Overview
"As I get older, I think more about growing up. My childhood included some of the happiest times of my life, so I reflect on those and put them onto the canvas - and I think that people who grew up around that same time, in the 1970s and '80s, can appreciate it." - Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson (b. 1966, Essex, Missouri; lives and works in Kenosha, Wisconsin). A self-taught artist, Jackson worked as a building contractor for most of his life up until the last few years when he began his full time to his painting practice. Working in brightly-hued oil paint applied either on canvas or linen, Jackson's figurative paintings capture the simultaneously profound yet every-day memories of his childhood growing up in Essex in the 1970s. Jackson's first solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in New York, will open in fall 2024.
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Exhibitions
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Longest Way Round 14 March - 19 April 2025Read more -
Keith Jackson
The Provocateurs 25 October - 30 November 2024Charles Moffett is pleased to present The Provocateurs , the first New York solo exhibition for Kenosha, WI-based artist Keith Jackson. This marks the self-taught painter’s inaugural exhibition with Charles...Read more -
Not Too Late: A Benefit Exhibition Organized in Collaboration with Art into Acres 3 May - 7 June 2024This May, Charles Moffett is pleased to present a special group exhibition, Not Too Late, featuring new and recent work by 21 artists and organized in collaboration with Art into Acres. A long-term philanthropic partner of the gallery, Art into Acres was founded by artist and conservationist Haley Mellin in 2017 as a nonprofit initiative that transforms the proceeds from the sale of donated artworks into acres of conserved land. Through this special exhibition, the gallery strives to raise collective awareness and catalyze the fundraising for Indigenous-led land conservation. In a testament to the gallery’s steadfast commitment to this cause, Charles Moffett is honored that all ten of the gallery’s represented artists have donated their work to the exhibition; and is deeply appreciative of the generous contributions of eleven artists with whom the gallery has had close and meaningful ties throughout its first six years.Read more
Biography
Keith Jackson at his studio in Skowhegan, Maine, where he was an artist in residence in 2022.
Keith Jackson (b. 1966, Essex, Missouri) lives and works in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Working as a general contractor for most of his life, it’s in the last few years that Jackson began self-identifying as an artist and devoting his full time to his painting practice. In that time, Jackson completed the renowned Skowhegan Residency (summer 2022), had a solo exhibition at Steven Zevitas in Boston, MA (fall 2021), and participated in a group exhibition at Harper’s Los Angeles (spring 2022). Working in brightly-hued oil paint applied either on canvas or linen, Jackson’s figurative paintings capture the simultaneously profound yet every-day memories of his childhood growing up in Essex in the 1970s.
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Keith Jackson
The ProvocateursAnnabel Keenan, The Brooklyn Rail, 1 November 2024 -
All Of It with Alison Stewart
Keith JacksonAlison Stewart, WNYC, 25 October 2024 -
A Painter Whose Subjects Are His Siblings: Looking at Keith Jackson’s latest work
Alwa Cooper, The New York Times Style Magazine, 28 August 2022
