ARTISTS' BOOKS AND FOLIOS
Agosin, Marjorie. Starry Night. Unique artists' book with the poems Thinking of Gauguin, Letter to Theo, and Starry Night by Marjorie Agosin; four drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire, with additional calligraphy by Akiho Sugiyama; cover, binding and fabric-covered box by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA. 2016.
Hemphill, Julius Arthur; Jackson, Oliver Lee, et al. Dear Friend. Limited-edition folio with photogravures of drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson and musical manuscripts by Julius Hemphill. Texts by Harry Cooper, Marty Ehrlich, Paul Carter Harrison, Ursula Oppens, Donald Suggs. Printed by Paul Mullowney/Mullowney Printing, Portland and San Francisco; linen-covered box by John DeMerritt Bookbinding, Oakland, CA, with select copies handcolored and housed in wood box designed by Oliver Lee Jackson and fabricated by Erik Rosin. Edition of 20. 2021.
Hirschman, Jack. One Day. Unique artists' book with the poem One Day by Jack Hirschman; 17 drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire; cover and binding by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA. 2019.
Troupe, Quincy. Conversations. Unique artists' book with the poems What Is It and Sentences by Quincy Troupe; nine drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire, with additional calligraphy by Akiho Sugiyama; cover and binding by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA; ashwood box fabricated by Erik Rosin; box inset with lead bas-relief by Oliver Lee Jackson. 2013.
_____. It is Not. Unique artists' book with the poem It is Not by Quincy Troupe; eight drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire; cover, binding and fabric-covered box by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA; box inset with aluminum relief by Oliver Lee Jackson. 2013.
BOOKS
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
Callahan, John F. In the African-American Grain. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press,
1987.
Decarlo, Tessa; Porges, Maria; McDonald, Robert. Local Color: The di Rosa Collection of Contem-
porary California Art. Preface by Rene di Rosa and Richard Reisman. San Francisco: Chronicle
Books, 1999.
Geske, Norman A., and Janovy, Karen O. The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
King-Hammond, Leslie. Masks and Mirrors: African American Art 1750–Present. New York: Abbeville
Press, 1998.
Landauer, Susan (Intro. and ed.); Northrup, JoAnne; Wolfe, Ann M.; Wylie, Lindsey M. Selections:
The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art, 2004.
Lewis, Samella. African American Art and Artists (3rd edition, revised). Berkeley, Los Angeles, and
London: University of California Press, 2003.
Lock, Graham, and David Murray (eds.). The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American
Visual Art. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 335 ff.
Looker, Benjamin. "Point from which creation begins": The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. St. Louis:
Missouri Historical Society Press, dist. by University of Missouri Press, 2004.
Pradel, Jean-Louis, ed. World Art Trends 1983–84. New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984.
SentÌs, Mireia. En el pico del águila: Una introducción a la cultura afroamericana. Madrid, Spain:
Ediciones Ardora, 1998.
CATALOGUES
The Adelphia Society. A Bid for Human Rights. San Francisco: The Adelphia Society, 1988.
Aid & Comfort. The Artists Portfolio. San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1987.
Albright, Thomas, and Butterfield, Jan. Oliver Jackson. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1982.
Boettger, Suzaan. New Painterly Figuration in the Bay Area. Arcata, CA: Reese Bullen Gallery,
Humboldt State University, 1986.
Clisby, Roger D. Aspects of Abstract: Recent West Coast Painting and Sculpture. Sacramento, CA:
Crocker Art Museum, 1979.
Costello, Daniel W.; Earls-Solari, Bonnie; and Stankus, Michelene. BankAmerica Corporation Art
Program 1985. San Francisco: BankAmerica Corporation, 1986.
Earls-Solari, Bonnie. Introduction to BankAmerica Corporation Art Program: Acquisitions 1984. San
Francisco: Bank of America World Headquarters, 1985.
Fine, Ruth E., and Perloff, Stephen. The Print Club 62nd Annual Competition. Philadelphia: The Print
Club, 1986.
Fitz Gibbon, John. "On the Beach" in Other Sources: An American Essay. San Francisco: San
Francisco Art Institute, 1976.
La Galleria Sanbenigno. America, Italia, Spagna: Cristoforo Colombo 1492–1992. Genova, Italy: La
Galleria Sanbenigno, 1989.
Guenther, Bruce. States of War: New European and American Paintings. Seattle: Seattle Art
Museum, 1985.
Guenther, Bruce. The Essential Gesture. Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1994.
Hackett, Regina. Oliver Lee Jackson. Winston-Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art, 1980.
Harris Brown Gallery. Masters of Color: Calendar Portfolio of Black American Artists, 1987. Boston:
Harris Brown Gallery, 1986.
Hewitt, Mary Jane. Beyond the Veil: Art of African American Artists at Century's End. Winter Park, FL:
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1999.
Hopkins, Henry. The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, 1984.
Lewallen, Constance, et. al. Matrix Berkeley: 20 Years. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Museum, 1998.
Lontra Costa, Marcus de, et al. The Exchange Show: Twelve Painters from San Francisco and Rio
de Janeiro. San Francisco: Society for Art Publications of the Americas, 1994.
McClain, Malcolm A. Artists Forum. Los Angeles: California State University, 1985.
McShine, Kynaston. An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture. New York: Museum
of Modern Art, 1984.
Neubert, George W. San Francisco Bay Area Painting. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Art Association, 1984.
Orr-Cahall, Christina. The Art of California: Selected Works from the Collection of the Oakland
Museum. Oakland: The Oakland Museum; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984.
Pincus, Robert. Oliver Lee Jackson: Someplace Else. San Francisco, CA: Rena Bransten Gallery, 2018.
Price, Leslie. The Painter’s Craft. Arcata, CA: Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, 1997.
Rinder, Lawrence. Awards for Visual Artists: Flintridge Foundation 2003/04. Pasadena, CA: Flintridge
Foundation, 2004.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and
Sculpture Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Sargent, Denis. The Matter at Hand: Contemporary Drawings. Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee Art Museum, 1989.
Schipper, Merle. Marmo/Marble: A Contemporary Aesthetic. Los Angeles: California Museum of
Science and Industry, 1989.
Scios Nova, Inc. Ventriloquist. San Francisco: American Psychiatric Association, 1993.
Selz, Peter. Peter Selz Selects: Seventeen Berkeley Artists. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Center, 1988.
