2009 April Exhibit

Jayne Reid Jackson

Artist Statement 2009

As someone whose artistic expression is firmly based in drawing, I find that printmaking, especially intaglio, provides me with the widest range of tools for my needs. I can be precise and controlled in my etchings and mezzotints, concentrating on the graphic quality of these techniques. Or in contrast, and to compliment this, the monotypes are more fluid, allowing the brushwork and color to define the image.

My still life images are built using everyday objects, most often using glass for its distortions and
reflections and combining these qualities with plants and pattern. I like to play with depth and light so sometimes I push the depth of the object against its background and other times I’m more interested in blurring the figure-ground aspect by playing with the pattern of shadows, objects and background as surface pattern.

Artist Statement 2006

Like most artists, the need to create is the overriding force and printmaking provides the
widest range to express this need. I can be precise and controlled in my etchings and mezzotints,
concentrating on the graphic quality of these techniques. Or in contrast, and to complement this,
the monotypes are more fluid, allowing the brushwork and color to define the image. The
monotypes are built slowly using light washes of etching inks to build and layer colors, usually
taking up to 40 runs through the press to create a unique print, a painting on paper.
My still life images are built using everyday objects, most often using glass for its
distortions and reflections and combining these qualities with organic material and pattern. The
focus is on the ordinary object and while my subject matter is reality-based, I do not attempt to
create a photo-realistic image. Rather, I try to take the image beyond itself and create a mood or a
feeling for the viewer. Although I sometimes like to interject personal imagery and humor in my
work, I want each viewer to come away with his or her own interpretation of what is seen,
whether it is a delight in the color or the mark-making, or a derived meaning in the imagery.

Jayne Reid Jackson

Jayne Reid Jackson

Artist Resume

EDUCATION:

1992-2004 AGB Graphics Workshop, Madison, WI
1975-1977 University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. in Art
1973-1975 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

GALLERIES:
1996-present Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2004-present Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007-present High Street Gallery, Mineral Point, WI
2006-present www.portalwisconsin.org online gallery

GALLERY SHOWS & INVITATIONALS (group show unless indicated as Solo):

2009 Printmakers, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg (then traveling to Cheliabinsk, Magnitogorsk, and Nizhniy Tagil) Russia
Seed: a passion for growing, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
Home Sweet Home, Memorial Union Galleries (Theater Gallery), Madison, WI,
Then traveling to National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine
One From WI, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI (*Solo)
2008 Madison Open Art Studios 2008, Overture Center Galleries, Madison, WI
18th Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Blue Notes: New Work from artsTRIBE, The Pyle Center, Madison, WI
Out of the Dark: Mezzotints and Color Prints by Jayne Reid Jackson, Alicia Ashman Branch Library, Madison, WI (*Solo)
Field Report: Members of The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA and traveling through 2010
2007 Madison Open Art Studios 2007, Overture Center Galleries, Madison, WI
Making a Good Impression: Original Prints, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
4 of 9, Madison Arts Commission Galleries, Madison, WI
17th Annual Remarkable Women Show, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
O Fortuna!, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2006 Impressions: Jayne Reid Jackson & Ann Fischer Athas, Central Library, Madison, WI
16th Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Ten In Common, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
The Boston Printmakers (a selection), Francesca Anderson Fine Art/Portraits North, Lexington, MA
Stone Metal Press Invitational Small Works Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2005 Layered Intentions, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
15th Annual Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2004 So Far/Solo Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC (*Solo)
Of Ink and Image, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Small Treasures, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
14th Annual Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Small Scale Works of Art: 18””x18””x18””, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
AGB Graphics Studio Artists, LaFollette High School Gallery, Madison, WI
Planting, Potting & Pruning, Racine Art Museum (RAM), Racine, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial Winners, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI (*Solo)
2002 Three Madison Public Library Artists, Central Library Gallery, Madison, WI
New Work: Kathy Armstrong & Jayne Reid Jackson, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
A Modern Bestiary, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Women’s Printmaking Group, CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Artful Women 2002, University Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Prints, John Michael Kohler Arts Center/Artspace, Kohler, WI
2001 Women Printmakers Group, CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI
2000 M&Ms, Individual Exhibit at CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI (*Solo)
Impressions 2000, Los Angeles Printmaking Society new members, Los Angeles, CA
AGB Graphics Studio Artists Exhibit, CitiArtspace Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Wisconsin Women Printmakers Exhibit, CitiArtspace Gallery, Madison, WI
1998 Food, Gallery Artists Group Exhibit, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI

MOST RECENT JURIED SHOWS (* indicates award):

2009 Wisconsin Biennial 2009, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
2008 ArtMail Milwaukee, Juried Online Gallery, selection for the week of August 13, 2008
Concerts on the Square Juried Poster Competition Finalists, Wisconsin Chamber
Orchestra, various venues on the Capital Square and State St., Madison, WI
2007 Small Treasures, WP&S, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2006 *25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Celebrating Contemporary Printmaking 2006, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Forging Connections (MAPC), Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH
Sun and Shadows (LAPS), Tang Gallery, Bisbee, AZ
3rd Print Biennial, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
*26th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Symmetry (WI Painters & Sculptors), Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Sixty Square Inches 15th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Midwest Winter (16th Annual), Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2006 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
The New Landscape, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Danforth Museum of Art,
Framingham, MA
Impress it Print Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
19th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
National Printmaking 2006, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2005 Mighty Midwest Biennial III, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
* Brand 34 Works on Paper, Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA
2005 Juried MAPC Member’s Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2005, Washington, DC
LAPS 18th National Exhibit, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
*The Print Show, Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
25th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Grief and Trauma Exhibition, WP&S/WAAM, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI
Boston Printmakers 2005 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA
2004 Mid-America Print Council ‘04, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Printmaking Today, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
2nd LUC Print Biennial, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artlink 24th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
Midwest Winter, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Florida Printmaker’s 13th National, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Sixty Square Inches 14th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Time Remembered/Time Past, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Duxbury, MA
17th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Minnesota National Print Biennial 04, Minneapolis MN
2003 Works on Paper ‘03, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Etchings & Drawings Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Mighty Midwest Biennial II, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
* Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2003, Washington, DC
Lessedra 2nd World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
23rd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2003 MAPC Members Juried Small Print Exhibition, DeKalb, IL
LAPS Juried Membership Exhibition 2003, Glendale, CA
* Hand-Pulled Prints XI, StoneMetal Press, San Antonio, TX
16th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
The Boston Printmakers 2003, Boston, MA
National Printmaking 2003, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
Positive/Negative 18, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
(Juried Shows previous to 2003 available on request)

COLLECTIONS:

Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union, Madison, WI
Creede Arts Council, Creede, CO
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
University Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT

MEMBERSHIPS:

International Mezzotint Society
The Boston Printmakers
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Mid-America Print Council
American Print Alliance
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors
Madison Artists Alliance
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