KEN TACKETT ILLUSTRATION
Ken Tackett is a Texas based illustrator specializing in depictions of motherhood including pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding.
Artist statement
My goal is to create a peerless collection of mother-baby art that not only displays a vibrant uniqueness in execution, but also shows motherhood beyond the pastel depictions that are all too common. I want to show the joy, exhaustion, surprises, drawbacks, serenity, chaos, and more within my works. I work to accomplish this by perfecting a unique style that incorporates inclusivity, body-positivity, and honesty.
Education
BFA 2012 Illustration New Hampshire Institute of Art
Solo exhibitions
2014 Archaic Personality, Process Art House, Amarillo, Texas
2014, Aesthetic Flux, Papercrane Gallery, Canyon, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008-2012 The Annual Student Show, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester,
New Hampsire.
2008 Minumental, Amherst Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire
2011 The Big Takeover, White Flag Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire.
2011 Revolution, Vault Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire
2012 Love, Lust and Desire, Mcgowan Fine Art, Concord, New Hampshire
2012 NHIA Senior Show, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
2012 Reveal, Process Art House, Amarillo, Texas
2012 Amarillo Open, AMOA, Amarillo, Texas
2013 Love, Lust and Desire, Mcgowan Fine Art, Concord, New Hampshire
2014 Love, Lust and Desire, Mcgowan Fine Art, Concord, New Hampshire
2014, Day of the Dead, Papercrane Gallery, Canyon, Texas
2016, IH8WAR, Italy
Awards
American Illustration 31, one piece accepted into AI permanent web archive.
Creative Quarterly 32, runner-up in illustration division.
Creative Quarterly 36, winner, illustration division
3X3 annual, Bronze Medal, unpublished division
Creative Quarterly 37, runner-up, illustration division
Communication Arts Illustration No. 56, award of excellence
Creative Quarterly 42, runner-up, illustration division
Creative Quarterly 46, winner, illustration division
American Illustration 36, one piece accepted into the permanent archive