A defining characteristic of Tomashi Jackson’s oeuvre of collages, assemblages, textile works, and beyond is layers. Grounded in her training as a painter and a printmaker, Jackson seeks to explore how we, the audience, view color as ever-changing phenomena. Steeped in research, her complex work aims to understand—or represent her understanding of—the displacement and disenfranchisement of communities of color. Topics include Seneca Village, a predominantly Black middle-class community that was destroyed to create New York City’s Central Park, and land appropriations in the Hamptons, with collaboration and firsthand accounts from the Shinnecock Indian Nation.

–Tan Tran, from the Glenstone Field Guide