
Jed Jackson
Professor, Graduate Painting Advisor
Phone
901.678.0520
Email
jjacksn2@memphis.edu
Fax
901.678.2735
Office
217 Communication and Fine Arts
Office Hours
Email for an appointment
WEBSITE
EDUCATION
- B.F.A., Painting, Memphis College of Art, 1977
- M.F.A., Painting, Cornell University, 1980
- Art, Rhodes College, 1973-75
- Painting, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, 1974
EXPERIENCE
- Graduate Assistant, Painting/Drawing, Cornell University , 1979-80
- Artist in Residence, Art Department, Northeast Arkansas College, 1980-83
- Associate Professor, & Chairman, Humanities Dept., Medaille College, 1983-88
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Art History, Dowling College, 1988-89
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Art Department, New York University, 1986-90
- Assistant Professor, Painting/Core, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1990-96
- Associate Professor, Painting/Core, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1996-99
- Professor & Chairman, Art Department, The University of Memphis, 1999-2006
- Graduate Program, School of Art, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001
- Reviewer, NASAD Site evaluator, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Evaluator for SUNY Oswego Accreditation review, 2005
- NASAD Site evaluator, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Evaluator for Augusta State University Accreditation review, 2008
- Program reviewer, Art Department, Upper Iowa University, 2007
- Professor of Painting, Art Department, University of Memphis, 1999—
- NASAD Senior Site 2008, NASAD, 2009-
HONORS / AWARDS
- Tchg. Asst. Fellowship, Painting, Cornell University, 1979-80
- AR. Arts Council Mural Grant, Ceramics, Arkansas Arts Council, 1981
- Artist in Residence Grant, Painting/Art History, Arkansas Arts Council, 1980-83
- Arts Alliance Grant, Painting, Mid American Arts Alliance, 1982
- Artists Grant, Painting, Artists Space, 1987
- Teaching Fellowship, General Ed. (Art), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1991
- NEA Visual Artists, Fellowship, Painting, Arts Midwest/NEA, 1992
- Teaching Fellowship, General Ed. (Art), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1994
- Sabbatical Leave, Painting/Art History, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1997
- Who's Who Among American Teacher's, 7th ed., Teaching, Educational Communications Inc., Lake Forest, Il., 2002
- Memphis Urban Art Commission, First Horizon Bank Fed Ex forum Exhibit Grant, Painting, Memphis Urban Art Commission, 2004
- Rochefort-En-Terre, painting Residency, Brittany, France, Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2005
- 2006 Visual Arts Grant recipient, Tennessee Arts Commission, 2006
- Southern Artist of Distinction, Southern Arts Federation, 2008
- Dean's Creative Achievement Award, University of Memphis, 2007
- Outstanding Southern Artist Recognition, Southern Arts Federation Atlanta, Ga., 2008
- Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement in the Creative Arts award, University of Memphis, 2009
- Excellence in Arts Education, Special Recognition, Niagara University 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- Ptg./Draw./Art Hist., Community College, Northeast Arkansas College, 1980-83
- Studio/Art History, Undergrad. BA, Medaille College 1983-87
Department Chair, 1986-7 - Studio/Art History, Undergrad. BA, Dowling College, 1988-90
- Painting, Undergrad. BA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1986
- Art History/Critical Theory, Undergrad. BA, New York University, 1986-90
- Intro. To Art./Ptg. Painting/Critical Theory, Grad/Undergrad., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1990-99
- Painting/Critical, Grad./Undergrad., Glasgow School of Art, 1997
Theory, Glasgow, Scotland - Painting/Drawing, Grad./Undergrad., University of Memphis, 1999-08
Intro To Art, Undergrad
Honors/Globalization, Undergrad, 2004
Graduate Seminar, Grad.
Contemp. Art History, Undergrad/Grad, 99-08
Professional Practices, Undergrad/Grad, 99-08
Senior Studio, Undergrad/Grad, 99-08
Department Chair, University, 99-06
RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP/CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Duane Reed Gallery
4729 McPherson Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.361.4100 - 314.361.4102 fax
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, IL
- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
- Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR
- Bucknell University, Bucknell, PA
- American General Finance Co., Evansville, IN
- Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Evansville, IN
- Millikin University, Decatur, IL.
