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

Education and career

Jackson graduated from Coventry School of Art and

Birmingham School of Art The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design a ...

. He first exhibited at

The Photographers' Gallery The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United Kingdom devoted solely to photography. It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, established in ...

in the exhibition ''Fleeting Gestures''. His work was seen at the History of Dance Photography collection selected by

Bill Jay William Jay (12 August 1940 – 10 May 2009) was a photographer, writer on and advocate of photography, curator, magazine and picture editor, lecturer, public speaker and mentor. He was the first editor of "the immensely influential magazine" ''Cr ...

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 was shown at a conference on the future of photography at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the

National Media Museum The National Science and Media Museum (formerly The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, 1983–2006 and then the National Media Museum, 2006–2017), located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, is part of the national Science Museum G ...

) in Bradford. Jackson was one of the first UK film based photographers to go over to digital imaging in 1985. He lives and works in London. His work is in many private and art trust collections.

Comments

*"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." *"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 July 2010

Solo exhibitions

* 1984 - ''Circus'', Print Room,

, London * 1984 - ''Love Labours Lost'',

Barbican Centre The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhi ...

, London. Portraits RSC Company * 1985 - ''Bill Jackson Portraits'',

Impressions Gallery Impressions Gallery is an independent contemporary photography gallery in Bradford, England. It was established in 1972 and located in York until moving to Bradford in 2007. Impressions Gallery also runs a photography bookshop, publishes its own ...

, York * 1985 - ''Bill Jackson Portraits'', Bill Brandt Room, The Photographers' Gallery, London * 1986 - ''New Works'',

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (also known as the Herbert) is a museum, art gallery, records archive, learning centre, media studio and creative arts facility on Jordan Well, Coventry, England. Overview The museum is named after Sir Alfred Herb ...

, Coventry * 2006 - ''Morphenia'', The White Room Gallery, Leamington Spa * 2006 - ''Morphenia and other works'', Gallery12, London * 2007 - ''Inside Out'', Market Place Theatre Gallery, Armagh, Northern Ireland * 2008 - ''Night Of The Hunter'', Gallery12, London

Publications

* ''Portfolio Showcase, Vol. 2'', published by the Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado * ''Out Of My Head'', published by Blurb * ''Still Life Revisited'', Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Group (self-publishedBill Jackson,
Publishing
", billjackson.biz; accessed 2008-10-18.) * "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 the Photographers Gallery, London * ''Obraz i Poszukiwanie'', published by Galaria Zwsazuku Polskich * ''Britska Soucasna'', published by Ministerstvo Kultury, CSR

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Bill English contemporary artists Photographers from Warwickshire 1953 births Living people Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art