University of Hawaii at Hilo. 1990 Hilo International Exhibition: Works on Paper. Hilo: University of
Hawaii, 1990.
Vetrocq, Marcia E. The Exhibition. New Orleans: Arthur Roger Gallery, 1985.
Whitney Museum of American Art. 1983 Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American
Art, 1983.
Wright, Beryl. The Appropriate Object. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1989.
Yates, Sam, and Berry, Timothy. The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from Teaberry Press. Knoxville:
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1992.
Zakian, Michael. California Figurative Sculpture. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum,
1987.
BROCHURES
African American and Diasporic Research in Europe (Program for a conference at Université de la
Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American
Research, Harvard University, and Cercle d'Etudes Afro-Américaines, Paris), Dec. 15–18, 2004.
Cover illus.
Bettelheim, Judith, and Ostheimer, Andy. The Multicultural Imagination: The Arts in a Multicultural
Society. San Jose, CA: San Jose State University, 1986.
Bischoff, David A. Contemporary California Painting: Oliver Jackson, Mary Lovelace O'Neal,
Raymond Saunders. Sacramento: Robert Else Gallery, California State University, 1985.
Clisby, Roger D. Oliver Jackson. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1984.
Cohn, Terri. Oliver Jackson: Recent Works on Paper. Santa Clara, CA: De Saisset Museum, 1987.
Cooper, Harry. Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
Gordon, Allan M. Works of Art on Paper by Black Artists. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1986.
_____. Oliver Jackson: Works on Paper. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1993.
Guenther, Bruce. New California Art: Oliver Jackson. Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art
Museum, 1993.
_____. The Drawn Line. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2007.
Jackson, Oliver; Hemphill, Julius; Harper, Michael, and Suggs, Donald. The African Continuum presents
Images: Sons/Ancestors. St. Louis, MO: The African Continuum, 1971.
Johnson, Robert Flynn. Prints: New Points of View. San Francisco: Western Association of Art
Museums, 1978.
Lewallen, Constance. Oliver Lee Jackson: MATRIX/BERKELEY 66. Berkeley, CA: University Art
Museum, 1983.
Marshall, Michael D. Lions in Winter: Lee Chesney / Oliver Jackson / Albert Paley. Hilo, HI: University
of Hawaii, 2012.
Memorial Union Gallery. Mosaic: A Multi-Cultural Art Exhibit. Davis: University of California, 1980.
Millard, Elizabeth Wright. Oliver Jackson. St. Louis: The St. Louis Art Museum, 1990.
Neubert, George W. Fresh Paint: Fifteen California Painters. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, 1982.
Orr-Cahall, Christina. From the Sunny Side: Six East Bay Artists. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum,
1982.
Penkowsky, Stephen; Gannett, George. Chairs. San Francisco: Community Arts, Inc., 1986.
Pincus, Robert. "Some Observations on the Art of Oliver Jackson" in Oliver Jackson. San Francisco:
Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, 1988.
_____. "Oliver Jackson's Machines for the Spirit" in Oliver Jackson. San Francisco: Bomani Gallery,
1992.
Rivera, George. Oliver Jackson: Essence of the Spirit; Beyond the Surface. Santa Clara, CA: Triton
Museum of Art, 1993.
San Jose Museum of Art. Twelve Bay Area Painters: The Eureka Fellowship Winners. San Jose, CA:
San Jose Museum of Art, 1993.
Seders, Francine. Selected Works in Celebration of Black History Month. Seattle: Francine Seders
Gallery, 1987.
Slaughter, Adele. "Oliver's World" in Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings, Sculpture and Work on Paper.
Fresno, CA: Fresno Art Museum, 2000.
Teaberry Press. Three Intaglio Drypoints by Oliver Jackson. San Francisco: Teaberry Press, 1985.
SELECTED ARTICLES
Albright, Thomas. "Abstract Expressions of Raw, Sweeping Energy." San Francisco Chronicle,
June 11, 1975, p. 50.
_____. "Ron Davis, Then and Now." Artnews, vol. 75, no. 9, Nov. 1976, pp. 100-102.
_____. "Fresh Paint." Artnews, Sept. 1982, p. 114.
_____. "A Painter with a Vision of His Own." San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 13, 1982, p. 56.
_____. "Emerging, Diverging & Submerging at Oakland Museum." San Francisco Chronicle,
Oct. 26, 1982, p. 40.
_____. "Coming Up From Underground." Artnews, vol. 82, no. 1, Jan. 1983, pp. 76-79.
Ashton, Dore. "Pandemonium at MoMA." Arts Magazine, vol. 59, no. 1, Sept. 1984, pp. 108-111.
Baker, Kenneth. "Bay Area's Busy Oliver Jackson." San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 1988, p. C7.
_____. "A Cramped and Curious Exchange." San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 1994, "Datebook,"
p. 35.
Bloomfield, Arthur. "An Abstract Expressionist to Rank with the Best." San Francisco Examiner,
June 4, 1975, p. 39.
Boettger, Suzaan. "Fresh Paint, New Fingerprints." San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 1982, p. 15.
_____. "From the Sunny Side: Six East Bay Artists." Artforum, vol. 21, no. 5, Jan. 1983, pp. 82-83.
Bonetti, David. "Boston: A Baker's Dozen." Artnews, vol. 87, no. 6, Summer 1988, p. 199.
Brenson, Michael. "Black Artists: A Place in the Sun." New York Times, March 12, 1989, section 2,
pp. 1, 36.
Brookman, Donna. "Energy and Vision." Artweek (CA), vol. 19, no. 16, April 23, 1988, p. 6.
Burkhart, Dorothy. "Critic's Choice: Art." San Jose Mercury News, March 15, 1987, "Arts & Books,"
p. 18.
_____. "Critic's Choice: Art." San Jose Mercury News, April 19, 1987, "Arts & Books," p. 18.
Burstein, Joanne. "From the Sunny Side: Six East Bay Artists." Artweek (CA), vol. 13, no. 35,
Oct. 23, 1982, pp. 1, 16.
Cameron, Daniel. "Biennial Cycle." Arts Magazine, June 1983, pp. 64-68.
Carr, Gene. "Worth 1,000 Words — Artist in Residence Paints, Not Defines." The Sentinel (Winston-
Salem, NC), Oct. 28, 1980.
Castro, Jan Garden. "San Diego: Oliver Jackson, Porter Troupe Gallery." Sculpture, vol. 16, no. 10,
December 1997, p. 67.
Clarke, Erin. “Oliver Jackson.” Artworks Magazine, Summer 2008, pp. 24-35.
Cobb, Chris. "Oliver Lee Jackson in New York." OpenSpace.SFMOMA, Nov. 1, 2018
https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2018/11/oliver-jackson-in-new-york-2/
Cotter, Holland. "Black Artists: Three Shows." Art in America, vol. 78, no. 3, March 1990,
pp. 164-171, 217.
Curtis, Cathy. "A Telling Journey Through 'Jackson Country.'" Los Angeles Times, Dec. 25, 1993.
Dalkey, Victoria. "A Monumental Show—In Scale and Concept." Sacramento Bee, March 15, 1980.
_____. "A Conversation with Oliver Jackson." Artweek (CA), vol. 24, no. 22, Nov. 18, 1993, cover,
pp. 1, 16-17.
_____. “Two artists with impressive resumés show works.” Sacramento Bee, Nov. 29, 2011.
Donohue, Marlena. "For Oliver Lee Jackson Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter." Introspective
Magazine, May 26, 2019. https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/oliver-lee-jackson/
Failing, Patricia. "Black Artists Today: A Case of Exclusion." Artnews, vol. 88, no. 3, March 1989,
pp. 124-131.
Fensom, Sarah E. "Paint People." Art & Antiques, Apr. 2019, p. 62-9. Illus. http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/2019/03/oliver-lee-jackson/
"15 Leading Black Artists." Ebony, vol. 41, no. 7, May 1986, pp. 46-54.
"Flintridge Foundation Awards." Artweek (CA), vol. 35, no. 6, July/Aug. 2004, p. 27.
French, Christopher. "The Forms in the Stone." Artweek (CA), vol. 15, no. 16, April 21, 1984, p. 5.
Gewertz, Ken. "Requiem for Sax and Canvas." Harvard University Gazette, vol. 45, no. 30, May 18,
2000, pp. 1, 12-13.
Glowen, Ron. "Power of Paint." Artweek (CA), vol. 13, no. 34, Oct. 16, 1982, p. 5.
_____. "An Introduction to Neoexpressionism." Artweek, vol. 16, no. 19, May 11, 1985, pp. 4-5.
Gordon, Allan M. "Oliver Jackson's Paintings." Artweek, vol. 8, no. 40, Nov. 26, 1977, pp. 5-6.
_____. "Nommo Muse: Black Improvisation in California." New Art Examiner, June 1980, p. 6-7.
_____. "Cross-Cultural Components: Oliver Jackson at Bomani Gallery." Artweek (CA), Jan. 7, 1993.
Griffin, Jonathan. "Oliver Lee Jackson's Indeterminate Abstraction." Frieze Magazine, Apr. 16, 2024.
Hackett, Regina. "Oliver Lee Jackson: Forms That Feeling Takes." Artforum, Summer 1979.
_____. "Space Becomes Active Force Under Oliver Jackson's Hand." Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Sept. 18, 1982, p. D4.
______. "Neo-Expressionists Make Strong Showing." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 18, 1985,
pp. C3, C5.
_____. "Flintridge Lauds Artists for Strength of Vision." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 4, 2004.
_____. "SAM's 'Africa in America' exhibit explodes stereotypes." Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Jan. 7, 2005.
Harrison, Paul Carter. "Aesthetics of Beauty: In an Africana Mode." Black Renaissance Noire, vol. 16,
no. 2, Fall 2016, pp. 36–51.
Heartney, Eleanor. "Pessimism Prevails Over Humanism in Whitney Biennial." New Art Examiner,
May 1983, p. 11.
Hill, Laura Weil, and Hill, Scott. "Cosmic Voices: Oliver Jackson Works on Paper." Artweek, vol. 24,
no. 22, Nov. 18, 1993, pp. 1, 16.
"The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III (28 June–26 August)." FlashArt, no. 118, Summer 1984.
Huntington, Richard. "Intriguing Objects Assembled to Form an Appropriate Show." Buffalo News (NY),
March 17, 1989, "Gusto" section.
"An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture." Artnews, vol. 83, no. 5, May 1984,
pp. 79-86.
Jan, Alfred. "FlashArt Reviews: Oliver Jackson." FlashArt, no. 125, Dec. 1985/Jan. 1986, p. 47.
Kendall, Sue Ann. "Jackson Art Blasts Off Richter Scale." Seattle Times, Sept. 25, 1983, p. B6.
King, Mary. "Paintings by Oliver Jackson Interpret Capetown Massacre." St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Oct. 8, 1973, p. C3.
Knight, Christopher. "What Can You Make of This Painting at 25 MPH? Latest Example of Billboard
Art Turns Heads On Sunset." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Jan. 27, 1982, pp. C1, C3.
Kuspit, Dobald. "Oliver Lee Jackson: Burning in Water." Artforum International, vol. 57, no. 2, Oct.
2018, p. 231. Illus.
Lane, Brenda. "Critics are praising Emeryville artist Oliver Jackson." Oakland Tribune, April 9, 1984,
p. C3.
Larson, Kay. "Uncommon Visions." New York, May 16, 1983, pp. 60-61.
Levy, Mark. "Oliver Jackson." Images & Issues, Nov./Dec. 1983, p. 20.
_____. "Four Bay Area Abstract Painters." Artspace, vol. 15, no. 2, Jan./Feb. 1991, pp. 50-52
Lyle, K. Curtis. "New Oliver Jackson art show part of 'BAG and Beyond' Sept. 12–14." St. Louis
American, Aug. 21, 2008.
Millard, Elizabeth Wright. "Oliver Jackson: Former St. Louisan Featured at Art Museum." Saint Louis
American, Sept. 6-12, 1990, pp. 1B-2B.
"MOMA: An International Survey." FlashArt, no. 118, Summer 1984, p. 62.
Montgomery, Lee. "Jackson's Exhibit Is Cohesive, Bold." South End News (Boston, MA), Jan. 31,
1985, p. 11.
Morch, Al. "15 California Painters." San Francisco Examiner, June 21, 1982, p. E5.
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Galleries." Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1982.