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
- Indiana State University Art Museum
- Goldman Architects, Mt. Vernon Illinois
- New York Academy of Art, New York City
- Memphis in May Art Collection, Memphis International Airport
- Castellani Museum, Niagara University, Niagara Falls New York,
- Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo New York
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
- Numerous International and National Private Collections
EXHIBITIONS:
- 1977 Artist's Biennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA., 1977
- One Person Exhibit, Etcetera Gallery, Memphis, TN., 1977
- Finger Lakes Exhibit, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1980
- Group Exhibit, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1980
- 23rd Annual Delta Exhibit, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., 1980
- "Memphis: Six Artists", Group Exhibit, Memphis Brooks Art Gallery, Memphis, TN., 1981
- 24th Annual Delta Exhibit, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., 1981
- One Person Exhibit, Southeast Arkansas Art Center, Pine Bluff, AR., 1981
- One Person Exhibit, Ellis Library Gallery, Arkansas State University, 1981
- Group Exhibit, Nornberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO., 1982
- "Visions '83", Traveling Exhibit funded by the Mid-America Arts Alliance, Oct. 82-Dec. 83
- Three Person Invitational, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN., 1983
- Group Exhibit, ArtSpace, Buffalo Arts Commission Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1983
- New Dimensions, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1984
- Albright-Knox Western New York Invitational, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1984
- Group Exhibit, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1984
- Group Exhibit at "The Saint," New York City, NY, 1984
- 1984 Artists Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, 1984
- Indigestion, Group Exhibit, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1984
- East Village At the Centre, Group Exhibit, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada, 1985
- Albright-Knox Western New York Invitational, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1985
- Out of Context, Group Exhibit, Piccadilly Gallery, London, England, 1985
- Group Exhibit at "The Palladium", New York City, NY, 1985
- One Person Exhibit, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1985
- New Work, Group Exhibit, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1985
- "The Best and The Brightest From the East Village and Soho", Moosart Gallery, Miami, FL, 1986
- "Art of the East Village", Group Exhibit, Lafayette College, Easton, PA., 1986
- Zurich Art Fair, Zuspa-Hallen, Zurich, Switzerland, 1986
- Albright-Knox "Western New York Invitational", Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1986
- Gallery Artists, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1986
- Red Tape Benefit Exhibit, E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York City, NY, 1987
- "Jed Jackson: Recent Work", one person exhibit, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., 1987
- "The Wayward Muse", 150 Years of Painting in Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1987
- One Person Exhibit, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1987
- One Person Exhibit, Real Artways, Hartford, CT, 1987
- Group Exhibit, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1987
- Three Artist show with Nancy Dwyer and Steve Miller Nina, Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1987
- "Annual Juried '88", Selected by Irving Sandler, Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, 1988
- "Situations", Group Exhibition, General Electric, Organized by the Art Advisory Service for Corporate Members, "Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, 1988
- "Homecoming", New York to Memphis, Group Exhibition, Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN., 1988
- "Twenty in New York", Group Exhibition, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1988
- Workspace '89: An Exhibition of Artist's Working in Queens, Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY, 1989
- "Paintings on the Theme of Arcadia" Solo Exhibition, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1989
- Art Today, Video Commentary on "Paintings on the Theme of Arcadia" by Robert Pincus-Witten, Vol. 1, No. 2., 1990
- "Salon 1990, The Human Figure in New Painting and Sculpture" The New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY, 1990
- "Small Paintings", Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1990
- "Delta Exhibit", Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., 1990
- Group Show, P.P.O.W., New York City, NY, 1991
- "Realism Today" Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN, Purchase Award, 1991
- "Southern Illinois Artist's Biennial", Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mount Vernon, IL, Painting award, 1991
- "Delta Exhibit", Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., 1991
- "Annual Bi-States Exhibit", Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, 1991
- Three Person Invitational, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA., 1992
- Biennial SIU Faculty Exhibit, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, 1992
