Rachel Jackson (b. Harrisburg, PA) is an artist, designer, and publisher based in Long Beach, California. Her practice involves the use of digital imaging, time-based media, and additive/subtractive technologies to create works that reflect evolving relationships within networked society. Examining how the simulated image situates itself within natural perception, Jackson often looks to the false artifact as a manifestation of this phenomena, using it as a tool to express the anachronisms and dubious authenticity present within collective memory. She is interested in the speculative power of images and objects, particularly in their potential to alter a canonically held interpretation of history.
She is currently pursuing her M.F.A. in Visual Art at the University of California, Riverside. In collaboration with Brandon Bandy, she publishes artist books through Special Effects and organizes exhibitions at Timeshare.
Her design portfolio is viewable at specialeffects.studio
Please direct all freelance design inquiries to info@specialeffects.zone
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
Mystic Cachet, Rumpus Room, Opening June 21, 2025
RECENT PRESS:
“Los Angeles’ artist-run spaces offer bold ideas and mutual help in a precarious market”
Hannah Sage Kay, The Financial Times
“Slouching towards being a white cube”
Natalie Jenkins, Chicago Reader
“LVL3 Spotlight: Brandon Bandy and Rachel Jackson”
Sam Dybeck, LVL3
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Techno Primitivism, Weatherproof, 2025
On Harmonic Entropy, Phyllis Gill Gallery, 2024
Network Spirituality, Phyllis Gill Gallery, 2022
CURATED EXHIBITIONS:
Rare Earth, Timeshare, 2024
Health Life, Timeshare, 2024
First Alienation, Timeshare, 2025
The Great Reset, Timeshare, 2025