Orbis Viridis Obscurus Installation View 2008
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Ethan Jackson is a visual artist working in photographic media and optical installation. Light, vision, image and imagination are the basis for artworks ranging from the perceptual the documentary. Browse various projects in the Works section.
Current News:
Ethan Jackson is Visiting Professor at Williams College for the Spring semester 2009. He is working on a handful of photographic and camera obscura projects, and in the Fall, he will be in residence at Yaddo.
Recent Events:
In October and November of 2008, Ethan was in residence at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program in Woodside, California. Previously, he completed several concurrent shows in Portland, Oregon:
Orbis Viridis Obscurus at [NAAU]
20 August - 5 October
The fourth in the New American Art Union‘s Couture ‘08 series included optical and video works, including the installation Polyopticon VII.
[NAAU] 922 SE Ankeny St., Portland, OR 97214 503.231.8294.
Polyopticon VIII at galleryHomeland
5 September - 27 September
A large scale installation of Architectural Optics, Polyopticon VIII used nine apertures in a 70 by 30 foot storefront space to project a busy street corner, sky and trees onto various parts of the interior space at the Ford Building, 2505 SE 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97204 503.819.9656
Polyopticon IX at 1313 West Burnside
4 September - 27 September
Polyopticon IX rounded out a busy late summer of camera obscura offerings, installed in the top floor of 1313 West Burnside, Portland, OR.
Acknowledgment:
Much of this work has been directly supported by the Oregon Arts Commission, the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the NAAU. Work has also been facilitated by the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, the Ucross Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, and Sam and Dusty Boynton.