- Chicago International Art Exposition, MacCormack Place, Chicago, IL., 1992
- Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL., 1992
- "Southern Illinois Artist Biennial", Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mount Vernon, IL, 1993
- "Delta Exhibit", Curated by Donald Kuspit, Honorable Mention, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, 1993
- "Selections from the Gallery Collection, Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1993
- "Arkansas Artists", Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C., Organized by the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, scheduled through 1995, 1993
- "Realism Today", Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN, Purchase Award, 1993
- Two Person Exhibit, Jonesboro Sun Gallery, Jonesboro, AR., 1993
- SIU-Carbondale Faculty Exhibit, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN, 1994
- "Introductions", R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO., 1994
- "Drawing Together", Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1994
- "Friendly Encounters", R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO., 1994
- "Jed Jackson, A New Vision", Solo Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN, (Dec. - Jan.), 1994
- Solo Exhibition, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO., April, 1995
- "Southern Illinois Artist Biennial", Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL, Purchase Award, 1995
- Solo Exhibition, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur, IL. Purchase award, 1995
- Solo Exhibition, Quick Fine Arts Center, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, 1995
- "Delta Exhibit", Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., 1995
- "A.F. 96", Works by More Than 50 Artists, Plan B Gallery, Memphis, TN., April, 1996
- "39th Delta Exhibit", Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., October - Purchase Award, 1996
- "Homecoming, 60th Anniversary Alumni Exhibit", Memphis College of Art, September, 1996
- "Jed Jackson - Valia Oliver", Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN., March, 1996
- "Jed Jackson", Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO., Feb. 21, 1997
- Exhibit at FGM Architecture Offices, Mt. Vernon, IL. ongoing. 1997-present
- "41st Delta Exhibit", Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., Sept. - Oct., 1998
- "The Curators Collect" - Included in Collection of Bonnie A. Speed, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, June, 1998
- Print Commission, Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, IL., 1998
- "Jed Jackson" Solo Show, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, June 18 - August 28, 1999
- "Patrimony Corrupted", Wright State University Galleries, Dayton, OH, Jan., 1999
- Solo Show, The Gallery at Innsbrook
- Wright City, MO. (Adam Aronson, Director) August, 1999
- "Jed Jackson/ Ed Rainey" Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, Tenn. Feb-March, 2000
- "Art-Palm Beach" Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, International Pavillion of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, Florida, March 2000
- "Do-It", Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, Tn., April-May 2000
- Gallery Artists, Jay Etkin Galley, Memphis, Tn. March 2000
- Invited Artist, Arts in the Park, Botanic Garden, Memphis, Tn. Oct. 2000
- Solo Exhibition, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.. Sept. 14-Oct. 13, 2001
- "One Hundred Years of Painting in Tennessee" Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville Tenn., July, 2002. Traveling to five museum sites in Tennessee and Georgia thru 2003
- "Side by Side", Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, March-June, 2002
- "Memphis", Rob Van der Schoor Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct 200
- Jackson/ Hyde, Bleuhaus Gallery, Memphis Tn. Oct. 2003
- "Art of Tennessee", Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville Tn. Sept. 2003
- Jed Jackson, "Solo Show", Duane Reed Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Dec. 2003
- "Flowers and Art", Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tn. April 2004
- "Art Forum" Year long exhibit at FEDEX Forum, Memphis, Tenn. Sponsored by First Horizon Bank. Administered by the Urban Art Commission, Memphis, September 2004-September 2005
- "Jed Jackson, C.E.O." Solo Exhibit, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 2-Dec. 2, 2004
- Klots Artists in Residence Exhibit, Rochefort-en- Terre Chateau, Rochefort –en-Terre, Brittany, France, May –November 2005
- "Last Show," Gallery NP40, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2005
- "Under Brittany Skies," Gala Exhibit and Auction. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland, March 2006
- Memphis College of Art Alumni Exhibit, Juried by Cay Sophie Rabinowicz, American Editor of Parkett Magazine, May-June 2006
- SECAC Annual Conference Juried exhibit, Parthenon, Nashville, Tenn., Jurored by Eleanor Heartney, October 2006
- "Cross-Talk" Solo Exhibit, l'Institut Franco-Americain, Rennes, France, December 2006
- Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Fellowship Winners Exhibit, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville Tennessee, Nov.-Jan. 2006-7
- "Works of Heart" benefit exhibit for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis college of Art. February 2007
