- Born & Active: Johnson City (Washington County)
- Region: East
- Medium: Painting
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Jason Flack
Jason Flack is an award-winning urban folk and expressionist painter, community leader and speaker. He is native to Johnson City, Tennessee. His work has been heavily influenced by personal life experiences as well as many cartoons, comic books and music. He has been drawing for over 30 years, painting for over 10 and has entrenched himself in an all-things-art lifestyle being a part of local art advocacy and bridging the gap between self-taught and academia. He was called to start painting after the sudden death of his twin sister, Jessica, in 2010.
His art elicits energy by using bright colors surrounded by bold black lines. Since the beginning, he has used painting as therapy to direct grief into movement, thoughtfulness and to hold a mirror up to society. He is influenced by the work of many artists including Barry McGhee, Margaret Kilgallen✝, Ed Roth✝, Genndy Tartakovsky, Keith Haring✝ & Jean-Michel Basquiat✝.
In the summer of 2021, his painting titled, The Black Nanny won Best in Show at the Kingsport Art Guild’s Appalachian Art Show. In November 2022, he was the recipient of the Network of Advocates for Promising Practices in Education Award (NAPPE) for the 10th annual FL3TCH3R Exhibit at the Reece Museum. He is also a recipient of the Art Alliance Mountain Empire Art Achievement Award for 2023.
Flack’s work can be found all over downtown Johnson City, TN, in private exhibits and in the Reece Museum permanent collections including the Sammie Nicely Collection.
CRAFTING BLACKNESS 
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