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1.  What are you afraid of?, 2005, Hydrocal, 7” x 6” x 7”
2. The Path of Pins or the Path of Needles…, 2006, mixed media,
    7" x 7" x 6"
3. Sometimes solving one problem only causes another…, 2006, mixed
    media , 9” x 5” x 6”
4. The Tar baby stayed still and Brer Fox, he lay low…, 2006, mixed
    media, 8” x 11” x 11”

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5. All the times..., 2007, gypsum cement, 5” x 20” x 15”
6. Tethered, 2007, gypsum cement, thread, 13” x 5” x 3”

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7. Fashionista (Delusions of Grandeur Series), 2007, mixed media, 6" x 4" x 11"
8.  Cheap (Delusions of Grandeur Series), 2005, mixed media, 3” x 18” x 3”

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9.  Guilt, 2006, direct plaster, life size
10. Burden, 2006, direct plaster, life size

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11. Smoke and Mirrors I, 2007, gypsum cement,
        5" x 4-3/4" x 2-1/4"
12. Smoke and Mirrors II, 2007, gypsum cement,
        6" x 4-3/4" x 2-1/4"
13. Smoke and Mirrors III, 2007, gypsum cement,
       5-1/2" x 4-3/4" x 2-1/4"
14. Smoke and Mirrors IV, 2007, gypsum cement,
       6" x 4-3/4" x 2-1/4"
15. Smoke and Mirrors V, 2007, gypsum cement,
       6" x 4-3/4" x 2-1/4"

Contact Information
tel: 215-901-1933
e-mail: alfalfalovesme@gmail.com
www.darlajacksonsculpture.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
My sculpture is an exploration of the human psyche, focusing on feelings of fear, guilt, loss, pain, love and regret. I strive to show duality in these emotions and everyday struggles, as it is this possibility of another option that keeps us from ever stopping to questions our lives, situations, thoughts and actions. It is what keeps us from ever becoming too comfortable in our own skin.

In order to express these ideas I use feelings that have been turned into recognizable visual objects, or eternal symbols, and juxtapose them with other elements to create this duality. Through the anthropomorphism of animals, using strong body language for the figures and this use of symbolism, I can convey personal ideas in a way that is more approachable for viewers. The end result is familiarity with an oddness that makes it compelling.

Education
2003
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Sculpture
Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Honors

Awards and Honors
2007  
CFEVA Fellows Program, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Best in Show, Seeing Double, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003
3rd Place Professional Sculpture Category, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

2nd Place, 75th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

Director’s Award, and 3rd Place, SMALL WORKS: big ideas, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

Lectures and Talks
2007
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Rose Tree Gardener’s Club, Media, PA

Affiliations
2006-Present 
The Other Woman (a ladies art collective), Co-founder/Artist member

2003-Present
Philadelphia Sculptors, Artist Member

Bibliography
2007
Otterbein, Holly, "Catch it or Regret it", City Paper, November 1-8, 2007

Key to Philadelphia, April 9 - 22, 2007(cover image)

Selected Exhibitions

Two-Person

2007
The Other Woman, 201 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006
In A Dream, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Four-Person
2007
Debutante Set, Mew Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

Group

2007
POST Group Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Eileen Tognini

Sculpture: New Work/New Artists, Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ

Icebox: 23 Degrees, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA

Small Wonders, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Philadelphia, PA

Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA        

En Masse, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

Receive, React, Respond, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Introduction ’07, CFEVA, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Hiro Sakaguchi Picture Journal Project, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Seeing Double, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005
For the Birds/ Show Us What You’re Hiding, Studio C, Philadelphia, PA

Seeing Red, Studio C, Philadelphia, PA

One Year Anniversary Exhibition, Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Monumental Micros, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Living with Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

People & Places, Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Living with Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Extinct/Extant, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

Pink, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

Open-Ended Affair, Washington Square, Washington, DC

In Person, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

Flora/Fauna Exhibition, Pavilion Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ

Monumental Micros, Towson Commons Gallery, Towson, MD

Telenium Fall Art Show, Telenium Communications Group, Philadelphia, PA

2003
The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

The Artful Woman, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

Member’s Show, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

75th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA

9th Annual Juried Show at Prallsvile Mills, Artsbridge, Lambertville, NJ

SMALL WORKS:big ideas, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA