Address:                      2560 Gilpin Road, NE, Thomson, GA 30824

Phone:                         Home:  706/595-4526           

Email:                          jac@uga.edu   

Marital Status:            Married, two children

 Represented by:         Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, Georgia

 Present            Part-time Faculty, Department of Fine Arts, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

     Owner/Operator, Lullwater Press, Thomson, GA

1994-00           Adjunct/Temporary Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA

1981-93           Director Visual Arts/Preparator, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1992                Adjunct Instructor, The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

1977-81           Printmaking Instructor, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

1973-75           Architectural Draftsman/Graphic Designer, Property Coordinators, Marietta, GA

1967-71           U. S. Navy

1966                Geological Survey Assistant, New Concept Co., Lakeland, FL

1965                Architectural & Engineering Model Builder, Dohar Oliver, Inc, Bartow, FL                     

 1974                BFA, The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

1977                MFA, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 1967-71           U. S. Navy

Executive Member, Board of Trustees, The Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

Member, Advisory Board, The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

President Board of Trustees, Activities Council of Thomson, Thomson, GA

 2003 & 2006   Faculty, Italian Studies Abroad Program, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy

2006                Juror, Annual Student Show, Piedmont College, Demorast, GA

2000                Faculty, Italian Studies Abroad Program, Augusta State University

1999                Guest Lecturer, Third World Forestry Program, Nicaragua, sponsored by Virginia Technical Institute

1996                Juror, Aiken Artist Guild Fall Show, Aiken, SC

1995                Juror, The Eighth Annual Camilla Invitational, Camilla, GA

1995                “The Art of Printmaking, A Workshop on the Processes of Lithography and Intaglio Printing,” Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

1994                Juror, Valdosta Annual Juried Art Invitational, Valdosta, GA

1993                Hand Papermaking Workshop, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA            

1992                Hand Papermaking Workshops, Oconee & Morgan County Schools, Watkinsville and Madison, GA

1988                Lecturer, Leadership Georgia, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1983 & 1988   Hand Papermaking Workshop, McDuffie County School System, Thomson, GA       

1980                Lecturer, Workshop – “The History and Art of Hand Papermaking”, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA

Current           Georgia Printmakers Exhibition, The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

1997                “The World of John Taylor Arms”, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

1996-97           “At the Anvil”, Exhibition of Georgia Blacksmiths, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, Chattahoochee Valley Art museum, LaGrange, GA

1993                “Norman J. Wagner - An Endless Train of Thought”, a retrospective exhibition covering 30 years in the career of Norman J. Wagner, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1992                “Goya and the Disasters of War”, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

1990 & 92       “The Cow Show”, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Library of Congress, Fine Print collection, Washington, DC

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, LA

Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

King and Spalding, Atlanta Georgia

Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie, GA

Milliken Industries, LaGrange, GA

Trust Company Bank, Atlanta, GA

First Bank of Georgia, Augusta, GA

2006                Lamar Dodd Art Center Purchase Award, LaGrange National XXIV Biennial

1993                METS - Middle East Travel Seminar; a three week adventure through Syria, Jordan, Sinai Peninsula, Israel and Greece with Biblical Archaeologist Dr. Gerald Mattingly, sponsored by the Pattillo Foundation

1989                Georgia Artist of Excellence, Governor and Mrs. Joe Frank Harris

1987                Georgia Council for the Arts Artist Initiated Grant

1984-85           Georgia Sea Grant, The University of Georgia

1974                Whose Who Among Students at American Colleges and Universities

 2007                “The Jackson Street Chronicles”, Fire House Gallery, Louisville, GA

2007                “Jackson A. Cheatham, 1997 – 2007”, A Retrospective Exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA & The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

2005                “The Perfect Ditch”  Broad Street Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2002                “Only the Real Survive – A Personal Journey Toward Abstraction”, The Atlanta College of Art Memorial Arts Center, Atlanta, GA and Piedmont College, Demorast, GA

2001                Recent Work, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA

1999                Solo Exhibition, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA

1995                Recent Work, Augusta College Fine Arts Gallery, Augusta, GA

1994                Recent Work, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1993                “The Gothic Spirit and The Washington National Cathedral”, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, GA

1987               “A Confined Exploration of Nature”, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA; Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, GA; and Colquitt County Art Center, Moultrie, GA

1985                Solo Exhibition, The Gallery, Thomson, GA

1984                Solo Exhibition, The Cloister, Sea Island, GA

1980                Solo Exhibition, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA

1979                Solo Exhibition, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

1978                Solo Exhibition, Biggin Hall Instructional Gallery, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL   

1977                Solo Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA       

2006                LaGrange National XXIV Biennial, LaGrange, GA, Purchase Award

2006                Recent Work with Ted Saupe, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA

2005                METS “Middle East Travel  Seminar  Art Exhibition” ART Station Galleries, Stone Mountain, Georgia

2005                  “American Art” Swann Gallery, New York City, New York

2004                “Grist”, Two Person Show, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2004                “Tools of the Trade”, Group Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta, GA, curated by Barkin Leeds, Ltd.

