MUSE

Miller Gallery
April 27 - May 15, 2026
Christopher Jackson, BFA
Otterbein Artist-in-Residence
Public Reception
April 30, 2026, 4p - 6p
Artist remarks begin at 4:30p
Muse features work by Otterbein's 2025-2026 Artist-in-Residence, Christopher Jackson. Jackson's oil paintings use bold line and abstraction to explore presentations of the figure, personal narrative, and coded allegory.

Christopher Jackson is a painter and arts professional who received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from Otterbein University in 2025. He was awarded an Otterbein-artist–in-Residence, a year-long creative residency to pursue his work as an oil painter in June 2025. Jackson served as a Collections Management Intern with The Frank Museum of Art, where he photo-documented and databased the Richard ’54 and Carolyn Brown ’53 Sherrick Collection of more than 600 creché and related scenes. Jackson also was an Education Intern with The Wexner Center for the Arts, where he also led gallery tours and worked with the Registrar.  


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Current Exhibitions

  • A Journey through America with Robert Freimark

    Christian Hohmann, Curator; In collaboration with HOHMANN Fine Art Gallery
    Frank Museum of Art
    August 19 – December 4, 2026
    Between 1960 and 1968, artist Robert Freimark created Fifty States, a suite of abstract, full-sheet color screen prints representing each of the fifty United States. To make this collection, Freimark traveled around the country. He drew from his own experiences as well as extensive research into the history of each state to create a unique, multilayered print. Situated in The Frank, a museum dedicated to global art, the installation reflects on America’s 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and our country’s place in the world.
  • Jim Bowling: Inside Out

    A Sabbatical Exhibition
    Miller Gallery
    August 19 – November 4, 2026
    In this sabbatical exhibition, Jim Bowling reflects on the ways that personal, internal narratives influence external expressions. The artist explores this theme through the intimate connection between the interiors and exteriors of sculptural forms. Each narrative begins in the center of the sculpture, at the core of each piece. The surface narratives on the exterior ‘support’ forms, which are simple figurative bases, are impacted and transformed by the internal narratives. Viewers can investigate the nuanced relationships between inner narratives and exterior expressions through this series titled “Inside Out.”
  • Weight & Witness

    Alex Lewis & Jack Koppert
    Fisher Gallery
    April 5 – September 26, 2026
    Weight & Witness pairs the accumulated gravity of Alex Lewis’ ceramic and assemblage sculptures with the unflinching portraiture of Jack Koppert’s oil paintings. Together, their work engenders a domestic solemnity, punctuated by moments of surprise and humor.