Cover Art: Void
“Void,” neon, wood, paint, 10’x7’x3’, 2022.
Photo credit: Mollie McKinley
Void distorts a viewer’s perception of space by creating the illusion that the hole in the wall is a 2D object. Neon light is cast onto a concave form inside the void, creating a smooth, unchanging surface where our eyes cannot see depth, creating the illusion of an endless void.
Henry Jackson-Spieker is a multidisciplinary artist, based in Seattle focusing on sculpture and site-specific installations. His work combines glass, bronze, steel, wood, fiber, and light. His sculptures explore tension, balance and reflection through the merging of contrasting materials. Jackson-Spieker’s installations examine and question how social and cultural norms shape the way we perceive and utilize space. By disrupting his viewers’ perceptions of depth and volume, Jackson-Spieker’s work challenges ingrained assumptions about our physical environments and the cultural codes they contain. He received his BFA from Western Washington University and his MFA of Sculpture and Dimensional Studies from Alfred University. He is the recipient of the Mac Fellowship and the Chihuly Garden and Glass Award. Jackson-Spieker currently has public artwork at Midtown Commons in Seattle and the Bellevue Art Museum. Jackson-Spieker is an active member of the art community and teaches glass blowing and bronze casting at Pratt Fine Arts Center, where he first started working with glass. He is currently working on an exhibition for MAD Art in January 2023 and will be attending the Amazon Artist in Residence and Cité Internationale des Arts, in Paris in the spring and summer of 2023.
