Jean Blackburn (artist)

{{Infobox person

| name = Jean Blackburn

| education = Rhode Island School of Design,
Yale School of Art

| occupation = Visual artist, illustrator, educator

| known_for = Sculpture, installation art, painting, collage, illustration, scientific illustration

| website = {{Official website|http://www.blackburnartproject.com/}}

}}

Jean Blackburn is an American artist and educator known for her paintings, sculptures, installation arts, and illustrations.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Abraham |date=April 2017 |title=Critics' Picks: Rafius Fane Gallery |url=https://www.artforum.com/picks/jean-blackburn-67699 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Behringer |first=David |date=2017-07-18 |title=Broken Chairs and Floating Trash: 4 Mysterious Summer Artworks |url=https://design-milk.com/broken-chairs-floating-trash-4-mysterious-summer-artworks/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Design Milk |language=en}} She is also a professor in the Illustration department at Rhode Island School of Design, since 1982.{{Cite web |title=Jean Blackburn, Artist & Professor At RISD |url=https://natfluence.com/interview/jblackburn/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=natfluence.com |language=en-US}} She has lived in New York City,{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Ken |date=1999-04-02 |title=Art in Review; Jean Blackburn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/02/arts/art-in-review-jean-blackburn.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331 |quote=Jean Blackburn, a New York sculptor}} and Rhode Island.

Biography

Blackburn's work, both in painting and in sculpture, addresses domestic interiors and our relationship to both furniture and architecture. Some of her notable group exhibitions include "Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life" (2006) at Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York;{{Cite news |date=2006-09-24 |title=Seeing real objects in an unreal way |pages=49 |work=The Journal News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-seeing-real-objects-in/127114778/ |access-date=2023-06-26}} "Working in Brooklyn: Domestic Transformations. Ann Agee, Ron Baron, Jean Blackburn, Andy Yoder" (1999) at Brooklyn Museum;{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Ken |date=1999-01-15 |title=Art In Review: 'Domestic Transformations' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/15/arts/art-in-review-877395.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |author-link=Roberta Smith |date=1999-02-26 |title=Art Guide: Domestic Transformations |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/26/arts/art-guide.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331}} and "Against the Tide: Artists and the Water Cycle" (1992) at Pelham Art Center in Pelham, New York.{{Cite news |last=Raynor |first=Vivien |date=1992-06-14 |title=Art; Artistic Visions Make a Case For a Troubled Environment |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/14/nyregion/art-artistic-visions-make-a-case-for-a-troubled-environment.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331}} In 2002, Blackburn removed circular pieces from the floorboards from a 1783 house, glued the pieces into stacks and turned the stacks on a lathe to make bowls for The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut.{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=2004-06-06 |title=Art/Architecture; This Old Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/06/arts/art-architecture-this-old-museum.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331}}

Blackburn has also worked as an archaeological illustrator on excavations. Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum,{{Cite web |title=Jean Blackburn, Template, 2002 |url=https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/template-20133 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=RISD Museum}} The Tang Museum, and the Mint Museum.{{Cite web |date=October 2004 |title=Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, NC, Features Exhibit Focused on the Vessel from Museum's Collection |url=https://www.carolinaarts.com/1004mintcd.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=CarolinaArts.com}}