Michael Jackson is an interdisciplinary artist immersed in journalism, photography, fine art printmaking, music performance and composition. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was awarded the James Nelson Raymond Fellowship Prize.
His continuing work started in London as jazz editor for the Guardian, Telegraph and Evening Standard . He is a regular correspondent for New City, Downbeat, The Chicago Sun-Times and Jazzwise, amongst other publications.
A member of the Chicago Photography Collective, his prolific photo work has been widely published and exhibited; he was nominated for the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Photography Award by the international Jazz Journalists Association in 2011 and 2012.
Also a saxophonist, Jackson leads an eclectic sextet, Bangers and Mash, and the jazz trio, Sweet Used to Be.
Active as an educator, he has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Evanston Art Center, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, The Northshore Art League and Gallery 37.