Jackie Sarah Brown (b. 1980, Philadelphia, PA) is a visual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her graphite drawings transform objects, fabric, and architecture into sites of longing and impossibility. Through spatial paradox and quiet humor, her work constructs visual systems with their own internal logic—where space answers to feeling rather than function, and objects carry the weight of absence. Working primarily in graphite, Brown builds tightly framed, compositionally restrained images rooted in emotional tone and spatial absurdity. Her background in interactive art and illustration informs her sense of structure, narrative, and play.

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

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Education
2005 MFA in Design & Technology, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2002 BA in Studio Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Group Exhibitions
2024 We Make Art in Richmond, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2024 Art Passages, Contra Cost County Business Admin Building, Martinez, CA
2024 ROS Preview Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
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
2008 Interactivos? Technologies of Laughter, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 Interactivos? Madrid, Spain
2007 Conflux Festival, New York, New York
2007 NOSO, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

Awards
2021 Shortlisted for World Illustration Awards, Google mural in Mountain View

Residencies
2007-08 Fabrica residency, Treviso, Italy

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

Publications
2011 Artist Profile, Mostra 3M de Arte Digital