Education

1991–93

MFA, Painting

—University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1979–83

—Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT 

One and Two Person Exhibitions

2018

Blinn Jacobs and Robert Reed, Sharing Wisdom

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT

2014

Blinn Jacobs and Will Lustenader, Manufactured Rarities

—Paul Mellon Arts Center Gallery, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT

Blinn Jacobs, New Work

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT

2013

Blinn Jacobs, Tipping Planes

—Artifact, New York, NY

—Catalog

2012

Blinn Jacobs and Tim Nikiforuk

—Gallery 195, New Haven, CT

2011

Blinn Jacobs and Emilia Dubicki

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

2009

Blinn Jacobs and Marjorie Wolfe, Overtones-Undertones

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

2007

Blinn Jacobs and Amy Browning

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

2006

New Works by Blinn Jacobs and Susan Moldenhauer: Tanslucence/Transparency 

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

2000

Blinn Jacobs, The Sky Is Under Construction

—Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

1999

Blinn Jacobs

—Chester Gallery, Chester, CT

Blinn Jacobs, Light / Repression and Recovery

—University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

—Catalog

1998

Blinn Jacobs, Gar Waterman, West Rock Studio, Westville, CT

1997

Blinn Jacobs, Recent Work

—Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA

—Catalog

1996

Blinn Jacobs, Poplar Forest

—Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Holiday Salon

—Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Summer Salon Exhibition

—Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

MIXMASTER

—Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror Susan Eley, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY 

New Member Exhibition

—Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2023

SEVENTY-THIRD A-ONE 

—Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, juror Madeline Cornell,Director, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY

Digital Catalog

20, Invitational

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

Perspective Redefined, Invitational

—curators, Steven Cabra, Pattie Samper and Shazzi Thomas, The Painting Center, New York, NY

Digital Catalog

MIXMASTER

—Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror, Elizabeth Thompson, Director of Anita Roger Gallery, New York, NY

2022

Small Works

—Harper College, Palatine, IL, juror Justin Witte 

Catalog

MIXMASTER

—Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror Kyle Harris, a Director at the Peter Blum Gallery, New York,  NY

Award 

2021

The earth is blue like an orange

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition through Artsy, November 10–December 15

Drawing Challenge XXIV

—Featured Artist, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY Virtual online exhibition, November

Pandemonium: Postcards from the Edge

—Co-curated by Deborah McLeod and Sarah Sargent, Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA

Small Works

—Harper College, Palatine, IL, juror Carrie JohnsonExecutive Director/Curator at the Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

Catalog                           

Drawing Challenge XXII 

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY Virtual online exhibition, June

The one who best understands the significance of light

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, Ny Virtual online exhibition through Artsy, May 

Drawing Challenge XXI

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY Virtual online exhibition, May

Drawing Challenge XX

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY Virtual online exhibition, April

Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition through Artsy

Drawing Challenge XIX

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY Virtual online exhibition, March   

the world that has been given

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition through Artsy

Drawing Challenge XVIII

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition, February

Drawing Challenge XVII

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY Virtual online exhibition, January

MIXMASTER

—Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, Juror Leslie Garrett, Director at Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY 

2020

From Dark to Light: A Holiday Exhibition

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online through Artsy

Drawing Challenge XVI

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition, November

ECOCA USPS Art Show

—Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 

Drawing Challenge Xlll

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition, September

Drawing Challenge Xll

—Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition, August

Ensemble: Together Again

—The Painting Center, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition 

Drawing Challenge Xl

—Featured artist, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, Virtual online exhibition, July

2019

New Directions

—Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juror, Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 

2018–19

Maniac 6

—Urban Hive, Sacramento, CA, Curated by Andy Cunningham, Invitational

Catalog 

2018

State of Abstraction

Washington Art Association and Gallery, Washington Depot, CT, Curated by Daphne Deeds and Jacquelyn Gleisner, Invitational

Catalog 

2017

Maniac 5

--- Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Curated by Kevin Daly, Invitational         

Catalog

Inspirations

—Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Juror, Judy Hecker, Director of International Print Center, New York, NY

MIXMASTER

—Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror, Meg White, Gallery Director, Naga Gallery, Boston, MA

Award 

2016

Holiday Exhibition

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT 

New Geometry, Blinn Jacobs, Will Lustenader, Don Voisine, Celia Johnson, Power Boothe, Robert Storr, Gary Stephan, and Anoka Farugee

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational

 

2015-16

The shape it takes

—Art Garage, Ball and Socket Arts, Crystal Gregory, Blinn Jacobs, Alex Paik, Debra Ramsay, Cheshire, CT, Invitational

Holiday Exhibition

Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational

2015

Holiday Exhibition

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational 

2014 

Holiday Exhibition

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational

21 and Counting

—The Painting Center, New York, NY, Invitational

AXIS, 13 former fellows from The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

—Brentwood Arts Exchange, Washington, DC, Invitational

Dublin Biennial, Counterpoise x 9 

—Dublin, Ireland, Invitational

Catalog

2013

Holiday Exhibition

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational

Colored Paper 

Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA, Curated by Jane Lincoln, Invitational 

2012

Faber Birren National Color Show

— Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT, Juror, Ian Alteveer, Assistant Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

