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Jacob was born in 1992 in Orange, CA and lived in and near there until 2018 when he transferred to Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. Jacob's studio practice involves painting, assembling, writing, and experimenting with new materials. His work focuses on abjection and resolution through material abstraction while working with duplicate references, series, patterns, image-based painting, and collage. He is currently painting and living in South Philly with his partner and their two cats while he works at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as Museum Preparator, and independent contract art services.

Exhibitions and Public Art

Hand in Hand, Solo Exhibition, Allens Lane Art Center, 2026
HELL In/Out, Lakey Space 2025
Chilladelphia, Thunderbird Hall- April 2025
Insider Art X, PAFA 2024
Juried Exhibition, 215 | 610 DCCC Contemporary 2024
Little Windows, Groups Show, Vox Populi 2024
Epilogue, Group Show, Pilot Projects 2023
Insider Art IX, PAFA 2023
Insider Art VIII, PAFA 2022
echolocation... OOPS $2, Stella Elkins 2020
Group Show, Stella Elkins at Tyler 2019
Dew Tour Mural, Long Beach CA 2018
Shoe Space Gallery, Santa Ana 2018
Annual Student Art Show, Santa Ana College 2018
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis CA 2018
Shoe Space Gallery, Santa Ana 2017
POW! WOW! Long Beach CA 2017
Public Mural, Santa Ana 2017
Public Mural, Santa Ana 2017
Annual Student Art Show, Santa Ana College 2017
POW! WOW! Long Beach CA, 2016
Public Utility Box Projects, Santa Ana, Ca 2016
Annual Student Art Show, Santa Ana College 2016
Public Mural, Villa Park, CA 2016
Murals Initiative for Political Awareness, Santa Ana College, 2016
Talavera Collaboration, Santa Ana College, 2015

Curatorial

Chilladelphia, Thunderbird Hall- June 2025
ASE (2021-2025), PAFA
Chiladelphia, Thunderbird Hall, 2025
David Lynch, Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times), PAFA 2025
Dana O'Malley, Hold on, I Love You, Pink Noise Projects, 2025
echolocation... OOPS $2, Stella Elkins 2020
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis CA 2018