MEDIA:

BRONZE AND STEEL SCULPTURE, PAINTING
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 1989 - Present: Professor of Sculpture, Head of the Figurative Area, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• 1995 - Present: Owner, The Raven Gallery, home of the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
• 1994 - 1996: Chair, Sculpture Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• 1972 - 1989: Professor of Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, Western Illinois University
• 1971 - 1972: Instructor of Drawing and Painting, Millikin University

COMMISSIONS:

• City of Chicago
  Cast Bronze Sculpture of Irv Kupcinet
  
  
• Northwestern University, Chicago
  "Dr. Dan", Bronze Bust of Daniel Hale Williams
  
  
• Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
  Medallion for 50th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education
  
  
• City of Chicago, Brainerd Library
  Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Relief of Gwendolyn Brooks
  
  
• Disney, ESPN Zone, Chicago, Illinois
  "Let's Play Two"—Ernie Banks Relief Sculpture, Cold Cast Bronze
  
  
• City of Danville, Illinois
  Martin Luther King Memorial Bronze Bust
  
  
• Fire Training Academy, Peoria, Illinois
  Stainless Steel and Cast Bronze Memorial Sculpture
  
  
• Champaign Public Library, Champaign, Illinois
  Stainless Steel & Cast Bronze Sculpture Memorial Frederick Douglass
  
  
• Private Commission donated to the City of Peoria
  "Our Town", 10 X 12 foot Steel Cityscape, Painted Steel
  
  
• Tazewell-Mason Counties Special Education Association, Pekin Illinois
  Stainless Steel Memorial Sculpture
  
  
• Luster Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
  Bronze Memorial bust and relief
  
  
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
  "Animal Dignity", Stainless Steel Exterior relief sculpture
  
  
• Cahokia Mounds Museum, Cahokia Mounds, Illinois
  Cast Bronze Building Facade and Entry and Exit Doors
  
  
• City of Peoria, Illinois
  "Jean Baptiste Point du Sable", life-size bronze city monument
  
  
• Hainline Theater, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
  "In My Father's House", Cast Bronze 8'
  
  
• Recipient of five State Commissions, through the Capitol Development Board
  Springfield, Illinois

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

• January-March, 2006—Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
  Chicago Cultural Center
  
  
• February-May, 2006—From Bronzeville to Harlem
  Bronzeville Visitors' Center, Chicago
  
  
• July-August, 2005—Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
  Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
  
  
• April-August, 2005—Bronzeville to Harlem
  African American Museum of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  
  
• February 2005—Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
  University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
  
  
• November-December 2004—Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
  Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois
  
  
• July-August 2004—Fresh from Julieanne's Garden
  Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur, Illinois
  
  
• January-February, 2003—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
  
  
• October-November 2002—Recent Works
  David Erlanson Gallery, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
  
  
• April-June 2002—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Waterloo Museum of the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa
  
  
• January-March, 2002—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois
  
  
• March-August, 2001—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Tougaloo College, Jackson, Mississippi
  
  
• 2000—Dowagiac Dogwood Arts Festival
  Dowagiac, Michigan
  
  
• 2000—Inside Outside Art
  Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois
  
  
• 2000—New Directions
  Gallery 33, Springfield, Illinois
  
  
• 1999—Crossing Over
  Galesburg Civic Art League, Galesburg, IL
  
  
• 1999—Another View
  Gallery 33, Springfield, IL
  
  
• April-July, 1998—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University
  Nashville, Tennessee
  
  
• February, 1998—Solo Show
  Governors State University
  University Park, Illinois
  
  
• January-February, 1998—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Knox College
  Galesburg, Illinois
  
  
• Fall, 1997—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Decatur Public Library
  Decatur, Illinois
  
  
• Spring, 1997—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Western Illinois University Gallery
  Macomb, Illinois
  
  
• Fall, 1996—Bronzeville to Harlem
  Contemporary Art Center, Checkered Raven Gallery
  Peoria, Illinois
  
  
• 1995—Duo Exhibit
  Rockford Art Museum
  Rockford, Illinois

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• October-December 2005—The New Figurative Artists Show
  LeQuire Gallery, Nashville, TN
  
  
• August-September 2004—Julieanne's Garden
  Betty Rymer Gallery, Faculty Sabbatical Show
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  
  
• Mirrors of the Spirit
  Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL
  
  
• 2004 Artist in the Studio
  Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
  
  
• July-August 2003, Sculpt
  McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL
  
