BARBARA JACKSON, M.F.A., is a professional artist whose work is held in public, corporate and private collections in the United States and Europe. Her post-graduate training took place in Florence, Italy where she studied classical painting techniques. She has worked as a museum educator and has taught studio courses at art schools, colleges and universities for over twenty years.

She currently lives in Houston, Texas and conducts workshops in the United States and France.

Her most recent artistic explorations have been in the areas of photography, and video.
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EDUCATION
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 1976
                        B.F.A. Painting and B.F.A. Printmaking
                        Graduated Magna cum Laude
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 1979
                        M.F.A., Painting
Laboratorio per il Perfezzione di Murali e Affreschi, Prato, Italy 1988
                        Certificate of Proficiency in Fresco Painting and Conservation Techniques

HONORS & AWARDS

City of Sausalito Arts Commission, Sausalito, CA 2000-2004
              Appointed Arts Commissioner, served as Treasurer 2002-2004
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA 1993
            Artist in Residence,
San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA . 1995
             Schools and Ewald Foundation Design Award
McDevitt Foundation, Penedo,Portugal 1994
            Artist’s Residency,              
Davis Arts Commission, Davis, CA 1989
            Awarded Grant for Fresco Mural, Davis Art  Center,
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1989
            First Place Team for Building Design
Il Laboratorio per Affresco di Vainella, Prato, Italy 1987-1988 
              Scholarship Award, Banco dl Prato
California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA 1982
Dr. William Cobb School San Francisco, L.E.A.P. Artist in Residence

PUBLIC AND &  CORPORATE COMMISSIONED ART WORKS

San Antonio River Authority
                        Permanent Photo and Video Installation
VITAS, San Antonio Texas 2009
                        Entry Foyer Mural/Triptych
HKA Design, Inc. for Kendall Jackson Winery, San Francisco, CA 1996 
                        Fresco
Earthly Delights Emporium, San Anselmo, CA 1996
                         Wall Mural           
Cafe Caterina, San Anselmo,CA 1996
                        Wall Mural and Restaurant Design             
St. Martin de Porres Hospitality House, San Francisco, CA 1994
                        Wall Mural Fresco
Rossetti Osteria Romana, San Anselmo, CA 1994
                        Restaurant Design and Wall Paintings
Solus Properties, Inc., Corte Madera Town Center, Marin
                        County, CA 1993; Exterior Wall Murals
Cowan Design Company, Marin County, CA 1990
                        Interior Wall Murals
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 1989
                        Chef’s Grill Restaurant Mural/Triptych
West Ridge Ranch, Fort Collins, CO 1988
                        Exterior Fresco Series
Davis Arts Commission, Davis, CA 1989
                        Art Center Exterior Wall Fresco

WORK IN PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
 Laboratorio per il Perfezzione di Murali e Affreschi, Prato, Italy 1988
                        Fresco
Planned Investments, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA
                        Oil Painting
Contemporary Arts Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
                        Acrylic Painting
Honolulu State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
                        Oil Painting
University of Hawaii Collection, Honolulu, HI
                        Oil Painting
 S.S. Oceania, Honolulu, HI

Bank of Hawaii, Manoa Branch, Honolulu, HI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Permanent Photo and Video Installation at the San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio, Texas

2009
Fotoseptiembre presented by Anarte Gallery at Biga on the Banks, San Antonio, TX September 2009

San Antonio River Authority; Photographs; “Luminarias del Rio,” April-May, 2009

An Arte Gallery, Photographs and Video “Luminarias del Rio,” San Antonio, Texas,  March, 2009

2007
Ventana Gallery,  Contemporary Collage (solo exhibit), San Antonio, TX 2007

AnArte Gallery (solo exhbit) “Recent Paintings”, San Antono, TX. (October, 2007)

2000-2003
Marin Arts Council Open Studios; Sausalito, CA

2000 Fabrizio’s Restaurant, Larkspur, CA

1999 and before
1999            La Toscana restaurant, San Rafael, CA
                    The Sea Peddler Restaurant, San Rafael, CA
1994            The Clay Studio, “Paintings,” San Francisco, CA
                    San Francisco Scone Works, “Conversations and Swimmers,”  watercolors and monoprints
1992            The White Horse Cafe, “Acrobats,” works on paper, San Anselmo, CA
1991            The Clay Studio, “Balancing Act,” recent paintings and drawings, San Francisco, CA
                    The Marianne Partlow Gallery, “Frescoes and Fragments,” Olympia, WA
1989            The Gallery, Hawaii Loa College, “Works on Paper,” Kaneohe, HI
                    The Davis Art Center, “A Fresco in Process,” accompanied by exhibition of
                    mixed media works on paper, Davis, CA
1987            The Mill Valley Arts Commission Gallery, “Recent Works on Paper,” Mill Valley, CA
1986            The San Francisco Museum Art School Gallery, “Works on Paper, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009
Contemporary Art Month San Antonio, TX Radius Gallery; 9 minute video Luminarias del Rio projected on large exterior screen on roof