_____. "The Way We Are, Figuratively." Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1987, part IV, pp. 1, 4.
Murray, Derek Conrad. "Oliver Lee Jackson @ Rena Bransten." SquareCylinder.com, Oct. 1, 2019.
Nixon, Bruce. "The Order of Making: Oliver Jackson." Sculpture magazine, vol. 27, no. 5, June 2008,
p. 56-61.
"Oliver Jackson." Artweek, vol. 15, no. 36, Oct. 27, 1984, p. 12.
"Oliver Lee Jackson: Take the House." West Harlem Arts Fund, New York, NY, Feb. 27, 2020.
Ollman, Leah. "Oliver Jackson's Fluid Realm." Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 1991, "Calendar," pp. 1, 5.
Pincus, Robert L. "Jackson's Work Stands Test of Time." San Diego Union, Nov. 17, 1991, p. 5.
_____. "Oliver Jackson's Fierce Passion for Painting." San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 16, 1994,
pp. E1, E3.
Porges, Maria. "Oliver Lee Jackson @ Rena Bransten Gallery." squaredcylinder.com, Apr. 14, 2018.
Porter Troupe, Margaret. "Seeing Something: The Art of Oliver Jackson." The Green, vol. 3,
no. 2, April/May 2006, pp. 42-43.
Roby, Diane. "Oliver Jackson: On Making." The International Review of African American Art,
vol. 13, no. 8, Fall 1996, pp. 50-57.
Roth, David M. "A Conversation with Oliver Jackson." Sacramento News & Review, Oct. 1993,
"ArtView" section, p. 9.
_____. "Gestural Giant." San Jose Metro, Oct. 28, 1993.
"St. Louisan Oliver Lee Jackso's Exhibition Opens Next Week at National Gallery." St. Louis American,
Apr. 11, 2019. Illus.
Shatz, Adam. "At the Malin Gallery." London Review of Books, vol. 42, no. 5, Mar. 5, 2020. Illus.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n05/adam-shatz/at-the-malin-gallery
Shere, Charles. "Paintings Worth Looking At." Oakland Tribune, Oct. 10, 1982.
Slaughter, Adele. "Oliver's World." Code, Oct. 1999, pp. 18-20.
Stapen, Nancy. "Figures Bring Gallery to Life." Boston Herald, Nov. 6, 1987, p. 72.
Stich, Sidra. "St. Louis — Oliver Jackson at Bixby Gallery, Washington University." Art in America,
Oct. 1979, p. 130.
Stofflet, Mary. "Somewhere Between D and G." Images & Issues, Jan./Feb. 1983, pp. 42-45.
Temin, Christine. "Jackson's Bold, Inventive, Thrilling Paintings." Boston Globe, Nov. 5, 1987.
Torres, Anthony. "80 Artists in 50-year Retrospective at California Historical Society." Northside
(San Francisco, CA), January 2005, pp. 4, 11.
Turnipseed, Haywood. "Catching My Breath." National Gallery of Art blog, Aug. 21, 2020. https://www.nga.gov/blog/catching-my-breath.html
Van Proyen, Mark. "Mark Van Proyen on Oliver Lee Jackson." Squarecylinder.com, Oct. 18, 2021.
https://www.squarecylinder.com/2021/10/mark-van-proyen-on-oliver-lee-jackson/
Vaughn, Kenya. "A 'national treasure' at the National Gallery." St. Louis American, Jun. 20, 2019. http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/a-national-treasure-at-the-national-gallery/article_0777fcda-92f4-11e9-83db-ef6a46dd5255.html
_____. "'It's meant to move you': SLAM exhibition highlights creative genius of Oliver Lee Jackson." St. Louis American, Jul. 16, 2021. stlamerican.com/it-s-meant-to-move-you.article_7c138bf2-e687-11eb-bd5c-8be63f37e075.html
Wickouski, Sheila. "Feel the Energy of Oliver Lee Jackson's 'Recent Paintings' at National Gallery of
Art." Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), May 23, 2019.
www.fredericksburg.com/weekender/feel-the-energy-of-oliver-lee-jackson-s-paintings-at/article_84dec5ca-46fa-5584-a2fc-0fde4667bfb2.html
Wolff, Theodore F. "Let's Not Overlook the Breadth of American Art." Christian Science Monitor,
Apr. 12, 1983, p. 18.
FILMS/VIDEOS
KQED TV, San Francisco, CA, "The Creative Mind," featuring Oliver Jackson, 1990.
Malin Gallery, New York, NY. "Oliver Lee Jackson: Untitled Original," May 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcxaJslYkXQ
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. "Oliver Lee Jackson: There is No Story." Film produced by the National Gallery of Art for the exhibition, Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings, 2019. https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/video/oliver-lee-jackson.html
_____. "Shared Exploration: Music and the Visual Arts: Oliver Lake, Marty Ehrlich, A.B. Spellman, and Oliver Lee Jackson," Apr. 12, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX3L-WInsko
_____. Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings, Exhibition tour narrated by NGA Curator Harry Cooper. https://players.brightcove.net/1191289016001/3d15decb-91fb-45e3-82f6-e3d97ba3f2bb_default/index.html?videoId=6045459853001
_____. "Oliver Lee Jackson and Harry Cooper in Conversation," Sep. 14, 2019 at the National Gallery of Art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE7u9a1HmuM
PBS NewsHour. "Canvas: Painter, printmaker and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson on the artist who inspires him," filmed May 2019 at National Gallery of Art. Air date Aug. 26, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/painter-printmaker-and-sculptor-oliver-lee-jackson-on-the-artists-who-inspire-him
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. "John Brodie on Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting No. 6, 1978."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ_Dz998WoY
ALBUM/CD COVERS
Julius Hemphill, Blue Boyé, Screwgun Records, original release 1977
The Julius Hemphill Sextet, At Dr. King's Table, New World Records, 1997
Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony, New World Records, 2021
Muhal Richard Abrams and Marty Ehrlich, The Open Air Meeting, New World Records, 1997
Marty Ehrlich Quartet, Side by Side, 1991
Marty Ehrlich, The Traveller's Tale, Enja Records, 1993
Marty Ehrlich, Can You Hear A Motion, Enja Records, 1994
Marty Ehrlich, The Long View, Enja/Just In Time, 2002
Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble, A Trumpet in the Morning, New World Records, 2013
Marty Ehrlich's Dark Wood Ensemble, Live Wood, Music & Arts Programs, 2014
Agosin, Marjorie. Starry Night. Unique artists' book with the poems Thinking of Gauguin, Letter to Theo, and Starry Night by Marjorie Agosin; four drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire, with additional calligraphy by Akiho Sugiyama; cover, binding and fabric-covered box by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA. 2016.
