Alex Jackson
Berkeley, CA
Education
MFA University of California, Davis, Painting
BFA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Drawing/Photography
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Selective Nature, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2001 Standard Views, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Available Vistas, Memorial Union Gallery Davis, CA
1998 Introductions, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Nature Calls, Southern Exposure Gallery San Francisco, CA
1992 Our National Scenic Resource, Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
Group Exhibitions
2016 Art Auction 2016 Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
2015 Parts of the Whole, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
2013 Alternative Process, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Art of NO, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
Space, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
Faculty Exhibit, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
Just Add Water, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2012 Painting in the Digital Age, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
The Nude 2012, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2011 Turf: Environmental Activism and Art, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery,
Pleasant Hill, CA
Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
Edges and Curves, The Glass Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2010 Neo-Kitsch, ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Green, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2008 Neighborhood Public Radio, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
Guest collaborator, sound artist, and community facilitator.
2006 Benefit show, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Faculty Exhibit, Chabot College Gallery, Hayward, CA
2005 Innerspark, Cal Arts Gallery, Valencia, CA
2002 Landscape, Encina Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2001 10/10, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Geography, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Interventions, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lost Horizons, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Bay Watch, DePaul University Art Gallery, Chicago,IL
Translucent, Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Works on Paper, Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT
Sizing up the Difference, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
The Conservative Spirit, Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Radical Textiles, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Art Against the War, ATA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New and Improved, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH
1986 The Hotel Project, Oakland, CA
Sound Experimental radio and sound projects.
Solo WCBN FM, Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan
KALX FM, Berkeley, CA, University of California
Collab Neighborhood Public Radio: SF and NYC Whitney Biennial
WFMU FM, East Orange, NJ, serving NYC area
KPFA FM, Berkeley CA community radio
KAOS FM, Olympia, WA, Evergreen State College
Bibliography
Patricia Watts, “Ecological Activism and Art,” ecoartspace, November 23, 2011
DeWitt Cheng, Critic’s Pick, East Bay Express, May 2011
Spring Warren, “Tiny Seeds to Giant Plywood,” Davis Enterprise, April, 2000
New American Paintings #25, Jan. 2000
Terri Cohn, “Earthly Delights!” Artweek, Cover Image and Interview, February 1999
David Hunt, “Interventions,” Exhibit Essay, September 1999
“Bay Watch,” (Image), Chicago Reader, August 14 1998
Thym, Jolene, “Walk through the Art,” Oakland Tribune, cover image, July 8,1998, p. Cue 1-2
Maria Porges, “Nature’s Call,” Brochure for Southern Exposure
Marilyn Moyle, “An Eclectic Mix of Marvels,” Davis Enterprise, June 11, 1992
Myriam Weisang. “The Hotel Project,” Bay Guardian After Dark, Critic’s Choice, August 1986
Bill Anderson, “Art Attack: The San Francisco 13,” The Santa Barbara News and Review, May 16, 1985
Teaching
Painting, Drawing, Figure Drawing & Painting, Design, Digital Imaging and Photography:
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
San Francisco State University
Chabot College, Hayward, CA
California State Summer School for the Arts, (CSSSA)
University of California at Davis
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA