Oliver Jackson
Biography
BORN
1935 St. Louis, MO
EDUCATION
1954-58 Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, B.F.A. 1961-63 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, M.F.A.
TEACHING
1964-67 St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO 1967-69 Washington University, St. Louis, MO Southern Illinois University, East St. Louis, IL 1969-70 Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 1971-2003 California State University, Sacramento, CA. Professor of Art (retired)
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/VISITING ARTIST
1979 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Visiting Artist 1980 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Wake Forest University and North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC. Artist in Residence Program, Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation 1985 University of California, Santa Barbara. Visiting Artist, Winter Quarter University of Washington, Seattle. Visiting Artist, Spring University of Iowa, Iowa City. Visiting Artist 1986 Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Visiting Artist, Summer 1988 University of Illinois, Champaign. Visiting Artist 1989 University of California, Berkeley. Visiting Artist, Spring 1993 University of Hawaii, Hilo. Artist in Residence, April 19-23 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. Visiting Artist, Summer 1994 California State University Summer Arts Program, Arcata. Visiting Artist 1999 California College of Arts and Crafts Summer Institute, Aix-en-Provence, France 2000 Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. Artist in Residence, Spring California College of Arts and Crafts Summer Institute, Paris. Visiting Artist 2001 University of Hawaii, Hilo. Visiting Artist, Spring 2005 University of Hawaii, Hilo. Visiting Artist, Apr.
AWARDS
1980-81 National Endowment for the Arts Award in Painting 1984 Nettie Marie Jones Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Lake Placid, NY Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY 1988 Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY 1993 Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship Award, San Francisco, CA 2004 Flintridge Foundation Awards in the Visual Arts, Award in Painting and Sculpture
SELECTED LECTURES
1991 Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, “NOMMO: In the Spirit of the Word” 1993 University of Hawaii, Hilo, April 19 1994 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and San Francisco Art Institute. "Odun De, Odun De: The Global Presence of African Spirit in Contemporary Art," Oct. 14–16 (panelist) 1996 Artists Forum, San Francisco, “Materials and Abstraction,” Oct. 29 Artists Forum, “Space and Themes,” Nov. 19 Artists Forum, “Modes and Sensibility,” Dec. 3 1997 Artists Forum, “The Transformative Process as a Function of Art,” Oct. 14 Artists Forum, “Integrity in Making,” Oct. 28 1998 Artists Forum, “The African Sensibility: Cosmology,” Feb. 3 Artists Forum, “Collecting African Art,” Feb. 24 Artists Forum, “The African Sensibility: Aesthetics,” March 10 2000 The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, March 9 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 22 Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, “African Sensibilities/ Aesthetics,” Oct. 4 2001 Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, “Philosophy of Making: Conversation with a Master,” March 5 University of Hawaii, Hilo, March 14
WORKSHOPS
1994 International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco. Marble workshop
COMMISSIONS
1986 U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C. Marble sculpture for Federal Courthouse, Oakland, CA (Installed 1993) California Arts Council, Sacramento, Painting for State Office Building, San Francisco 1993 Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, San Jose, CA, Set design for ballet "The Overcoat," choreographed by Donald McKayle
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1964 Downstairs Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1967 Red Balloon Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1968 South County Bank, St. Louis, MO 1969 Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 1970 Compton College, Compton, CA Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 1973 The Gallery of the Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster College, Webster, MO, Oct. 2–31 1977 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Nov. 4–Dec. 3 Artspace, Sacramento, CA, Nov. Florida Technical College, Orlando, FL 1979 Bixby Gallery, Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, MO, April 1980 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, Oct. 18– Nov. 23. Catalogue 1981 C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, Nov. 1982 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, March 21–April 24 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Sept. 17–Nov. 7. Catalogue Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 5–30 1983 Matrix Gallery, UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 22–Nov. 27 1984 Reed College Art Gallery, Portland, OR, Jan. 14–Feb. 12 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 3–28 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Sept. 22–Nov. 