Hemphill, Julius Arthur; Jackson, Oliver Lee, et al. Dear Friend. Limited-edition folio with photogravures of drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson and musical manuscripts by Julius Hemphill. Texts by Harry Cooper, Marty Ehrlich, Paul Carter Harrison, Ursula Oppens, Donald Suggs. Printed by Paul Mullowney/Mullowney Printing, Portland and San Francisco; linen-covered box by John DeMerritt Bookbinding, Oakland, CA, with select copies handcolored and housed in wood box designed by Oliver Lee Jackson and fabricated by Erik Rosin. Edition of 20. 2021.
Hirschman, Jack. One Day. Unique artists' book with the poem One Day by Jack Hirschman; 17 drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire; cover and binding by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA. 2019.
Troupe, Quincy. Conversations. Unique artists' book with the poems What Is It and Sentences by Quincy Troupe; nine drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire, with additional calligraphy by Akiho Sugiyama; cover and binding by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA; ashwood box fabricated by Erik Rosin; box inset with lead bas-relief by Oliver Lee Jackson. 2013.
_____. It is Not. Unique artists' book with the poem It is Not by Quincy Troupe; eight drawings by Oliver Lee Jackson; calligraphy and cover design by Thomas Ingmire; cover, binding and fabric-covered box by Peggy Gotthold, Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, CA; box inset with aluminum relief by Oliver Lee Jackson. 2013.
BOOKS
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
Callahan, John F. In the African-American Grain. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press,
1987.
Decarlo, Tessa; Porges, Maria; McDonald, Robert. Local Color: The di Rosa Collection of Contem-
porary California Art. Preface by Rene di Rosa and Richard Reisman. San Francisco: Chronicle
Books, 1999.
Geske, Norman A., and Janovy, Karen O. The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
King-Hammond, Leslie. Masks and Mirrors: African American Art 1750–Present. New York: Abbeville
Press, 1998.
Landauer, Susan (Intro. and ed.); Northrup, JoAnne; Wolfe, Ann M.; Wylie, Lindsey M. Selections:
The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art, 2004.
Lewis, Samella. African American Art and Artists (3rd edition, revised). Berkeley, Los Angeles, and
London: University of California Press, 2003.
Lock, Graham, and David Murray (eds.). The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American
Visual Art. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 335 ff.
Looker, Benjamin. "Point from which creation begins": The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. St. Louis:
Missouri Historical Society Press, dist. by University of Missouri Press, 2004.
Pradel, Jean-Louis, ed. World Art Trends 1983–84. New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984.
SentÌs, Mireia. En el pico del águila: Una introducción a la cultura afroamericana. Madrid, Spain:
Ediciones Ardora, 1998.
CATALOGUES
The Adelphia Society. A Bid for Human Rights. San Francisco: The Adelphia Society, 1988.
Aid & Comfort. The Artists Portfolio. San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1987.
Albright, Thomas, and Butterfield, Jan. Oliver Jackson. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1982.
Boettger, Suzaan. New Painterly Figuration in the Bay Area. Arcata, CA: Reese Bullen Gallery,
Humboldt State University, 1986.
Clisby, Roger D. Aspects of Abstract: Recent West Coast Painting and Sculpture. Sacramento, CA:
Crocker Art Museum, 1979.
Costello, Daniel W.; Earls-Solari, Bonnie; and Stankus, Michelene. BankAmerica Corporation Art
Program 1985. San Francisco: BankAmerica Corporation, 1986.
Earls-Solari, Bonnie. Introduction to BankAmerica Corporation Art Program: Acquisitions 1984. San
Francisco: Bank of America World Headquarters, 1985.
Fine, Ruth E., and Perloff, Stephen. The Print Club 62nd Annual Competition. Philadelphia: The Print
Club, 1986.
Fitz Gibbon, John. "On the Beach" in Other Sources: An American Essay. San Francisco: San
Francisco Art Institute, 1976.
La Galleria Sanbenigno. America, Italia, Spagna: Cristoforo Colombo 1492–1992. Genova, Italy: La
Galleria Sanbenigno, 1989.
Guenther, Bruce. States of War: New European and American Paintings. Seattle: Seattle Art
Museum, 1985.
Guenther, Bruce. The Essential Gesture. Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1994.
Hackett, Regina. Oliver Lee Jackson. Winston-Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art, 1980.
Harris Brown Gallery. Masters of Color: Calendar Portfolio of Black American Artists, 1987. Boston:
Harris Brown Gallery, 1986.
Hewitt, Mary Jane. Beyond the Veil: Art of African American Artists at Century's End. Winter Park, FL:
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1999.
Hopkins, Henry. The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, 1984.
Lewallen, Constance, et. al. Matrix Berkeley: 20 Years. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Museum, 1998.
Lontra Costa, Marcus de, et al. The Exchange Show: Twelve Painters from San Francisco and Rio
de Janeiro. San Francisco: Society for Art Publications of the Americas, 1994.
McClain, Malcolm A. Artists Forum. Los Angeles: California State University, 1985.
McShine, Kynaston. An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture. New York: Museum
of Modern Art, 1984.
Neubert, George W. San Francisco Bay Area Painting. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Art Association, 1984.
Orr-Cahall, Christina. The Art of California: Selected Works from the Collection of the Oakland
Museum. Oakland: The Oakland Museum; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984.
Pincus, Robert. Oliver Lee Jackson: Someplace Else. San Francisco, CA: Rena Bransten Gallery, 2018.
Price, Leslie. The Painter’s Craft. Arcata, CA: Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, 1997.
Rinder, Lawrence. Awards for Visual Artists: Flintridge Foundation 2003/04. Pasadena, CA: Flintridge
Foundation, 2004.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and
Sculpture Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Sargent, Denis. The Matter at Hand: Contemporary Drawings. Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee Art Museum, 1989.
Schipper, Merle. Marmo/Marble: A Contemporary Aesthetic. Los Angeles: California Museum of
Science and Industry, 1989.
Scios Nova, Inc. Ventriloquist. San Francisco: American Psychiatric Association, 1993.
