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PRESTON JACKSON <br /> 11320 N. Hickory Woods Court <br /> Dunlap, Illinois 61525 <br /> 309-657-6808 309-693-3206 <br /> Websites: www.-prg!s.tonjpcksonart.com- ww-w.artic.edu1Npjacks <br /> email pjacks c�artic,edu PJM3090laol.com <br /> EDUCATION: BFA, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY <br /> MFA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS <br /> ❖ REGIONAL EMMY AWARD, HOST OF "LEGACY IN BRONZE—FRESH FROM <br /> JULIEANNE'S GARDEN" <br /> ❖ 1998 LAUREATE OF THE LINCOLN ACADEMY OF ILLINOIS <br /> ❖ RHODELL OWENS AWARD, PEORIA CITY BEAUTIFUL <br /> MEDIA: CAST BRONZE AND STEEL SCULPTURE, PAINTING <br /> PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: <br /> ❖ 2008-Present Professor Emeritus, Sculpture Department, <br /> School of the Art Institute of Chicago <br /> 2009-2010 Visiting Artist, Bradley University <br /> ❖ <br /> 1989 - 2008 Sculpture Professor, Head of the Figurative Area, <br /> School of the Art Institute of Chicago <br /> 1994 - 1996 Chair, Sculpture Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago <br /> ❖ 1995 - Present Owner, Side View Gallery, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria <br /> ❖ 1972 - 1989 Professor- Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, Western Illinois University <br /> ❖ <br /> 1971 - 1972 Instructor- Drawing and Painting, Millikin University <br /> PUBLIC SCULPTURE: <br /> ❖ <br /> "Passage to Freedom", College of Lake County, Waukegan, Illinois 2012 <br /> o Cast Bronze Monument <br /> ❖ 1908 Springfield Race Riot Sculpture, Springfield, Illinois 2009 <br /> o Cast Bronze Monument <br /> ❖ "From the Cottonfield to the Battlefield", City of Decatur, Illinois 2009 <br /> o Granite and Cast Bronze Relief <br /> ❖ "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Illinois 2008 <br /> o Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Relief <br /> ❖ Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, Illinois 2008 <br /> o Cast Bronze Figure on Stainless Steel Bench <br />