SANDRA JACKMAN


Sandra Jackman was born in New York City in 1937. She is a self-taught artist who lives and works in New York.

Sandra’s work has been exhibited in nineteen one person shows across the United States since 1967.

A small sampling of group exhibits includes “A survey of Bookworks by Photographers” at the Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986; The International Art Fair “Art 18” Basel, Switzerland, 1987; “Books as Art” from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archives of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 1991; and nine separate exhibits at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. 1992-2007, as well as “The Book as Art” Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College “In the Spirit of the Book” at the Brooklyn Public Library in 2010.

Among the publications her work appears in are “L.A. Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980”  by Lyn Kienholz, California/International Arts Foundation, “Art Synectics” by Nicholas Roukes, Juniro Arts, Calgary, 1982; “Sculpture in Paper” by Nicholas Roukes, Davis Publications, 1993; “Art in Boxes” by Alex Mogelon and Norman LaLiberte, Van Norstrand Reinhold, 1974. “Obsessions: Collectors and Their Passions” by Stephen Calloway; 2004, Sandra Jackman by Jennifer P. Borum, Art Forum, February, 1991 and Box Art Assemblage and Construction, by Donna Meilach, Crown, 1974.

Sandra’s career has included curating, panel moderator and performance art.

Her work is included in the many collections including:

Arts of the Book Collections, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University,
    New Haven, CT
Boston Museum of Fine Arts School Library, Boston, MA
Continental Corporation, New York
Jack Ginsberg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mount San Antonio College, Walnut CA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The Patrick Lannan foundation, Los Angeles
The Law offices of Irell and Manella, Los Angeles
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, FL
The Skirball Museum, Los Angeles
Watkinson Library at Trinity College, Hartford, CT
The William Morris Hunt Library, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Mass
The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.