Images (L to R): 1. Solstice, 12 x 16in, watercolour on Arches.
2. Swift as Arrow, 12 x 16in, watercolour on Arches 3. Collective Effervescence, 12 x 16 watercolour and ink on Arches.
C.V.
Jeffrey Macklin
Born February 8, 1967
Currently lives and works in Peterborough, Ontario
jeff at jacksoncreekpress dot ca | www.jacksoncreekpress.ca
Education
Sheridan College, Oakville, ON – Sept 1986 through April 1987
, One Year Diploma – Art Fundamentals,
Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
, Sept 1987 through April 1990 – Three Year Diploma – Graphic Design
Teaching
• Fall 2017 – 2025 , 3D Simulations and Prototyping, Graphic Design – Visual Communications, Haliburton School of Art and Design, Fleming College.
• Fall 2021 – 2025, Content Design 1, Graphic Design – Visual Communications, Haliburton School of Art and Design, Fleming College.
• Spring 2019 – 2026 , Visual Journalism, Graphic Design – Visual Communications, Haliburton School of Art and Design, Fleming College.
• 2024 – present, Arts Educator, Art Gallery of Peterborough
• Workshops in printmaking (various) & lino-block cutting, bookbinding, soft block printing, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Critical Mass Port Hope, Public School Boards, The Artisan Centre, Print studio, Centre3
Exhibition List
2025
In the Margins, (Group Show) Wesley Bates, Jeffrey Macklin, Elizabeth Menard, eXavier Peterson, Beth Rose, Ulf Stahmer, Alan Stein, Stephen Quick, April 22 – July 5, 2025, Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2024
F words. New mixed media works on panel. Acme Gallery, Hunter Street West, Peterborough. Oct 1-31 2024.
Through Lines: A Juried Members’ Exhibition, Artspace, January 5 to February 24, 2024.
2023
seams and strata, A Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peterborough, November 23, 2023 – March 17, 2024
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2022
Hands-on: an Exhibition of Haliburton School of Art + Design Faculty, Students and Alumni (group show), Fenelon Falls, June 1 – July 31, 2022
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2021
You Are Here, Acme Gallery, 129 1/2 Hunter St. W., Peterborough, December 3-24th
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2019
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2018
Works on Paper, Otonabee – South Monaghan Public Library, Keene, Ontario – solo exhibition, June to Sept 2018
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2017
Everything Is Fleeting, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2016
Ex Libris – hand printed bookplates – group exhibition, August 13 – Sept.2, 2016, BLIZZMAX Gallery, Picton, Ontario
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2015
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2014
Sister Mary’s Room of Requirement / Sister Mary’s Journal – collaborative installation with Phillip Chee, Erring On The Mount, a Public Energy Production
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2014
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
2013
Solo show – Gallery In The Attic, Peterborough, Ontario – mixed media works
ArtsWeek Peterborough
Contemporary Book Arts in Eastern Ontario – W.D. Jordan Special Collections – Music Library – Queen’s University (group show) 2012
Squared: Painting Instagrams – Dreams of Beans Café, Peterborough – solo mixed media show 2011
Miniature Show – Blue Tomato Art Shoppe, Peterborough, Ontario (group show)
Pressing – Artspace, Artist Run Centre, Peterborough, Ontario (group show)
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour – 2014 to present.
Collections:
Public Collection – Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario CANADA
Public Collection – Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Public Collection – University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto, Ontario,
Public Collection – W.D. Jordan Special Collections-Music Library, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Public Collection – Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Private collections throughout North American, Europe, Australia and Japan.
Jackson Creek Press Publication List,
and other publicly published works
Soon Summer Ride, chapbook (pub. 2025). A love letter to my bike, the trails, companionship, special places, being outdoors and life. Letterpress from wood and Lead type. 8.75in x 4in. 12 pages plus cover. Includes #linocut and cover printed in metallic gold. Red, yellow and black threads. Printed on the Linoscribe. Edition of 52.
Inside Voice, chapbook (pub. 2025), printed on both the Pilot and the Nolan. 8 new linocuts and 8 words printed as responses. Image cuts print across the spine, creating interesting juxtaposition. Contains a poem i wrote, which brings all the images and words together. Printed in five colors. The finished size is 5.5×8.5 in. Pamphlet sewn. 20 Pages Plus cover. An edition of 43.
