my work will forever be a passionate and emotionally charged evolving exploration of line and space, from scribble to scrawl. As artist, or even just thinker, one must never give in to the “simple or the “known”….. with less fear comes more freedom…..
jason craighead / fall 08


Jason CraigheadA professional artist for over a decade, Jason Craighead is a recognized leader in the North Carolina art scene. His work has been included in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the Southeastern United States. He has received numerous awards and served as a juror for various art shows. He has been selected as Signature Artist for charitable art auctions, and his work has been featured in a number of publications, including Artists & Art Galleries of the Southeast (July 2006).

He has also been an active participant in the Raleigh arts community for many years. He has donated numerous paintings to charitable art auctions, including the Triangle AIDS Alliance’s annual Works of Heart auction and a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser. He has also served as a juror and signature artist for Works of Heart, and as a juror for the Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh and the Greensboro Center for Visual Arts Members’ Show. In 2006, Raleigh’s annual spring festival, Artsplosure, commissioned him as Signature Artist to create a painting that would become the image of its marketing campaign. More recently, he has become a member of the City of Raleigh Arts Commission’s (RAC) Public Art Committee.

Jason enjoys a strong patron base of private collectors and corporations including former US Senator John Edwards, Zaytoun & Miller PLLC, J. Davis Architects, Capitol Broadcasting Company and Hunter Industries.

A resident of downtown Raleigh, he grew up in Florida where he studied art at Gulf Coast Community College and Florida State University.

Jason is currently represented by Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC, Broadhurst Gallery in Pinehurst, NC, Anne Irwin Fine Art in Atlanta, GA, and Bucks Gallery of Fine Art in Newtown, PA.


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Education:

  • Gulf Coast Community College
  • Florida State University

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 1997 Pensacola Museum of Art-Pensacola, FL
  • 1998 Art Connection-Cary, NC
  • 2001 Bickett Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2002 Grace Li Wang Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Eight Legs Gallery-Charlotte, NC
  • 2003 Glance Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Sizl Gallery-Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2003 Bickett Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Litmus Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Contemporary Art Museum-Raleigh, NC
  • 2004 Contemporary Art Museum-Raleigh, NC
  • 2005 Glance Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2006 New Elements Gallery-Wilmington, NC
  • 2006 Glance Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2007 Somerhill Gallery-Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2007 Anne Irwin Fine Art-Atlanta, GA
  • 2007 Bucks Gallery Fine Art—Newtown, PA
  • 2008 Fayetteville Museum of Art-Fayetteville, NC
  • 2009 Somerhill Gallery-Durham, NC

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:

  • 2001 Fabio Fabio-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Frazier’s-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Springs Memorial Hospital-Lancaster, SC
  • 2003 Lancaster County Arts Council-Lancaster, SC
  • 2003 April & George-Raleigh, NC
  • 2003 Rock Hill Arts Council-Rock Hill, SC
  • 2004 Glance Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2004 The Fayetteville Museum of Art-Fayetteville, NC
  • 2005 Glance Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2006 Glance Gallery-Raleigh, NC
  • 2007 Somerhill Gallery-Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2007 Anne Irwin Fine Art-Atlanta, GA
  • 2008 Miriam Preston Block Art Gallery, Municipal Building–Raleigh, NC

Professional Experience:

  • 2002 Juror, Visual Art Exchange Middle School Show
  • 2003 Juror, Works of Heart Annual Art Gala
  • 2004 Juror, Artsplosure
  • 2004 Works of Heart Signature Artist
  • 2005 Juror, Greensboro Center for Visual Arts Member’s Show
  • 2006 Artsplosure Signature Artist
  • 2006 Participating artist, Habitat for Humanity/Wake Co. fundraiser
  • 2007 Artspace New Members Juror
  • 2007 Raleigh Arts Commission advisory panel
  • 2008 Juror, Artsplosure
  • 2008-11 Public Art Committee, City of Raleigh Arts Commission

Publications:

  • Triangle Art Review.com, 2001
  • Lather Weekly, April 2003
  • The Lancaster News, July 2003
  • Metro Magazine, July 2003
  • Inside the Beltline.com, June 2003
  • The News And Observer, March 2004
  • Metro Magazine, July 2005
  • The News And Observer, March 2005
  • Artists and Art Galleries of the Southeast, June 2006
  • Triangle Business Journal, December 2006
  • Art Knowledge News, January 2007
  • The Herald Sun, February 2007
  • The News and Observer, March 2007
  • The Herald Sun, March 2007
  • Artsramble.com, March 2007
  • American Art Collector, October 2007
  • The News and Observer, February 2008
  • The Independent Weekly, February 2008
  • Metro Magazine, February 2008
  • Metro Magazine, July 2008
  • The Raleigh Downtowner, November 2008

Selected Public and Private Collections:

  • City of Raleigh- Raleigh, NC
  • Senator John Edwards Office-US Senate-Washington, DC
  • Exploris Museum-Raleigh, NC
  • Zaytoun & Miller, PLLC-Raleigh, NC
  • Frazier’s-Raleigh, NC
  • Humble Pie-Raleigh, NC
  • Steve Guggenheim PLLC-Raleigh, NC
  • O2 Fitness-Cary, NC
  • Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
  • Hunter Industries- Cary, NC
  • The Dawson on Morgan- Raleigh, NC
  • J. Davis Architects-Raleigh, NC
  • Bernie and Katie Reeves- Raleigh, NC •

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