Painting (12.12.00), 1985/2000, Artist oil paints, mixed media on canvas, 83-1/4 in. x 108 in.
Exhibition History
BORN St. Louis, Missouri, 1935
EDUCATION
1954-58 Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, B.F.A.
1961-63 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, M.F.A.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/VISITING ARTIST
1979
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1980
• Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Wake Forest University and North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC. Artist in Residence Program, Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation
1985
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Winter Quarter
• University of Washington, Seattle, Spring
• University of Iowa, Iowa City
1986
• Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Summer
1988
• University of Illinois, Champaign
1989
• University of California, Berkeley, Spring
1993
• University of Hawaii, Hilo. Artist in Residence, April
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Summer
1994
• California State University Summer Arts Program, Arcata, CA
1999
• California College of Arts & Crafts Summer Institute, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Artist in Residence, Spring
• California College of Arts & Crafts Summer Institute, Paris
2001
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, Spring
2005
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, April
2006
• Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA (also 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
2007
• CalArts Summer Institute, Valencia, CA
2008
• University of Hawaii, Hilo
2012
• University of Hawaii, Hilo. Visiting Artist, winter
2023
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February
AWARDS
1980-81
• National Endowment for the Arts Award in Painting
1984
• Nettie Marie Jones Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Lake Placid, NY
• Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
1988
• Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY
1993
• Eureka Fellowship Award, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2004
• 2003/2004 Award for Painting and Sculpture, Awards in the Visual Arts, Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA
2023
• Lee Krasner Award for lifetime achievement, Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
SELECTED LECTURES / PANELS / WORKSHOPS
1991
• Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, NOMMO: In the Spirit of the Word
1993
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, Lecture, April 19
1994
• International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, CA. Stone carving workshop Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and San Francisco Art Institute, Panelist, "Odun De, Odun De: The Global Presence of African Spirit in Contemporary Art," October 14–16
1996
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Materials and Abstraction, October 29
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Space and Themes, November 19
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Modes and Sensibility, December 3
1997
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, The Transformative Process as a Function of Art, October 14
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Integrity in Making, October 28
1998
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, The African Sensibility: Cosmology, February 3
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Collecting African Art, February 24
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, The African Sensibility: Aesthetics, March 10
2000
• The Art Institute of Boston, MA, Lecture, March 9
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Lecture, March 22
• Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, African Sensibilities/ Aesthetics, October 4
2001
• Art Department, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, Philosophy of Making: Conversation with a Master, March 5
• Art Department, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Lecture, March 14
2006
• Art Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Lecture, April 18
2009
• 40 Acres Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson in Conversation with Allan Gordon, March 24
2012
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, “Poetry & Blues Project, Part II–Music, Art & Words: Kelvyn Bell, Oliver Jackson, Quincy Troupe, and Lois Ann Yamanaka,” February 10
2017
• San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, "Oliver Jackson in Conversation with Harry Cooper, National Gallery of Art," April 9
• Institute for African American Studies, New York University, New York, NY, Lecture, September 22
2019
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Artist's Talk: Harry Cooper and Oliver Lee Jackson," September 15
2023
• Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February
2024
• BLUM, Los Angeles, CA, "Harry Cooper in Conversation with Oliver Lee Jackson," March
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
1986
• U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C. Marble sculpture, Federal Courthouse, Oakland, CA (Installed 1993)
• California Arts Council, Sacramento. Painting for State Office Building, San Francisco
1993
• Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, San Jose, CA. Set design for ballet "The Overcoat," choreographed by Donald McKayle
2019
• San Francisco Arts Commission painting purchase for San Francisco International Airport Terminal One
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1965
• Downstairs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, Prints, Drawings, February 7–March 4
1967
• Red Balloon Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1968
• South County Bank, St. Louis, MO
1969
• Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA
1970
• Compton College, Compton, CA
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1973
• The Gallery of the Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster College, Webster, MO, The Sharpeville Series, 1969–1973: Paintings by Oliver L. Jackson, October 2–31
1977
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, November 4–December 3
• Artspace, Sacramento, CA, November
• Florida Technical College, Orlando, FL
1979
• Bixby Gallery, Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, MO, April
1980
• Allan Stone Gallery, New York
• Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson, February 29–March 26
• Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, Oliver Lee Jackson, October 18–November 23. Catalogue
1981
• C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, November 13–December 18
1982
• Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, March 21–April 24
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, September 17–November 7. Catalogue
• Quay Gallery, San Francisco, October 5–30
1983
• Matrix Gallery, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson, October 22–November 27
1984
• Reed College Art Gallery, Portland, OR, January 14–February 12
• Quay Gallery, San Francisco, April 3–28
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, September 22–November 11. Brochure
• Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, September 29–October 17
1985
• Harris-Brown Gallery, Boston, January 16–February 9
• University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 20–March 17
• Rena Bransten Quay Gallery, San Francisco, October 8–November 2
1987
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Works on Paper, April 11–June 7. Brochure
• Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, Oliver Jackson: New Work, October 13–November 14
1988
• Gallery Nine, University of Illinois, Champaign, February 5–March 5
• Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: Ten Year Survey, April 7–May 7. Brochure
1989
• Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: Painting, Drawings, and Sculpture, October 26–December 2
1990
• Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, July 24–September 16. Brochure
1991
• J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA, Oliver Jackson: New Paintings, May 1–June 2
• Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings and Sculpture, November 1–December 30
1992
• Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, November 3–December 24. Brochure
1993
• Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, October 2–November 30. Brochure
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson: Works on Paper, October 16, 1993–January 16, 1994
• Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, New California Art: Oliver Jackson, December 11, 1993–February 20, 1994. Brochure
1994
• Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings & Sculpture, January 7–February 28
1995
• San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, January 26–February 25
1996
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: The Incised Line, September 3–December 27. Brochure
1997
• Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, 1978–1996, March 1–May 31
• 425 Market Street, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: The Figure Revealed, October 4, 1997–January 10, 1998
1998
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson—Additions: Collage and Drawings, January 20–April 9
1999
• Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, September 24–November
2000
• Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Painting installation, January–June
• Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings, Sculpture and Work on Paper, April 14–July 2. Brochure
• Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings and Work on Paper, September 14–October 19
2002
• Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Duo (a collaboration with Marty Ehrlich), August 31, 2002–January 19, 2003
2006
• Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson: Drawing/The Incised Line, April 18–May 19
2007
• Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, September–November
2008
• University Art Gallery, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, February
• Nu-Art Series Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Oliver Jackson: Paintings/Prints/Drawings, September 12–October 10
2011
• b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA, November 1–December 3
2012
• Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Front Room: Oliver L. Jackson, May 11–June 10
2014
• 425 Market Street, San Francisco, Oliver Lee Jackson: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, September 6–November 29
• 555 California Street, San Francisco, Oliver Lee Jackson: Paintings and Works on Paper, October 11–December 27
2017
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson: Composed - Works from 1984 to 2016, March 11–June 4
2018
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Someplace Else, March 3–April 28. Catalogue
• Burning in Water, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Untitled Original, May 31–September 1
• Burning in Water, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Untitled Original 2.0, September 13–November 3
2019
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings, April 14–September 15. Brochure
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Force Field, September 7–November 2
• Malin Gallery (formerly Burning in Water), New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Take the House, December 10, 2019–March 7, 2020
2020
• Malin Gallery East at Hangman, Calverton, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Selected Works, Fall
2021
• Malin Gallery in Aspen, CO, Oliver Lee Jackson, July 11–31
• Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Oliver Lee Jackson, July 16, 2021–February 20, 2022. Brochure; Catalogue
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Vibrato, October 2–November 27
• Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Any Eyes, November 19, 2021–March 3, 2022
2022
• Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson, March 25–May 7
2023
• Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Works on Paper, February
2024
• BLUM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Machines for the Spirit, March 16–May 4
• The High Line, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: A Journey, June–October
2025
• Lisson Gallery, Bell Street, London, Oliver Lee Jackson: Intimacies, April
• Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, April
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1963
• People's Art Center, St. Louis, MO
1964
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Faculty Collection Exhibition
1965
• Kansas City, MO, Mid-American Exhibition
1966
• Peoria Art Center, Peoria, IL
1966-68
• Art-in-the-Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.
1968
• Black Artists Group, St. Louis, MO
1971
• The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Black Untitled II/Dimensions of the Figure, November 2–December 12
1974
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1975
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary California Artists: Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Oliver L. Jackson, June 3–July 20. Travel: Snowbird Galleries, University of Utah/Snowbird Summer Arts Institute, July 19–August 8; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, August 17–September 14
1976
• San Francisco Art Institute, Other Sources: An American Essay, September 17–November 7
1977
• San Francisco African American Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA, Prints & Drawings 1977, November 1–December 31
1978
• Western Association of Art Museums Traveling Exhibition, Prints: New Points of View. Travel: Crocker Art Museum/Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA, November 24–December 23, 1978; Anchorage Historical & Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK, January 17–February 15, 1979; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, August 28–September 21, 1979; Oakridge Community Arts Center, Oakridge, TN, October 15–November 15, 1979; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, December 20, 1979–January 20, 1980; Everett Community College, Everett, WA, February 1–March 1, 1980. Brochure
1979
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Aspects of Abstract: Recent West Coast Painting and Sculpture, October 27–November 24. Catalogue
1980
• Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA, Mosaic, January 11–February 13. Brochure
• Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA, Aspects of the '70's: African American Art of the 70's, May 17–June 15. Catalogue
1982
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fresh Paint: Fifteen California Painters, June 17–August 15. Brochure
• C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA, in conjunction with Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission, Sculpture Sacramento: Oliver Jackson / Edwards Ramos, September 15–October 31
• The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, From the Sunny Side, October 2–31. Brochure
1983
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1983 Biennial Exhibition, March 15–May 22. Catalogue
• Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, The Painting Show, March 24–April 24
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 25 Years of the ACG, November 12, 1983–January 1, 1984
• Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Selection, November 25–December 30
1984
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, In Visible Places, January 19–February 17
• Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 5 Artists/Works on Paper, March 16–April 18
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, May 17–August 9. Catalogue
• Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY, Nettie Marie Jones Fellows Exhibition, May 18–June 24
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III, June 28–August 26. Catalogue
• Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, San Francisco Bay Area, September 8–October 28. Catalogue
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, American Sculpture: Three Decades, November 15, 1984–January 27, 1985
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, The 20th Century: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection, December 9, 1984–February 17, 1985
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Recent Painting and Sculpture 1944–1984, December 18, 1984–May 2, 1985
1985
• Art Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, Contemporary California Painting: Oliver Jackson, Mary O'Neal, Raymond Saunders, February 1–March 1. Brochure
• Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, California Sends Her Best, March 15–April 20
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, States of War, April 18–June 23. Catalogue
• Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University at The Grolier Club, New York, NY, Selections from The Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios, June 18–July 31
• Irene G. and Phillip F. Faneuil Gallery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Games People Play, July 25–October 6
• Concourse Gallery, BankAmerica World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, M. Lee Fatherree: Photographs of Artists, August 1–October 1
• Harris-Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Encore/Preview, September 11–October 5
• Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, Artists' Forum, October 28–November 8. Travel: California State University, Long Beach, CA, November 11, 1985–January 10, 1986; Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA, January 31–March 2, 1986; California State University Legislative Reception, Sacramento Community Center, Sacramento, CA, March 11, 1986. Catalogue
1986
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Works of Art on Paper by Black Artists, January 11–March 16. Brochure
• Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ, Transitions: The Afro-American Artist, February 1–26
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Rituals: A Cross-Cultural View, February 2–March 30
• Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Objects of Prestige, May 7–31
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, American Painting: Abstract Expressionism and After, June–August 30
• Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA, Prints by New York Artists, July 3–August 3
• San Francisco International Airport Exhibitions Program, San Francisco, CA, Chairs, August 11– November 10
• University Art Gallery, California State University, San Jose, CA, The Multicultural Imagination, September 16–October 17. Brochure
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, New Painterly Figuration in the Bay Area, September 17–October 18. Travel: Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, November 7–December 5. Catalogue
• Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Masters of Color: Second Anniversary Exhibition, October 15–November 15
• The Print Club, Philadelphia,PA, 62nd Annual International Competition of Prints and Photographs, October 22–November 29. Catalogue
• Leonarda Di Mauro Gallery, New York, NY, Between Metaphor and Fact: Recent Drawing, October 30–November 29
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Between Painting and Sculpture, November 23, 1986–January 18, 1987
1987
• Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, California Figurative Sculpture, January 30–March 15. Catalogue
• Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Masters of Color: Contemporary Black American Artists, February 1–March 31
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Bay Area Influences: Four Artists, February 1–April 12
• Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, Roy de Forest / Oliver Jackson: Paintings, April 2–27
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Recent Modern Acquisitions, August 27–October 18
• Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Gallery Artists, September 10–October 10
1988
• Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, The Ethnic Idea: An Artistic Genesis, September 10–October 10
• Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, Selected Works in Celebration of Black History Month, February 5–March 6
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Bay Area Sculpture, February 21–March 24
• Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA, Afro-American Prints & Drawings, May 22–August 21
• Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Peter Selz Selects, October 12–November 20. Catalogue
1989
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, The Appropriate Object, March 4–April 23. Travel: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, May 15–July 15; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, August 26–October 15; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 13,1989–January 7, 1990. Catalogue
• California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA, Marble: A Contemporary Aesthetic (Sculpture section of the exhibition Marmo: The New Italian Stone Age, sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission), March 16–April 30. Catalogue
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Selections From the Permanent Collection, April 18–July 16
• Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Drawings: Part I, May 25–July 1
• Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Raymond Saunders: Choices, June 24–July 23
• Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson/Raymond Saunders: Works on Paper, August 22–September 29
• La Galleria San Benigno, Genoa, Italy, America, Italia, Spagna: Cristoforo Colombo 1492–1992, October 13–22. Catalogue
• Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento-Davis Influences III, December 6, 1989–January 13, 1990
1990
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, The Matter At Hand, January 1–February 11. Catalogue
• California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, Against the Grain: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, January 24–March 24
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Toward the Future: Contemporary Art in Content, May 5–July 1
• Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Gallery Group Show, July 27–August 5
• Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Selected Acquisitions, Recent Works, August 7–September 8
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, Hilo International Exhibition: Works on Paper, November 1990–February 1991. Catalogue
• Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from Teaberry Press, October 19–November 11. Travel to 1994. Catalogue
1991
• M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, Recent Acquisitions, September 11–November 17
• Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Influences V, December 4, 1991–January 1992
1992
• University of California, Davis, CA, Spirit Made Visible, May 9–31
• Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Gallery Revue, July 17–August 21
• Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Casting Light, Acknowledging Shadow, September 1–31
1993
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Twelve Bay Area Painters: The Eureka Fellowship Winners, October 9, 1993–January 16, 1994. Brochure
1994
• Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Drawing Exchange: SF/Rio, June 21–August 28. Travel: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 6–November 19
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, The Exchange Show: San Francisco/Rio de Janeiro, June 23–August 28. Travel to: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, October 6–November 19. Catalogue
• Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, Odun de Odun de, October 12–26
• Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, The Essential Gesture, October 15–December 31. Catalogue
1995
• Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India, Bharat Bhavan Print Biennial, February
• Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, American Color, April 22–June 7. Travel: Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, August 5–October 7
1996
• San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Rapture, February 26–March 21
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Cultural Crosscurrents, September 4, 1996–January 26, 1997. Brochure
1997
• Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, The Painter’s Craft, February 3–28. Catalogue
• Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, Civil Progress: Life in Black America, February 6–March 2. Catalogue
1998
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, MATRIX/Berkeley: 20 Years, February 24–July 12. Catalogue
• Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from The Teaberry Press, October 11–November 29. Travel to U.S. museums through 2004
1999
• Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, Beyond the Veil: The Art of African-American Artists at Century’s End, January 16–February 28. Catalogue
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 23–September 12. Catalogue
2000
• Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Heart of the Future, Part I, February 10–March 10
2001
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community Responds to Art in the Permanent Collection, June 24–September 23
2003
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, African-American Art and Artifacts, January 24–March 9
2004
• American Adventure Pavilion, Epcot, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL, Echoes of Africa, June 2004–August 2006
• California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions 1954–2004, December 11, 2004–April 16, 2005
2005
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Africa in America
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Anniversary Show, January 13–February 19
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, The Intimate Collaboration: 25 Years of Teaberry Press, January 14–March 12
• Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Inaugural Exhibition, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, October
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, November 20, 2005–March 5, 2006. Catalogue
2007
• Portland Art Museum, OR, The Drawn Line, May 5–August 12. Brochure
2008
• Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections, January 18–March 23
• Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA, Works of Northern California African American Artists, January 18–February 29
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Flashing Back: 1960s Works in the Permanent Collection of the de Saisset Museum, February 2–April 13
2009
• 40 Acres Gallery, Sacramento, CA, African-American Currents, January–May
2011
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Selections from the Smith Andersen Editions Archive, April 9–June 12
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part II, September 17-November 12
2012
• id Space Gallery, Hilo, HI, Lee Chesney, Oliver Jackson, Albert Paley: Monoprints and Other Works, October 5–November 20
2013
• Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Form and Expression: The Written Word, September 18-December 7. Travel: Brunnier Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February 4–March 21, 2014
2016
• National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Inaugural Exhibition, East Wing
• East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo, HI, Master Printmakers Invitational Exhibition, October 8–November 4
• Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, Dimensions of Black, December 16, 2016–April 30, 2017. Travel: Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, CA, September 17–December 28, 2017
2017
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Connect & Collect, October 1–21
2018
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Way Bay, January 17–May 6
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Portrait Show, June 23–August 18
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Way Bay 2, June 13–September 2
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Into the Woods, November 3– December 22
2019
• Phillips Auction House and Gallery, New York, NY, American African American, January 10–February 8
• DiRosa Center for Contemporary Art, Sonoma, CA, Building a Different Model: Selections from the di Rosa Collection, March 9–December 29
• Creativity Explored, Oakland, CA, Five and Two Others, Curated by Mildred Howard, March 14–May 2
• Burning in Water, New York, NY, Gallery Artists, May–September
2020
• Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX, Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in the Americas, 1958–1983, October 4, 2020–January 3, 2021
2021
• Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA, The Incorrect Museum: Vignettes from the di Rosa Collection, April 2021–Spring 2022
• Malin Gallery, New York, NY, Shady Beautiful, July 1–September 11
• St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration, October 3, 2021–January 9, 2022. Catalogue
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Our Whole, Unruly Selves, November 19, 2021–June 26, 2022
2022
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Lines of Thought: Gestural Abstraction in the BAMPFA Collection, January 5–July 3
• Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, Claiming Space: Refiguring the Body in Landscape, July 15–October 15. Catalogue
• Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, ArtCrush 2022 Auction Preview, July 30–August 5
• Songwon Art Center, Seoul. South Korea, The Cumulative Effect / Curated by John Yau, August 30–September 15
2023
• Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR, Together... (Inaugural exhibition), April 22–September 10
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection, June 7, 2023–July 7, 2024
• Pace Gallery, New York, NY, The Rejectionists, November 2–8
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Hidden Stories, December 2, 2023–February 10, 2024
2024
• White Columns, New York, NY, Looking Back: White Columns Annual, January 19–March 2
• Art Basel, Switzerland, presented by Lisson Gallery, London; BLUM, Los Angeles, and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, June 13–16
EDUCATION
1954-58 Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, B.F.A.