  
• 2001—Pierwalk 1996 through 2001
  Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
  
  
• 2000-2001—Sarasota Season of Sculpture
  Sarasota, Florida
  
  
• 2000-2001—Franconia Sculpture Park
  Shafer, Minnesota
  
  
• 2000-2002—South Bend Regional Museum of Art
  Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
  
  
• 1998-2001—Western Park Sculpture Exhibition, Outdoor Sculpture Show
  St. Paul, Minnesota
  
  
• 1997-2000—Sculpture Showcase, Outdoor Sculpture Show
  West Bend, Wisconsin
  
  
• Fall, 1997—Group Sabbatical Show
  Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  
  
• 1997—River Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture Show
  Chattanooga, Tennessee
  
  
• 1996—"Contemporary American Sculpture"
  University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
  
  
• 1996n "1968 - Now"—School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  
• 1996—American International College, Group Show
  Springfield, Massachusetts
  
  
• 1995—Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Group Show
  Winter Park, Florida
  
  
• 1995—Afro-Asian Exhibit, Group Show
  Asian American Art Center
  New York, New York

JURIES/CURATING:

• 2005

  Jane T. Walsh Juried Show
  Burlington, Iowa

• 2005

  2005 Festival of the Arts Sculpture Park
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• 2004

  Art at the Center—The Juried Exhibition
  Overland Park, Kansas

• 2004

  Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair
  Peoria, IL

• 2004

  Art St. Louis, Primordial II—Earth
  St. Louis, MO

• 2003

  Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts Oklahoma City, OK

• 2002

  St. Louis Art Fair
  Clayton, MO

• 2001

  A View Outside: An Expression in Afrocentric Creativity
  Parkland Art Gallery, Urbana, IL

• 1998

  Galex, Galesburg Civic Art League
  Galesburg, IL

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS:

• 2005

  2005 Untitled Artspace
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• 2004

  2004 Millikin University
  Decatur, Illinois

• 2003

  Heartland Community College
  Bloomington, IL

• 2002

  SUNY
  Plattsburgh, NY

• 2002

  The Crucible, Berkeley, CA
  Figurative Metal Sculpture & the Dialogue of Teaching

• 2001

  Tougaloo College
  Jackson, MS

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Peoria Journal Star, July 3, 2005
Stories of Truth

Shields Magazine, May, June, July 2005, Vol. 2 No. 8

Northwestern University NewsCenter, September 27, 2004
Auditorium Named for First African-American Medical School Grad

Observer Online, September 23, 2004
Feinberg School celebrates its past—'Dr. Dan' hailed for contributions to medical field

Decatur Herald and Review, July 9, 2004
New Works, New Worlds

Decatur Herald and Review, July 9, 2004
Writing of Decatur Roots

Shields Magazine, Winter 2004, Vol. 2, No. 3

Peoria Journal Star, January 19, 2003
Legacy II, Standouts Among Us—Sharing His Talents

Peoria Journal Star, January 19, 2003
Teacher at Heart

WTVP-TV, Television Interview
January 19, 2003

Sculptural Pursuit Magazine, Fall 2003, Vol. 2 No. 4
Preston Jackson, An Educator, Sculptor Shares his Talents with his Community

The News-Gazette, Champaign, IL, September 6, 2001
Danville's Monument to King now a Reality

Peoria Journal Star, 2001
Settler's Tribute Unsettled—Jean Baptiste DuSable

The News Gazette, Champaign, IL, January 28, 2001
Art Outside the Bounds

Peoria Journal Star, January 21, 2001
Who Am I?

Galesburg Register—Mail October 14, 1999 A Return to Color

Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, NY, November 13, 2002
New Campus Art, Sculpture Evokes Misery of Slave Trade

WSIU-TV, Carbondale, IL
One on One

The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, April 5, 1998
Bronze Obsession

PUBLICATIONS:

Shields Magazine, Summer 2004, Vol. 3, No. 2
A Son from Sunset

Arts Alive! April 2000
Plan to Continue Arts in Peoria

COLLECTIONS:

Harold Washington Public Library - Chicago, Illinois
Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana
University Of Illinois - Champaign, Illinois
Union League Club - Chicago, Illinois
Lakeview Museum - Peoria, Illinois
Illinois State Museum - Springfield, Illinois
Waterloo Museum of Art - Waterloo, Iowa
Decatur Area Arts Council - Decatur, Illinois