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Sports x Human Rights Art
FIFA World Cup/ UNHCR/Olympics artist
Special exhibit with World Cup players at the
@pamm on view until August 23!

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Got to deliver this piece in person in London this week for Emile Smith Rowe on @arsenal this is one of my favourite pieces ever! Capturing the passion and emotion here after an amazing goal vs. Tottenham. Super special. Grateful to be able to paint moments like this for the best athletes in the world. #arsenal #gunners taken in Emirates Stadium by @carlingjacksonart

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Tonight was a dream!!!! BIG THANK YOU to @sportsandthearts for selecting me for the @scotiabankarena remodel - permanent art collection. I was selected to paint the @raptors 2019 NBA championship piece. IT WILL live permanently inside Scotiabank arena!!! A dream. Fun fact: the original version of this painting was commissioned by Roberta Nurse for Nick Nurse - head coach of Toronto when they won! 4 years later the organization gets their own version. Kinda beautiful. Thanks to everyone who supports me. Changing the game with sports x art. Only up from here! This is my first stadium piece! I have another stadium piece releasing soon but for @bcplacestadium ❤️💯 #art #sports #raptors #wethenorth #nba taken in Scotiabank Arena by @carlingjacksonart

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Got to visit my art and one of the most creative geniuses of our lifetime. @iamjamiefoxx 🎨 🎭 🎤 also, thank you for sharing some of your art with me!!! Excited to see the films haha taken in Los Angeles, California by @carlingjacksonart

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Thank you to @fwc26vancouver for having me come paint live at Vancouvers first ever @fifa men’s World Cup games!

M27 CANADA V QATAR
M64 NEW ZEALAND V BELGIUM
M96 COLOMBIA V SWITZERLAND

10 ft pieces speed painted in 3.5 hours with cultural elements from each country alongside 2 players.

I was actually supposed to be painting inside the stadiums at few key games but that’s a story for another day! 😭

World Cup fans — Which one is your favourite? taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @carlingjacksonart

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T’was the night before the World Cup final and all through fifa house two country boys were singing all the way from the south. @2livebre @pynkbeard

The jerseys were hung in the stadium with care.
In hopes that the fifa Trophy soon would be theirs.

The players were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of winning danced in their heads;
From Messi in his photoshoot, Yamal in his lap
Facing off 19 years later to see whose the champ.

The moon on the breast of the New York Jersey sky
Left the people of New York with wonder in their eyes  When, what to my dismay should appear, But a miniature bus, and 22-something players,

With a little old coach, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Becks. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
“Now, MESSI! now, PEDRI! now, YAMAL and ENZO! On, RUIZ! on PORRO! on, RODRI and CHRISTIAN! taken in New York City by @carlingjacksonart

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2026 World Cup finals painting… on my new skirt haha
@lamineyamal x ????
#worldcup2026⚽️ #lamineyamal🇪🇸🇪🇸⚽️ #fifa #soccer #art
Who am I painting on the other side? Predictions! by @carlingjacksonart

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Soccer can make you feel something. Art can make you stop and think.

In this special edition of The Nutmeg, artist Carling Jackson’s Gamechanging XI brings those two worlds together. Featuring players from displaced backgrounds, the mural challenges viewers to look beyond the badge and understand the journeys that brought them there.

Read the full interview at the link in bio. by @carlingjacksonart

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@judebellingham and team with my painting “Family Reunion” for @adidasfootball for the last World Cup in Qatar. It was featured inside the most watched commercial in adidas history - 2.7 billion viewers. And yes, I painted Jude in it! Messi, Raphinha, Rodman, Benzema etc by @carlingjacksonart

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She called it. 🇪🇸 @carlingjacksonart by @carlingjacksonart

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I just want to preface 3/4 of thee players scored last night and I sketched this Thursday. 😮 live painting no. 2 for @fwc26vancouver Belgium Vs. New Zealand
@kevindebruyne Lukaku @elijah_just @woodsy39

Thanks for the assist @sophia.kehler !!!!
#fifaworldcup2026 #reddevils😈 taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @carlingjacksonart

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In “Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture,” artist @carlingjacksonart transforms some of soccer’s most iconic moments into works of art, including @richarlison’s bicycle kick against Serbia, @esmuellert’s breakout World Cup performance at age 20, and @gilbertosilva celebrating Brazil’s 2002 FIFA World Cup victory with the trophy itself.

As the games continues, experience the world of soccer through the lens of contemporary art.

On view now through August 23.
This exhibition is presented by Bank of America. taken in Pérez Art Museum Miami by @carlingjacksonart

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Live painting. For @fifaworldcup @fwc26vancouver the night Canada made history. Our first win led by Jonathan David’s hat-trick. I sketched him scoring the night before in the same jersey doing the same celebration. Wild! Assisted by @sophia.kehler !!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @carlingjacksonart

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