Create +‍ Cultivate   ‍

Rakia Jackson is a North Carolina based visual artist, curator, and educator working across painting, digital design, mixed media, and public art. After earning a BFA in Graphic Design from ECU, she established her arts career in Pitt County, through roles with the Pitt County Arts Council and as Education Coordinator for arts non-profit HeARToscope, Inc. There she developed and led youth programming, mural projects, and creative outreach initiatives supported the youth through art and expression.

In addition to her studio practice, Rakia enjoys curating exhibits and art centered eventa and facilitating public art programming to youth.

My work is rooted in themes of self-awareness, collective human experiences, and community healing. Weaving my personal narratives with universal themes, I seek to explore my visual storytelling and cultivate space for connections and memory in these pieces.

Working primarily in acrylic paints, mixed media, digital and public art I often use an intuitive process, and I construct layered compositions often featuring Black figures in ethereal or earthly environments.

If you’re looking for custom work from paintings to murals commissions start at $180 (excluding murals).

Deposits are required for all commission work (with deposits subtracted from total).

Things you can commission:

• Cover Art

• Traditional Paintings on canvas

• Digital Portraits

• Murals

• Custom work on apparel.

EXHIBITIONS

2026  Collage Collective, Emily Monk Davidson Gallery & Event Space, Farmville, NC
2025  Feminine Frequency, The Scullery, Greenville, NC
           To Be Here Now Is To Be., The Eno Arts Mill, Hillsborough, NC
2024  Fragmented Visions, C. Michael Aman Gallery, PCC,  Greenville, NC​
           66th National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC
           Juried Community Arts Show, Golden Belt, Durham, NC
           Summits: The Beginning, End & Beginning Again, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2023  65th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition, Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC
           Black Creatives of Pitt County, College of Fine Arts and Communications, Greenville, NC
2022  Summits: The Beginning, End & Beginning Again, Savor, Art & Dine, Greenville, NC
           Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Craven Arts Council, New Bern, NC
           Healing Beings: Literary & Visual Arts Exhibit, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Black & White Portrait Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
2021   Dazzle Fashion Art Show, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Black Creatives of Pitt County Exhibition, Room 108, Greenville, NC 
           It’s Science Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC 
           Spirit Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Paper Show, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Black & White Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           The Black Peace Exhibition, Emerge Gallery & Art Center, Greenville, NC

2026  Collage Collective, Emily Monk Davidson Gallery & Event Space, Farmville, NC
2025  Feminine Frequency, The Scullery, Greenville, NC
           To Be Here Now Is To Be., The Eno Arts Mill, Hillsborough, NC
2024  Fragmented Visions, C. Michael Aman Gallery, PCC,  Greenville, NC​
           66th National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC
           Juried Community Arts Show, Golden Belt, Durham, NC
           Summits: The Beginning, End & Beginning Again, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2023  65th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition, Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC
           Black Creatives of Pitt County, College of Fine Arts and Communications, Greenville, NC
2022  Summits: The Beginning, End & Beginning Again, Savor, Art & Dine, Greenville, NC
           Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Craven Arts Council, New Bern, NC
           Healing Beings: Literary & Visual Arts Exhibit, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Black & White Portrait Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
2021   Dazzle Fashion Art Show, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Black Creatives of Pitt County Exhibition, Room 108, Greenville, NC 
           It’s Science Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC 
           Spirit Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Paper Show, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           Black & White Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
           The Black Peace Exhibition, Emerge Gallery & Art Center, Greenville, NC

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2025   Feminine Frequency, The Scullery, Greenville, NC
2022  Summits: The Beginning, End, and Beginning Again, Savor Art and Dine, Greenville, NC
           Healing Beings Literary and Visual Arts Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
2021   THANDO Solo Exhibition The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
● Featuring a collective titled “COLOURZ” from South Africa based artist Thando Madi
           Black Creatives of Pitt County Exhibition, Room 108 Art Gallery, Greenville, NC
● Featuring artworks from Black artists located in Pitt County, NC.
           Black Creatives of Pitt County Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
● Featuring artworks from Black artists located in Pitt County, NC.
           Reflections Juried Exhibition, The Art Lab, Greenville, NC
2018   ​The Black Peace Exhibition, Emerge Gallery & Art Center, Greenville, NC
● A collaborative exhibition featuring personal works and work from Bryce Chapman
​and Shayla Thornton  

PUBLICATIONS 

2026 Cana Paradox Designs Anniversary Issue 2023   Womanifesto Issue 5
2023   FOR LOVERS ZINE Issue 1
2023   PITCH Magazine Issue 4
2019   ​PITCH Magazine Issue 1

AWARDS

2025   Artist Support Grant
2021-2022   Artist Support Grant
2020-2021   ​Artist Support Grant

PUBLIC ART

2025 Sheppard Memorial Library Mural (Carver Branch) - Greenville, NC
           ● Led Youth Public Arts Program mural for 618 W 14th Ave, Greenville, NC 2024
           ​Emerald Loop Shelter at Town Common - “Legacy Unbound”, Greenville, NC
2023 Wilson, NC Dino Mile Street Mural, Peeden Street, Wilson, NC
           Discovery Forest, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Greenville, NC
           ​SERVE Coffee Bar, Fleet Feet, Greenville, NC
           ● Collaborative Mural with Karena “Kidd” Graves and Raymond Henderson (Buckets Crew)
2022 HeARToscope Mural Project, Eppes Recreation Center, Greenville, NC
           ● Collaborative Mural with Karena “Kidd” Graves and Raymond Henderson (Buckets Crew)
           HeARToscope Mural Project, 804 W. 5th Street, Greenville, NC
           ● Collaborative Mural with Karena “Kidd” Graves and Raymond Henderson (Buckets Crew)
           5th Street Hardware Restaurant & Taproom Mural, Greenville, NC
           ● Collaborative Mural with Karena “Kidd” Graves and Raymond Henderson (Buckets Crew)
2021 Collards and Catfish Ayden, NC Mural, 4096 W Avenue, Ayden, NC
           ● Collaborative Mural with Karena “Kidd” Graves and Raymond Henderson
           “A Great Place to be Outside” Parking Deck Mural, Greenville, NC
           ● Collaborative Mural with Karena “Kidd” Graves
2020 Greenville 1st Street Mural                    
           ● Collaborative Mural Project working with 24 BIPOC artists to create a mural design
           ●​ Designed and painted the letter S (in Racism) in “Unite Against Racism” Mural
           Black Voices Matter Murals, Window murals previously at Emerge Gallery & Art Center