Michael Jacobs
931 E Hermosa Dr. Tempe, AZ 85282
emichaeljacobs@gmail.com | 513.207.9460 | instagram @mjacobs_art | michaeljacobsart.com
Education
2019 MFA, Arizona State University - Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
2000 BFA in Painting, University of Cincinnati - Design Art Architecture and Planning Program, Cincinnati, OH
Scholarships
2019-2018 The Martin Wong Foundation Scholarship in painting
2019-2018 Gayle J. Novak & Robert D. Cocke Award in Painting
2019-2018 Scholl Family Scholarship
2019-2018 Teaching Assistant Instructor of Record Art Core Color Theory(113)
2019-2018 ASU School of Art Special Talent Award
2018-2017 Arizona Artist Guild Scholarship
2018-2017 Teaching Assistant Instructor of Record Intro to Drawing (111)
2018-2017 Gerry Grout Scholarship
2017 ASU School of Art Special Talent Award
2017-2016 Teaching Assistant Instructor of Record Art Core 2D Design (112), Instructor of Record Art Core Color Theory(113)
2017-2016 ASU School of Art Special Talent Award
Related Experience
1996-1998 Studio Assistant to Terrance Corbin, University of Cincinnati – Design Art Architecture and Planning Program, Cincinnati OH
Fine Arts Experience
Biennials
2018 FotoFocus Biennial, Wide Angle, Photography Out of Bounds, Alice F. and Harris K.Weston Art Gallery (curated by Carissa Barnard)
Solo Exhibitions
2019 The Machine Mind / MFA Thesis Exhibition, ASU Grant Street Studios, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 The Shadows Of Ideas, Invision Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Images and Objects, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Scenes From The Floating World, Focus Art Gallery, Covington, KY
Juried Exhibitions
2018 New Art Arizona, Shemer Center, Phoenix, AZ
2017 ASU annual summer juried show, Harry wood Gallery, Curated by Sara Cochran, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
2016 Ohio, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2015 60 Americans, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, New York, (Curated by Noah Becker, Terrence Sanders, and Alexander Venet)
2013 Art Voices Magazine, 5th Annual Group Exhibition of Emerging Contemporary Art, Untitled Art Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Terrence Sanders)
2012 Surreal Solon IV, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA (Curated by Casey Weldon)
Group Exhibitions
2021 Redefining the Creator Economy II: A survey of Digital Arts, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2021 ODYSSEY, Torrance Art Museum Advocates, Torrence, CA
2021 NOMAD, Pop up Medical Center Building, Torrence, CA
2021 Alternative Digital Aesthetics, Mood Room Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020 Art Detour, Art Link - Park Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020 FACT/itious, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
2020 Alptraum: The Wandering Show, Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, California (curated by Marcus Sendlinger)
2019 Digital Process, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Psychogeografik, RAE space for contemporary art Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
2018 Phoenix Art Now II, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2018 Bridged, + ARTE Galería, Quito, Ecuador
2017 Shape Shifters, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
2017 Inverse Conversations V, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ
2016 Eleven, The Eric Fiscal Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Parables Of the Virtual, Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2016 The New Grad Show, ASU Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012 Usual Suspects, Thomson House Shooting Gallery, Newport, KY
2010 PAC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Thank You, Kraufthaus Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005 The Blast / Album Of The Year, Greenwich Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2004 First-Ever Show, Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 The Blast / Talkin’ Trash Exhibition, Southgate Art Gallery, Newport, KY
2003 Massive / Active International Sculpture Center Group Sculpture Exhibition, Mock Bee Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2003 Uninstructed, Publico Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2003 In Dependence, SS Nova, Cincinnati, OH
2003 Nice And Light, Mac's Farm and Sculpture Center, Blue Ash, OH
2003 Sell The Seat Of Life, Southgate Art Gallery, Newport, KY
2002 No Comply, SS Nova, Cincinnati, OH
2002 ELC MJ, Red Topp Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2002 Massive / The State Of Sculpture, SS Nova, Cincinnati, OH
2002 Red Topp Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Print Media
The Interstice: Essay by Grant Vetter
Art Clout: NOMAD: Giant Pop Up Group Show
LA Weekly: Take Your Seats: Arts Calendar Aug 26-Sept 1, By Shana Nys Dambrot
Diversions LA: NOMAD Transverses Realms
LA Art Party LA: NOMAD
The Daily Breeze: Torrance Art Museum to host Contemporary Art Gallery this weekend. By Hunter Lee
Easy Rider & Peninsula: There were Hundreds of Artists! By Bondo Wyszpolski
Inverse Conversations V, show catalog, 2017 pg. 46/47
Terrance Sanders, “60 Americans”, Art Voices Artbooks, 2015,
Terrence Sanders, “The viewing Room”, Art Voices, Spring 2014. pg. 67
Terrence Sanders, “The Viewing Room”, Art Voices, December 2013
Terrence Sanders, “The Viewing Room”, Art Voices, June 2013. pg. 31
Open Studio Press, Studio Visit, vol 5, no. 1, Spring 2009. pg. 80
Alan Pocaro, “Images & Objects: New Work”, City Beat, September 2011. pg. 17
Marilyn Bauer, “Sculpting a New Image”, Cincinnati Enquirer, September 2003. pg. E7
Laura Leffler, “Nice & Light”, Art Spike, July 2003. pg. 9