Jackie Saccoccio was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1963 and currently lives and works in Connecticut. Scaccoccio received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985, and a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1988. Saccoccio has exhibited at a number of spaces both in solo and group shows. Notable exhibitions include shows at Van Doren Waxter, New York, New York; Eleven Rivington, New York, New York; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; White Columns, New York, New York; and MOCA Jacksonville, Florida.