Tomashi Jackson b. 1980
Tomashi Jackson (born 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a multimedia artist whose works span across painting, textile, video and sculpture. Jackson earned her BFA from The Cooper Union of the Advancement of Science and Art, her MS from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, and her MFA from the Yale School of Art. Her vast educational experiences manifest in an expansive oeuvre that explores the historical, contemporary, political, and aesthetic.
Jackson was included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial and her works can be found in public collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Jackson is the recipient of numerous fellowships, grants, and awards, such as the 24th Rappaport Prize from the de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum in 2023, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant in 2020, and the Blair Dickinson Memorial Scholarship from the Yale University School of Art in 2016. Along with her artistic practice, Jackson has taught at Harvard University as a visiting lecturer and has held positions as an adjunct professor at both the Rhode Island School of Design and the Cooper Union School of Art. She is currently based in New York City and Cambridge, MA.
