CURRICULUM  VITAE


Born: New York City, USA      Lives: Devon, UK

 

Education:

St. Andrews University, Scotland: MA (Honours)
Middlesex University, London: Post-Graduate Certificate in Constructed Textiles

 

Selected exhibitions:

 

One-woman show:

"Certaine Wytches: Fear, Myth and Magic: recent work by Anne Jackson"

March 23- May 6, 2019. The Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK.

 

Originated: Sept. 30- Nov. 5, 2017. The Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucester, UK. 

 

 

 

Group shows:

Tradition & Innovation: 6th International Triennial of Textile Art (2018) Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia.
5th Triennial of Textile Art (2015) Szombathely and Budapest, Hungary.
The Power of Ten (2015) Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucester, UK; SIT Select Festival.
Diversity and Unity: 5th International Triennial of Textile Art (2015) Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia.
Cordis Trust Prize for Tapestry Shortlist exhibition (2015) Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
"Folk Art Let's Dance" (2014) 99 Mary St. Gallery, Sheffield, UK

Rijswijk Textile Biennial (2013) Rijswijk Museum, The Hague, Netherlands.

The 62 Group of Textile Artists: NOW, (2015) Upfront Gallery, Cumbria; Ebb & Flow, (2015) Grimsby Maritime Heritage Centre; Small Talk (2013) Constance Howard Resource Centre, Goldsmiths, University of London.
ARTAPESTRY3 (European Tapestry Forum touring exhibition; 2012-14)
Silkeborg Bad, Denmark; Jyvaskyla, Finland; Ronneby, Sweden; Angers, France; Riga, Latvia.
Kate Derum Award Finalists’ Exhibition (2013 & 2011) Australian Tapestry Workshop.
American Tapestry Biennial 9 (2012-13) Athens, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
Web of Europe (invited artist; 2011) Musees Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium;
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
ARTAPESTRY2 (2008-10) Aalborg, Denmark; Angers, France; Bergen, Norway; Luleaa, Sweden.
American Tapestry Biennial 8 (2010-11) Lincoln, Nebraska; Lowell, Massachusetts USA.
American Tapestry Biennial 7 (2008) Tampa, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky USA.
Tapestry 08 (2008) Dean Clough, Halifax, UK.
ARTAPESTRY (2005-6) Aalborg, Denmark; Krefeld, Germany; Angers, France.

Awards:

Recognition of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (2018)
Hartlebury Fund (2016); weaversbazaar (2017)
Shortlisted for Cordis Trust Prize for Tapestry (2015)

Arts Council England Travel Grant (2005-10); David Canter Memorial Trust (2005)

 

Collections:
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary; Art Endowment of the City of Aalborg, Denmark;  Geffreye Museum, London, UK; Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK; Exeter & Devon Arts Centre, UK;

private collections UK & USA.

 

Selected Publications:
Tapestry: A Woven Narrative, T. Wilcox, C. Penney, F. Mathison; Black Dog, London (2012);
Textiles: The Art of Mankind, M.Schoeser; Thames & Hudson, London (2012).

 

Other:

Invited Conference Speaker, "Magic from the Margins", Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California (2020) (ONLINE)

Keynote Conference Speaker, "Persecution & Possibility", University of Exeter, UK (2019). In conjunction with solo exhibition, "Certaine Wytches: Fear, Myth & Magic" at Devon Guild of Craftsmen.
University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK; Visiting Tutor (2016-19).
West Dean College, Chichester, UK; Short-course tutor (2016-).
Steering Group, European Tapestry Forum (2005-).
Curated "The Power of Slow" (American Tapestry Alliance online exhibition) 2013.

 

Critical writing:

Reviews for Textile The Journal of Cloth and Culture, catalogue essays for ARTAPESTRY3 (European Tapestry Forum) and Tapestry 08 (British Tapestry Group).

Member of:

European Tapestry Forum; American Tapestry Alliance.