Through The Weeds Jackie Priola Hardground line and aquatint copper plate etching 9” H x 12” W 2023
Jackie Priola is a 21-year-old artist receiving a BFA in Printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2025. Jackie is from Asheville, North Carolina but currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Jackie works primarily in printmaking and drawing and creates work revolving around themes of nostalgia, addressing the complex emotions one can have tied to memories and walks the subtle edge of comfort and discomfort. Jackie’s work additionally contains themes of sisterhood, femininity, and nature and focuses on delicacy and detail at the heart of her practice. Jackie is interested in the significance of the emotional response her work can evoke in the viewer and is inspired by an ongoing exploration of these themes through new narratives in her printmaking, drawing, and photography.