Alison Jackson

Infobox Person


image_size = 150px
name = Alison (Mowbray-)Jackson
birth_date = May 15 1960
education = Chelsea College of Art Royal College of Art
occupation = Artist
website = http://www.alisonjackson.com/ http://www.AJNews.co.uk

Alison Jackson (Born Alison Mowbray-Jackson May 15 1960 in Southsea, Hampshire) is an English photographer. She hit the headlines in 1999 with her lookalike photographs of celebrities in compromising positions, and went on to win a BAFTA for BBC 2's series "Doubletake".

Biography

Jackson graduated with BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture from the Chelsea College of Art as an adult student, and MA in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art, London.

She became notorious in England in 1999 for producing black-and-white photographs including images that apparently showed Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed with a mixed-race love child. The photographs were part of her graduation series entitled "Mental Images". She has gone on to produce similarly obscured photos and films of celebrity look-alikes in surprising, shocking or strange situations, portraying them, as she has described it, 'depicting our suspicions'.cite news | url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2104528,00.html | title=The real Tony uncovered | work=The Observer Review | date=2007-06-07 ]

She was the artist behind BBC Two's series "Doubletake", for which she won a BAFTA. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3309591.stm | title=That's Blair and Becks! No wait... | work=BBC News Online Magazine ] She has recently depicted George W. Bush and Tony Blair lookalikes in a series of 'behind the facade' scenes, and has produced a film devoted to the latter which coincided with his exit from office entitled "Blaired Vision", shown on Channel 4 on June 26 2007. She has also launched a satirical news website, [http://www.ajnews.co.uk AJNews.co.uk] , is developing a new series for American television, and finishing a book for Taschen featuring 300 of her images.

TV work

*2008 BBC2: Through the Keyhole guest home owner first broadcast on 28 May
*2007 Channel 4: "Blaired Vision"
*2006 Channel 4: "Sven: The Cash, The Coach & his Lovers"
*2006 Channel 4: "Tony Blair, Rock Star"
*2005 Channel 4: "The Secret Election"
*2005 Channel 4: "Not the Royal Wedding"
*2004/5 "Saturday Night Live", NBC
*2003 "Doubletake" Christmas special
*2003 "Doubletake". BBC2. Created, directed, wrote and produced 6 part series based on "Mental Images"
*2002 "Doubletake". BBC2. Created, directed, wrote special. BAFTA
*2001-2003 Schweppes UK: advertising campaign. Created concept, devised ideas and photographed

olo art exhibitions

*2008 Hamiltons Gallery, London (www.hamiltonsgallery.com) 15th April - 23rd May
*2007 M+B, Los Angeles (www.mbfala.com)
*2004 Julie Saul New York
*2004 Photo London
*2003 The Richard Salmon Gallery, London 'Mental Images on War'
*2002 The Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi, Brussels.
*2001 Jerwood Space, London 'Mental Images'
*2000 The Richard Salmon Gallery, London
*1999 The Richard Salmon Gallery, London

Group exhibitions

*2008 The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK 'Starstruck' 25h April onwards
*2007 Paris Photo
*2005 Kunsthalle, Vienna: Superstars
*2004 Hayward Gallery. London About Face. Photography and the Death of the Portrait
*2004 PhotoLondon
*2003 Musee de l'eysee, Lusanne.
*2003 ICP International Center of Photography, New York
*2002 Paris Photo, Louvre.
*2000 Art 2000 London
*2000 Edinburgh Festival
*1999 The Royal Festival Hall, London. Articultural Show
*1999 The Blue Gallery. Temple of Diana Show curated by Neal Brown

Books

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* 2007 Alison Jackson "Confidential", Taschen

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.alisonjackson.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.ajnews.co.uk/ AJNews.co.uk]
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