Selz, Peter. Peter Selz Selects: Seventeen Berkeley Artists. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Center, 1988.
University of Hawaii at Hilo. 1990 Hilo International Exhibition: Works on Paper. Hilo: University of
Hawaii, 1990.
Vetrocq, Marcia E. The Exhibition. New Orleans: Arthur Roger Gallery, 1985.
Whitney Museum of American Art. 1983 Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American
Art, 1983.
Wright, Beryl. The Appropriate Object. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1989.
Yates, Sam, and Berry, Timothy. The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from Teaberry Press. Knoxville:
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1992.
Zakian, Michael. California Figurative Sculpture. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum,
1987.
BROCHURES
African American and Diasporic Research in Europe (Program for a conference at Université de la
Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American
Research, Harvard University, and Cercle d'Etudes Afro-Américaines, Paris), Dec. 15–18, 2004.
Cover illus.
Bettelheim, Judith, and Ostheimer, Andy. The Multicultural Imagination: The Arts in a Multicultural
Society. San Jose, CA: San Jose State University, 1986.
Bischoff, David A. Contemporary California Painting: Oliver Jackson, Mary Lovelace O'Neal,
Raymond Saunders. Sacramento: Robert Else Gallery, California State University, 1985.
Clisby, Roger D. Oliver Jackson. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1984.
Cohn, Terri. Oliver Jackson: Recent Works on Paper. Santa Clara, CA: De Saisset Museum, 1987.
Cooper, Harry. Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
Gordon, Allan M. Works of Art on Paper by Black Artists. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1986.
_____. Oliver Jackson: Works on Paper. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1993.
Guenther, Bruce. New California Art: Oliver Jackson. Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art
Museum, 1993.
_____. The Drawn Line. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2007.
Jackson, Oliver; Hemphill, Julius; Harper, Michael, and Suggs, Donald. The African Continuum presents
Images: Sons/Ancestors. St. Louis, MO: The African Continuum, 1971.
Johnson, Robert Flynn. Prints: New Points of View. San Francisco: Western Association of Art
Museums, 1978.
Lewallen, Constance. Oliver Lee Jackson: MATRIX/BERKELEY 66. Berkeley, CA: University Art
Museum, 1983.
Marshall, Michael D. Lions in Winter: Lee Chesney / Oliver Jackson / Albert Paley. Hilo, HI: University
of Hawaii, 2012.
Memorial Union Gallery. Mosaic: A Multi-Cultural Art Exhibit. Davis: University of California, 1980.
Millard, Elizabeth Wright. Oliver Jackson. St. Louis: The St. Louis Art Museum, 1990.
Neubert, George W. Fresh Paint: Fifteen California Painters. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, 1982.
Orr-Cahall, Christina. From the Sunny Side: Six East Bay Artists. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum,
1982.
Penkowsky, Stephen; Gannett, George. Chairs. San Francisco: Community Arts, Inc., 1986.
Pincus, Robert. "Some Observations on the Art of Oliver Jackson" in Oliver Jackson. San Francisco:
Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, 1988.
_____. "Oliver Jackson's Machines for the Spirit" in Oliver Jackson. San Francisco: Bomani Gallery,
1992.
Rivera, George. Oliver Jackson: Essence of the Spirit; Beyond the Surface. Santa Clara, CA: Triton
Museum of Art, 1993.
San Jose Museum of Art. Twelve Bay Area Painters: The Eureka Fellowship Winners. San Jose, CA:
San Jose Museum of Art, 1993.
Seders, Francine. Selected Works in Celebration of Black History Month. Seattle: Francine Seders
Gallery, 1987.
Slaughter, Adele. "Oliver's World" in Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings, Sculpture and Work on Paper.
Fresno, CA: Fresno Art Museum, 2000.
Teaberry Press. Three Intaglio Drypoints by Oliver Jackson. San Francisco: Teaberry Press, 1985.
SELECTED ARTICLES
Albright, Thomas. "Abstract Expressions of Raw, Sweeping Energy." San Francisco Chronicle,
June 11, 1975, p. 50.
_____. "Ron Davis, Then and Now." Artnews, vol. 75, no. 9, Nov. 1976, pp. 100-102.
_____. "Fresh Paint." Artnews, Sept. 1982, p. 114.
_____. "A Painter with a Vision of His Own." San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 13, 1982, p. 56.
_____. "Emerging, Diverging & Submerging at Oakland Museum." San Francisco Chronicle,
Oct. 26, 1982, p. 40.
_____. "Coming Up From Underground." Artnews, vol. 82, no. 1, Jan. 1983, pp. 76-79.
Ashton, Dore. "Pandemonium at MoMA." Arts Magazine, vol. 59, no. 1, Sept. 1984, pp. 108-111.
Baker, Kenneth. "Bay Area's Busy Oliver Jackson." San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 1988, p. C7.
_____. "A Cramped and Curious Exchange." San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 1994, "Datebook,"
p. 35.
Bloomfield, Arthur. "An Abstract Expressionist to Rank with the Best." San Francisco Examiner,
June 4, 1975, p. 39.
Boettger, Suzaan. "Fresh Paint, New Fingerprints." San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 1982, p. 15.
_____. "From the Sunny Side: Six East Bay Artists." Artforum, vol. 21, no. 5, Jan. 1983, pp. 82-83.
Bonetti, David. "Boston: A Baker's Dozen." Artnews, vol. 87, no. 6, Summer 1988, p. 199.
Brenson, Michael. "Black Artists: A Place in the Sun." New York Times, March 12, 1989, section 2,
pp. 1, 36.
Brookman, Donna. "Energy and Vision." Artweek (CA), vol. 19, no. 16, April 23, 1988, p. 6.
Burkhart, Dorothy. "Critic's Choice: Art." San Jose Mercury News, March 15, 1987, "Arts & Books,"
p. 18.
_____. "Critic's Choice: Art." San Jose Mercury News, April 19, 1987, "Arts & Books," p. 18.
Burstein, Joanne. "From the Sunny Side: Six East Bay Artists." Artweek (CA), vol. 13, no. 35,
Oct. 23, 1982, pp. 1, 16.
Cameron, Daniel. "Biennial Cycle." Arts Magazine, June 1983, pp. 64-68.
Carr, Gene. "Worth 1,000 Words — Artist in Residence Paints, Not Defines." The Sentinel (Winston-
Salem, NC), Oct. 28, 1980.
