Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson studied at the Central Technical Institute, Watford in 2000-2001. He then studied for his Fine
Art BA (Hons) at the National Collage of Art and Design, Dublin in 2001-2005. the following year he took his masters
at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.
He has exhibited extensively in Waterford, Dublin, Galway, Edinburgh and Dundee.
Robert Jackson currently tutors, part time, both at Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio and the Carse Association for
Continuing Education.
Robert Jackson’s work seeks to explore the fractured dialogue set up by combining figures from distinct sources within a new context. He is interested in creating images to explore themes of interaction, isolation, and dislocation. The images are not documenting specific narrative events. They are constructions of figures within an ambiguous space. The resulting image is one of dissociation between the individuals represented. The presence of multiple figures within the image emphasises the disconnection between the individuals and each figures’ isolation within the painted space. In some instances where a figure is painted or drawn in apparent isolation he has placed them in dark surroundings so as not to completely rule out the presence of another person.
Light plays a significant role in his work as a means of both separation and inclusion. As the figures derive from
disparate original sources it is inevitable that the lighting falls differently on each individual.
The thin layers of colour seek to separate and remove the painted figures from the direct gaze of the viewer. The intention is that the painted figures become depersonalised and obscured.
