Jackie Sarah Brown (b. 1980, Philadelphia, PA) is a visual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She works primarily in graphite, building logical drawings that follow internally defined rules. Across her series, she examines constructed systems, and disrupts them to reveal new absurdities.
Her background in interactive art and illustration informs her preferences for logic and craft.
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hi@jackiesarahbrown.com
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
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Art of the Fold, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
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In Plain Sight, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
2024
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We Make Art in Richmond, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
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Art Passages, Contra Costa County Business Admin Building, Martinez, CA
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Richmond Open Studios Preview Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Earlier Exhibitions
2011,
Mostra 3M de Arte Digital exhibition, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009,
Colors of Money, Expo Carre de Rotondes, Luxembourg
2008
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ZXZW - Independent Culture, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Interactivos? Technologies of Laughter, Mexico City, Mexico
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Interactivos?, Madrid, Spain
2007
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Conflux Festival, New York, New York
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NOSO (No Social Networking), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2026 —
Irene Buynoski Free Hand Drawing Award,
In Plain Sight exhibition, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
2021 —
World Illustration Awards, Shortlist, Google mural, Mountain View, CA
2007 —
Creativity Annual Award, MTV Movie Awards Encyclopedia, NY
Residencies
2007-09
Fabrica, Benetton Communications Design Research Center, Treviso, Italy
Public Art / Murals
2025 — Installation at Tilden Park (by the Tilden Nature Area Environmental Education Center), The Watershed Project, Berkeley, CA
2024 — Installation at Shield-Reids Park, The Watershed Project, Richmond, CA
2024 — Ohlone Greenway Mural, El Cerrito, CA
2021 — Mural, Google, Mountain View, CA
2017 — Mural, 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
Selected Commissions
Google, 826 Valencia, Brilliant.org, The Watershed Project, NIAD Art Center
Lectures
- 2021
Pecha Kucha presentation at ICON, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2008
Dorkbot - CD Mexico Presentation, Mexico City, Mexico
Teaching
2008
Teaching Assistant, IUAV University of Venice, Venice, Italy
2006
Instructor, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Publications
2011
Artist Profile, Mostra 3M de Arte Digital
Education
2005, MFA in Design & Technology, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2002, BA in Studio Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
* Previously worked under the name Jacqueline Steck.