79th Annual San Antonio Art League Artists Exhibition, San Antonio, TX April/May 2009  (2 photographs)

2009 Luminiaria Arts Night,  San Antonio, Texas March 14, 2009; video, environmental light installation, Luminarias del Rio projected onto exterior wall of Instituto Cultural de Mexico en San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

AnArte Gallery; ongoing representation by gallery, San Antonio, Texas, 2006-2008

77th Annual San Antonio Art League Artists Exhibition, San Antonio, TX 2007 

2006
Colores de la Primavera Exhibition, (eight artists; water colors paintings) Ventana Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2006

Red Dot Sale, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, 2006

Radius Gallery, “3” ( 3 artists; curated by Joan Grona), San Antonio, Texas, 2006

Faculty Exhibit, Learning & Products Art Expo, Convention Center Burbank, California, 2006

2005
San Antonio Watercolor Group Annual Juried Exhibition, Los Patios, San Antonio, TX, 2005

Learning & Products Art Expo, Faculty Exhibit, Burbank, California, 2005

Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center, Annual Arts and Eats Exhibit, San Antonio, TX, 2004, 2005

March of Dimes Annual Fundraising Auction  (One of two featured Artists), San Antonio, TX, 2005

2003
Celebration Of Color; Featured Artist, Golden Gate Artists at Bay Model Visitors Center, Sausalito, CA 2003

Schoonmaker Gallery; ongoing group exhibitions, Sausalito, California

2002
American Artists Magazine Methods and Materials 2002 Faculty,  Pasadena, CA; “Invited Faculty Exhibition,” Pasadena Convention Center, 2002

Sausalito City Hall, Sausalito, CA Sausalito Artists Registry Exhibit, 2002

Marin Arts Council Annual Exhibition and Open Studios, Marin county, CA 1998, 1999, 2001
California Watercolor Association, Orinda, CA, Featured Artist , June 2001

Bank of America Gallery; Seattle Washington “ A Gift of Light and Time” January, 2000

750 Gallery; Sacramento, California “Invitational 2000” February, 2000
Bay Model Visitors Center; Sausalito, California “Cross Section” May, 2000

Museo Italo Americano; San Francisco, California“ A View of Fresco” June, 2000

Bay Model Visitors Center; Sausalito, California Three Artists, 1999

SOMAR GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, Urban Visions; 1995.

Art Alliance of Sausalito Exhibition; Bay Model Visitors’ Center, Sausalito, CA , 1995

Annual Faculty Exhibition; College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA, 1995.

KALA Institute Annual Art Auction; Berkeley, CA, 1995.

Phantom Gallery; Two Way Mirror, Installation Year's Exploration of the Process of Self-Portraiture. 4,0000 square ft Site Specific Installation Phantom Gallery, Sacramento CA.1995

U.C.Davis Walter A. Buehler Gallery, Davis. CA, 1995.
Monotype Forum III;

Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA KALA Artists Annual; 1995.

KALA Institute Berkeley, CA “25th Anniversary Auction”, San Francisco, CA 1994-1995

KALA Institute Berkeley, CA “Artists in Residence Annual Exhibition,” 1993-1995

Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA “Small Works Annual Juried Exhibition, 1991

Lillian Paley Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA “Monoprints Plus,” 1991

Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA “Summer Exhibition,” 1991

ProArts Members Exhibition and Open Studios, Oakland, CA 1990

Palazzo Pretorio, Prato, Italy “Frescos and Tempera Paintings, “Catalogue, 1990

Castello dell’Imperatore, Prato, Italy “The History of Mural Painting from Prehistory Until Today, 1989

Djuravich Gallery, Sacramento, CA “Figurative Works,” Exhibition of Selected Gallery Artists, 1988

Sala Medievale di San Jacopo, Prato, Italy “Fresco Painting 1988,” 1988

University of Hawaii Gallery, Alumni Exhibition, “Paperworks,” Honolulu, HI 1988

Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA “Artists Look at Love,” 1988

Crocker Museum Art Gallery, “Art Auction,” Catalogue, Sacramento, CA 1987

Breckenridge Gallery, Exhibition of Four Gallery Artists, San Francisco, CA 1987

Ivey Gallery, “Women’s Exhibition,” Los Angeles, CA 1987

Djuravich Gallery, “Annual Exhibition of Gallery Artists”, Sacramento, CA 1987

Marianne Partlow Gallery, “Monotypes,” Group of Four Artists Working in Monotype Medium, Olympia, WA 1987

The Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1987