Katrina Jackson American, b. 1994

Katrina Jackson (b.1994) has been a member of the South Side Studio since 2024. Working primarily in painting and drawing, Jackson explores the relationship between memory, observation, and abstraction. Drawing inspiration from domestic interiors, still lifes, and organic forms, her compositions are often populated by familiar objects—vessels, tables, lamps, and plants. These recurring motifs are filtered through personal recollections and settings that hold emotional significance.

She works across various media—acrylic, oil pastel, marker, as well as delicate applications of graphite and colored pencil. Gestural clusters of floating orbs, curvilinear marks, and soft swaths of color appear to hover on the surface; the nuanced shifts in form and palette highlight a process that effortlessly balances repetition with variation.

Jackson conveys a sense of tension throughout her work: between control and spontaneity, observation and memory, clarity and ambiguity. Through her considered layering of color, pattern, and irregular shapes, she creates vivid imagery that is both grounded in the material world and open to interpretation.

Jackson’s work has previously been featured in Spirit Spirits and Perennial Hug 3 at Circle Contemporary, among other exhibitions.