- "War Protest Group exhibit", University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., Barbara Revelle, curator, March 2007
- "Arts Desire", benefit exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, May, 2007, p. 45
- "Portraits: Examining Self Through Subject" University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, July-August, 2007
- "Jed Jackson, Un Certains Pain et Sel ( Some Bread and Salt)", Solo Exhibit, Lois Bing-Davis Gallery, Upper Iowa University, November-December, 2007
- "Best Artworks of the Year, the Class of 2007, " Organized and Curated by Lantana Projects, Memphis, November 2007
- "Flow," Miami International Art Fair. Dorset Hotel, Miami Beach Fla., December 2007
- "Works of Heart" benefit exhibit for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis college of Art. February 2008
- "Color", Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York, March, 2008
- "Jed Jackson: Toujours l'Audace, "Solo Exhibit, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tn. Sept.-Nov. 2008
- Solo Exhibit, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York, March-September, 2009
- Solo Exhibit, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis Mo. February-March 2009
- "Qualis Vita Finis Ita," Jed Jackson Retrospective, Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, March-May 2010
- "Moxie and Mayhem", Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo New York, May-September 2010
- Dixon Gallery benefit Exhibition and Auction, Nov. 2010
- "Pairings", Castellani Museum, Niagara Falls New York, March 2011
- Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston Texas, Oct. 2011
- "Works of Heart" benefit exhibit for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis college of Art. February 2011
- "It Came from Memphis" Memphis Brooks Museum: Café 2002 on permanent display in Brooks' permanent collection –2012-ongoing
- 21st Annual "Works of Heart Valentine Auction and Exhibit" Benefit exhibit and Auction for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, February 2012
- "Art on Fire" Dixon Gallery and Gardens Benefit exhibit and Auction Oct., 2012
- "Present Tense" Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Curator John Weeden, Memphis, Tn. Feb. 1 2013- April 15 2013
- "Works of Heart" Benefit Exhibit for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis college of Art. February 2013
- Faculty Art Exhibit, Fogelman Galleries, University of Memphis
- "Scope Miami", Miami Florida, December 2013
- 23st Annual "Works of Heart Valentine Auction and Exhibit" Benefit Exhibit and Auction for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, February 2014
- Palm Beach International Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, January 2014
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs California, February 2014
- 24st Annual "Works of Heart Valentine Auction and Exhibit" Benefit Exhibit and Auction for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, February 2015
- Solo Exhibit "Excuse Me"" Memphis College of art Alumni Gallery, February, 2015
- "40 for 40" Hallwalls 40th Anniversary Exhibit and Benefit Auction. Buffalo, New York, July, Catalogue
- "Theshhold", Group exhibit, Niki Johnson Curator, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November-February 2016, exhibition catalogue
- "20th Anniversary exhibit", Sarah Howell Gallery, Jonesboro, Arkansas, December-January 2016
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
- Art: A Comparative Study, Kendall Hunt Pub. Co., Dubuque, Iowa, 1993, 2nd. Ed., 1999
PAPERS PUBLISHED AND PRESENTED:
- Audio Tapes: CAA - Visual Literacy in General Education, Audio tape (LaCrescenta, CA, Audio Archives, Int. In.), 11 tapes, 1995
- "Teaching Visual Literacy in Large Class Situations: Multiculturalism and Diversity as a Focus", presented to the College Art Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, January 25 - 28, Abstracts, Publication of the College Art Association, (New York, CAA, 1995), p. 181., 1995
- "Multiculturalism: Diversity as Focus". Paper presented as part of the panel How Diverse Visual Images are Introduced into the Studio Curriculum, Foundations in Art Theory and Education Biennial Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 23, 1995.
- "Teaching Visual Literacy in Large General Education Classes": Multiculturalism and Diversity as a Focus, FATE in Review Vol. 18, 1995-96, p. 34-40, 1996
- "Workers, Artists or Critics?" Abstracts, Publication of the College Art Association, (New York, CAA, 1997), p. 37, 1997
- Audio Tapes, CAA, Restructuring Foundations, (Audio Archives Int., Inc., La Crescenta, CA, 1997)
- "Conceptual Skills and Studio practice in the First Year Course", FATE in Review Vol. 20, 1997-1998, p. 34-39., 1998
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
- "Buddha and the Jazz Police", presentation of paper at the Southeastern Colleges of Art Conference, Memphis, TN. Oct. 1991.
- "Teaching Visual Literacy in Large Class Situations: Multiculturalism and Diversity as a Focus", presented at 83rd Annual Conference of The College Art Association, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 28, 1995
- "Multiculturalism: Diversity as Focus", paper presented as part of the panel How Diverse Visual Images are Introduced into the Studio Curriculum, Foundations in Art Theory and Education Biennial Conference, St. Louis, MO., March 23, 1995.
- "Conceptual Skills and Studio Practice in the First Year Course", presented at 35th Annual Conference of The College Art Association, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 28, 1995
- "Movies, Music and Pop Culture in Foundations, Teaching and Painting Practice", F.A.T.E., Biennial Conference, Richmond, VA., March 14, 1997
INVITED WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
- Lecture on Personal Creative work, Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY, Dec. 1985
- Lecture coinciding with opening of One Person Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR., May 1987
- "Making it in New York", Panel discussion sponsored by the Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN., Oct. 1988
- Lecture on Technique and Personal Work, University of Memphis Art Department, Jan. 1991
- Lectures on German Contemporary Art, Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, IL., Oct. 1994
- Slide Presentation and Critique of Graduate Students work, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN., March 1994
- Lecture, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO., 1995
- Lecture on Personal Creative Work, Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, New York, 1995
- Studio visit and Lecture, Cedarhurst Art Center, Collector's Group, Mt. Vernon, IL., 1996
- Visiting Professor, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, Oct. - Nov., 1997
- Lecture to faculty on creative work, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR., March 1998
- Lecture to faculty on creative work, Art Department, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN., 1999
- Panel discussion on art in the New Millenium, Artlink, Botanic garden, Memphis Tn. Nov. 4, 1999
- Lecture on creative work, Prague Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic, 1999
- "What's Going on in Prague?" Art Today Lecture , Brooks Museum, March 1, 2000
- "The Art Scene in Memphis" lecture to may meeting of Institute of Management Accountants, May 18, 2000
- Juror, Celebration of Arts Juried Exhibit, Carbondale, Il. September, 2000
- Juror, Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Sept. 2001
- Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Memphis College of Art, November 2002
- Lecture on work in Sarrat Exhibit, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tn. Nov. 2, 2004
- Lecture on Work, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 6, 2006
- Lecture on Work, Upper Iowa University, Iowa, November 8, 2007
- Juror and Lecturer, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas, June 6, 2008
- Lecture on personal work, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tn. October 1, 2008
- Gallery talk, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tn. October 11, 2008
- Arkansas State University, March 2010
- Cedarhurst Museum, Mt. Vernon Illinois, March, 2010
- "Painting and Books", Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, August 5, 2013
ARTICLES CITING WORK: REVIEWS OF EXHIBITS
- Richard Knowles, "Double Daring" City of Memphis Magazine, May, p. 41., 1977
- Cover Illustration, "Suburban Dance, 1981" Arkansas Times, June, 1981
- Donald La Badie, "The Artist as Social Critic" the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Fanfare, May 16, p. 18-19, 1982
- Nancy N. Rice, "New Harvest...First Gathering" New Art Examiner, Dec. p. 21., 1982
- Mid-America Arts Alliance, "Visions '83", Exhibition Catalogue, p. 51, 1983
- Steven Hager, "A Young Gallery Gains Ground", Vanity Fair, July, p. 84, 1985
- Albright Knox Art Gallery, "In Western New York, 1985", Exhibition Catalogue, p. 16, 1985
- "Out of Context" Exhibition Catalogue, P.P.O.W., Piccadilly Gallery, London, England, June 25-July 19, 1985
- George Sax, "Buffalo Influences Color, New Works of Jed Jackson", Buffalo News, September 15, Sect. E, p. 4, 1985
- Edmund Cardoni, "Embracing the Humanoid, The Figurative Painting of Jed Jackson", Buffalo Arts Review, Summer, p. 1-12, 1985
- Glenn O'Brien, "Jed Jackson, P.P.O.W." , Artforum, December , p. 92, 1985
- "The Cracked Mirror", Redtape, No. 6, New York, reproduction, 1986
- Barry Schwabsky, "Jed Jackson", Arts Magazine, Jan. p. 26, 1986
- Leslie Judd Ahlander, "Youthful Exuberance Lights Local Galleries", Miami News, Jan. 10, 1986
- Mary Ann Busby, "East Village Artist talks about Work, Fayetteville Native Exhibits, lectures at Arkansas Art Center", Arkansas Gazette, Weekend, March 27, p. 12., 1987
- Exhibition Listing with full page reproduction, New York Native, May 25, p. 30-31, 1987
- Paintings illustrated in "Cincin, A Downtown Restaurant by Julius S. Baum", Interior Design, Jan. P. 220-221, 1987
- Klaus Ottman, "Mannerism and Anti-Mannerism", Flashart, Milan, Italy, Dec. - Juan. P. 64-65, color reproduction, 1987
- Arkansas Art Center, "Jed Jackson, Recent Work", Exhibition Catalogue, 1987
- Albright Knox Art Gallery, "The Wayward Muse", Exhibition Catalogue, color reproduction, p. 96, 1987
- Dan Morris, "Jed Jackson's Work Purposely Disturbing", Arkansas Gazette, March 27, 1987
- Helen Cullinan, "New York Artists in a Trade, The Plain Dealer, Friday!" Cleveland, OH, May 29, p. 24, 1987
- Spaces/Hallwalls Artists Exchange Exhibition Catalogue, Cleveland, Buffalo, reproduction, 1987
- Richard Huntington, "Varied Works Make Appealing mix in Freudenheim Exhibition", Buffalo Evening News, Gusto, Sept. 18, p. 20, 1987
