Tomashi Jackson

Tomashi Jackson

b. 1980, Houston, TX
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Tomashi Jackson’s (b. 1980, Houston, TX) research-driven multimedia practice combines painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, video, fibrework and performance to explore the influence of social histories and aesthetic theory. Tracing an intersection between 1960s colour theory, histories of abstraction, love songs and archival imagery, Jackson interrogates the ways in which aesthetic and political edicts of colour are fundamentally interwoven.

Selected Artworks

Tomashi Jackson, Xylophone (Parking guard kiosk on fire at Police Headquarters L.A. Uprising 1992), 2024
Tomashi Jackson
Xylophone (Parking guard kiosk on fire at Police Headquarters L.A. Uprising 1992)
2024
Acrylic and Los Angeles soil paste, English China clay dust paste, Yule quarry marble paste, English slate paste, Los Angeles palm tree frond ash paste on sealed wood pallet
81.3 x 167.6 x 12.7 cm
32 x 66 x 5 in
Tomashi Jackson, The Hair of the Dog I (Police harassment in Brixton 1981/Police taking a man away in Watts Rebellion...
Tomashi Jackson
The Hair of the Dog I (Police harassment in Brixton 1981/Police taking a man away in Watts Rebellion 1965)
2024
Acrylic and Yule marble paste on matte gel sealed houndstooth wool with brass grommets
Unframed:
91.4 x 78.7 cm
36 x 31 in
Framed:
99.5 x 84.5 x 4.5 cm
39 1/8 x 33 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
Tomashi Jackson, The Hair of the Dog II (People in the streets after the New Cross Fire 1981/Studio portrait of...
Tomashi Jackson
The Hair of the Dog II (People in the streets after the New Cross Fire 1981/Studio portrait of Latasha Harlins 1991)
2024
Acrylic and Los Angeles palm tree frond ash paste on matte gel sealed houndstooth wool with brass grommets
Unframed:
91.4 x 76.2 cm
36 x 30 in
Framed:
99.5 x 84.5 x 4.5 cm
39 1/8 x 33 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
Tomashi Jackson, After The Dance (Notting Hill Carnival 1976/LAPD raid on Project Blowed Leimert Park 1996), 2024
Tomashi Jackson
After The Dance (Notting Hill Carnival 1976/LAPD raid on Project Blowed Leimert Park 1996)
2024
Acrylic, Los Angeles palm frond ash paste, black paper bags on raw canvas, poplin with brass grommets, two PVC vinyl strips
215.9 x 264.2 x 22.9 cm
85 x 104 x 9 in
Tomashi Jackson, The Talking Drum (Drummer singing and playing in Notting Hill 1976/Audience at Club Alabam Central Avenue Los Angeles,...
Tomashi Jackson
The Talking Drum (Drummer singing and playing in Notting Hill 1976/Audience at Club Alabam Central Avenue Los Angeles, 1953)
2024
Acrylic and stained white paper bags on raw canvas, white canvas, corduroy with brass grommets and PVC vinyl strips
215.9 x 175.3 x 17.8 cm
85 x 69 x 7 in
Tomashi Jackson, Life Like It’s Golden (Freestyle cypher in Leimert Park L.A. 1997/Grime show in London 2014), 2024
Tomashi Jackson
Life Like It’s Golden (Freestyle cypher in Leimert Park L.A. 1997/Grime show in London 2014)
2024
Acrylic, Yule marble paste, English China clay paste, stained white paper bags on raw canvas and white linen with brass grommets and gold leaf
190.5 x 175.3 x 17.8 cm
75 x 69 x 7 in
Tomashi Jackson, Policing The Crisis. (Los Angeles Uprising 1992/London Uprising 2011/LAPD raid on Project Blowed Leimert Park 1996), 2024
Tomashi Jackson
Policing The Crisis. (Los Angeles Uprising 1992/London Uprising 2011/LAPD raid on Project Blowed Leimert Park 1996)
2024
Acrylic, Los Angeles soil paste, English slate paste, black paper bags on raw canvas, white canvas, corduroy, denim with brass grommets, one PVC vinyl strip
215.9 x 175.3 x 17.8 cm
85 x 69 x 7 in
Tomashi Jackson, Seize The Time (Children of The Freedom School & Children of Camp Nizhoni, Lincoln Hills), 2023
Tomashi Jackson
Seize The Time (Children of The Freedom School & Children of Camp Nizhoni, Lincoln Hills)
2023
Acrylic and Yule Quarry marble dust on canvas and textile with PVC marine vinyl and brass grommets and wood support
190.5 x 193 cm
75 x 76 in
Tomashi Jackson, Let's Stay Together (1987 Colorado Students' Demonstration & the 1972 Second Baptist Church Choir), 2023
Tomashi Jackson
Let's Stay Together (1987 Colorado Students' Demonstration & the 1972 Second Baptist Church Choir)
2023
Acrylic and Yule Quarry marble dust on canvas and textile with PVC marine vinyl and brass hooks and grommets on handcrafted wood awning structure
200.7 x 189.2 x 17.8 cm
79 x 74.5 x 7 in

Exhibitions

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Tomashi Jackson: Silent Alarm
Exhibitions

Tomashi Jackson: Silent Alarm

Pilar Corrias is delighted to present Silent Alarm, a solo exhibition of new mixed media paintings by American artist Tomashi...
Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe
Exhibitions

Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe

The solo exhibition Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe is the first to bring together paintings, video, prints, and sculpture from...
Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe
Exhibitions

Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe

This mid-career survey presents nearly a decade of Tomashi Jackson's work, providing an overview of the threads in her practice...
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Selected press

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Tomashi Jackson Harvests Histories From the Land of Plenty
The New York Times

Tomashi Jackson Harvests Histories From the Land of Plenty

8.7.2021
Tomashi Jackson Rediscovers Long Island’s Beleaguered Past
Hyperallergic

Tomashi Jackson Rediscovers Long Island’s Beleaguered Past

15.9.2021
Project: Tomashi Jackson
Artforum

Project: Tomashi Jackson

1.10.2020
Tomashi Jackson’s Many Shades of Voter Suppression
Frieze

Tomashi Jackson’s Many Shades of Voter Suppression

30.12.2020

News

Tomashi Jackson awarded the 2023 Rappaport Prize
Artist News

Tomashi Jackson awarded the 2023 Rappaport Prize

Pilar Corrias is delighted to announce that Tomashi Jackson has been awarded this year's Rappaport Prize. Endowed at, and selected annually by, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, the Rappaport Prize supports artists...
10.8.2023

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