Robert C. Jackson (b. 1964 Kinston, NC) is a contemporary realist still life artist. The path that brought him to this full time and fulfilling career as an artist is somewhat varied and unusual. Robert graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1986 and proceeded to work as a systems engineer designing radio systems for Motorola for the next 5 years. He left engineering, not for painting, but for the ministry working at Cedar Ridge Community Church in Spencerville, MD as an assistant pastor for the next 6 years. Since 1997 Robert has been painting full time and exhibiting his work in various galleries from coast to coast. Presently, Robert lives in Kennett Square, PA with his wife and three children.
Solo Exhibitions:
2014
South Dakota Museum of Art, Brookings, South Dakota
Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
2012
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville IN
Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2011
Gallery Henoch, New York, NY (catalog)
2010
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
2009
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
Leslie Levy Fine Art, Scottsdale AZ
2008
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
2007
Wynne-Falconer Gallery, Chatham MA
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
2006
Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
2005
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill NC
2004
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
2003
Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington DE
SomervilleManning Gallery, Greenville DE
2002
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill NC
2001
Arden Gallery, Boston MA
Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
2000
SomervilleManning Gallery, Greenville DE
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill NC
1998
Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
1997
SomervilleManning Gallery, Greenville DE
Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD
Selected Group Exhibitions, Awards:
2011
“Celebrating Four Decades of Collecting,” Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
“Realism,” Pismo Gallery, Aspen CO
“Group Show,” Gallery 1261, Denver CO
“Appetite,” Gallery Henoch, New York, New York
2010
“Reality Check,” Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford PA
“Trompe L’Oeil” Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
"Corporate Collections," Republic Plaza, Denver CO
“Reality Boost,” Gallery 1261, Denver CO
“Still Life,” Peterson Cody Gallery, Santa Fe NM
“The Perfect Valentine,” MA Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
“Between Realities,” Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA
2009
“Still Life,” Gallery Henoch, NY NY
“Winter Group Show,” Gallery Henoch, NY NY
“Realism Invitational,” MA Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
“Inaugural Inspiration,” Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
"Food Glorious Food V," Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
“Beyond the Object Project,” Gallery 1261 Denver CO
2008
“Group Show,” Gallery Henoch, NY NY
“Gift Of Art,” Deborah Young Gallery, Sausalito CA
“Small Works Show,” Gallery 1261, Denver CO
“Trompe L’oeil,” SomervilleManning Gallery, Greenville DE
“Realism by Artists in the Philbrook’s Object Project,” MA Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
“Challenging the Still Life,” Gallery 1261, Denver CO
“Zenith for Real,” Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
2007/9
The Object Project, Evansville Museum, IN; Greenville Museum, SC; Philbrook Museum, OK; Hunter Museum, TN; Museum of Outdoor Arts, CO
2007
Summer Exhibition, Gallery 1261, Denver CO
2006
Salon d'Arts Denver, Colorado History Museum, Denver CO
"Food Glorious Food II," Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
"My Favorite Things," Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte NC
2005
"Food Glorious Food," Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
“Allied Artists Invitational Traveling Exhibition” (2003-2005)
2004
“Jackson 4,” Delaware Art Museum Sales Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2003
"Annual Realism Invitational," M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK (2001,2002)
2002
"Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco CA, (2001, 2000)
2001
"Contemporary Realism II," Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth TX
"Emerging Artists," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco CA, (2000)
USArtists2001, 33rd St. Armory, Philadelphia PA, (2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996) "Feathers and Sticks," Bennett Galleries, Knoxville TN
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
"Allied Artists at the Butler," Butler Art Institute, Youngstown OH
2000
"Realism Today," John Pence Gallery—American Artist Magazine, San Francisco, CA
"Realistic Vision," Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond VA
"Still Life" Bennett Galleries, Knoxville TN
1999
Allied Artists of America, Inc. Annual Exhibition, New York NY, (1997, 1996)
"Still Life Invitational," Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill NC
"Still," Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA
"Off the Wall Humor," Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
1998
"Realism '98," Parkersburg Art Ctr, Parkersburg WV, People's Choice Award