1961-63 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, M.F.A.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/VISITING ARTIST
1979
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1980
• Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Wake Forest University and North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC. Artist in Residence Program, Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation
1985
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Winter Quarter
• University of Washington, Seattle, Spring
• University of Iowa, Iowa City
1986
• Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Summer
1988
• University of Illinois, Champaign
1989
• University of California, Berkeley, Spring
1993
• University of Hawaii, Hilo. Artist in Residence, April
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Summer
1994
• California State University Summer Arts Program, Arcata, CA
1999
• California College of Arts & Crafts Summer Institute, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Artist in Residence, Spring
• California College of Arts & Crafts Summer Institute, Paris
2001
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, Spring
2005
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, April
2006
• Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA (also 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
2007
• CalArts Summer Institute, Valencia, CA
2008
• University of Hawaii, Hilo
2012
• University of Hawaii, Hilo. Visiting Artist, winter
2023
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February
AWARDS
1980-81
• National Endowment for the Arts Award in Painting
1984
• Nettie Marie Jones Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Lake Placid, NY
• Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
1988
• Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY
1993
• Eureka Fellowship Award, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2004
• 2003/2004 Award for Painting and Sculpture, Awards in the Visual Arts, Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA
2023
• Lee Krasner Award for lifetime achievement, Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
SELECTED LECTURES / PANELS / WORKSHOPS
1991
• Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, NOMMO: In the Spirit of the Word
1993
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, Lecture, April 19
1994
• International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, CA. Stone carving workshop Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and San Francisco Art Institute, Panelist, "Odun De, Odun De: The Global Presence of African Spirit in Contemporary Art," October 14–16
1996
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Materials and Abstraction, October 29
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Space and Themes, November 19
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Modes and Sensibility, December 3
1997
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, The Transformative Process as a Function of Art, October 14
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Integrity in Making, October 28
1998
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, The African Sensibility: Cosmology, February 3
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Collecting African Art, February 24
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, The African Sensibility: Aesthetics, March 10
2000
• The Art Institute of Boston, MA, Lecture, March 9
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Lecture, March 22
• Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, African Sensibilities/ Aesthetics, October 4
2001
• Art Department, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, Philosophy of Making: Conversation with a Master, March 5
• Art Department, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Lecture, March 14
2006
• Art Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Lecture, April 18
2009
• 40 Acres Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson in Conversation with Allan Gordon, March 24
2012
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, “Poetry & Blues Project, Part II–Music, Art & Words: Kelvyn Bell, Oliver Jackson, Quincy Troupe, and Lois Ann Yamanaka,” February 10
2017
• San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, "Oliver Jackson in Conversation with Harry Cooper, National Gallery of Art," April 9
• Institute for African American Studies, New York University, New York, NY, Lecture, September 22
2019
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Artist's Talk: Harry Cooper and Oliver Lee Jackson," September 15
2023
• Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February
2024
• BLUM, Los Angeles, CA, "Harry Cooper in Conversation with Oliver Lee Jackson," March
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
1986
• U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C. Marble sculpture, Federal Courthouse, Oakland, CA (Installed 1993)
• California Arts Council, Sacramento. Painting for State Office Building, San Francisco
1993
• Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, San Jose, CA. Set design for ballet "The Overcoat," choreographed by Donald McKayle
2019
• San Francisco Arts Commission painting purchase for San Francisco International Airport Terminal One
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1965
• Downstairs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, Prints, Drawings, February 7–March 4
1967
• Red Balloon Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1968
• South County Bank, St. Louis, MO
1969
• Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA
1970
• Compton College, Compton, CA
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1973
• The Gallery of the Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster College, Webster, MO, The Sharpeville Series, 1969–1973: Paintings by Oliver L. Jackson, October 2–31
1977
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, November 4–December 3
• Artspace, Sacramento, CA, November
• Florida Technical College, Orlando, FL
1979
• Bixby Gallery, Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, MO, April
1980
• Allan Stone Gallery, New York
• Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson, February 29–March 26
• Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, Oliver Lee Jackson, October 18–November 23. Catalogue
1981
• C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, November 13–December 18
1982
• Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, March 21–April 24
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, September 17–November 7. Catalogue
• Quay Gallery, San Francisco, October 5–30
1983
• Matrix Gallery, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson, October 22–November 27
1984
• Reed College Art Gallery, Portland, OR, January 14–February 12
• Quay Gallery, San Francisco, April 3–28
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, September 22–November 11. Brochure
• Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, September 29–October 17
1985
• Harris-Brown Gallery, Boston, January 16–February 9
• University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 20–March 17
• Rena Bransten Quay Gallery, San Francisco, October 8–November 2
1987
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Works on Paper, April 11–June 7. Brochure
• Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, Oliver Jackson: New Work, October 13–November 14
1988
• Gallery Nine, University of Illinois, Champaign, February 5–March 5
• Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: Ten Year Survey, April 7–May 7. Brochure
1989
• Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: Painting, Drawings, and Sculpture, October 26–December 2
1990
• Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, July 24–September 16. Brochure
1991
• J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA, Oliver Jackson: New Paintings, May 1–June 2
• Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings and Sculpture, November 1–December 30
1992
• Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, November 3–December 24. Brochure
1993
• Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, October 2–November 30. Brochure
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Oliver Jackson: Works on Paper, October 16, 1993–January 16, 1994
• Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, New California Art: Oliver Jackson, December 11, 1993–February 20, 1994. Brochure
1994
• Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings & Sculpture, January 7–February 28
1995
• San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, January 26–February 25
1996
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: The Incised Line, September 3–December 27. Brochure
1997
• Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, Oliver Jackson: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, 1978–1996, March 1–May 31
• 425 Market Street, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson: The Figure Revealed, October 4, 1997–January 10, 1998
1998
• Artists Forum, San Francisco, Oliver Jackson—Additions: Collage and Drawings, January 20–April 9
1999
• Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, September 24–November
2000
• Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Painting installation, January–June
• Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings, Sculpture and Work on Paper, April 14–July 2. Brochure
• Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, Oliver Jackson: Recent Paintings and Work on Paper, September 14–October 19
2002
• Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Duo (a collaboration with Marty Ehrlich), August 31, 2002–January 19, 2003
2006
• Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson: Drawing/The Incised Line, April 18–May 19
2007
• Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, September–November
2008
• University Art Gallery, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, February
• Nu-Art Series Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Oliver Jackson: Paintings/Prints/Drawings, September 12–October 10
2011
• b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA, November 1–December 3
2012
• Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Front Room: Oliver L. Jackson, May 11–June 10
2014
• 425 Market Street, San Francisco, Oliver Lee Jackson: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, September 6–November 29
• 555 California Street, San Francisco, Oliver Lee Jackson: Paintings and Works on Paper, October 11–December 27
2017
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson: Composed - Works from 1984 to 2016, March 11–June 4
2018
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Someplace Else, March 3–April 28. Catalogue
• Burning in Water, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Untitled Original, May 31–September 1
• Burning in Water, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Untitled Original 2.0, September 13–November 3
2019
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings, April 14–September 15. Brochure
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Force Field, September 7–November 2
• Malin Gallery (formerly Burning in Water), New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Take the House, December 10, 2019–March 7, 2020
2020
• Malin Gallery East at Hangman, Calverton, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Selected Works, Fall
2021
• Malin Gallery in Aspen, CO, Oliver Lee Jackson, July 11–31
• Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Oliver Lee Jackson, July 16, 2021–February 20, 2022. Brochure; Catalogue
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Vibrato, October 2–November 27
• Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Any Eyes, November 19, 2021–March 3, 2022
2022
• Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson, March 25–May 7
2023
• Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: Works on Paper, February
2024
• BLUM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Oliver Lee Jackson: Machines for the Spirit, March 16–May 4
• The High Line, New York, NY, Oliver Lee Jackson: A Journey, June–October
2025
• Lisson Gallery, Bell Street, London, Oliver Lee Jackson: Intimacies, April
• Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, April
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1963
• People's Art Center, St. Louis, MO
1964
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Faculty Collection Exhibition
1965
• Kansas City, MO, Mid-American Exhibition
1966
• Peoria Art Center, Peoria, IL
1966-68
• Art-in-the-Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.
1968
• Black Artists Group, St. Louis, MO
1971
• The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Black Untitled II/Dimensions of the Figure, November 2–December 12
1974
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1975
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary California Artists: Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Oliver L. Jackson, June 3–July 20. Travel: Snowbird Galleries, University of Utah/Snowbird Summer Arts Institute, July 19–August 8; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, August 17–September 14
1976
• San Francisco Art Institute, Other Sources: An American Essay, September 17–November 7
1977
• San Francisco African American Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA, Prints & Drawings 1977, November 1–December 31
1978
• Western Association of Art Museums Traveling Exhibition, Prints: New Points of View. Travel: Crocker Art Museum/Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA, November 24–December 23, 1978; Anchorage Historical & Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK, January 17–February 15, 1979; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, August 28–September 21, 1979; Oakridge Community Arts Center, Oakridge, TN, October 15–November 15, 1979; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, December 20, 1979–January 20, 1980; Everett Community College, Everett, WA, February 1–March 1, 1980. Brochure
1979
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Aspects of Abstract: Recent West Coast Painting and Sculpture, October 27–November 24. Catalogue
1980
• Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA, Mosaic, January 11–February 13. Brochure
• Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA, Aspects of the '70's: African American Art of the 70's, May 17–June 15. Catalogue
1982
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fresh Paint: Fifteen California Painters, June 17–August 15. Brochure
• C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA, in conjunction with Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission, Sculpture Sacramento: Oliver Jackson / Edwards Ramos, September 15–October 31
• The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, From the Sunny Side, October 2–31. Brochure
1983
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1983 Biennial Exhibition, March 15–May 22. Catalogue
• Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, The Painting Show, March 24–April 24
