Kathryn Jacobi
 
Biography


BACKGROUND
1947 Born New York, NY
1978 B.A., California State University, Northridge, CA
1980 California State University, Northridge, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 New Landscapes, Diane Farris Gallery
  Music, Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Vancouver BC
  Digital Drawings, L.A. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006 New Photographs, Cornelson Publishing House Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  New Paintings, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 DreamDance, Diane Farris Gallery
2003 The Minor Pantheon, Diane Farris Gallery
Sleepwalkers Through the Apocalypse, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Works on Paper; Judische Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2002 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Hartford Library, Connecticut
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Jam Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 Gallery One, Toronto, ON
  Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Kim Eagles-Smith Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
  Justina Barnicke Gallery; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1998 Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
  College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
  Grants Pass Museum of Art; Grants Pass, Oregon, CA
  Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  Santa Barbara City College Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
  Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
  Lizardi Harp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
  PDX Gallery, Portland, OR
  Wentz Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
  Kirsten Kjaers Museum, Skagan, Denmark
  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
  Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
1995 Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1994 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
  Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
  Kunst pa Kalvo, Jutland, Denmark
1993 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Blue Point Gallery, Galerie Hesselbach, Berlin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003-2006 2006 Digital International Exhibition (Sony sponsored), San Diego Art Institute, CA
  LAPS (Los Angeles Printmaking Society), juried membership exhibit, Los Angeles
  Canadian Art in Czechoslovakia, Galerie La Femme, Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Art of Photography, Lyceum Theater Gallery, San Diego, CA
  Los Angeles Printmaking Society, 18th National Exhibit, Pasadena, CA
  Bones: Interior and Exterior Architecture, USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Gallery, Los Angeles
  Paintings, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  LACDA Top 40, (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art) Los Angeles, CA
  Center for Fine Art Photography: On The Edge; Fort Collins, CO
2002 Quiet Traces: Still Lifes in Contemporary American Art, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
Perception of Appearance: A Decade of American Figure Drawing, The Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
25th Anniversary of the Gallery Exhibit, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Contemporary Still Life in LA, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; ;
The Land, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 Surreal Paintings, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Authentic Eye , Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 Sur La Table, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
American Women Artists, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Precious, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Precious; Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Figuratively Speaking, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
30 Los Angeles Artists, Universidad Castilla la Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
The Garden Show; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Beyond Boundaries, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Survey of Contemporary American PrintsLankershim Arts Center Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
LA Printmaking Society Membership Exhibition, Brand Galleries, Glendale, CA
Great Plains National Printmaking Exhibition, Fifth Street Gallery, Bismark, ND
Reconfigured 1 & Reconfigured 2, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
The Harvest Show, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
My Favorite Fems, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;
1996 Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC; Women Figuring Women
Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Blessed are You
Art Center College, Pasadena, CA; Drawing From L.A.
Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Figures: A Survey of Figurative Paintings in Los Angeles
Barret House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY; Printwork '96
Reynolds Gallery, Stockton, CA; University of the Pacific
Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY; The Line Forms Here
Shepherd State College, Sherherdstown, WV; Works on Paper
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY; Book Illustrations
1995 Sidney Mishkin Gallery of Baruch College, New York, NY; Painting in Poetry/Poetry in Painting
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Painting and Scuplture
Forum Gallery, New York, NY; Summer Exhibition
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA; Vital Signs
Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Handprints and Notations
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA; Angeli
1994 Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum, Santa Barbara, CA; In Terms of Time
1993 Blue Point Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Paintings & Drawings
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA; Daytime Fantasies/Night-time Dreams
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Corey Jackson. The Art of Love, Daily Trojan, May 31, 2001
Artweek; West Coast Review, Oregon. Kathryn Jacobi at PDX and the Wentz Gallery, January 1998
Barrett, Robert. Blue Point Gallery Catalogue, Fresno Art Museum, Spring, 1993
Beesom, Bill. Faces from the dark side haunt and intrigue, San Lus Obispo County Telegram Tribune, March 1997.
Brezinski, Jamey. The Curse of Ideology, Kathryn Jacobi at Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art, Artweek; May 1, 1992.
Brown, Betty Ann. Review, Artweek; V 18, #43, December 17, 1988.
Bulmer, Marge. Review Shorts, Artweek, April 11, 1991
Critic's Choice, L.A. Reader, May, 1986.
Critic's Choice, L.A. Reader, November, 1987
Cortin, Noel and Lazarri, Margaret. Vital Signs, catalogue essay, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, September-November 1995.
Donahue, M. Galleries, Part VI, L.A. Times; December 2, 1988.
Enscoe, Lawrence. Review, Daily News; April 1, 1989.
Fiedler, Nadine. Kathryn Jacobi at PDX and the Wentz Gallery, Artweek; January, 1998.
Fritz, Berry. McAllen International Museum Presents Exhibit of Paintings by Jacobi, The Monitor, September 13, 1996.
Gragg, Randy. Short review of paintings at PDX Gallery, The Oregonian, November 14, 1997.
Gudmunsen, Ulf. Kunst pa Kalvo, Kathryn Jacobi, American Painter and Graphic Artist, JDYSKEVESTKYSTEN, June 23, 1994.
Hale, David. Review, The Fresno Bee; October 22, 1989.
Review, The Fresno Bee; November 10, 1989.
Dickens' The Bride's Chamber (Artist was drawing like the Dickens), The Fresno Bee, Sunday, February 8, 1996.
Harp, Grady & Melton, Terry. Requiem Chorus, McAllen International Museum catalogue, September-November, 1996.
Kessinger, Sarah. Jacobi Comes to Terms with Loss of Father through Paintings, The Monitor, September 15, 1996.
Knaff, Deborah L. Jacobi's Diva's Come to Terms with Grief, Riverside Press-Enterprise, October 8, 1995.
Lawrence, Michael. Review, West Hollywood Paper; May 8, 1986.
Love, Brown, Raven. Exposures: Women and Their Art; NewSage Press, CA, 1989.
McCormack, Ed. Group Review, Artspeak, New York; January 16, 1989.
Moore, Sylvia. Autobiographical Imagery in the Art of Los Angeles Women, Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists; Midmarch Arts Press, New York, 1989.
Padin, Jorge & Rodriguez, Leonardo. Amor y muerte, memoria y destino, El Manana, Valle de Texas, Reynosa, Mexico, October 6, 1996.
Petersen, Karen. American in Kalvo, JYDSKEVESTKYSTEN, May 6, 1994.
Starkey, Glen. Exploring Her Dark Side: An Artist Delves into the Mysteries of Subconscious Perception, New Times, Central Coast, CA, March 12-19, 1998.
Turning Life into Art: Ruth Weisberg, Nancy Grossman, Kathryn Jacobi, Lilith; V 16, #2, Spring 1991 (reprint from Exposures).
Walker, Marina. The World According to Kathryn Jacobi, Santa Barbara News Press, February 26, 1998.
Wasserman, Abby. The Art of the Narrative, The Museum of California; V 15, #1.
Weisberg, Ruth. Review, Artweek; May 10, 1986.
Wilson, William. Blessings and Beginnings, Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1996.
Wells, Eleanor. Review, Artscene; November, 1988.
BOOK AND JOURNAL ILLUSTRATION
Credits include four books with Harper and Row (Collins) (including Who Is Ben? written by Charlotte Zolotow), New Directions, University of Chicago Press, University of New Mexico Press, Duttons, The Sciences Magazine (American Academy of Sciences), Simon and Schuster, London Times Literary Supplement, Price Stern Sloane, Dreamworks (Human Sciences Press), Westways Magazine, California English, American Illustration, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Waxwing Editions and scores of small press and academic journal covers and internal illustrations. Kathryn Jacobi has served as Art Director of the Wallace Stevens Journal since 1976.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centrum Judaicum (Stiftung Neue Synogogue), Berlin, Germany
Centrum Judaicum (Stiftung Neue Synogogue), Berlin, Germany
San Francisco Cultural and Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
American Jewish Committee, Berlin, Germany
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver, BC
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Brand Galleries, Glendale, CA
California State University, Northridge, CA
Kirsten Kjaer Museum, Frostrup, Denmark
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
NTID, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA
New York Public Library, New York City, NY
Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
Adobe Krow Archives, Bakersfield, CA
 






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