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Martha Jackson Jarvis

Biography

Martha Jackson Jarvis' sculptures have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Studio Museum of Harlem, N.Y. Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, N.Y.; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Anacostia Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, U.S.S.R. Her numerous awards include a Creative Capital Grant, Virginia Groot Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, The Penny McCall Foundation Grant , and Lila Wallace Arts International Travel Grant.

Jackson Jarvis has undertaken public and corporate art commissions for Cleveland Public Art; North Carolina Museum Of Art; Merck Company in Pennsylvania; Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C. Washington Metro Transit Authority, Anacostia Station; New York Transit Authority, Mount Vernon; South Carolina Botanical Gardens in Clemson; Prince George's County Courthouse in Upper Marlboro, Md.; Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C.; and MS/HS 368 Bronx, New York. To view more works by Martha Jackson Jarvis,

Visit her Web site at www.marthajacksonjarvis.com

 

Awards & Recognitions

  • Penny McCall Foundation Grant
  • Lafayette College Blackburn/Tague Experimental Printmaking Institute
  • Arts International Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Travel Grant/ Italy
  • National Endowment for the Arts/ Sculpture
  • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

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