Vincent Jackson
b. 1961, San Francisco ∙ CE artist since 1984
Photo by Peter Prato
Vincent Jackson is one of the most prolific and longest practicing artists at Creativity Explored. Jackson is known for his large-scale figurative oil pastels. His thick, defining lines break the human form into geometric shapes filled with a heavy impasto of layered colors arranged with Jackson’s masterful sense of harmony. The resulting mask-like works can be viewed as a contemporary renewal of traditional African and Oceanic folk art imagery. "My faces are my way of telling a story rather than writing," he remarks.
Jackson’s work was chosen to adorn the third series of artisanal chocolates from Recchiuti Confections. Additionally, CB2 selected Jackson's work for a number of limited-edition products including a tote, rug, pillow and ceramic vase.
VIDA produced a curated collection of colorful masks, scarves, totes, clutches and glass trays using Jackson's abstract oil pastel drawings.
Jackson's work has been exhibited internationally.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2020
Fantastic Stranger, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Of Here From There | De Aquí Desde Allá, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Art Changes Lives at Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Untitled Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2019
Creativity Explored Group Show, Cutting Ball Theatre, San Francisco, CA
See Me With My Own Eyes, LinkedIn InCommon Space, San Francisco, CA
CE x CG x NIAD, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Disability Changemakers Travelling Show, Public Libraries, CA
5 & 2 Others, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2018
Fabulate!, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
"From" All Over the Place, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA
48 Pillars, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Outsider Art Fair 2018, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Faces and Place in the City, Eureka Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2017
Black White, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Spring-Summer Pop-up, Parlor, San Francisco, CA
Outsider Art Fair 2017, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Black White, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Spring-Summer Pop-up, Parlor, San Francisco, CA
Outsider Art Fair 2017, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2016
Fonds Duvel Moortgat, MADmusée, Liège, Belgium
Tabula Rasa, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2014
They are full of holy..., Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shoerageous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012
Out of Order, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
The Masters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Black and White and Read All Over, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Spectrum, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Paper!Awesome!, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2009
TV and Me, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
Finders Keepers, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Transmissions, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Shadowshine, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Nature Rules, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Sacred Places, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Drawing the Line, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
Wear to Go, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Aliens: the Green Ones, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
The Pink Show, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Spirits and Saints, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Critters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Heads n' Tails, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Dialogue Project at Funabashi Cure Gallery, Funabashi Cure Gallery, Funabashi, Japan
Fired and Wired, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Japanese Rock n' California Roll, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Lit, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA