Jed Jackson received his MFA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and his BFA from Memphis College of Art in Tennessee and was awarded a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.  Jackson is currently the Chairman of the Art Department at University of Memphis in Tennessee and is the author of the book Art: A Comparative Study.  His beautifully rendered landscape and figurative oil paintings embody realism with a distinctive twist.  Gleaning inspiration from fashion magazines, movies, the literary world and a plethora of other twentieth century cultural sources, Jackson incorporates these images and ideas with a keen sense of color to create paintings that are simultaneously rich in content and aesthetically dynamic.

Education
1980 MFA, Cornell University, Ithaca,NY
1977 BFA, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1973-75 Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
1974 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME


Selected Exhibitions
2009 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007 FLOW, Miami International Art Fair
         Indiana State University
         Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Fellowship Winners Exhibit, Tennessee Arts                               Commission Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2006 “Cross-Talk” Solo Exhibit,l’Institut Franco-Americain, Rennes, France
2005 Gallery NP40, Amsterdam,
          Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University
          Fedex Forum, Memphis TN
2004 Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
2003 Duane Reed Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
         Frist Center of Visual Arts, Nashville
         Bleuhaus Gallery, Memphis TN
2002 Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
         Hallwalls, Buffalo NY
         Kunstruimte NP40, Amsterdam
         Shores Space, Amsterdam,
         Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville
         Brooks Museum of Art, Nashville TN
2001 Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO
2000 Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis


Selected Collections
American General Finance Co., Evansville IN
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR
Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Evansville IN
Bucknell University, Bucknell PA
Indiana State University, Terre Haute IN
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN
Milliken University, Decatur IL
Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon IL
Stevens Inc., Little Rock AR