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Jacqueline
Cole
The Artist
 A creative mother launched the aesthetic path of
Pontiac Michigan born Jacqueline Cole. The 10th
of 12 children, Jacqueline watched and assisted
her mother in creating beautifully designed
fashions for people of the community. Picking
up the designing baton, Jacqueline moved to Long
Beach California to study fashion merchandising
at Brooks Fashion College. She later moved to
Atlanta Georgia and completed her studies at the
American International College of Fine Arts
graduating Summa Cum Laude in Fashion Design.
Jacqueline’s experience and knowledge came
together when she created her first soft
sculptured doll under the title of “Mama’s
Hands.” Now, she is known for creations of
life-like sculptures with powerful attitudes and
expressions of the African American lifestyle
past and present. Jacqueline says “I position
my sculpted bodies to touch the viewer with my
spirit by giving them the ability to feel the
energized attitude of the situation each
sculpture represent
Jacqueline’s handmade art quilts are designed
with bold appliquéd figures formed in fabric.
Vibrant hues, characterize the fashionable
combination of the African and African American
experience. Her quilts are made to be used as
furniture throws or wall hangings. The quilts
are often mistaken for paintings when they are
seen on the wall.
Jacqueline also creates one of a kind hand
sculpted new born babies and soft sculpted
toddler dolls. The new born babies are hand
sculpted with polymer clay which gives them a
very realistic look from their shiny hair and
eyelashes to the tiny nails on their chubby
hands. Her soft fabric sculpted toddlers make
beautiful couch or bed dolls.
Jacqueline has exhibited her art in numerous art
shows such as, The Essence Festival in New
Orleans Louisiana, The Black Arts Festival in
Atlanta Georgia, Arts Beats & Eats Festival in
Pontiac, Michigan, The Philadelphia Doll Show
and The Doll and Teddy Bear Show in Washington
D. C.
Jacqueline recently relocated from Atlanta GA to
Pontiac MI.
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