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

Early Life and Career

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. The National Media Museum, Bradford The National Media Museum (formerly The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) is part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry, and was founded in 1983. ...

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)

Seclected Exhibitions (solo)

• 2008 - 'New Works', The Market Place Arts Centre Armagh Northern Ireland
• 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

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry Herbert Art Gallery and Museum is near to the City Centre of Coventry, England. ...

Selected Exhibitions (group)

• 2007 - Ickenox Art Fair, Studio 95 London
• 2007 - Mattice Award , Dangenart, Nashville USA
• 2007 - The Brain Project , Biblioteca Statale Trieste Italy
• 2006 - Snap to the Grid, Los Angeles Centre for the Digital Arts USA
• 2006 - The Art of the Digital, Lyceum Gallery San Diego USA
• 2006 - Orilla 6, Museum of Contemporary Arts Sante Fe Argentina Prizewinner
• 2006 - Identita & Storia, Living Gallery Contemporary Arts Lecce Italy
• 2006 - Artsweek Showcase, Royal Pump Rooms Art Gallery and Museum Leamington Spa
• 2004 - Spectrum III, Q Arts Derby, Worcester Art Museum, Brewhouse Taunton Devon
• 2002 - Spectrum II, Heathcote Arts Nottingham
• 2001 - Leamington Spa Open, Royal Pump Rooms Gallery Leamington Spa
• 1999 - Leamington Spa Open, Royal Pump Rooms Gallery Leamington Spa
• 1999 - Food and Drink, Warwick Museum
• 1999 - Site and Sound, Warwick Museum
• 1996 - Synaptica, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
• 1986 - Contemporary British Photography, Brno Museum Prague
• 1986 - The Animal in Photography 1840-1986, Photographers Gallery London
• 1985 - Image and Exploration, Photographers Gallery London
• 1984 - Welsh Open 84, Ffotogallery Cardiff Selected Portraits by Angus McBean
• 1982 - The British Arts Council Collection, Beaumanor Hall Leicester
• 1982 - Midland Open ‘82’, Midland Group Gallery Nottingham
• 1980 - Fleeting Gestures, Photographers Gallery London

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry Herbert Art Gallery and Museum is near to the City Centre of Coventry, England. ...

Residencies and Commissions

• 2002 - Video Artist in Residence Royal Pump Rooms as part of Medicate Circulate
• 2002 - Punctured Space, Commissioned installation by the Pump Room Galleries Leamington Spa
• 2000 - Digital Artist in Residence Compton Vernay Art Gallery and Museum Cultural Objects Project in Warwickshire Gallery and Museums Week

Publications

• 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

Selected Screenings

• 1998 - Emissions, Milverton Gallery Leamington Spa
• 1997 - Visions, Music, Text, Ambassadors New York , Image Fine Art San Francisco USA
• 1992 - il tuffatore, Prima Arts Video Festival , Dursley Gloucestershire UK
• 1992 - Three Women, Prima Arts Video Festival , Dursley Gloucestershire UK
• 1992 - White Nights, Prima Arts Video Festival , Dursley Gloucestershire UK
• 1989 - Silent Trails, London College of Furniture and British Craft Council tour

Membership

• Royal Photographic Society
• Contemporary Group (RPS)
• London Independent Photographers
• Leamington Studio Artists

Grants/Awards

• 1996 - West Midlands Arts Award
• 1986 - Northern Arts Exhibition Award
• 1982 - Southern Arts Exhibition Award
• 1982 - GLC Exhibition Award
• 1980 - West Midland Arts Photography Award

External links

• Bill Jackson’s official website
• Bill Jackson’s galleries on ArtRemains
• Bill Jackson on AxisWeb.org
• Bill Jackson on Saatchi Gallery
• Bill Jackson on Artists On Line