Jackie Sarah Brown (b. 1980, Philadelphia, PA) is a visual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works primarily in graphite, building tightly framed drawings that follow internally defined rules. Across her series, she examines constructed systems and disrupts them to reveal how they function. Her background in interactive art and illustration informs her attention to logic and absurdity.

For exhibition inquiries or studio visits, please email hi@jackiesarahbrown.com

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2026
- Art of the Fold, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- In Plain Sight, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT

2024
- We Make Art in Richmond, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
- Art Passages, Contra Costa County Business Admin Building, Martinez, CA
- Richmond Open Studios Preview Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

Earlier Exhibitions

2011, Mostra 3M de Arte Digital exhibition, Sao Paolo, Brazil

2009, Colors of Money, Expo Carre de Rotondes, Luxembourg

2008
- ZXZW - Independent Culture, Tilburg, Netherlands
- Interactivos? Technologies of Laughter, Mexico City, Mexico
- Interactivos?, Madrid, Spain

2007
- Conflux Festival, New York, New York
- NOSO (No Social Networking), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

Awards
- 2026, Irene Buynoski Free Hand Drawing Award, In Plain Sight exhibition, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
- 2021, World Illustration Awards, Shortlist, Google mural, Mountain View, CA
- 2007, Creativity Annual Award, MTV Movie Awards Encyclopedia, NY

Residencies
2007-09
Fabrica, Benetton Communications Design Research Center, Treviso, Italy

Selected Commissions
Google, 826 Valencia, Brilliant.org, The Watershed Project, NIAD Art Center

Lectures
- 2021 Pecha Kucha presentation at ICON, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2008 Dorkbot - CD Mexico Presentation, Mexico City, Mexico

Teaching
2008
Teaching Assistant, IUAV University of Venice, Venice, Italy

2006
Instructor, Pratt Institute, New York, NY

Publications
2011 Artist Profile, Mostra 3M de Arte Digital

Education

2005, MFA in Design & Technology, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

2002, BA in Studio Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

* Previously worked under the name Jacqueline Steck.