Featured Work
Exhibition
March 7, 2014 - April 5, 2014
Under the Influence – Contemporary Artists and the Masters Who Inspire Them
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Using ancient gilding techniques and old master’s oil painting methods, Kay Jackson explores subjects ranging from climate change to the human figure in order to investigate how man, animals and natural systems are interdependent and connected in an ever evolving web of life. She calls it the “original internet’’.
The ethos of nature and human connection plays one of the most important roles in her work. The focus on environmental concerns such as global warming, endangered species, pollution effects, and over-population started in the early 1990’s as she sought to bring attention to these subjects so critical to our very survival. Her hope is that the artwork inspires a better stewardship of our“common home” and reminds us that every action has a ripple effect for better or for worse.
Jackson helps to preserve art forms potentially lost to newer media by using traditional techniques of past centuries. Her pieces depict both the fragility and resiliency of our ecosystems while exposing our planet’s vulnerability with a delicate artistic sensitivity.
Her paintings have been shown nationally and exhibited internationally through the State Department’s Arts in Embassies Program and Museums, The Smithsonian American Art 1Museum, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary and the National Academy of Science include her work in their permanent collections.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2017 May Gallery, Mullen Library, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
2016 Salve Regina Gallery, Catholic University of America Washington, DC
2015 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2013 National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA
2012 Muscarelle Museum, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2012 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2011 George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, DC
2011 American University, SIS Building, Washington, DC
2010 Cosmos Club, Wilmington, DE
2007 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2018 Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2018 Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
2018 Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
2018 Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2017 George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, DC
2014 Under the Influence – Contemporary Artists and the Masters Who Inspire Them, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2011 Quick Center at St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY
2011 Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, Silverspring, MD
2008 Koman Fine Art, Vero Beach, FL
2007 Gallery Yellow, Cross River, NY
2006 Reed Savage Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
2005 Faces of the Fallen, Arlington National Cemetery
2004 The National Academies Keck Center, Washington, DC
2000 The Singapore Museum of Art, Singapore, Japan
1999 The Working People’s Cultural Palace, Beijing, China
1999 The Museum of Fine Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
1998 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
1991 The Regilded Age, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1989 Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD
1982 Washington Women’s Art Center, Washington, DC
Selected Public and Corporate Collections
The Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bell Atlantic, Arlington, Virginia
Bracewell and Patterson, Washington, DC
The Club at Franklin Square, Washington, DC
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
District of Columbia Commissions on the Arts, Washington, DC
Embassy of the United States of America, Cambodia
Embassy of the United States of America, Peru
Embassy of the United States of America, Russia
Embassy of the United States of America, Saudi Arabia
Embassy of the United States of America, Tajikistan
ERC, Fairfax, Virginia
Ernst and Young, Baltimore, Maryland
Federal Reserve Board Fine Arts Program Collection, Washington, DC
George Washington University Collection, Washington, DC
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Washington, DC
ICF, Washington, DC
Kenwood Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
Landsdowne Conference Center, Leesburg, Virginia
LCOR Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Golvsky and Popeo, Washington
Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary, Virginia
National Academy of Science, Keck Center, Washington, DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Oliver T. Carr, Washington, DC
Paine Webber, Washington, DC
Ross, Dixon and Bell, Washington, DC
Sallie Mae, Inc., Reston, Virginia
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Signet Bank, Washington, DC
Silverstein and Mullens, Washington, DC
Society for Human Resource Management, Virginia
The Tower Club, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC
The Willard Hotel, Washington, DC
Commission from the White House
Nocturne painting of the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton’s official 1997 Holiday Card
Education
1984 George Washington University, Washington, DC
1978 The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1974 Virginia Polytech Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
