Kenneth Jackson

Kenneth Jackson's works have included natural environments, still life, portraits, and the figure, rendered using digital, analog, and alternative photographic processes. His work has been exhibited around the US and overseas, featured in publications, and collected. Jackson is also a musician and writer. He and his wife live in the woods with their cats and dog at their home, Crow Hill, in rural North Carolina.


STATEMENT: The tension between surface appearances and underlying mystery is where I most enjoy working. I approach my work as poetic visual meditations that respond to, and in some ways express, the deep beauties of this passing world and our brief lives. As James Hillman wrote: "That the world is loveless results directly from the repression of beauty, its beauty and our sensitivity to beauty.” This meaning of beauty is deeply layered and emotionally stirring; unlike the superficial kind of “beauty” so celebrated in popular media, it is essential to the nourishment of the soul. I like to make mages that can be beautiful in this deeper sense, evoking emotions, memories, and dreams; a trail of breadcrumbs leading us back to a love of the world."

2016
Altered Narratives. Group exhibition of alternative process works by twelve artists. City Gallery on the Waterfront, Charleston, SC.

2015
Group exhibition of selected works from the Texas Photographic Society Alternative Processes Competition, at LOOK 15: The Liverpool International Photography Festival. Liverpool, UK.

Alternative Processes Competition. Juried by Christopher James. Texas Photographic Society. Options Gallery, Odessa College, in Odessa, TX.

2013
International Portrait Exhibition. Invitational group show including two American and four European artists. The Loft gallery, San Pedro, CA.

2012
Diffusion: unconventional photography Volume IV, Summer 2012
"Muse" Juried Group Showcase Selection

2011
The Photographic Nude: in the spirit of Ruth Bernhard. Juried by Cherie Hiser. LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, Oregon.
Lens on the Land: An invitational group exhibition. Castell Photography Gallery, Asheville, NC.
Pose and Gesture. Juried by Tim Anderson. Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont.

2010
Exposed: Nudes in Art 2010. Group Exhibition. Litmus Gallery and Studios, Raleigh, NC.
Alternatives: Uncommon and Unconventional Processes. Juried by Keith Taylor. Minneapolis Photo Center,...