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Jacqueline Sarah Brown
I’m Jackie Sarah Brown, an artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. My practice centers on graphite drawings that transform fabric, objects, and architecture into spaces of longing and impossibility.
My artistic path moved through illustration and interactive art before becoming grounded in drawing as my primary medium. This shift reflects my deeper commitment to exploring the absurd, melancholic, and uncanny aspects of daily life.
I work with a kind of free-floating attention, gathering scattered perspectives until they cohere into a single image. This approach allows me to construct tightly framed drawings where precision and feeling coexist. My background in interactive art and illustration continues to inform my sense of structure, graphic shape, and the use of digital tools to explore and refine ideas.
I studied Studio Art at the University of Pittsburgh and earned an MFA in Design & Technology from Parsons. My past work includes a residency at Fabrica (Italy) and collaborations with organizations such as Google, the Watershed Project, 826 Valencia, and more.
https://www.jackiesarahbrown.com/
*Artist featured in 2024 Art Passages exhibition at the County Administration Building in Martinez, California.
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Category: Visual Artist
Artist Statement
Please provide a brief description of your creative process, motivations, and inspirations:
I make graphite and charcoal drawings that explore the strange, often absurd ways we make sense of the world. My work blends surrealism, graphic clarity, and a dose of humor to uncover meaning in everyday life. Each series begins with a theme—like presence and absence, or the desire for impossible architecture—and an emotional tone, such as longing or quiet humor. I’m drawn to the tension between logic and nonsense, especially where language and perception blur.