Index Cards Vol 1, chapbook (pub. 2024). Typewriter poems/lists written on the Smith Corona. Culled from a collection of two and a half years of writing. 28 poems in all. Digital insides from images of the index cards with a Letterpress cover printed in one of three colors. Red yellow and blue. Hand bound. Edition of 100. 4x6in finished size. Signed and numbered. Will be available for the first time at #Wayzgoose at @thegpag in just under 2 weeks. #typewriter #letterpress #design #writing
Flora of Jackson Park, 12 poems by Bruce Whiteman and 12 linocuts by Jeffrey Macklin, (pub. 2023),
32 pages, 5.5×8.5in, printed letterpress from hand-set wood type and linocuts on the FAGTP550, in an edition of 62
Provenance, Wendy Trusler, catalogue of Exhibition, (pub. 2023), 4.75x7in, 36 Pages, including letterpress belly-band,
printed in an edition of 100 copies.
I Read Your Poems Out Loud, Rae Kennedy and Stephen Kennedy, (pub. 2023), 5.5×8.5in, 36 pages including
letterpress cover, printed in an edition of 200 copies.
Bridges of Peterborough, (pub. 2022), 15 pages, printed in two colours, with 6 linocuts. Edition of 32.
How to Sit Butch, inspired by The Seahorse Press, (pub. 2021), 16 pages, printed in two colours from type and linocuts. Limited Edition.
Natural Prayers – Poems of Gordon Johnston, (pub. 2021), 36 Pg, digital with 4 hand-printed lino-cuts, Edition of 100.
On Sitting Still – Poem by Dimitrios Otis, 16 pg, printed in two colours, with linocut.
The American Poet Ezra Pound Recommends Peanut Butter to his Italian Friends (pub. 2020) – By Bruce Whitemen – 16 pg chapbook, printed 2 colour letterpress, pamphlet stitched.
Pieces of a Whole, (pub. 2020), 16 pg chapbook, printed black through, with 5 linocuts. Limited edition.
Manifesto, (pub. 2019), 36pg, hand-set type, printed in opaque white, pamphlet stitched. Edition of 30.
Brand New Gay, (pub. 2019), 12pg, including seven lino-cuts, and hand-set type, printed in two colours, pamphlet stitched. Edition of 17.
Queer Bodies in Confidence, comic anthology (published fall 2019 via Dalhousie University/Queens University
Shrine, for Will Munro (pub. 2018), 16pg, images with hand-set type, printed in a number of colours
from hand carved lino block and handset type, pamphlet stitched. Edition of 19.
Spasm At The Spill (pub. 2017), 40pg wordless narrative comprised of 21 hand-carved linoblocks portraying The Nihilist Spasm Band in performance at The Spill Café in Peterborough, March 2015. Forward written by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley. Produced in an edition of 60 numbered, hard-cover, coptic-bound copies with slip covers.
The Togetherness of Things, Museum of Temporary Art (pub. 2015) – 24 page chapbook published for the opening of the pop-up exhibition of the same name – for the Art Gallery of Peterborough and Trent University, Cultural Studies Dept. Featuring hand-printed letterpress cover in two colours. Edition of 100 copies.
Leave The Door Open For the Moon – the poems of Nan Williamson (pub. 2015) – 40 page chapbook with 9 hand-printed relief cuts throughout. Digital with letterpress. Edition of 125 copies.
A Few Pucks (pub. 2014) – 12pg. chapbook with relief prints from carved hockey pucks, and backgrounds printed from raw wood blocks, with hand-set lead type.
Neighbourhoods (pub. 2013) – 32pg. Anthology of Words and Visual Art– chapbook with curated short stories, poems and visual art published for Artsweek 2013.
Curnoe (pub. 2013) – 8pg. chapbook with text and relief prints
To Silver Peak (pub. 2012) – 24pg. chapbook with text and relief prints
Kawartha Highlands (pub. 2010) – 16pg. chapbook with text and relief prints
Emily Carr – The New West (pamplet/broadside) (pub. 2009)
Wood (pub. 2008) – 8pg. chapbook with hand-set text
2008 to 2023 Wayzgoose Anthology, Grimsby Art Gallery – contributor to printmakers anthology.
Artist Statement
Jeffrey is an Peterborough, Ontario based artist, working primarily with relief printing (letterpress) and mixed media. He often employs words as visual triggers, as well as present-day/historical pop-culture icons and figures in both his print work and his mixed media pieces.