Herb Jackson
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Herb Jackson | |
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Born | August 18, 1945 |
Education | Davidson College, Philipps University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Known for | Painting, Drawing with Oil Crayons, Printmaking |
Movement | Abstract |
Awards | North Carolina Award, , , |
Herb Jackson (born August 18, 1945) is an artist and Douglas Houchens Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of Art Emeritus at Davidson College. He retired from teaching in 2011. In 1999 he was awarded the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor in the state, by Governor Jim Hunt of North Carolina. In 2015 Jackson was awarded the North Caroliniana Society Award for extraordinary contributions to North Carolina's cultural heritage.
Life[]
Herb Jackson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 18, 1945. Throughout his childhood he was a regular at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and won his first award for art in a juried exhibition there in 1962, while a student at Needham B. Broughton High School.[1] He received his undergraduate degree in German from Davidson College in 1967 (art was not offered as a major yet) and studied abroad at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany for a year.[2] Three years later he earned his master's degree in fine arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970. In 1969, while finishing up his graduate studies, Jackson began teaching at Davidson. In 1982 he was awarded an endowed chair in art, a position which he held until he retired in 2011. Jackson has had more than 100 single-artist exhibitions in several countries, including England, Portugal, and Peru. Some of Jackson's work was chosen to be included in the first exhibition of contemporary American art to be presented in the former USSR. Jackson's work is now in more than 80 collections including the British Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City.
Family[]
Jackson is married with two sons. He and his wife Laura live in Davidson, North Carolina.
Art[]
Jackson's art is almost entirely abstract and non-representational. He is most known for his paintings, both larger works on canvas and smaller on board, and also for his oil crayon drawings on paper. He has also done a number of prints using vitreography and digital media.
Currently on display[]
Work by Herb Jackson may be viewed at the following galleries:[3]
- , Banner Elk, NC
- Art Gallery Ltd., New Bern, NC
- Christa Faut Gallery, Cornelius, NC
- The Littleton Collection, Fort Pierce, FL
- Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
- Julian Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
- Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
- Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
- Taba Inc, Scottsdale, AZ
- Mercury Fine Arts, Athens, GA
- Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
- Somerhill Gallery, Durham, NC
- Thomas Paul Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Sources[]
- Carolina Arts Magazine article on Mr. Jackson
- North Carolina Award Profile
- Davidson College News & Events Article
- Herb Jackson at TedXCharlotte Video of painting process
References[]
- ^ "A Door Is Not A Window | Gregg Museum of Art & Design". gregg.arts.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Davidson College News Archives". Archived from the original on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ^ Herb Jackson
External links[]
- Herb Jackson's Homepage
- Jackson paintings from Les Yeux du Monde[permanent dead link]
- Herb Jackson on Artnet
- American contemporary painters
- Davidson College alumni
- Living people
- 1945 births
- People from Davidson, North Carolina