Background
Jackson, Herb was born on August 16, 1945 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter H. and Virginia (Rogers) Jackson.
Jackson, Herb was born on August 16, 1945 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter H. and Virginia (Rogers) Jackson.
He received his undergraduate degree in German from Davidson College in 1967 (art was not offered as a major yet) and studied abroad at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany for a year.
In 1999 he was awarded the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor in the state, by Governor Jim Hunt of North Carolina. Three years later he earned his master"s degree in fine arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970. In 1969, while finishing up his graduate studies, Jackson began teaching at Davidson.
In 1982 he became the Chair of the department, a position which he held until he retired in 2011.
Jackson has had more than 100 single-artist exhibitions in several countries, including England, Portugal, and Peru. Some of Jackson"s work was chosen to be included in the first exhibition of contemporary American art to be presented in the former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Jackson"s work is now in more than 80 collections including the British Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City.
Jackson is married with two sons. Jackson"s art is almost entirely abstract and non-representational.
He is most known for his paintings, both larger works on canvas and smaller on board, and also for his oil crayon drawings on paper.
He has also done a number of prints using vitreography and digital media. Work by Herb Jackson may be viewed at the following galleries:
Gallery Limited., New Bern, North Carolina
Christa Faut Gallery, Cornelius, North Carolina
The Littleton Collection, Fort Pierce, Florida
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Julian Contemporary, Cleveland, Ohio
Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia
Taba Incorporated, Scottsdale, Arizona
Mercury Fine s, Athens, Georgia
Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Somerhill Gallery, Durham, North Carolina
Thomas Paul Fine s, Los Angeles, California.
Member College Art Association, Southern Graphics Council, Charlotte Artists Coalition (director 1980-1981), Mecklenberg-Charlotte Arts and Science Council (director 1977-1979), Southeastern College Art Conference.
Married Laura Dudley Grosch, June 9, 1967. Children: Leif, Ulysses.