Using old masters glazing methods and ancient gilding techniques, Kay Jackson explores subjects ranging from endangered species and the environment to nocturnes and the human figure. Her paintings have been shown nationally for thirty years and exhibited internationally through the Arts in Embassies Program and Museums. The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Academy of Science have her work in their permanent collections, and in 1997 President and Mrs. Clinton commissioned Jackson to paint a nocturne of the White House for their official Holiday Card.
It's All Connected (32/32), 2015, oil with copper leaf on linen, 32 x 32 inches
Butterflies, 2016, gold leaf, tempera & watercolor on gessoed wood, 8 x 8 x 2 inches
It's All Connected, Opus IV, 2015, oil with gold & copper leaf on linen, 48 x 36 inches
Darwin Panel, Red Butterfly, 2014, gold leaf, watercolor, ink & graphite on gessoed panel, 11 x 11 inches
Running Zebra (32/36), 2017, oil on linen, 32 x 36 inches
Zebra on Fire, 2017, gold & copper leaf on linen, 36 x 48 inches
Darwin Panel, Two Birds, 2016, gold leaf, tempera, watercolor & graphite on Gessoed panel, 9 x 9 inches
Tree Geometry, 2015, oil with gold and copper leaf on linen, 40 x 36 inches
Malthusian (31/26), 2010, oil on linen, 31 x 26 inches
EDUCATION
1970 through 1974 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
1977 through 1978 The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1979 through 1984 George Washington University, Washington, DC__MFA, Painting
EXHIBITIONS
September 2018 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
August 2018 Biggs Museum if American Art, Dover DE
February 2018 Muscarelle Museum, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
September 2017 George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, DC
January 2017 Catholic University of America, Mullen Library, May Gallery, Washington, DC
October 2016 Catholic University of America, Salve Regina Gallery, Washington, DC
March 2015 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC*
March 2014 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE***
June 2012-Jan 2013 National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA*
February 2012 Muscarelle Museum, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA*
January 2012 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC *
December 2011 Quick Center at St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY***
October 2011 Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, Silverspring MD***
September 2011 The George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, WDC*
May 2011 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC***
April 2011 American University, SIS Building, Washington, DC*
Sept 09-Jan 2010 Cosmos Club, Washington, DC*
January 2008 Koman Fine Art, Vero Beach, FL**
April 2007 Gallery Yellow, Cross River, NY***
January 2007 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC*
January 2006 Reed Savage Gallery, Coral Gables, FL***
December 2005 Reed Savage Gallery, Coral Gables, FL***
October 2005 The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC**
March 2005 Faces of the Fallen, Arlington National Cemetery***
December 2004 The Studio, Middleburg, VA***
May 2004 Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, New York**
March 2004 The National Academies’ Keck Center, Washington, DC***
October 2003 The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC***
July 2003 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC***
December 2002 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, Washington***
Summer 2002 Party Animals, Washington, DC***
December 2000 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA***
June 2000 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA*
April 2000 The Singapore Museum of Art, Singapore***
February 2000 The CIPTA Gallery, Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia***
December 1999 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA***
December 1999 The Working People’s Cultural Palace, Beijing, China***
November 1999 The Painting Institute, Shanghai, China***
October 1999 The Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam***
August 1999 The Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam***
May 1999 Meridian International Center, Washington, DC***
March 1999 Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC***
March 1999 Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, New York***
December 1998 Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York***
October 1998 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC **
October 1998 Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York***
December 1997 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC*
November 1997 Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, New York***
April 1997 Creative Resource Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan**
February 1997 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC***
November 1996 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC*
December 1995 Gallery Okuda International, Washington, DC***
March 1995 The Bell Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan**
February 1995 The Bell Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee*
December 1994 The Parrish Gallery, Venice, Florida*
December 1993 Pensler Galleries, Washington, DC*
January 1993 Vaughn-Goodman Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi*
November 1992 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC*
October 1992 Meridian International Center, Washington, DC*
May 1991 Newark Museum, THE REGILDED AGE, Newark, New Jersey***
April 1990 The University Club, Washington, DC*
October 1989 The College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Maryland*
March 1989 Georgetown University Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, DC*
January 1989 Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland**
September 1988 Adelle M. Gallery, Dallas, Texas*
May 1988 Red Fox Fine Art, Middleburg, Virginia*
December 1987 Vorpal Gallery, New York, New York***
November 1986 Wallace-Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC**
March 1986 Wallace-Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC*
October 1985 Wallace-Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC***
April 1984 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC***
June 1984 Gallery Astrid, Monte Carlo, Monaco**
June 1983 Arena Stage, Washington, DC***
December 1982 Gallery K, Washington, DC***
June 1982 Gallery K, Washington, DC***
January 1982 Washington Women’s Art Center, Washington, DC***
* Denotes solo exhibition
** Denotes two person exhibition
*** Denotes group exhibition
COMMISSION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
Nocturne painting of the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton’s official 1997 Holiday Card.
ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM 1988 to 2012
Nassau, Bahamas Moscow, Russia
Belize City, Belize Paris, France Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Phnom Penh, Cambodia Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Lima, Peru
Bangkok, Thailand Suva, Fiji
Colombo, Sri Lanka Rangoon, Burma
MEDIA COVERAGE
December 2015 Greenpeace uses Constellation Tableau by Kay Jackson for Holiday card
April 23, 2015 Kay Jackson at Addison/Ripley Fine Art by Ari Post, The Georgetowner
January 2012 Kay Jackson at Addison/Ripley Fine Art by Ari Post, The Georgetowner
October 2011 Washington City Paper, Reviewed: Kay Jackson at Luther W. Brady Art
Gallery by Louis Jacobson
March 2011 100 artists of the Mid-Atlantic by E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer
April 2007 Witness for the Environment, Elan Magazine
April 2005 Faces of the Fallen, Smithsonian Magazine
March 2004 National Academies’ Keck Center, Washingtonian Magazine
2004 Art in Embassies Program Catalog, U.S. Mission to the OECD, Paris, FR
December 13, 2002 DC Commission on Arts does itself a Party Favor, Washington Post
December 25, 1997 A Gilder’s 24-Karat Restoration, The New York Times
December 4, 1997 White House Card, USA Today
Nov/Dec 1996 The Midas Touch, Southern Accents Magazine
October 2, 1994 Gilt by Association, The Washington Post Sunday Magazine
April/May 1994 The Young at Art, Washington Life Magazine
January 1, 1994 Kay Jackson at Pensler, The Washington Post
December 1993 On the Wings of Angels, Traditional Home Magazine
August 1993 Granito and Sgrafitto: Two Methods of Adornment, Picture Framing
Magazine
November 21,1999 Glorifying Washington’s Subtle Charms, The Washington Post
April 7, 1989 Jackson Exhibit Highlights Watercolor’s Beauty, The Hoya, Georgetown
University
September 1988 Rapping, Museum and Arts Washington
January 4,1987 Strathmore Show, The Washington Post
July 1987 The Softest Stroke, Washingtonian Magazine
June 1984 Radio interview, American Radio-Cote d’ Azur
September 1982 Three to Watch-Realists of a Different Hue, Washingtonian Dossier
June 17,1982 DC Talent at Gallery K, The Washington Post
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
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
Federal Reserve Board Fine Arts Program, Washington, DC
Muscarelle Museum of Art, at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
National Academy of Science, Keck Center, Washington, DC
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Bell Atlantic, Arlington, Virginia
Bracewell and Patterson, Washington, DC
The Club at Franklin Square, Washington, DC
ERC, Fairfax, Virginia
Ernst and Young, Baltimore, Maryland
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Washington, DC
ICF, Washington, DC
Kenwood Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
LCOR Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
Landsdowne Conference Center, Leesburg, Virginia
Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Golvsky and Popeo, Washington, DC
Oliver T. Carr, Washington, DC
Paine Webber, Washington, DC
Ross, Dixon and Bell, Washington, DC
Sallie Mae, Inc., Reston, Virginia
Signet Bank, Washington, DC
Silverstein and Mullens, Washington, DC
Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia
The Tower Club, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC
The Willard Hotel, Washington, DC
