JACKIE FUCHS | FREEZING FRAMES
On Thanksgiving three years ago, Fuchs received an unexpected invitation to Philadelphia that changed her career forever. She visited the Barnes Foundation with her daughter and a friend’s family and fell in love with Modigliani’s work.
At this point in her life, she was not working with clay anymore; She thought to herself,
“I wonder if I can paint?” And there it all began.
She began experimenting with 2D medium, something even as an art teacher she never embraced. Her first show was only a few months later, where she exhibited fifty pieces and sold seven.
She kept painting and experimented with collages after seeing a friend’s 90-something-year-old mother’s pieces.
Fuchs was inspired by the intensity behind the work, giving her permission to lose her shy filter and include nudes from 1970s Playboy magazines in her work. Since then, she has sold hundreds of paintings to international collectors in just several years.
JACKIE FUCHS
Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1958.
As a young adult, Jackie began a long career as a salon owner, colorist, and stylist in Manhattan.
In 1986 she moved from New York to Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she lived for 13 years, immersing herself in the artist community and developing her lifelong interest in the creative process.
Being a late bloomer had its advantages, having quite a high school at age 15, She returned to school and obtained a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She followed that with a Master’s degree in Education at Smith College and began teaching Art and TV Production in NYC.
In 2002, With her wife and new baby, Fuchs moved to Sag Harbor, opened four hair salons while continuing to teaching art, clay sculpture, and hosting retreats focused on spiritual growth. Currently, she teaches her workshop titled “Get The WOW NOW” at significant art fairs setting in various locations throughout the country.
Four years ago, she went to the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, which sparked a new creative interest; she began to explore paints and collage materials as a result. This prolific artist now draws on her years of talent, color theory, and imagination to produce highly collectible art pieces.
Her new work is fueled by a whimsical instinct that evidences itself in uniquely imagined pieces that might best be described as to freeze frames in a movie set or a chapter in a book.
In addition to being a very collected artist, for the last 3 years, Ms. Fuchs created “StudioJackie.com” became a very successful art curator, artist’s rep, and galleries. She shows in her award-winning Art Fair booths, Pop-up galleries, for private collectors.
Some of Jackie Fuchs’ Art Collectors/ Television shows and Commissioned product design include:
LuAnn De Lesseps (House Wife of New York, Bravo)
Summer House (Bravo)
Bryant Gumbel (Sports Reporter)
Richard Smith (Broadway Producer: Beautiful, White Christmas) Steven Traxler (Broadway Producer: Beetlejuice, Tootsie, Mean Girls, Waitress, etc.…)
