Artist, Suzanne Jackson in conversation with Lisa Gail Collins at The Loeb

Suzanne Jackson (b. 1944, St. Louis, Missouri) lives and works between Savannah, Georgia, and St. Remy, New York. For nearly five decades, the artist has worked experimentally across mediums, including drawing, painting, poetry, dance, theater, and costume design. In the early 1970s, Jackson worked as an artist and teacher in Los Angeles, where she engaged a community of artist peers and established Gallery 32, showcasing figures like David Hammons, Senga Nengudi, and Betye Saar. Jackson’s recent works are composed of pure acrylic and found materials, dispensing with canvas and allowing the paintings to move off the wall and exist within the space of the viewer. The artist will have her first major retrospective from 2025 to 2026, organized by SFMOMA and the Walker Art Center and traveling to the MFA Boston.

Sponsored by the Vassar Art Department. The event is free and open to the public.