New York, NY

 Award

Connecticut Women Artists Exhibition

Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, Juror Cathy Malloy, Chief Executive, Greater Hartford Arts Council

Artist’s Choice

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational 

2011

Florence Biennale

—Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy 

Hardcover Catalog

2010

Small Works Invitational

—The Painting Center, New York, NY

Geometrically Composed

—Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL, Invitational

2009

Size Matters

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational 

2008

Color Key

—The Painting Center, New York, NY

Change

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

The Modern Show/Francis Frost

—New York, NY

Amerika trifft Bayern

—Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany, Invitational

Generations VI, Invitational

—A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York 

2007

Postcard invitational

—Chester Gallery, Chester, CT

Kehler Liddell Artists

—Haskin Laboratories Gallery, New Haven, CT 

2006

Group Exhibition, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational

2005

Summer Show

—Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, Invitational 

Small Works 

Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT, invitational 

Wish you were here IV

—A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

Newart 

Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, Invitational 

—Catalog

2004

State of Mind

Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational 

CWOS

—Artspace, New Haven, CT

Generations. 04, 

—A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational

2003–04

Structures

—John Slade Ely Gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational

30 Years

—Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, Invitational

catalog

Winter Work 

—Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, Invitational

2003

PENNMFA Alumni Exhibition

—Kroiz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Invitational 

2002-03

Color and Form

—Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, Invitational 

2001

Creative Arts Workshop Celebrates Yale’s Tercentennial: Artists from the Yale School Of Art

—Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Invitational

Subjective Color

—untitled (space) gallery, New Haven, CT, Invitational 

2000

KoOpf

—Pertolzhofen, Germany, Invitational 

1998

Award Winning Artists of 1998

—Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

Blinn Jacobs, Gar Waterman

—West Rock Studio, Westville, CT

Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship Recipients

—Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 

1997

Art Of The Northeast 

— Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, juror, Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Award

New Art Annual 

— Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT, juror, Ann Philbin, Director of the Drawing Center, New York, NY 

1996

National Juried Exhibition

Gallery 84, New York, NY, Juror Ivan Karp

144 Square" International Small Painting Exhibition

—Juror, Robert Reed, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

Installations

2019

Palindrome #3, 

—Lululemon, New Haven, CT, Site Specific Ribbon drawing

commissioned

2017

Palindrome

—Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT, Ribbon drawing 

commissioned

2016

Gig 

—Site Specific Window Drawing/Installation, with the support of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development

—Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT

2015

The Shape It Takes,

—Ball and Socket Arts Garage, Cheshire, CT

—Installations by Blinn Jacobs, Crystal Gregory, Alex Paik, Debra Ramsay,

 curator, Kevin Daly, Invitational

String Theory

—A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT

—Installations by Blinn Jacobs, Susan Shutan and Alison Walsh, 

curator, Stephen Kobasa, Invitational

2014

Twizzle, Site Specific Wall/Drawing Installation Catalog

—Dublin Biennial, Dublin, Ireland

catalog

2013

Drawn and Quartered, Hexagonal, Window/Drawing Installation

—Artifact, New York, NY, Invitational

catalog

2012

Plumb, An Anthology of Connecticut Sculptors, Local Builders 

—A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT, curator, Stephen Kobasa, Invitational

A Bird for Uccello

—Slifka Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Invitational

2011

Window Drawing/Installation

—Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

2005

Diaphanie x 4, Window Drawing

—Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

2004

Cuatro, Wall Drawing, 

—Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT

commissioned

2003

Regalo, Wall Drawing

—Erector Square, New Haven, CT

Awards

2022

Award, MIXMASTER, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror, Kyle Harris

2017

Award, MIXMASTER, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror, Meg White

2016

Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Arts Council of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), Office of the Arts (COA), Hartford, CT

2024/22/16/14/09/02/00, 1997/95

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency, Sweet Briar, VA

2012

Wofsey Award, Thirty Second Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT

2000

Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus Fellowship, International Residency, Schwandorf, Germany

1998

Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission On The Arts, Hartford, CT

1997

The Dr. Thomas Ayoub and Christine Dombrowski Award, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

Other Professional Activities

2019-present

The Painting Center Art File,

New York, New York

2017

Gallery talk, MixMaster,

Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

2010

Studio Visit Magazine, August

—Open Studio Press, Spring Publication, Boston, MA

Gallery Discussion: Blinn Jacobs and Marjorie Wolfe,

—Moderator: Tim Applebee, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

2009

An Afternoon in Blinn’s Studio, VCCA Event, Branford, CT

Studio Visit Magazine, Volume Six,

—Open Studio Press, Spring Publication, Boston, MA

1995–2020 (discontinued)

The Drawing Center, Artist Registry, New York, New York

2004/02/01

ARTLIFE, Limited Editions (signed edition of 100),

—Issues 261, 242, 200, 229, Ventura, CA

1999

Gallery and Slide Lecture,

—University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

1997

Gallery Talk, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA

Collections

Beachwold Residential

Connecticut Mental Health Center

CPU, Inc.

Gateway Community College

Lululemon

Stadt Schwandorf, Germany

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

University of Vermont, Fletcher Allen Hospital

University of Wyoming Art Museum

Private Collections in the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Ireland