- Matt Damsker, "Bizarre Exhibit at Real Art Ways Brims with Complex, Perverse Humor", The Hartford Courant, Nov. 29, p. G6, 1987
- Exhibits listing, "Modern Morality Tales", The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, Nov. 19, p. 28, 1987
- Edmund Cardoni, Blatant Artifice 2/3: An Anthology of Short Fiction by Visiting Writers, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, p. 28, 1987
- Margaret Moorman, "A Multitude of Styles of Queens Museum Show", Newsday, New York, Jan. 8, p. 21, 1988
- Queens Museum, "Annual Juried Exhibition '88", Irving Sandler, Curator, Exhibition Catalogue with reproduction, 1988
- Jude Schwendenwein, Art New England, Real Artways Exhibition Review, Hartford, CT, March, 1988
- Frederick Koeppel, "Exhibit Proves Memphis-Trained Artists Excell ", Memphis, October, 30, 1988
- Edwin Howard, "Jed Jackson, Bill Elrod Stand Out in Bingham Show", Memphis Business Journal, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 1988
- Margaret Moorman, "Making Art", Newsday, New York, Nov. 18, p. 21, 1988
- Cory Dugan, "New York/Memphis", Number, Vol. 2, No. 3 Winger, 1989
- Robert Pincus-Witten, "Jed Jackson", Review of December Show at P.P.O.W., New York, Art Today, Video production, Vol. 1, No. 2 (New York, Arts Video News Service), 1990
- "Salon 1990", Exhibition Catalogue, New York Academy of Art, 1990
- Alan Artner, Review of One Person Exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago Tribune, June 5, Sect. 7, p. 54. 1992
- "High Visibility", 1992 Arts Midwest/NEA, Fellowship Recipients Catalogue, color reproduction, 1992
- Jane Fullerton, " Pryor's Office Displays Work of 27 Arkansas Artist's" in the column "Washington Journal" of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Oct. 22, 1993
- Delta Winners on Display at Arts Center, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Dec. 7, p. 1E, color reproduction, 1993
- Review of Group Show at R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 26, 1994
- Anderson, Roberta, "Closer Look: Jed Jackson" Memphis College of Art Alumni Newsletter, Spring 1994
- Listing in "Index of Exhibiting and Gallery Artists", Art 1994 Chicago, The New Navy Pier Show, Exhibition Catalogue, (Thomas Blackman and Associates, Chicago) p. 33, 318., 1994
- Review of Duane Reed Show, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sept. 15, 1994
- Milburg, Steve "The State of the Arts in Delta", Southern Living, Oct. P. 4ar, color reproduction, 1994
- Sauls, Susan, "Jed Jackson's Vibrant Witty paintings to be Focus of Contemporary Gallery Exhibit", Copia, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, Nov/Dec. 1994.
- Duffy, Robert N., "Jackson's Dreamscapes", St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 27, p. 4G, 1995
- "Homecoming Exhibition", 60th Anniversary Exhibition Poster and Catalogue - Memphis College of Art, Photo Reproduction, Sept. 1996
- "Delta on Display", Arkansas Gazette Democrat, Sunday, Oct. 20, 1996, p. 5D. Photo reproduction, 1996
- "Jed Jackson - Valia Oliver", Review of Exhibit at Marshall Arts, Number, No. 30, Independent Quarterly of the Visual Arts, Fall 1996, p. 35.
- " Delta Exhibit Catalogue", Arkansas Art Center, Oct. 1996- Reproduction - purchase award, 1996
- "One From the Art" The Memphis Flyer, Memphis, TN., March 14-20, 1996, p. 21, 1996
- "Best Bets", The Commercial Appeal - Playbook, Memphis, TN., Friday, March 8, 1996, section E, p. 2
- "Museum Purchases Jed Jackson painting", Cedarhurst Quarterly, Jan/Feb. 1997, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL, 1997
- Robert W. Duffy, "Thrice Tantalized", St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, March 6, "Get Out", p. 26, 1997
- Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition and Exhibition, August, Cover illustration, 1997
- "Patrimony Corrupted" Exhibition catalogue, color illustration, Wright State University Gallery, Dayton, OH., 1999
- "News of Newcomers" in A.M. Edition, publication of Art Museum of University of Memphis. Summer 1999, p. 5
- "Realism With A Twist", in "Get Out" St. Louis Post Dispatch, Thursday, June 24, 1999. P. 24.
- "It's a Man's World - In Humor - Filled Art Show", Eventure, Middletown, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1999, p. 12
- "WSU Exhibit Explores Men as Anti-Heros", Dayton Daily News, Jan. 3, 1999, p. 6c
- Baker, Devin, "Up to Speed", St. Louis Magazine, summer 2000, p. 28
- Jed Jackson and Beth Edwards, Amum, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, fall 2000, p.1
- Hall, David "Wry and Dry" Jed Jackson and Beth Edwards at University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis Flyer, sept 13, 2000, p. 37
- "Beth Edwards/Jed Jackson" Stephen Sanders, review of exhibition at the University of Memphis Art Museum, Number, An Independent Journal of the Arts, no. 39, vol. XV, no. 1, 2001
- Burch Peggy, "Picks of the Week", Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tn., March 24, 2002. G1
- Burch, Peggy, "Side by Side, Artist's breathe new life into Brooks Standards" Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tn., March 31, 2002. G1
- "Side by Side", Exhibition Catalogue, Memphis Brooks Museum 2002(forthcoming)
- "100 years of Painting in Tennessee" Exhibition Catalogue, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tn., 2002.
