Bill Jackson (photographer)

Bill Jackson (born 1953) is a contemporary English photographer.

Bill Jackson was born in 1953 and graduated from Coventry School of Art and Birmingham School of Art . He first exhibited at The Photographers Gallery in the exhibition "Fleeting Gestures" The History of Dance Photography selected by Bill Jay of the ICP Gallery in New York. In 1986 he began working with early computer graphic systems and by 1991 this experimental work using film and digital combinations were shown at a conference on the future of photography at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the National Media Museum) in Bradford. Jackson was one of the first UK film based photographers to go over to digital imaging in 1985/6. He lives and works in London. His work is in many private and art trust collections.

Photography

"Every now and then, with a bit of luck, an artist will produce exceptional work that immediately demands attention. This is the case with Bill Jackson’s Morphenia, a suite of sixteen computer generated digital prints." (Nick Smale - Artspace Magazine) "His imagery was as spiky, robust and eclectic as an Hieronymus Bosch and his use of colour and ornamentation as rich and luscious as any Dutch old master." (Peter McCarthy - Visual Arts Magazine")

elected solo exhibitions

* 2006 - "Morphenia and other works", Gallery12 London
* 2006 - "Morphenia", The White Room Gallery Leamington Spa
* 1986 - "New Works", Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Coventry
* 1985 - "Bill Jackson Portraits", Bill Brandt Room Photographers Gallery London
* 1985 - "Bill Jackson Portraits", Impressions Gallery York
* 1984 - "Love Labours Lost", Barbican Centre London Portraits RSC Company
* 1984 - "Circus", Print Room Photographers Gallery London

Publications

* "Still Life Revisted", Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Group
* "Artists Profile", SLR Camera
* "Artists Profile", Creative Review
* "Exhibition Profile", City Limits
* "Open ‘82’", Published by Midland Groups Galleries
* "Image and Exploration", Published by the Photographers Gallery, London
* "The Animal in Photography 1840 - 1986", Published by Photographers Gallery, London
* "Obraz i Poszukiwanie", Published by Galaria Zwsazuku Polskich
* "Britska Soucasna", Published by Ministerstvo Kultury CSR

External links

* [http://www.billjackson.biz Bill Jackson’s official website]

* [http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=10835 Bill Jackson on AxisWeb.org]
* [http://www.Saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Bill+Jackson/6335.html Bill Jackson on Saatchi Gallery] ("showcase your art to thousands of visitors every day")