Artwork: Fun in Egypt

18×24

$320

Shawn Jackson

Artist Bio

Shawn Jackson is an artist who works at the PASC Detroit Studio. The subjects of his artworks tend to circulate around popular culture such as classic television shows, pop musicians and classic American movies, which he has an almost encyclopedic memory of. His style is defined by strong linework and an illustrationist or cartoonish approach. His work has been shown at PASC Detroit Gallery (2024), Art Gallery at Westland City Hall, Westland, MI, (2021/23/24); BasBlue, Detroit (2024); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit (2023/24); Ford Art Gallery, Wayne County Community College, (2023); Circle Contemporary, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL (2023); PASC at the Belt Gallery, Detroit (2023); Reyes | Finn Gallery, Detroit (2023); Detroit Repertory theatre, Detroit, MI (2022); PASC Detroit Pop Up at The Vella Group, Detroit, (2022); Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, Detroit (2022); and The Scarab Club, Detroit, (2021).

Program Description

PASC was launched in January 2021 as the first progressive art and design studio, and exhibition program, in Detroit and Wayne County, dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences to advance independent artistic practices and build individual career paths in the art and design fields.

Program Link

https://www.progressiveartstudiocollective.org/