Jackie Sarah Brown

Jackie Sarah Brown is a Bay Area–based visual artist whose graphite and charcoal drawings explore the mysterious, surreal, and absurd qualities of everyday life.

Her practice centers around the logic of textiles, perception, and language — drawing from design systems, visual puns, and poetic misinterpretation. Her recent work investigates the emotional and perceptual resonance of textiles, where domestic forms meet illusion, memory, and mystery.

Originally from Philadelphia, Jackie developed an intense desire to “see” after a childhood eye injury — a papercut from a My Little Pony catalog that left her with an irrational fear of going blind. Raised in a bilingual household where language gaps bred mystery, she grew fascinated with how understanding is formed, warped, or lost altogether.

Jackie studied Studio Art at the University of Pittsburgh and earned an MFA in Design & Technology from Parsons. Her work in interactive design (IDEO, R/GA) and freelance illustration (for clients including Google and 826 Valencia) continues to inform her drawing practice — adding layers of conceptual structure and visual storytelling.

Her drawing practice is the heart of her fine art work — precise, uncanny, and devoted to the invisible logics of daily life.


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