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 25 Years of the ACG, November 12, 1983–January 1, 1984
• Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Selection, November 25–December 30
1984
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, In Visible Places, January 19–February 17
• Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 5 Artists/Works on Paper, March 16–April 18
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, May 17–August 9. Catalogue
• Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY, Nettie Marie Jones Fellows Exhibition, May 18–June 24
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III, June 28–August 26. Catalogue
• Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, San Francisco Bay Area, September 8–October 28. Catalogue
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, American Sculpture: Three Decades, November 15, 1984–January 27, 1985
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, The 20th Century: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection, December 9, 1984–February 17, 1985
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Recent Painting and Sculpture 1944–1984, December 18, 1984–May 2, 1985
1985
• Art Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, Contemporary California Painting: Oliver Jackson, Mary O'Neal, Raymond Saunders, February 1–March 1. Brochure
• Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, California Sends Her Best, March 15–April 20
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, States of War, April 18–June 23. Catalogue
• Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University at The Grolier Club, New York, NY, Selections from The Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios, June 18–July 31
• Irene G. and Phillip F. Faneuil Gallery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Games People Play, July 25–October 6
• Concourse Gallery, BankAmerica World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, M. Lee Fatherree: Photographs of Artists, August 1–October 1
• Harris-Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Encore/Preview, September 11–October 5
• Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, Artists' Forum, October 28–November 8. Travel: California State University, Long Beach, CA, November 11, 1985–January 10, 1986; Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA, January 31–March 2, 1986; California State University Legislative Reception, Sacramento Community Center, Sacramento, CA, March 11, 1986. Catalogue
1986
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Works of Art on Paper by Black Artists, January 11–March 16. Brochure
• Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ, Transitions: The Afro-American Artist, February 1–26
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Rituals: A Cross-Cultural View, February 2–March 30
• Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Objects of Prestige, May 7–31
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, American Painting: Abstract Expressionism and After, June–August 30
• Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA, Prints by New York Artists, July 3–August 3
• San Francisco International Airport Exhibitions Program, San Francisco, CA, Chairs, August 11– November 10
• University Art Gallery, California State University, San Jose, CA, The Multicultural Imagination, September 16–October 17. Brochure
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, New Painterly Figuration in the Bay Area, September 17–October 18. Travel: Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, November 7–December 5. Catalogue
• Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, MA, Masters of Color: Second Anniversary Exhibition, October 15–November 15
• The Print Club, Philadelphia,PA, 62nd Annual International Competition of Prints and Photographs, October 22–November 29. Catalogue
• Leonarda Di Mauro Gallery, New York, NY, Between Metaphor and Fact: Recent Drawing, October 30–November 29
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Between Painting and Sculpture, November 23, 1986–January 18, 1987
1987
• Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, California Figurative Sculpture, January 30–March 15. Catalogue
• Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Masters of Color: Contemporary Black American Artists, February 1–March 31
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Bay Area Influences: Four Artists, February 1–April 12
• Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, Roy de Forest / Oliver Jackson: Paintings, April 2–27
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Recent Modern Acquisitions, August 27–October 18
• Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Gallery Artists, September 10–October 10
1988
• Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, The Ethnic Idea: An Artistic Genesis, September 10–October 10
• Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, Selected Works in Celebration of Black History Month, February 5–March 6
• Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Bay Area Sculpture, February 21–March 24
• Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA, Afro-American Prints & Drawings, May 22–August 21
• Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Peter Selz Selects, October 12–November 20. Catalogue
1989
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, The Appropriate Object, March 4–April 23. Travel: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, May 15–July 15; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, August 26–October 15; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 13,1989–January 7, 1990. Catalogue
• California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA, Marble: A Contemporary Aesthetic (Sculpture section of the exhibition Marmo: The New Italian Stone Age, sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission), March 16–April 30. Catalogue
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Selections From the Permanent Collection, April 18–July 16
• Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Drawings: Part I, May 25–July 1
• Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Raymond Saunders: Choices, June 24–July 23
• Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose, CA, Oliver Jackson/Raymond Saunders: Works on Paper, August 22–September 29
• La Galleria San Benigno, Genoa, Italy, America, Italia, Spagna: Cristoforo Colombo 1492–1992, October 13–22. Catalogue
• Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento-Davis Influences III, December 6, 1989–January 13, 1990
1990
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, The Matter At Hand, January 1–February 11. Catalogue
• California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, Against the Grain: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, January 24–March 24
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Toward the Future: Contemporary Art in Content, May 5–July 1
• Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Gallery Group Show, July 27–August 5
• Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Selected Acquisitions, Recent Works, August 7–September 8
• University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, Hilo International Exhibition: Works on Paper, November 1990–February 1991. Catalogue
• Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from Teaberry Press, October 19–November 11. Travel to 1994. Catalogue
1991
• M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, Recent Acquisitions, September 11–November 17
• Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Influences V, December 4, 1991–January 1992
1992
• University of California, Davis, CA, Spirit Made Visible, May 9–31
• Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Gallery Revue, July 17–August 21
• Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Casting Light, Acknowledging Shadow, September 1–31
1993
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Twelve Bay Area Painters: The Eureka Fellowship Winners, October 9, 1993–January 16, 1994. Brochure
1994
• Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Drawing Exchange: SF/Rio, June 21–August 28. Travel: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 6–November 19
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, The Exchange Show: San Francisco/Rio de Janeiro, June 23–August 28. Travel to: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, October 6–November 19. Catalogue
• Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, Odun de Odun de, October 12–26
• Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, The Essential Gesture, October 15–December 31. Catalogue
1995
• Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India, Bharat Bhavan Print Biennial, February
• Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, American Color, April 22–June 7. Travel: Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA, August 5–October 7
1996
• San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Rapture, February 26–March 21
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Cultural Crosscurrents, September 4, 1996–January 26, 1997. Brochure
1997
• Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, The Painter’s Craft, February 3–28. Catalogue
• Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, Civil Progress: Life in Black America, February 6–March 2. Catalogue
1998
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, MATRIX/Berkeley: 20 Years, February 24–July 12. Catalogue
• Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from The Teaberry Press, October 11–November 29. Travel to U.S. museums through 2004
1999
• Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, Beyond the Veil: The Art of African-American Artists at Century’s End, January 16–February 28. Catalogue
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 23–September 12. Catalogue
2000
• Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Heart of the Future, Part I, February 10–March 10
2001
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community Responds to Art in the Permanent Collection, June 24–September 23
2003
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, African-American Art and Artifacts, January 24–March 9
2004
• American Adventure Pavilion, Epcot, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL, Echoes of Africa, June 2004–August 2006
• California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions 1954–2004, December 11, 2004–April 16, 2005
2005
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Africa in America
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Anniversary Show, January 13–February 19
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, The Intimate Collaboration: 25 Years of Teaberry Press, January 14–March 12
• Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Inaugural Exhibition, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, October
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, November 20, 2005–March 5, 2006. Catalogue
2007
• Portland Art Museum, OR, The Drawn Line, May 5–August 12. Brochure
2008
• Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections, January 18–March 23
• Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA, Works of Northern California African American Artists, January 18–February 29
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Flashing Back: 1960s Works in the Permanent Collection of the de Saisset Museum, February 2–April 13
2009
• 40 Acres Gallery, Sacramento, CA, African-American Currents, January–May
2011
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Selections from the Smith Andersen Editions Archive, April 9–June 12
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part II, September 17-November 12
2012
• id Space Gallery, Hilo, HI, Lee Chesney, Oliver Jackson, Albert Paley: Monoprints and Other Works, October 5–November 20
2013
• Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Form and Expression: The Written Word, September 18-December 7. Travel: Brunnier Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February 4–March 21, 2014
2016
• National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Inaugural Exhibition, East Wing
• East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo, HI, Master Printmakers Invitational Exhibition, October 8–November 4
• Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, Dimensions of Black, December 16, 2016–April 30, 2017. Travel: Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, CA, September 17–December 28, 2017
2017
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Connect & Collect, October 1–21
2018
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Way Bay, January 17–May 6
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Portrait Show, June 23–August 18
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Way Bay 2, June 13–September 2
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Into the Woods, November 3– December 22
2019
• Phillips Auction House and Gallery, New York, NY, American African American, January 10–February 8
• DiRosa Center for Contemporary Art, Sonoma, CA, Building a Different Model: Selections from the di Rosa Collection, March 9–December 29
• Creativity Explored, Oakland, CA, Five and Two Others, Curated by Mildred Howard, March 14–May 2
• Burning in Water, New York, NY, Gallery Artists, May–September
2020
• Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX, Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in the Americas, 1958–1983, October 4, 2020–January 3, 2021
2021
• Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA, The Incorrect Museum: Vignettes from the di Rosa Collection, April 2021–Spring 2022
• Malin Gallery, New York, NY, Shady Beautiful, July 1–September 11
• St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration, October 3, 2021–January 9, 2022. Catalogue
• San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Our Whole, Unruly Selves, November 19, 2021–June 26, 2022
2022
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Lines of Thought: Gestural Abstraction in the BAMPFA Collection, January 5–July 3
• Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, Claiming Space: Refiguring the Body in Landscape, July 15–October 15. Catalogue
• Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, ArtCrush 2022 Auction Preview, July 30–August 5
• Songwon Art Center, Seoul. South Korea, The Cumulative Effect / Curated by John Yau, August 30–September 15
2023
• Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR, Together... (Inaugural exhibition), April 22–September 10
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection, June 7, 2023–July 7, 2024
• Pace Gallery, New York, NY, The Rejectionists, November 2–8
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Hidden Stories, December 2, 2023–February 10, 2024
2024
• White Columns, New York, NY, Looking Back: White Columns Annual, January 19–March 2
• Art Basel, Switzerland, presented by Lisson Gallery, London; BLUM, Los Angeles, and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, June 13–16
