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== Work ==
After graduation, Jason moved to [[Chicago]] and worked for Michael Glass at Michael Glass Design as his studio assistant for four years. In 1992, Jason Pickleman and his wife Leslie Bodenstein founded JNL Graphic Design, whose clients included the [[Millennium Park]] Foundation, [[SkinnyPop]], [[Blackbird (restaurant)|Blackbird]], the [[Chicago Transit Authority]], [[Field Museum of Natural History|The Field Museum]], the [[Oneida Nation of Wisconsin]], the [[University of Chicago]], and the [[Fondazione Prada|Prada Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-13 |title=Wright to Celebrate Chicago Legend Jason Pickleman with 'EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT' |url=https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2023/9/wright-to-celebrate-chicago-legend-jason-pickleman-with-every-day-is-different |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Chicago Gallery News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=Joey Orr Joins MCA as Deputy Director {{!}} David Cromer x George Clooney For Broadway {{!}} CTA Chief Ouster Gains Momentum |url=https://www.newcity.com/2024/05/14/today-in-culture-tuesday-may-14-2024-joey-orr-joins-mca-as-deputy-director-david-cromer-x-george-clooney-for-broadway-cta-chief-ouster-gains-momentum/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title=New public art project captures Lake Michigan through ‘eye of the community’ {{!}} University of Chicago News |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/new-public-art-project-captures-lake-michigan-through-eye-community |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=news.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> Pickleman and his projects have been celebrated by institutions including the [[Museum of Contemporary Photography]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-28 |title=MoCP's 2024 Leap Night DARKROOM Honors Dawoud Bey and Jason Pickleman |url=https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2024/3/mocp-s-2024-leap-night-darkroom-honors-dawoud-bey-and-jason-pickleman |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Chicago Gallery News |language=en}}</ref> the [[James Beard Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brion |first=Raphael |date=2011-05-07 |title=Winners: 2011 James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards |url=https://www.eater.com/2011/5/7/6682121/winners-2011-james-beard-foundation-book-broadcast-journalism-awards |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref>, the Chicago Design Archive,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Pickleman {{!}} The Chicago Design Archive |url=https://chicagodesignarchive.org/designer/jason-pickleman |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=chicagodesignarchive.org}}</ref> and the Society of Typographic Arts,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arts |first=The Society of Typographic |date=2024-01-01 |title=Winners |url=https://100.sta-chicago.org/winners/by-year/2017 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=STA 100 |language=en}}</ref>, and artists including [[Tony Tasset]], [[The Aluminum Group]], and [[Rick Valicenti]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and… |url=https://mascontext.com/observations/jnl-graphic-design-celebrating-a-studio-that-sculpted-the-visual-and-cultural-landscape-of-chicago-and-beyond |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=MAS Context |language=en-US}}</ref>. The studio was located on the second floor of a decommissioned US Post Office in River North, Chicago. The studio closed in closed on May 31, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and… |url=https://mascontext.com/observations/jnl-graphic-design-celebrating-a-studio-that-sculpted-the-visual-and-cultural-landscape-of-chicago-and-beyond |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=MAS Context |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Jason started making art in the mid-80s, including text-based paintings, collages, and Polaroid photographs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every Day is Different: The Collection of Jason Pickleman, 14 September 2023 < Auctions {{!}} Wright: Auctions of Art and Design |url=https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2023/09/every-day-is-different-the-collection-of-jason-pickleman/info |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.wright20.com}}</ref> His work exhibited in individual and group exhibitions such as "Young Chicago" at [[Art Institute of Chicago|The Art Institute of Chicago]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rosa |first=Joseph |title=Young Chicago |publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-300-12067-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Young Chicago: Department of Architecture and Design Looks at Avant-Garde Designers |url=https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/376/young-chicago-department-of-architecture-and-design-looks-at-avant-garde-designers |website=The Art Institute of Chicago}}</ref> ''"''Making Time for Joy" at The Suburban in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Artists - 2023 Walker's Point |url=http://thesuburban.org/onsite2023wp.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=thesuburban.org}}</ref>, "Light Reading" at Ken Saunders Gallery<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Pickleman: Light Reading |url=https://kensaundersgallery.com/jason-pickleman-light-reading |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Ken Saunders Gallery |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Neon Light Musuem.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-03 |title=Neon and Light Museum popup a showcase for the art form’s ‘positive vibe,’ curator says |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2021/9/3/22656071/neon-and-light-museum-popup-river-north-chicago |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref> The [[Chicago Transit Authority]] (CTA), through their [[Chicago Transit Authority#Arts in Transit|Arts in Transit]] program, commissioned ''MONT/ROSE Area'' (2007), a mural of 318 anodized aluminum letterforms celebrating the surrounding street names at the [[Montrose station (CTA Brown Line)|CTA Brown Line Montrose Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=cta Public Art: Montrose (Brown Line) |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/art/montrose/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=CTA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago ''L''.org: Stations - Montrose |url=https://www.chicago-l.org/stations/montrose-ravens.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.chicago-l.org}}</ref> In 2021, Pickleman created "Hand Heart," a monumental public sculpture for Sculpture Milwaukee, now permanently installed at [[Governors State University|Governor State University]]’s outdoor sculpture garden, theNate.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=NEW ACQUISITIONS: Hand Heart, by Jason Pickleman |url=https://www.govst.edu/uploadedFiles/About/Nathan_Manilow_Sculpture_Park/About_the_Center(3)/NMSP_theNate%20Newsletter_NOV-DEC_FINAL%20digital_CH_1023.pdf |journal=News from the Nate |issue=November/December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Pickleman, "Hand Heart" |url=https://www.sculpturemilwaukee.com/jason-pickleman |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.sculpturemilwaukee.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Chadd |title=From Milwaukee To The World, Sculpture Milwaukee Returns For Fifth Edition |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2021/08/10/from-milwaukee-to-the-world-sculpture-milwaukee-returns-for-fifth-edition/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>