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Jackson’s Art Supplies is an independently owned art supply business established in January 2000. In 2009 Jackson’s began publishing an online materials-led resource for artists - Jackson’s Art Blog. In 2016 the company established an annual painting competition - Jackson’s Art Prize.

Background
Jackson’s Art Supplies offers over 50,000 products from over 300 brands including Daler-Rowney, Golden, Faber-Castell, Winsor & Newton, and many more. Jackson’s also produces their own brand products under the Jackson’s brand name, with product ranges including paints, brushes, canvas, artist papers, and pencils. They ship products to over 150 countries across the globe, with warehouses in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, Maine, United States, Adelaide, Australia, and Gdansk, Poland. Jackson’s Head Office is in London, United Kingdom.

History
Jackson’s Art Supplies was founded by Gary Thompson and Michael Venus in 2000. The origins of the company trace back to the early 1990s when architecture student Nick Bell and art student Gary Thompson started a mail-order enterprise for art supplies in London. The business grew from a small basement operation to a significant online presence.

Jackson’s Art Blog
Launched in 2009, Jackson’s Art Blog is an online resource for artists, made up of contributions from a team of artists and collaborators. It publishes content that supports artists at all stages of their careers, primarily with art material knowledge.

In 2019, Business Insider asked Jackson's why oil paint is so expensive for their video series ‘So Expensive’.

In late 2019, Jackson’s were approached by Migrate Art to produce artist paints using the ash from burnt fields in Iraqi Kurdistan destroyed by militia groups, as a pigment. The results were a limited edition range of Scorched Earth oil and acrylic paints. Tubes of Scorched Earth were sent to 15 contemporary artists: Jules de Balincourt, Yahon Chang, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Conor Harrington, Mona Hatoum, Loie Hollowell, Anish Kapoor, Richard Long, Jason Martin, Nathalie du Pasquier, Piers Secunda, Raqib Shaw, Walid Siti, and Rachel Whiteread. Each artist used the paint to create original artworks for auction, and the funds raised were divided between Migrate Art’s charity partners who support those affected by the global refugee crisis.

In 2020, Jackson’s was part of a campaign to make flesh and skin-coloured paints more inclusive, encouraging art material manufacturers to change paint names that prioritised white skin tones.

Jackson’s Art Prize
Established in 2016, Jackson’s Art Prize (previously known as Jackson’s Painting Prize) is an annual international art competition. Leading figures in the contemporary art world make up the Expert Judging Panel. Judges have included Peter Brown, Kerry Ann Lee, Adebanji Alade, Martin Gayford, Tabish Khan, and Gita Joshi, among others. The competition has exhibited prize-winners and shortlisted artists at the Affordable Art Fair and Bankside Gallery in London. Winners have included Max Naylor, Mark Roscoe, Tom Down, Iain Nicholls, Ruth Murray, Miranda Boulton, Lorena Levi, and Melissa Ling.

Jackson’s Art Gallery
Jackson’s Art Gallery is an online platform which promotes the shortlisted artists from Jackson’s Art Prize. Artists include Iain Andrews, Petra Schott, Julia Asenbaum, Robbie Bushe, Ginny Elston, Lucy Gable, David Kinsey, Anna Kurkova, Melissa Ling, Kuangyi Liu, Chris Longridge, Catherine MacDiarmid, Li Ning, Rosie Phillips, Kylie Sandford, David Stewart, and others.