Castro, Jan Garden. "San Diego: Oliver Jackson, Porter Troupe Gallery." Sculpture, vol. 16, no. 10,
December 1997, p. 67.
Clarke, Erin. “Oliver Jackson.” Artworks Magazine, Summer 2008, pp. 24-35.
Cobb, Chris. "Oliver Lee Jackson in New York." OpenSpace.SFMOMA, Nov. 1, 2018
https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2018/11/oliver-jackson-in-new-york-2/
Cotter, Holland. "Black Artists: Three Shows." Art in America, vol. 78, no. 3, March 1990,
pp. 164-171, 217.
Curtis, Cathy. "A Telling Journey Through 'Jackson Country.'" Los Angeles Times, Dec. 25, 1993.
Dalkey, Victoria. "A Monumental Show—In Scale and Concept." Sacramento Bee, March 15, 1980.
_____. "A Conversation with Oliver Jackson." Artweek (CA), vol. 24, no. 22, Nov. 18, 1993, cover,
pp. 1, 16-17.
_____. “Two artists with impressive resumés show works.” Sacramento Bee, Nov. 29, 2011.
Donohue, Marlena. "For Oliver Lee Jackson Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter." Introspective
Magazine, May 26, 2019. https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/oliver-lee-jackson/
Failing, Patricia. "Black Artists Today: A Case of Exclusion." Artnews, vol. 88, no. 3, March 1989,
pp. 124-131.
Fensom, Sarah E. "Paint People." Art & Antiques, Apr. 2019, p. 62-9. Illus. http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/2019/03/oliver-lee-jackson/
"15 Leading Black Artists." Ebony, vol. 41, no. 7, May 1986, pp. 46-54.
"Flintridge Foundation Awards." Artweek (CA), vol. 35, no. 6, July/Aug. 2004, p. 27.
French, Christopher. "The Forms in the Stone." Artweek (CA), vol. 15, no. 16, April 21, 1984, p. 5.
Gewertz, Ken. "Requiem for Sax and Canvas." Harvard University Gazette, vol. 45, no. 30, May 18,
2000, pp. 1, 12-13.
Glowen, Ron. "Power of Paint." Artweek (CA), vol. 13, no. 34, Oct. 16, 1982, p. 5.
_____. "An Introduction to Neoexpressionism." Artweek, vol. 16, no. 19, May 11, 1985, pp. 4-5.
Gordon, Allan M. "Oliver Jackson's Paintings." Artweek, vol. 8, no. 40, Nov. 26, 1977, pp. 5-6.
_____. "Nommo Muse: Black Improvisation in California." New Art Examiner, June 1980, p. 6-7.
_____. "Cross-Cultural Components: Oliver Jackson at Bomani Gallery." Artweek (CA), Jan. 7, 1993.
Griffin, Jonathan. "Oliver Lee Jackson's Indeterminate Abstraction." Frieze Magazine, Apr. 16, 2024.
Hackett, Regina. "Oliver Lee Jackson: Forms That Feeling Takes." Artforum, Summer 1979.
_____. "Space Becomes Active Force Under Oliver Jackson's Hand." Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Sept. 18, 1982, p. D4.
______. "Neo-Expressionists Make Strong Showing." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 18, 1985,
pp. C3, C5.
_____. "Flintridge Lauds Artists for Strength of Vision." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 4, 2004.
_____. "SAM's 'Africa in America' exhibit explodes stereotypes." Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Jan. 7, 2005.
Harrison, Paul Carter. "Aesthetics of Beauty: In an Africana Mode." Black Renaissance Noire, vol. 16,
no. 2, Fall 2016, pp. 36–51.
Heartney, Eleanor. "Pessimism Prevails Over Humanism in Whitney Biennial." New Art Examiner,
May 1983, p. 11.
Hill, Laura Weil, and Hill, Scott. "Cosmic Voices: Oliver Jackson Works on Paper." Artweek, vol. 24,
no. 22, Nov. 18, 1993, pp. 1, 16.
"The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III (28 June–26 August)." FlashArt, no. 118, Summer 1984.
Huntington, Richard. "Intriguing Objects Assembled to Form an Appropriate Show." Buffalo News (NY),
March 17, 1989, "Gusto" section.
"An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture." Artnews, vol. 83, no. 5, May 1984,
pp. 79-86.
Jan, Alfred. "FlashArt Reviews: Oliver Jackson." FlashArt, no. 125, Dec. 1985/Jan. 1986, p. 47.
Kendall, Sue Ann. "Jackson Art Blasts Off Richter Scale." Seattle Times, Sept. 25, 1983, p. B6.
King, Mary. "Paintings by Oliver Jackson Interpret Capetown Massacre." St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Oct. 8, 1973, p. C3.
Knight, Christopher. "What Can You Make of This Painting at 25 MPH? Latest Example of Billboard
Art Turns Heads On Sunset." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Jan. 27, 1982, pp. C1, C3.
Kuspit, Dobald. "Oliver Lee Jackson: Burning in Water." Artforum International, vol. 57, no. 2, Oct.
2018, p. 231. Illus.
Lane, Brenda. "Critics are praising Emeryville artist Oliver Jackson." Oakland Tribune, April 9, 1984,
p. C3.
Larson, Kay. "Uncommon Visions." New York, May 16, 1983, pp. 60-61.
Levy, Mark. "Oliver Jackson." Images & Issues, Nov./Dec. 1983, p. 20.
_____. "Four Bay Area Abstract Painters." Artspace, vol. 15, no. 2, Jan./Feb. 1991, pp. 50-52
Lyle, K. Curtis. "New Oliver Jackson art show part of 'BAG and Beyond' Sept. 12–14." St. Louis
American, Aug. 21, 2008.
Millard, Elizabeth Wright. "Oliver Jackson: Former St. Louisan Featured at Art Museum." Saint Louis
American, Sept. 6-12, 1990, pp. 1B-2B.
"MOMA: An International Survey." FlashArt, no. 118, Summer 1984, p. 62.
Montgomery, Lee. "Jackson's Exhibit Is Cohesive, Bold." South End News (Boston, MA), Jan. 31,
1985, p. 11.
Morch, Al. "15 California Painters." San Francisco Examiner, June 21, 1982, p. E5.
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Galleries." Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1982.