2003                Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA

2003               “ Common Objects” City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA

2003                Celebrating 40 Years, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange GA

2001                “The Mind’s Momentum is Toward Abstraction”, Augusta State University Fine Arts Center, Augusta, GA

2001                Silver Selections, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

2000                Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

2000                Georgia Printmakers, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA

2000                Arts in the Heart of Augusta Juried Exhibition, one of four Best in Show Awards

1999                  Faculty Show, Augusta State University Fine Arts Center, Augusta, GA

1998                  Juried Alumni Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

1998                            Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA

1997                60^th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Ga

1997                “Norman Wagner & His Students 34 Years”, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

1996-97           Second and Third Annual Telfair Art Fairs, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA

1996                “Survivals, Revivals & Arrivals”, Contemporary Art from the Central Savannah Area, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA                    

1996                “Southern Diversity,” Two Man Exhibition, John Marlor Arts Center, Milledgeville, GA

1995                Group Show, The Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1994                “Cow Show III, The Extended Barnyard”, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1993                “Works on Paper,” The Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1993                Group Exhibition, Gallery Nevermore, Alpharetta, GA

1993                First Juried Alumni Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA         

1993                “Print Invitational”, The University of Georgia, Department of Art, Athens, GA

1991                1st International Mini Print Exhibition, Napa Art Center, Napa, CA

1981-91           Annual Juried Regional Art Exhibition, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1980                International Hand Papermakers at the International Conference of Hand Papermakers, Boston College Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, MA

1977,79           International Miniature Print Competition, Pratt Graphics Center, NY, NY

1978                12th National Print Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT

1977                3rd Miami Graphics Biennial, Metropolitan Museum of Art Center, Miami, FL

1977                The Boston Printmakers 29th National Exhibition, Lincoln, MA

2000                Co-Designer, Coastal Ecology Exhibit, The St. Simons Island Coastal Museum, St. Simons, GA

1998                Co-Designer/Preparator, “Rogers House”, A Permanent Historical Exhibit, Madison, GA

1998                Designer/Preparator, “Scrolls, Shells & Brocatelle: The Rococo Revival in the South”, A Decorative Arts Exhibition, Madison Morgan Cultural Center,  Madison, GA

1994-95           Co-Designer, “The Sam Nunn Library/Museum” Installation Plan

1988                Co-Designer, “Southern Bell,” Historical Display on the Development of Telephone Communications in the Southeast, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1987-99           Designer/Preparator of Exhibitions, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

1987-88           Co-Designer, “Piedmont Georgia”, Permanent Historical Museum, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1984-85           Designer, Permanent Archaeological Exhibit, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory Museum, Emory University, Clark Poling, Director, Michael Graves,                                           Architect, Atlanta, GA

1984-85           Coordinated and Designed the exhibit, “Three Artists and the Print”, an exhibition of fine art print processes, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

1983                Designer, “With Liberty & Justice For All”, Schatten Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

1983                                Designer/Fabricator, “John Abbott in Georgia: The Vision of a Naturalist Artist (1751-ca.1840), Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA

 1982                Designer/Preparator/Fabricator, “Black Family History: A Personal Perspective”, Georgia Archives, Atlanta, GA

1979-81           Preparator, Atlanta Historical Society exhibits including: “Album – Original Photographs from the Atlanta Historical Society Collection”; “The Paper Chase”, works from the archives of the Atlanta Historical Society; “Loose the Mighty Power”, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC; “Women in Atlanta: Myth to Modern Times“; “Atlanta in the Civil War: The Personal Perspective”, Atlanta, GA

1981                Co-Designer/Fabricator, Georgia Agrirama Historical Display, Tifton, GA

2007                Keith Rasmussen a Retrospective catalogue, curator

2006                LaGrange National XXIV Biennial Catalogue

2005                  Broad Street Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA, The Perfect Ditch

2004                Art Papers, May/June

2001                Augusta, GA, The Augusta Chronicle, Steven Uhles

1998                Columbia, SC, The State, Jeffrey Day

1997                LaGrange, GA, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, The World of John

                                    Taylor Arms, Jackson Cheatham

1997                LaGrange, GA, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Norman Wagner and His Students, Keith Rasmussen

1997                Madison, GA, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, At The Anvil, Jackson Cheatham

1997                Aiken, SC, Aiken Standard, Dr. Tom Mack

1996                Augusta, GA, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Survivals, Revivals, and Arrivals, David Houston

1996                Milledgeville, GA, Arts Advocate, Randy Cannon

1996                Aiken, SC, Aiken Standard, Dr. Tom Mack

1995                Augusta, GA, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, The Worlds of John Taylor Arms, Jackson Cheatham

1993                Madison, GA, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Norman J. Wagner, Jackson Cheatham

1990                Atlanta, GA, Georgia Citizens for the Arts, Georgia Arts Day

1990                Augusta, GA, The Augusta Chronicle, Don Rhodes

1987                Madison, GA, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, A Confined Exploration of Nature, Lisa Reynolds, Susan Cofer

1985                Madison, GA, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Three Artists and The Print, Jackson Cheatham, Keith Rasmussen, Norman Wagner

1974                Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities