Art
Rock Jackson is a visual Hip Hop artist who has been exhibiting internationally for over two decades. His first documented mural is featured in the book Miami Graffiti Art by H. Love and was completed under the tag “RA” while he was still attending the New World School of the Arts in 1989. After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art, he spearheaded the Hip Pop Art movement that documents the impact of Hip Hop on popular culture in 2004. His work was recently featured in the Art Basel Miami exhibit Making Miami, which tells the story of Miami artists who lived and worked in the city between 1996—2012 and who built the foundation of the modern Miami we know today. Jackson’s work has been acquired by the Miami-Dade Public Library, Perez Art Museum and the David C. Driskel Center at University of Maryland at College Park Permanent Collections.
Projects
Hip Pop Art
Hip Pop Art is a movement I spearheaded in 2003 to document the impact of Hip Hop on popular culture. The aim is to develop...
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Freedom Fighters
Curated by Roderick Southall of Obsidian Arts (MN), Freedom Fighters features 12 graphic artists from across the country who...
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Turn Turn Turn:
The Artistic Synthesis Of Vinyl To Art
In 2010 I won "Best of Show," for the 17-foot structure I designed and built, a...
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Exhibitions
2023 Making Miami (Miami Design District, FL) 75 NE 39 Street
2019 Reframe, (Miami South Beach, FL) Lincoln Road
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2018 PRIZM Panel Discussion, Guest Speaker (Miami, FL) PRIZM Art Fair
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2018 Heart of Soul (Miami, FL) HistoryMiami Museum
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2018 SAGAMORE SALON, (Miami South Beach, FL) Sagamore Hotel
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2017 Afrotech (Coconut Grove, FL) KROMA Gallery
2017 AIM DESTROY TRANSFORM, Play For Change (New York, NY) Medialia, The Rack and Hamper Gallery
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2016 The Force, A Visual Exploration Of State-Sanctioned Violence (Coconut Grove, FL) KROMA Gallery
2014 Jumbey: Spirits in Art (Coconut Grove, FL) KROMA Gallery
2013 Global Caribbean V (Miami, FL) Little Haiti Cultural Center
2013 Prizm Art Fair (Miami, FL) Marquis Building
2013 Exhibit 8 (Miami, FL) MIA factory Building
2013 Collarboration (West Palm Beach, FL) Armory Art Center
2013 Gifted (Fort Lauderdale,FL) 1310 Gallery
2013 The 13th Annual Oscar Thomas Memorial People's Art Exhibition(Miami, FL) ​The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center
2013 Cultural Currents, (Suriname) Readytex Art Gallery, International cultural exchange (ICE), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
2012 ArtAfrica Miami (Historic Overtown, Miami, FL)
2012 DonuPop 3: PlanetRock (Wynwood ) ArtLink Gallery​
2012 Neon Son (New York, NY) Medialia, The Rack and Hamper Gallery
​2012 DonuPop 3: PlanetRock (Fort Myers ) HOWL Gallery​
​​2012 Greedy Mouse (Fort Myers ) HOWL Gallery
​2012 Living Sculpture II (Kingston, Jamaica) Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, (ICE), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
​2011 ArtAfrica Miami Arts Fair (Miami's Historic Overtown)
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2011 DonuPop 2: Rockets, Robots, Donuts (Wynwood ) ArtLink Gallery​
​2011 Escape (Miami Design District) ArtLink Gallery
​2011 Some-where/No-where You can live in Paradise Forever ​(Barbados), Queens Park Gallery, (ICE), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
2010 DONUPOP: Objects Of Desire (Miami Design District) Diaspora Vibe Gallery
​2010 As Far As the Eyes Can See (Santurce, Puerto Rico) Universidad del Sagrado Corazon, 3rd International Biennale
2009 Black Film Festival private luncheon (Miami, FL), Delano Hotel
​2009 Freedom Fighters (Miami, FL), ArtCenter/South FL​
​2009 Caribbean Crossroads Series: Clay (Miami Design District) Diaspora Vibe Gallery
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2009 Living Sculpture (Kingston, JA) Revolution Gallery, (ICE)
2009 P.O.P. People On Politics: an observation of politics in popular culture (Coconut Grove, FL), The Gallery in Coconut Grove
2008 Safety Zones (Miami Design District), Diaspora vibe Gallery
2008 International cultural exchange (St. Maarten)
2006 Rituals (Miami Design District), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
2005 Outcasts (Miami Design District), Diaspora vibe Gallery
2005 That’s What’s Poppin'! (Miami Design District), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
2005 Off The Main (New York, NY), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
2004 Hip Pop Art (Homestead, FL), Artsouth
2003 The Big Bang (Brooklyn, NY), Diaspora Vibe Gallery
2003 Parallel Horizons (Aruba), Diaspora Vibe Gallery (ICE)
2002 Intersections (Miami Design District), Diaspora Vibe Gallery