11. Brochure Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 29–Oct. 17 1985 Harris-Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Jan. 16–Feb. 9 University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Feb. 20–March 17 Rena Bransten Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 8–Nov. 2 1987 De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Works on Paper, April 11–June 7. Brochure Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, MA, Oliver Jackson: New Work, Oct. 13– Nov. 14 1988 Gallery Nine, University of Illinois, Champaign, Feb. 5–March 5 Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Jackson: Ten Year Survey, April 7–May 7. Brochure 1989 Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Jackson: Painting, Drawings, and Sculpture, Oct. 26–Dec. 2 1990 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, July 24–Sept. 16. Brochure 1991 J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA, Oliver Jackson: New Paintings, May 1– June 2 Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings and Sculpture, Nov. 1–Dec. 30 1992 Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 3–Dec. 24. Brochure 1993 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Oct. 2–Nov. 30. Brochure Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson: Works on Paper, Oct. 16, 1993–Jan. 16, 1994 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, New California Art: Oliver Jackson, Dec. 11, 1993–Feb. 20, 1994. Brochure 1994 Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings & Sculpture, Jan. 7–Feb. 28 1995 San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, Jan. 26–Feb. 25 1996 Artists Forum, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Jackson: The Incised Line, Sept. 3– Dec. 27. Brochure 1997 Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, 1978–1996, March 1–May 31 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Jackson: The Figure Revealed, Oct. 4, 1997–Jan. 10, 1998 1998 Artists Forum, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson—Additions: Collage and Drawings, Jan. 20–April 9 1999 Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, Sept. 24–Nov. 2000 Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, painting installation, Jan.–June Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings, Sculpture and Work on Paper, April 14–July 2. Brochure Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings and Work on Paper, Sept. 14–Oct. 19 2002 Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Duo (a collaboration with Marty Ehrlich), Aug. 31, 2002–Jan. 19, 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1963 People's Art Center, St. Louis, MO 1964 University of Illinois, Urbana, Faculty Collection Exhibition 1965 Kansas City, MO, Mid-American Exhibition 1966 Peoria Art Center, Peoria, IL 1966-68 Art-in-the-Embassies Program, Washington, D.C 1968 Black Artists Group, St. Louis, MO 1971 The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Black Untitled II/Dimensions of the Figure, Nov. 2–Dec. 12 1974 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1975 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Contemporary California Artists: Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Oliver L. Jackson, June 3–July 20. Travel: Snowbird Galleries, University of Utah/Snowbird Summer Arts Institute, July 19–Aug. 8; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Aug. 17–Sept. 14 1976 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Other Sources: An American Essay, Sept. 17–Nov. 7 1977 San Francisco African-American Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA 1978 Western Association of Art Museums Traveling Exhibition, Prints: New Points of View. Brochure Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Prints: New Points of View, Nov. 18– Dec. 16 1979 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Aspects of Abstract, Oct. 27–Nov. 24. Catalogue 1980 University of California, Davis, Mosaic, Jan. 11–Feb. 13. Brochure Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA 1982 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fresh Paint: Fifteen California Painters, June 17–Aug. 15. Brochure C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, in conjunction with The Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission, Sculpture Sacramento, Sept. 15–Oct. 31 The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, From the Sunny Side, Oct. 2–31. Brochure 1983 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1983 Biennial Exhibition, March 15–May 22. Catalogue University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, The Painting Show, March 24–April 24 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 25 Years of the ACG, Nov. 12, 1983–Jan. 1, 1984 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Selection, Nov. 25–Dec. 30 1984 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, In Visible Places, Jan. 19–Feb. 17 Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 5 Artists/Works on Paper, March 16–April 18 Museum of Modern Art, New York, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, May 17–Aug. 9. Catalogue Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY, Fellows Exhibition, May 18–June 24
