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www.prestonjacksonart.com
www.artic.edu/~pjacks
EDUCATION:
BFA, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
MFA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- REGIONAL EMMY AWARD, HOST OF "LEGACY IN BRONZE—FRESH FROM JULIEANNE'S GARDEN"
- 1998 LAUREATE OF THE LINCOLN ACADEMY OF ILLINOIS
- RHODELL OWENS AWARD, PEORIA CITY BEAUTIFUL
MEDIA:
CAST BRONZE AND STEEL SCULPTURE, PAINTING
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- 2009-Present Visiting Artist, Bradley University
- 2008-Present Professor Emeritus, Sculpture Department,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1989 - 2008 Sculpture Professor, Head of the Figurative Area,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1994 - 1996 Chair, Sculpture Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1995 - Present Owner, Side View Gallery, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
- 1972 - 1989 Professor - Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, Western Illinois University
- 1971 - 1972 Instructor - Drawing and Painting, Millikin University
PUBLIC SCULPTURE:
- 1908 Springfield Race Riot Sculpture, Springfield, Illinois 2009
o Cast Bronze Monument
- "From the Cottonfield to the Battlefield", City of Decatur, Illinois 2009
o Granite and Cast Bronze Relief
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Illinois 2008
o Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Relief
- Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, Illinois 2008
o Cast Bronze Figure on Stainless Steel Bench
- 69th Street Station, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago 2007
o Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Relief
- Bronzeville Sculpture, McCormick Place West, Chicago 2007
o Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Relief
- City of Chicago 2006
o Cast Bronze Sculpture of Irv Kupcinet
- Lincoln Financial Sculpture Park – Riverwalk, Hartford, CT 2006
o "Toward Union Lines" and "Emancipation", Cast Bronze
- Village of Maywood, IL 2006
o Cast Bronze Bust of Fred Hampton
- Northwestern University, Chicago
o "Dr. Dan", Bronze Bust of Daniel Hale Williams
- Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
o Medallion for 50th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education,
- City of Chicago, Brainerd Library
o Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Relief of Gwendolyn Brooks
- Disney, ESPN Zone, Chicago, Illinois
o "Let's Play Two"--Ernie Banks Relief Sculpture, Cold Cast Bronze
- City of Danville, Illinois
o Martin Luther King Memorial Bronze Bust
- Fire Training Academy, Peoria, Illinois
o Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Memorial Sculpture
- Champaign Public Library, Champaign, Illinois
o Stainless Steel & Cast Bronze Sculpture Memorial of Frederick Douglass
- Private Commission donated to the City of Peoria
o "Our Town", Cityscape, Painted Steel
- Tazewell-Mason Counties Special Education Association, Pekin Illinois
o Stainless Steel Memorial Sculpture
- Luster Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
o Bronze Memorial bust and relief
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
o "Animal Dignity", Stainless Steel Exterior relief sculpture
- Cahokia Mounds Museum, Cahokia Mounds, Illinois
o Cast Bronze Building Facade and Entry and Exit Doors
- City of Peoria, Illinois
o "Jean Baptiste Point du Sable" -- Life size cast bronze city monument
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- July-August, 2010 –Julieanna's Descendents: Images from the Closet Trunk
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL
- August-Sept., 2009 – Julieanna's Descendants: Images from the Closet Trunk
Madden Art Center, Decatur, Illinois
- February-April, 2009 – Julieanna's Descendants: Images from the Closet Trunk
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
- September-October, 2008 –Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
- June, 2008 –Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, IL
- October-November, 2007 –Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
- July-October, 2007 –Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
- January-August, 2007 -- Bearing Witness: The Art of Preston Jackson
Illinois State Museum, Lockport, Illinois
- Spring 2007 –Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
- Fall 2006 –Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
- September-November, 2006 -- Bearing Witness: The Art of Preston Jackson
Illinois State Museum, University of Illinois Springfield Gallery, Springfield Art Association, Prairie Art Alliance, Springfield, Illinois
Bio - Preston Jackson
www.prestonjacksonart.com
www.artic.edu/~pjacks
Preston Jackson received his BFA from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and his MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana. He taught Painting and drawing at Millikin University, and then moved on to Western Illinois University, where he taught Sculpture, Painting and Drawing for the next seventeen years. In 1989, Preston accepted a position as tenured professor of sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he still teaches. He has served as chair of the department, and has been head of the Figurative Area of the Sculpture Department. He is now professor emeritus at The School, as well as a visiting artist at Bradley University. Preston's large-scale outdoor sculptures, as well as his smaller bronze pieces have been exhibited widely in the U.S.
In 1995, Preston began development of an art complex along the riverfront in downtown Peoria, Illinois. The Contemporary Art Center of Peoria is devoted to exhibiting the art of a wide spectrum of local, regional, and nationally acclaimed artists, as well as to the furthering of art education in the area. The center includes rental space for artists' studios, and the gallery space is regularly used for jazz performances, poetry readings, and sculpture, painting and tai chi classes taught by Preston.
Preston's recent sculptures deal with the subject of our history - both precise depictions of well-known historical figures as well as innovative portrayals of individuals whose lives, though unfamiliar to us, are part of our history that he wants us to learn. His latest series, "Julieanna's Descendants: Images from the Closet Trunk", reveals the lives and personalities of all our forbears who lived in the United States in the 19th and early 20th century. Despite the hardships of those who had been enslaved or viewed as less than human, the pieces do not reflect bitterness or hostility, but rather an admiration for the resolution and resiliency of each individual.
Preston is known for his attention to detail in his finely crafted figurative sculptures. Preston's recent commissions include a variety of historical subjects - a memorial for the 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois; a sculpture honoring Abraham Lincoln and African American soldiers for Decatur, Illinois; a sculpture of Irv Kupcinet at Wacker and Wabash in Chicago; a stainless steel and bronze high relief about the Underground Railroad for the Peoria, Illinois Civic center; a bust of Fred Hampton for Maywood, Illinois; the bronze exterior and interior building façades at the Cahokia Mounds Museum near St. Louis, which depicts the Native American Mound Builders of the Mississippian period; a stainless steel and cast bronze piece for the Chicago Transit Authority and a stainless steel and bronze relief at McCormick Place West in Chicago.
Preston was recently awarded a Regional Emmy for hosting "Legacy in Bronze", a television show featuring his Julieanne's Garden sculptures. Preston was also selected a 1998 Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the highest honor given to individuals in the State.
Preston and his wife Melba maintain homes in Dunlap and Chicago, IL. They have two daughters, Natalie and Alice, and one grandson, Blake.
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