Jackson Wrede (American, Born 1996)

Signed: Jackson Wrede (Lower, Right)

" Mona Lifta ", 2022

Oil on Canvas

20" x 14"

Housed in a 3" Frame

Overall Size: 26" x 19 3/4"

The painting is in excellent condition.

Jackson Wrede is an award-winning painter whose studio is located in Grand Rapids, MI. Wrede grew up in the suburbs of Chicago before attending the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate studies. He later received his MFA in 2021 from the Kendall College of Art & Design.

After graduating, he decided to stay in Grand Rapids, where he now works as a full-time painter. At 27 years of age, Jackson Wrede has gained recognition as one of the top realist painters in Michigan, with his artwork now in private collections, galleries, and institutions across the country. He has been awarded several prizes in both regional and national art exhibitions, including Grand Prizes in the 42nd Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition held in Birmingham, MI and the 79th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, IN.

He was recognized as one of Southwest Art magazine’s “21 Under 31 (Years Old), Young Artists to Watch” in 2023.

Group Exhibitions:

79th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, IN 2023

94th Annual Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibit, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2023

42nd Annual Michigan Fine Art Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art

Center, Birmingham, MI 2023

SCAPES, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL 2023

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2022, 2023

37th Annual West Michigan Art Competition, Lowell Arts, Lowell, MI

2023

Tell It Slant: Art with Wit, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD 2023

Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI 2021, 2022, 2023

Michigan Emerging Graduate Artist Exhibit, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2019

Awards:

Grand Prize, 42 Annual Michigan Fine Art Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham, MI 2023

Second Place Prize, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2023

Special Recognition Award, West Michigan Art Competition, Lowell Arts, Lowell, MI 2023

Seed Grant, Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI 2023

Director's Special Recognition Award, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2022

Martin Maddox Prize for Imaginative Realism, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2022

Graduate Fellowship, Kendall College of Art and Design