Born (1995), Cayman Islands.
Lives and works between London and Cayman Islands.
Education:
MA Painting, Royal College of Art. London, UK. (2024 - present)
DipHE in Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. London, UK. (2022 - 2024)
Correspondence Course, TURPS BANANA, London, UK. (2020 - 2022)
Fine Art Foundation, Art Academy London, UK. (2015 - 2016)
Solo Exhibitions:
2022
- "a heron amongst the storm" - National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
Group Exhibitions:
2025
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[ forthcoming: “Archipelago” - 4th Cayman Islands Biennale, NGCI ]
- [ forthcoming: “RCA MA Painting, Postgraduate Exhibition”, The Royal College of Art, London, UK ]
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[ forthcoming: “EXPO Chicago” – TERN Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas. ]
2024
- “UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami” – TERN Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas.
- “Evolutions” – National Collection, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
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“Gestures of the Unseen” - TERN Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas.
- “Apollo’s Decathlon: The Conceptual Olympiad” - Château de Montsoreau, Musée d’Art Contemporain, France.
- “The Nomenclature of Colours III” - The Slade School of Fine Art, Corner 7. London, UK.
- “Foundations” - Black Pony Gallery, Bermuda.
2023
- “81° West“ - National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
- “Atlantic World Art Fair III” - Black Pony Gallery, Bermuda.
- “Conversations with the Past - In the Present Tense” - 3rd Cayman Islands Biennale, NGCI.
- "The Ties That Bind" - National Collection, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
2022
- "Caribbean Linked VI" - Atelier 89’, Aruba.
- "Atlantic World Art Fair II" - Black Pony Gallery x Cayman Art Week, Bermuda/Cayman Islands.
- "The People's Collection: A 25 Year Legacy" - National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
2021
- "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" - TURPS BANANA, cohort.art, London, UK.
- “Reimagined Futures” - 2nd Cayman Islands Biennale, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
2020
- "Saltwater in Their Veins" - National Collection, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
- "Paulo" - PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal.
- "Island of Women" - National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
Awards:
Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship, Royal College of Art (2024 - 2025)
Cayman Islands Government: Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (2024 - 2025)
Curators Choice - Atlantic World Art Fair, Black Pony Gallery, Artsy (2023)
Painters' Stainers Company Award & Scholarship Nominee, UCL (2023)
Cayman Islands Government: Overseas Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient (2022 - 2024)
CATAPULT II Grant - Fresh Milk Barbados, AFJ, Kingston Creative (2022)
CNCF Grants for the Arts (2022)
Proud of Them, Honouree. Cayman Islands Government (2021 - 2023)
Certificate of Commendation: 2nd Cayman Islands Biennale (2021)
CATAPULT Grant - Fresh Milk Barbados, AFJ, Kingston Creative (2020)
NGCI "Artist Abroad" Grant (2020, 2022, 2024)
Ministry of Culture, Educational Grant (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Residencies:
PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal (2023)
Caribbean Linked VI (2022)
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture: Fall Marathon (2021)
Caribbean Linked VI Online (2021)
PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal (2020)
Talks:
“John Reno Jackson”, Interview by Daisy Gould - Young Artists in Conversation (2024)
"In conversation: John Reno Jackson & Bryant McLaughlin Van-Low" - Young Space, Sankofa Archive, RCABLK (2024)
"Gestures of the Unseen", with Amanda Coulson, Demetrius Wilson, Debra Cartwright - TERN Gallery (2024)
"Black Box, John Reno Jackson", with Elvis Lopez, Katherine Kennedy - Caribbean Linked VI, Atelier 89, Fresh Milk Barbados. (2022)
"a heron amongst the storm: Artist and Curator Q&A", with William Helfrecht - National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (2022)
"Business of Art", with Simon Tatum - National Gallery of the Cayman Islands. (2022)
"Ask the Experts: Art", with Kerri-Anne Chisholm - Connect by Nova (2021)
"Live Discussion", with Claudio Arnell, Romelinda Maldonado, Samuel Sarmiento, Béliza Troupé. - Caribbean Linked Virtual Edition, Atelier 89, Fresh Milk Barbados. (2021)
"2nd Cayman Biennale, Artist Talks", with Leonard Dilbert, David Bridgeman, Davin Ebanks - NGCI (2021)
"Culture and Heritage Seminar", with J.A Roy Bodden, Hon. Isaac Rankine, MP. - Leadership Cayman (2021)
Notable Collections:
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
Central Bank of The Bahamas
The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Grand Cayman
Cricket Square, Grand Cayman
Palm Heights Hotel, Grand Cayman
Hotel Indigo, Grand Cayman
CML/Nova, Grand Cayman
Private collections in: Aruba, Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Portugal, UK, and USA.
Selected Press
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