- Hicks, Ed, "Copy Cats: Unique Idea at Brooks Showcases Local Artists' Interpretations" Memphis Business Journal, March 29-April 4, p. 37-8
- Hall, David, "Shoulder to Shoulder", Memphis Flyer, April 10, 2002, Walker, Celia, "A Century of Progress, Twentieth Century Painting in Tennessee" Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. LXI, No. 1, Spring 2002, p. 65-66
- Hamilton, Jeanne, "Area Artist's 'Traditionalize Modern' ", Commercial Appeal, Memphis Tennessee, Sunday, June 23, 2002, G5
- Walker, Celia, "A Century of Progress, Twentieth Century Painting in Tennessee", American Art Review, July/August, 2002, Vol. 14 no. 4, pp. 144-151
- Bostick, Alan,"Painting Tennesee", The Tennessean, 7July, 2002, Life section; 1, 3, 14
- Outlaw, Adrienne, "100 Years of Tennessee Painting, " Nashville Public Radio, July 12, 2002
- Art of Tennessee, exhibition catalogue, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, 2003
- Best Bets, Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tn. Friday, October 24, 2003, p. G3, Illustration
- Best Bets, Memphis Business Journal, Memphis, Tn. April 2-8, 2004, City Life, p. 37, Illustration
- Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tn. April 20. 2003, p. C1
- Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Annual Exhibits Brochure, Cover reproduction, "Jed Jackson, C.E.O." September 2004
- "Critic's Picks", Nashville Scene, Nov. 4, 2004, p. 40
- "C.E.O of the Underworld, Works of Memphis Artist Jed Jackson explore the Seamy Side of Life ", "Life" section , Nashville Tennessean, November 7, 2004, p.21
- Maddox, David, " Life's Pall on Separate Panels" Nashville Scene, Nov. 18, 2004, p. 79
- Mike Lollar "Elvis at 70", Illustration for article in Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 9, 2005, section M, p. 1
- Work as art professor at University of Memphis mentioned in: O'Neill, Anne Cunningham, "A Chat with Nancy Cheairs", Living Arts Memphis, May-August 2006, p. 13
- Maddox, David, "Critic's Picks", Nashville Scene, Nov. 30, 2006, p. 33
- Marx, Jonathan, Tennessee Arts Commission displays work of fellowship winners" Nashville Tennessean, Sunday, November 19, 2006 p. 25
- "Peintre de Memphis, Jed Jackson exposé å l'Institut Franco Américain" Ouest-France, Mardi 5 decembré, 2006, p.ren17
- "Art by TAC Fellow Jed Jackson" Commercial Appeal, Memphis Tn., December 16, 2006, section M, p. 1
- "Work of U of M art professor travels far", University of Memphis update, December 2006, p. 8
- Koenig, Wendy, "Michelle Anderson + Jed Jackson, Nashville", Art Papers, p. 65-6 illustration p. 66
- "Continental Guy", Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tn. Sunday February 4, 2007, p. B4
- "Arts Desire", benefit exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, May, 2007, p. 45
- The Individual Artist Fellowship In Visual Art, Craft and Media Tennessee Arts Commission 40th Anniversary Commemorative Catalogue, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, Tn.
- "MICA '06", Maryland Institute College of Art 2006 Annual Report, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland, p. 38
- Jed Jackson, Visual Art 2006, p. 144-5
- "Upper Iowa University Welcomes New Art Exhibit", The Collegian, Upper Iowa University, Fayette Iowa, Vol. 30, No. 9, p. 1, Illustration
- "Koeppel, Fred," A Break for Hearts" Commercial Appeal, Go, February 8, 2008 p., 5
- "Art Search," Arkansas Times , August 29, 2008
- "NY Museum Seeks Lost Arkansas Artwork", Arkansas Business.com, August 29, 2008
- Lisle, Andrea, "Exhibit offers Sly Commentary" review of Dixon Exhibit, Commercial Appeal, Go , Memphis, Tn., November 7, 2008, p. 14
- Knowles, Carol, "Cut to the Quick," review of Dixon exhibit, Memphis Flyer, Memphis, Tn. , November 6-12, p. 40
- "Mallory at Wurtzberger, New Art From Memphis," Dixon Gallery and Gardens Quarterly, Fall 2008, p. 2,
- "Best of 2008; Best Treasure Hunt" Arkansas Business, Dec. 22, 2008, p. 24
- "A Dog's Life" group exhibit catalogue, Memphis College of Art, March 2009
- "Mixing Music and Art", NU Program Links Up Goo Goo Dolls Takac with his Art Professor. The Buffalo News, section B, p.1, March 12, 2009
- Colangelo, T.J. "Search For An Arkansas Sunset", The Eagle, Niagara University, Winter 2009, Vol. 25, Issue 2 p. 12
- "U of M painting professor's art becomes MIM's Tunisia Poster", Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tn. Jan 29, 2010, p. B1
- Televised video: WSIU's Jak Tichenor talks with artist Jed Jackson during Jackson's visit to Mitchell Museum
- New American Paintings, issue 94, South, Spring 2011
- Bradley, Barbara, "Art Alternatives" Commercial Appeal, Memphis, December 6 2012, M1
- Davis, Chris, "The Shock of the Now" Memphis Flyer, Jan 31 2013, p. 16
- Koeppel, Frederic " Survey by Turns Stunning, Stunted", Commercial Appeal, GOMEMPHIS, p. 14
- "The Art of Now", Artist profile, Memphis Magazine, March 2013, p. 47, color illustration
SERVICE
- University of Memphis
