Artists’ Proof

Curated by H Schenck

Jackson Shane

About the Artist

Jackson Shane is an artist hailing from the small town of Springdale, Arkansas who relocated to Chicago IL to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago which In May of 2023 they received.  Their practice Predominantly focuses on printmaking methods such as relief carvings, etchings, risograph and silkscreen. Depicting Plants, Animals, Bones And Decay in their various forms of Symbiosis. Post Graduation They continued to grow as a printmaker by working at Spudnik Press here in Chicago, as well as pressuring a career as a Tattoo Artist. As of January 2024 they’ve begun their professional journey as a full time Tattooer. In Tandem they sell Prints, Stickers and Screen Printed totes and shirts at local events throughout Chicago and the greater Chicagoland area. They have Prints currently available at SideShow Gallery In Avondale, as well as their website Jacksonshane.com. Their Tattoo artistry is inspired by the graphic nature of screen printing and as both practices continue to grow they aim for them to become more and more informed by one another. 

Artist:

Jackson Shane
Photo of the artist in their studio

Exhibition

Artists’ Proof

A pile of stickers of a frog with mushrooms growing from its back
A cabin sits upon a snowy landscape. Beneath a cutaway reveals the strata of earth beneath the cabin populated by animal bones.

Untitled
Digital Print
8.5″ x 11″

Skeletal deer with birds nest embedded in antlers

Untitled
Screenprint
13″ x 15″

goat skull undergrowth with followers growing above

Decay/Flourish
Screenprint
13″ x 16″

Screenprinted skulls of six animals found in the Ozarks populate the page like a natural history field guide.

Animals of The Ozarks
Screenprint
14″ x 16″

A diagrammatic torso and arms are covered in largely animal and floral tattoo designs in this screenprint

Abdominal Layout 1
Screenprint
12″ x 14″

A flash sheet of a diagrammatic arm covered with animal tattoo flash. An alligator gar design flanks the arm.

Arm layout 1
Digital

A diagrammatic arm is covered with floral and bug tattoo flash. A rooster design is to the left of the arm.

Arm layout 2
Digital

A person's calf tattooed with a deer suspended by its ankles

Tattoo on Gage

A snake tattoo is coiled on a person's forearm

Tattoo on Liv