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Rush Jackson is an interdisciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, NY, currently working between NYC & Philadelphia.
Utilizing painting, drawing, video, installation, and printed matter, Jackson’s project is, loosely(!), invested in expanding and obfuscating the Black cultural lexicon, emphasizing perspectives on Black representation that are reparative in nature.
Reparative Black representation, as defined by Jackson, occurs under the conditions in which Black autonomy is preserved, and singular/ essentialist notions of Blackness are rejected.
Selected regional venues Jackson has exhibited their work at includes ICA Philadelphia, American Medium, High Tide, Icebox Project Space, Vox Populi, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
In 2020, Jackson created Onyx Self-Imaging Labs, a full service, independent graphic design & art direction studio working with clients/collaborators in the arts & culture spheres, as well as prioritizing design for grassroot organizing & advocacy contexts.
Utilizing painting, drawing, video, installation, and printed matter, Jackson’s project is, loosely(!), invested in expanding and obfuscating the Black cultural lexicon, emphasizing perspectives on Black representation that are reparative in nature.
Reparative Black representation, as defined by Jackson, occurs under the conditions in which Black autonomy is preserved, and singular/ essentialist notions of Blackness are rejected.
Selected regional venues Jackson has exhibited their work at includes ICA Philadelphia, American Medium, High Tide, Icebox Project Space, Vox Populi, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
In 2020, Jackson created Onyx Self-Imaging Labs, a full service, independent graphic design & art direction studio working with clients/collaborators in the arts & culture spheres, as well as prioritizing design for grassroot organizing & advocacy contexts.
Onyx works
on comprehensive projects ranging
from publication design, art direction
and brand identity development, to motion graphics & site development.
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B. 1996, South Orange, New Jersey
Education
2019BFA in Fine Arts, Emphasis in Painting/Drawing, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2018Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, Connecticut
2016
AST in Graphic Design, Antonelli Institute, Glenside, PA
Group Exhibitions
2019Design is Inclusive, DesignPhiladelphia, Center for Architecture and Design, Philadelphia, PA
VOX XV: What Makes That Black?, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
BFA Thesis, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Punctual Reality, High Tide, Philadelphia, PA
Imperfect Tools for Navigation, American Medium, New York, NY
2017
Crosscurrents, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Open Video Call, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Performances
2019Hotter Than July; I Just Might Burn You in August, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Awards, Grants, & Scholarships
2019Emerging Artist Microgrant, Corzo Center
Frances C. Tucker Prize for Innovation in Materials and Techniques, The University of the Arts
2018
Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University
President’s Fund, The University of the Arts
Crosscurrents Full Tuition MFA Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
2016/2019
Trustee Scholarship, The University of the Arts
Dean‘s Scholarship, The University of the Arts
Press
2018Philly Artblog, High Gloss and Nuanced Selves at High Tide’s Punctual Reality, by Olivia Jia
Brooklyn Rail, Imperfect Tools for Navigation, by Vijay Masharani