- Member, University Council for Graduate Studies
- Coordinator, Studio Program
- Member, Graduate Faculty 1999-present
- Graduate painting Advisor 1999-present
- Art Department
Art Department Chair 1999-2006
Member, Board of Directors, University Art Museum
Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology
- SIU Carbondale Art Department
Consultant for "International Critics Choice Exhibition", Suggested idea of exhibit to Visiting Artist's Program and recommended several critics for inclusion in exhibit including: David Hecht, Calvin Reid,
- Art Department
Foundations Committee 1990-91
Ad Hoc Curriculum Committee
Rickert-Ziebold Committee
Cardboard Boat Regatta - Official
- Art Department
Cardboard Boat Regatta - Official
Graduate Committee, 1991
- Art Department
Faculty Search Committee, Product Design
Faculty Secretary, 1992
- Art Department
Co-Chair, Rickert-Ziebold Committee, 1993-94
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Faculty Secretary
General Education Transition to Core Curriculum
Consultant to the Director
- Art Department
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1994
- Art Department
Visiting Artist Committee, 1992-94
Operating Papers Committee, 1993-95
- Art Department
Faculty Search Committee, Product Design
Faculty Advisor, Painters and Printmakers Association
Faculty Advisor, Carbon 14, Sculpture Student Association, 1995
- Art Department
Assessment Committee
Search Committee, Product Design Position, 199
- Art Department
Chair, Rickert-Ziebold Committee, 1995-97
- Art Department
Faculty Advisor, Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers
Faculty Advisor, Carbon 14 (Sculpture Student Organization) 1997
- Art Department
Chairperson, Graduate Committee
Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee
- Art Department
Faculty Advisor, Carbon 14 (Sculpture Student Organization) 1998
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS:
- University SIUC - Track and Field Team Official, 1993-99
- University Phi Kappa Phi Artist Award Committee, 1993
- University University Core Curriculum Executive Council, 1994-97
- University Representative, University Ombudsman Advisory Board to Faculty Senate, 1997-98
- University Art Museum Board, University of Memphis, 1999-2006
- University University Council, University of Memphis 2008-
- University Studio Coordinator
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
- Track and Field official, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tn., 2005-2011
- Chair, Visual Art's Committee, Memphis Art's Festival, 2002
- Visual Art's Committee, Memphis Art's Festival, 2000-2002
- Member, Board of Directors, Art Today, Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN, 1999-2001.
- Member, Director's Advisory Board, Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN, 1999-pres.
- Member of Board of Directors of Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, 1984-86
- Director of Multi-Year Plan, helped
- Develop Plan Resulting in $450,000 NEA Grant
- Member of Board, Buffalo Arts Council, 1986
- Juror, Illinois Education Association Annual Exhibit, Springfield, IL., March, 1991
- Juror, Annual Illinois Education Association Exhibit, Springfield, IL., March, 1992
- Juror, John A. Logan College, Local High School Exhibit, Feb. 29, 1992
- Speaker Unitarian Fellowship of Carbondale, "On The Spiritual in Art: The Impulse to Meaning," Oct. 1992
- Speaker, Carbondale Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, "A War on Art: Government and Censorship," April 23, 1993
- King City Dinner Club, Lecture on Contemporary Art, March 20, 1993
- Career Day Speaker and Presenter, Carbondale Community High School, March 5, 1993
- Member of Board of "Art Today" Contemporary Arts Advisory Panel, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1999
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY/ORGANIZATION
- College Art Association
- Foundations in Art; Theory and Education (F.A.T.E.)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Staff Sargent, E-6/96-B40 (Intelligence Analyst), United States Army Reserve, Last promotion to E-6; 1986 Honorable Discharge, 16 October 1986.
- Travel to England, France Germany and Belgium--1986
- Travel to Greece, Crete, Turkey to study ancient sites, 1997
- Travel to France-- Belgium, Scotland, England, Czech Republic to teach and visit collections, 1997
- Travel to Holland, Czech Republic-- 1998
- Travel to Czech Republic,--1999
- Travel to Amsterdam for exhibit--2002
- Travel to France-- 2005
- Travel to Holland –France, exhibit in France, 2006
- Travel to London --England April 2013
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
- Member of SIU-Carbondale Core Curriculum Executive Council. 1994-98. Participated in review and assessment of new core curriculum across disciplines. Council reported to Vice-President for Academic Affairs.
- At SIU-C developed graduate seminar resulting in several public exhibitions over 5-year period. 1992-99