_____. "The Way We Are, Figuratively." Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1987, part IV, pp. 1, 4.
Murray, Derek Conrad. "Oliver Lee Jackson @ Rena Bransten." SquareCylinder.com, Oct. 1, 2019.
Nixon, Bruce. "The Order of Making: Oliver Jackson." Sculpture magazine, vol. 27, no. 5, June 2008,
p. 56-61.
"Oliver Jackson." Artweek, vol. 15, no. 36, Oct. 27, 1984, p. 12.
"Oliver Lee Jackson: Take the House." West Harlem Arts Fund, New York, NY, Feb. 27, 2020.
Ollman, Leah. "Oliver Jackson's Fluid Realm." Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 1991, "Calendar," pp. 1, 5.
Pincus, Robert L. "Jackson's Work Stands Test of Time." San Diego Union, Nov. 17, 1991, p. 5.
_____. "Oliver Jackson's Fierce Passion for Painting." San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 16, 1994,
pp. E1, E3.
Porges, Maria. "Oliver Lee Jackson @ Rena Bransten Gallery." squaredcylinder.com, Apr. 14, 2018.
Porter Troupe, Margaret. "Seeing Something: The Art of Oliver Jackson." The Green, vol. 3,
no. 2, April/May 2006, pp. 42-43.
Roby, Diane. "Oliver Jackson: On Making." The International Review of African American Art,
vol. 13, no. 8, Fall 1996, pp. 50-57.
Roth, David M. "A Conversation with Oliver Jackson." Sacramento News & Review, Oct. 1993,
"ArtView" section, p. 9.
_____. "Gestural Giant." San Jose Metro, Oct. 28, 1993.
"St. Louisan Oliver Lee Jackso's Exhibition Opens Next Week at National Gallery." St. Louis American,
Apr. 11, 2019. Illus.
Shatz, Adam. "At the Malin Gallery." London Review of Books, vol. 42, no. 5, Mar. 5, 2020. Illus.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n05/adam-shatz/at-the-malin-gallery
Shere, Charles. "Paintings Worth Looking At." Oakland Tribune, Oct. 10, 1982.
Slaughter, Adele. "Oliver's World." Code, Oct. 1999, pp. 18-20.
Stapen, Nancy. "Figures Bring Gallery to Life." Boston Herald, Nov. 6, 1987, p. 72.
Stich, Sidra. "St. Louis — Oliver Jackson at Bixby Gallery, Washington University." Art in America,
Oct. 1979, p. 130.
Stofflet, Mary. "Somewhere Between D and G." Images & Issues, Jan./Feb. 1983, pp. 42-45.
Temin, Christine. "Jackson's Bold, Inventive, Thrilling Paintings." Boston Globe, Nov. 5, 1987.
Torres, Anthony. "80 Artists in 50-year Retrospective at California Historical Society." Northside
(San Francisco, CA), January 2005, pp. 4, 11.
Turnipseed, Haywood. "Catching My Breath." National Gallery of Art blog, Aug. 21, 2020. https://www.nga.gov/blog/catching-my-breath.html
Van Proyen, Mark. "Mark Van Proyen on Oliver Lee Jackson." Squarecylinder.com, Oct. 18, 2021.
https://www.squarecylinder.com/2021/10/mark-van-proyen-on-oliver-lee-jackson/
Vaughn, Kenya. "A 'national treasure' at the National Gallery." St. Louis American, Jun. 20, 2019. http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/a-national-treasure-at-the-national-gallery/article_0777fcda-92f4-11e9-83db-ef6a46dd5255.html
_____. "'It's meant to move you': SLAM exhibition highlights creative genius of Oliver Lee Jackson." St. Louis American, Jul. 16, 2021. stlamerican.com/it-s-meant-to-move-you.article_7c138bf2-e687-11eb-bd5c-8be63f37e075.html
Wickouski, Sheila. "Feel the Energy of Oliver Lee Jackson's 'Recent Paintings' at National Gallery of
Art." Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), May 23, 2019.
www.fredericksburg.com/weekender/feel-the-energy-of-oliver-lee-jackson-s-paintings-at/article_84dec5ca-46fa-5584-a2fc-0fde4667bfb2.html
Wolff, Theodore F. "Let's Not Overlook the Breadth of American Art." Christian Science Monitor,
Apr. 12, 1983, p. 18.
FILMS/VIDEOS
KQED TV, San Francisco, CA, "The Creative Mind," featuring Oliver Jackson, 1990.
Malin Gallery, New York, NY. "Oliver Lee Jackson: Untitled Original," May 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcxaJslYkXQ
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. "Oliver Lee Jackson: There is No Story." Film produced by the National Gallery of Art for the exhibition, Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings, 2019. https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/video/oliver-lee-jackson.html
_____. "Shared Exploration: Music and the Visual Arts: Oliver Lake, Marty Ehrlich, A.B. Spellman, and Oliver Lee Jackson," Apr. 12, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX3L-WInsko
_____. Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings, Exhibition tour narrated by NGA Curator Harry Cooper. https://players.brightcove.net/1191289016001/3d15decb-91fb-45e3-82f6-e3d97ba3f2bb_default/index.html?videoId=6045459853001
_____. "Oliver Lee Jackson and Harry Cooper in Conversation," Sep. 14, 2019 at the National Gallery of Art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE7u9a1HmuM
PBS NewsHour. "Canvas: Painter, printmaker and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson on the artist who inspires him," filmed May 2019 at National Gallery of Art. Air date Aug. 26, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/painter-printmaker-and-sculptor-oliver-lee-jackson-on-the-artists-who-inspire-him
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. "John Brodie on Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting No. 6, 1978."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ_Dz998WoY
ALBUM/CD COVERS
Julius Hemphill, Blue Boyé, Screwgun Records, original release 1977
The Julius Hemphill Sextet, At Dr. King's Table, New World Records, 1997
Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony, New World Records, 2021
Muhal Richard Abrams and Marty Ehrlich, The Open Air Meeting, New World Records, 1997
Marty Ehrlich Quartet, Side by Side, 1991
Marty Ehrlich, The Traveller's Tale, Enja Records, 1993
Marty Ehrlich, Can You Hear A Motion, Enja Records, 1994
Marty Ehrlich, The Long View, Enja/Just In Time, 2002
Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble, A Trumpet in the Morning, New World Records, 2013
Marty Ehrlich's Dark Wood Ensemble, Live Wood, Music & Arts Programs, 2014