave our way on the melted pathways around the large ice patches. The birds, racoons and even a bear came to our deck to visit us. It is a place of great love!
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SOLO EXHIBITS:
2018 BY FITS AND STARTS Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD June 23, – July 29,2018
2009 IF THE WALLS COULD TALK at Laundromat Galley, Brooklyn NY Curated by Kevin Curran October 2009
2006 ENTRY ISLAND, Jack the Pelican Presents, November 18 - December 18, Brooklyn, NY
BLACK McLEAN, MFA Thesis Exhibit, Temple Gallery, May, Philadelphia, PA
2004 CELLBLOCK NINE, Solo Project. Eastern State Penitentiary April-November, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITS:
2023 SPRING BREAK ‘WILD CARD’ /TOMATO MOUSE GALLERY
625 Madison Ave, NYC September 6-11, 2023
GRACE SQUARE ART SHOW
Carl Shurz Park Conservancy, NYC September 9-10, 2023
THREADING THE NEEDLE
Mann Library at Cornell University March –September 2023
2022 WUNDERDONK
Underdonk Gallery Brooklyn NY December 5- December 18, 2023
OFF THE WALL LIC
Artists at Plaxall Gallery, Queens NY November 5-December 18 2022 curated by Nora Homberg
2021 SCULPTURES IN THE PARK
Group sculpture show through Art Mora Gallery Ridgefield Park NJ, 12/11/21-09/31/22 Curated by Sunny Shin.
MOCA LIGHTS
Animations projected outdoors throught the town of Patchogue LI, Patchogue Arts Counsel Octeber 2021
ARTS ON TERRY
Group show at the Patchogue Arts Counsel September 26, 2021
NOT JUST ANOTHER ANTHROPOCENIC LOVE STORY
Group Show at Trestle Gallery September 3 – 25, 2021 Curated by Sisi Chen
DRAWING IN THE TIME OF RENEWAL
Group show at LIC-A – Online Exhibition July 20 – August 31, 2021
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WALL
Group Screening outdoors – 14 Thames Street Brooklyn NY 11206 June 11, 2021
TRANSCENDENCE
Group Exhibition at Local Project NYC, January 30 – February 26, 2021
2020 SOLUTIONS
Group Exhibition at Tomato Mouse Gallery, November 20, 2020 – January 4, 2021
THE FUTURE IS NOW
Virtual Groups Exibition and event, curated by Electric Djinn and She’s Excited April, 2020
REGRESS
Group Exhibition at ABC no Rio in Exile at Bullet Space, Manhattan, NY February 7-23, 2019
2018 MALONNY
Crowdsurfing – Permanent Public Artwork Mural painting in Marijampole, Lithuania June 30- July 6 2018
2016 30WORKS30DAYS
12ø collective and Set The Controls, London April 1 – April 30, 2016
MAKING THE FUTURE
David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY curated by Michael David and Julie Torrez September 30,2016
2013 LETS TALK ABOUT LOVE BABY
Printed Matter, NYC, curated by Chido Johnson, February 14 – March 14
TRANSMISSIONS
Airplane Gallary, Brooklyn NY, curated by Kevin Curran, May 2013
2010 HOUSE ARREST
Work Sound Gallery, Portland Oregon. Curated by MK Guth May 7- June 7
DROP IN THE BUCKET
Local Project, Long Island City, NY June 26-July 10
1.5 MILLIION
Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at Temple University, Curated by Cory Antis. October 2 – October 17
GLOBAL WORKS
Global Works, Curated by Ella Kruglyanskaya. October 22 – November 22 2009
BURGER SHOW
Laundromat Art Gallery, Curated by Kevin Curran August 8, 2009
VICTORY FOR TYLER / SCULPTURE
Crane Arts’ Ice Box Project Space, Curated by Sarina Basta. April 1-26
2008 CHERRY VALLEY SCULPTURE MILE TRAIL
Cherry Valley Sculpture Mile trail. Cherry Valley NY July 15 – October 15
CREST HARDWARE ART SHOW
Crest Hard Ware. Curated by Joe Franquinha Brooklyn June
2007 MADE HOME
Current Gallery, Curated by Hanna Brancato and Thao Hguyen. Baltimore January
EXPOSURE
Rotunda Gallery, BRIC Curated by Patrick Grenier Brooklyn November
FLOATING PICNIC
Dumbo Arts Festival, Collaboration with Pauline Marcelle. Brooklyn September
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
Artist in Residence with Tim Folland Homeland Gallery, Portland Oregon August
LABOR K1
Group Project at Labor K1 Curated by Juliane Zelwies and Jana Linke. Berlin, Germany September
ART DAZE
Aldrich Museum, Connecticut NY. July
DETROIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Screening of Gas Em, Entry Island and FIVE. At the Museum of New Art (MONA) March 9 – 31 Detroit MI
2006 TURF
Project Space at Luxe Gallery. Curated by Nathalie Angles, April 1 – April 29, New York, NY
2005 SCOPE MIAMI / GRENDEL
House Truck, Tunnel Jack the Pelican Presents Curatedby Matt Zalla and Don Carroll December
HOME PREMIERE
Gil and Moti Home Gallery in collaboration with the Netherlands Photo Museum. Curated by Gil and Moti September 8-October 8, Rotterdam, NL
59 SECONDS FESTIVAL
Pioneer Theater NYC Curated by Irina Danilova September 5
LIGHT/SOUND/ACTION: Art and Technology
Utica College, one of a 7-site series, 'Sculpture Central International', October 15- December 22.Utica, NY
59 SECONDS FESTIVAL: EUROPEAN TOUR Screening of Gas Em
Babylon Cinema, April 23, Berlin, Germany OFFicyna, April 24, Szcecin, Poland Monochrom Museumsquarier April 25, Vienna, Austria Multimedia Festival Multiplace in Jan Koniarek Gallery, April 26, Trnava, Slovakia Film Club 35mm, April 27, Bratislava, Slovakia Top Kino, May 22. Vienna Independent Shorts Festival Vienna, Austria
59SECONDS FESTIVAL: WEST COAST TOUR- screening of GAS ‘EM, Winter 2005
911 Media Arts Center, December 2. Seattle, WA Artists' Television Access (ATA), December 8. San Francisco, CA EZTV, December 13. Santa Monica, CA Media Arts Center, December 15. San Diego, CA
MS.FILMS NORTHWEST TOUR-Screening of LIVER
Artists' Television Access, October 23, San Francisco, CA The Long Haul Info Shop, October 24, Berkeley, CA Liberty Hall Community Center, October 26, Portland, OR Yes Yes Alliance, October 27, Olympia,
2005 TYLER GRADUATE FELLOWS EXHIBITION
Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, April 2005, Philadelphia, PA
JURIED MFA EXHIBITION
The Crane Arts Building, April 2005, Philadelphia, PA
RESIDENCIES
2006 MYHOUSE GALLERY
Shining Cliff Residency, Derbyshire England Feb 26 – March 1 2007
HOMELAND GALLERY
Scratching the Surface Residency and Exhibition August 1 – August 31 2007 Portland, Oregon
2005. ART OMI, Residency recipient for June - July 2005, Hudson Valley, NY
2002 SCULPTURE SPACE Residency and grant recipient for July – August, Utica, New York
1999 THE MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER-1999 Summer Scholarship Recipient, New York, NY
AWARDS
2018 NYFA ARTIST AS ENTREPENEUR BOOTCAMP October 11-14, 2018
2007 LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION Nominated for the 2007 award
2005 LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION Nominated for the 2005 award
ROLEX MENTOR AND PROTÉGÉ ARTS INITIATIVE Nominated for the 2006 award
2003 TYLER SCHOOL of ART – TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fellowship recipient for the MFA Sculpture Program 2003 –2005
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Artwork and Writing – Orenda Arts Journal, Volume 2 #1 Winter 2021
2020 Interview, https://theartsandeducation.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/expressing-our-inner-childlike-nature-again/
2019 Interview, https://123art.net/index.php/2020/04/11/meet-ianth-jackson/ April 2020
2018 Interview, Art Reveal Magazine no.41, August 2018 pg 18-19 ISBN 9780464943921
2010 ‘Lookout House’ Architectural Inventions – Visionary Drawings by Matt Bua and Maximillion Goldfarb
2010 Drawing Magazine. New and Notable Summer 2010, pg . 14-15
2005 Libby Rosof, “I Love a Parade”, Philadelphia Art Blog, review of BLACK McLEAN, May
2004 Roberta Fallon, “Eastern State Penitentiary”, Philadelphia Art Blog, review of CELLBLOCK 9, April
LECTURES
2019 HECKSCHER MUSEUM in collaboration with the Patchogue Arts Council – Slide Slam Slide presentation of artwork - February 8,
2007 PICA Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture August 2007
TYLER SCHOOL of ART Visiting Artist Lecture, September 2007
2006 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY Visiting Artist Lecture, November 2006, NYC
2005 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON COLLEGE - Visiting Artist Lecture, November, Teaneck NJ