Alison Jackson - Artist

Alison Jackson is an artist known for her subversive political art.Having shied away from higher education until age 30, Alison began taking night classes for art after realising her life as a receptionist wasn’t fulfilling her.With her passion for art ignited, she later enrolled in BA and MA university programmes, and even produced a BAFTA award-winning television series for the BBC, all whilst being a student. Since then, she has gone on to collaborate with the likes of Channel 4 and Coca-Cola, and continues to host art exhibitions all around the world.Throughout this episode, we discuss: Alison’s journey as an artist, fake news, the spectacle of celebrity, social media, and youth.This is Alison Jackson’s Rocket Fuel.———————Follow Rocket @WeAreRocketHQ (twitter.com/wearerockethq)Follow James @JamesErskine (twitter.com/jameserskine)Alison Jackson @alisonjackson (twitter.com/alisonjackson)Alison Jackson @alisonjacksonartist (instagram.com/alisonjacksonartist)Website: alison-jackson.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.