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III, June 28–Aug. 26. CatalogueSheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, San Francisco Bay Area, Sept. 8–Oct. 28. Catalogue Plaza Gallery, BankAmerica World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, Highlights: Selections from the BankAmerica Corporate Art Collection, Oct. 11–Nov. 27 Seattle Art Museum, American Sculpture: Three Decades, Nov. 15, 1984–Jan. 27, 1985 Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, The Pink Show, Nov. 29, 1984– Jan. 5, 1985 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The 20th Century: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection, Dec. 9, 1984– Feb. 17, 1985 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Recent Painting and Sculpture 1944–1984, Dec. 18, 1984–May 2, 1985 1985 Art Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, Contemporary California Painting: Oliver Jackson, Mary O'Neal, Raymond Saunders, Feb. 1–March 1. Brochure Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, California Sends Her Best, March 15–April 20 Seattle Art Museum, States of War, April 18–June 23. Catalogue The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University at The Grolier Club, New York, Selections from The Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios, June 18–July 31 Irene G. and Phillip F. Faneuil Gallery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Games People Play, July 25–Oct. 6 Concourse Gallery, BankAmerica World Headquarters, San Francisco, M. Lee Fatherree: Photographs of Artists, Aug. 1–Oct. 1 Harris-Brown Gallery, Boston, Encore/Preview, Sept. 11–Oct. 5 Fine Arts Gallery, California State University (CSU), Los Angeles, Artists' Forum, Oct. 28–Nov. 8. Travel to: CSU Long Beach, Nov. 11, 1985– Jan. 10, 1986; Art Gallery, CSU Fresno, Jan. 31–Mar. 2, 1986; CSU Legislative Reception, Sacramento Community Center, Sacramento, CA, March 11, 1986. Catalogue 1986 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Works of Art on Paper by Black Artists, Jan. 11–March 16. Brochure Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ, Transitions: The Afro-American Artist, Feb. 1--–26 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Rituals: A Cross-Cultural View, Feb. 2–March 30 Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, Objects of Prestige, May 7–31 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, American Painting: Abstract Expressionism and After, June–Aug. 30 Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA, Prints by New York Artists, July 3– Aug. 3 San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA, Chairs, Aug. 11– Nov. 10 University Art Gallery, California State University, San Jose, The Multicultural Imagination, Sept. 16–Oct. 17. Brochure San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, New Painterly Figuration in the Bay Area, Sept. 17–Oct. 18. Travel to: Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Nov. 7– Dec. 5. Catalogue Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, Masters of Color: Second Anniversary Exhibition, Oct. 15–Nov. 15 The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA, 62nd Annual International Competition of Prints and Photographs, Oct. 22–Nov. 29. Catalogue Leonarda Di Mauro Gallery, New York, NY, Between Metaphor and Fact: Recent Drawing, Oct. 30–Nov. 29 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Between Painting and Sculpture, Nov. 23, 1986–Jan. 18, 1987 South Shore Bank, Chicago, IL, Masters of Color, Dec. Arthur Roger Gallery, International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, Dec. 3–7 1987 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, California Figurative Sculpture, Jan. 30–March 15. Catalogue Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Masters Of Color: Contemporary Black American Artists, Feb. 1–March 31 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Bay Area Influences: Four Artists, Feb. 1–April 12 Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, Roy de Forest/Oliver Jackson: Paintings, April 2–27 Seattle Art Museum, Recent Modern Acquisitions, Aug. 27–Oct. 18 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Gallery Artists, Sept. 10–Oct. 10 1988 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, The Ethnic Idea: An Artistic Genesis, Sept. 10–Oct. 10 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Selected Works in Celebration of Black History Month, Feb. 5–March 6 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Bay Area Sculpture, Feb. 21– March 24 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, Afro-American Prints & Drawings, May 22–Aug. 21 Festival of the Arts, Oakland, CA, Arts Explosion Exhibition, Aug. 25– Sept. 25 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Peter Selz Selects, Oct. 12– Nov. 20. Catalogue Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, The Art of Giving, Nov. 15–Dec. 9 Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, Preview '89, Dec. 1988– Jan. 14, 1989 1989 San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, CA, California Artists Who Are Educators, Feb. 15–April 30 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, The Appropriate Object, March 4– April 23. Travel: The Detroit Institute of Arts, May 15–July 15; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Aug. 26–Oct. 15; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Nov. 13, 1989–Jan. 7, 1990. Catalogue California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, Marble: A Contemporary Aesthetic (part of the exhibition Marmo: The New Italian Stone Age, sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission), March 16–April 30. Catalogue Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Selections From the Permanent Collection, April 18–July 16 Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, Drawings: Part I, May 25–July 1 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Raymond Saunders: Choices, June 24–July 23 Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson/Raymond Saunders: Works on Paper, Aug. 22–Sept. 29 La Galleria San Benigno, Genoa, Italy, America, Italia, Spagna: Cristoforo Colombo 1492–1992, Oct. 13–22. Catalogue Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento-Davis Influences III, Dec. 6, 1989–Jan. 13, 1990 1990 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, The Matter At Hand, Jan. 1– Feb. 11. Catalogue
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, Against the Grain: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, Jan. 24–March 24Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Toward the Future: Contemporary Art in Content, May 5–July 1 Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, July 27–Aug. 5 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, Selected Acquisitions, Recent Works, Aug. 7–Sept. 8 Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from Teaberry Press, Oct. 19–Nov. 11. Travel through 1993. Catalogue University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hilo International Exhibition: Works on Paper, Nov. 1990–Feb. 1991. Catalogue 1991 M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, Recent Acquistions, Sept. 11–Nov. 17 Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Influences V, Dec. 4, 1991–Jan. 1992 1992 University of California, Davis, Spirit Made Visible, May 9–31 J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA, May 9–June 7 Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Gallery Revue, July 17–Aug. 21 Washington State University, Pullman, Casting Light, Acknowledging Shadow, Sept. 1–31 1993 40th Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association, Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, Ventriloquist, May 21–26. Catalogue Nestle Headquarters, San Francisco, Aug. 9–Sept. 8 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Twelve Bay Area Painters: The Eureka Fellowship Winners, Oct. 9, 1993–Jan. 16, 1994. Brochure 1994 Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, Drawing Exchange: SF/Rio, June 21–Aug. 28. Travel: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 6–Nov. 19. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, The Exchange Show: San Francisco/Rio de Janeiro, June 23–Aug. 28. Travel: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 6–Nov. 19. Catalogue Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, Odun de Odun de, Oct. 12–26 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, The Essential Gesture, Oct. 15–Dec. 31. Catalogue 1995 Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India, Bharat Bhavan Print Biennial, Feb Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, American Color, April 22–June 7. Travel: Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, Aug. 5–Oct. 7. 1996 Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Seven African American Artists, Feb. 1– March 31 J. Maddux Parker Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Prints, Feb. 7–March 3 San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Rapture, Feb. 26–March 21 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Cultural Crosscurrents, Sept. 4, 1996–Jan. 26, 1997. Brochure 1997 Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, The Painter’s Craft, Feb. 3–28. Catalogue Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, Civil Progress: Life in Black America, Feb. 6–March 2. Catalogue 1998 UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, MATRIX/Berkeley: 20 Years, Feb. 24–July 12. Catalogue 1999 Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, Beyond the Veil: The Art of African-American Artists at Century’s End, Jan. 16–Feb. 28. Catalogue San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 23–Sept. 12. Catalogue 2000 Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Heart of the Future, Part I, Feb. 10–March 10 2001 Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA, A Private Need (A Private Collection), May 19–July 15 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community Responds to Art in the Permanent Collection, June 24– Sept. 23 2004 American Adventure Pavilion, Epcot, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL, Echoes of Africa, June 2004–Aug. 2006 African American Museum and Library, Oakland, CA, Embracing Forms: John Outterbridge and Oliver Jackson, Oct. 29–Nov. 21 California Historical Society, San Francisco, Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions 1954–2004, Dec. 11, 2004–Apr. 16, 2005 2005 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Africa in America
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Anniversary Show, Jan. 13–Feb. 19 San Francisco Art Institute, The Intimate Collaboration: 25 Years of Teaberry Press, Jan. 14–Mar. 12