Vanessa Jackson Lit Up Year 2018 Medium Graphite on paper Dimensions 29.7 x 21 cm About the work Enjoying the use of a lead pencil for the simple shimmer-glimmer and reflection. Date and country of birth 1953, GB About the artist Born Peaslake 1953, Vanessa Jackson lives and works in London. Graduated from St Martin’s School of Art (1975), and the Royal College of Art (1978). Jackson is a painter, and occasional printmaker and wall painter. Drawing is at the centre of her work as it offers the most direct response to holding time, space and experience. Selected exhibitions include Multilayer Vision 20/20, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, and touring (2020); Where We Are, curated by Danny Rolph, Mercer’s Hall Gallery, London (2020); Fully Awake, Edinburgh College of Art (2019); V & A & A, curated by Andy Cohen, Studio 1.1, London (2018); A LIGHT HERE…Tintype Gallery, London (2017); Last Picture Show, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York (2017); Simply Painting, curated by Jim Mooney, Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery and touring (2016); solo exhibition, Studio 1.1, London (2012); and Throwing Shapes, Wall Painting, CPG Café Gallery Southwark Park, London (2010).