Long listed for the Jackson's Painting Prize

Written By Allison Rietta

I am delighted to announce that I have been longlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize in the UK. My painting, ‘A Bee’s Hymn’ is longlisted for the non-representational category. This year, Jackson’s received a record number of entries: 11,255 from 107 countries. The long list was narrowed down to only 452 artworks! I am honoured to have been chosen at the top 4% of artists who submitted their work.

The Jackson’s Painting Prize started in 2016 to spotlight amateur and emerging artists, and has steadily grown in size and reputation to where it is today. Jackson’s is dedicated to providing entrants worldwide with better opportunities year on year, and building an inspiring community of talent.

A Bee’s Hymn, 2022. 22 x 30 inches. Watercolour and acrylic on paper

Allison Rietta

Allison Rietta is a Toronto-based abstract artist whose work explores mystic geometry as a language of energy, rhythm, and perception. She began her full-time artistic practice in 2020 following a 25-year career as a creative director in branding and marketing within the graphic design industry. Rietta holds an honours degree in Environmental and Industrial Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and furthered her studies through the Turps Painting School (2022–23).

Drawing on her spiritual practice of meditation and sound healing, Rietta’s work is informed by the resonant qualities of sacred sound and the symbolic structures of geometry found in nature and architecture. Through repetition, layering, and variation, her compositions translate vibration into visual form, where colour, shape, and pattern function as carriers of rhythm and inner experience. Her practice moves between precise, structured arrangements and more intuitive, atmospheric fields, reflecting a dialogue between control and fluidity, and between inner and outer perception.

Rietta has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Toronto, New York, London (UK), and Basel (Switzerland). She has been twice longlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize (UK) and shortlisted for the Visual Art Open International Emerging Artist Award. Her work is held in private and public collections, including a major acquisition by the Holbrook Danville boutique hotel in the United States. Her work has also been featured in CasaFacile, one of Italy’s leading interior design publications.

https://www.allisonrietta.com
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