Education
1991–93
University of Pennsylvania, MFA, Painting
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
Manufactured Rarities, Blinn Jacobs and Will Lustenader
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
Overtones-Undertones, Blinn Jacobs and Marjorie Wolfe
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2007
Blinn Jacobs and Amy Browning
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2006
TRANSLUCENCE/TRANSPARENCY
New Works by Blinn Jacobs and Susan Moldenhauer
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2000
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
1997
Blinn Jacobs, Recent Work
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Catalog
1996
Poplar Forest
Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop,
New Haven, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
New Member Exhibition
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
January 13 - February 15
2023
SEVENTY-THIRD A-ONE
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, juror Madeline Cornell
September 14 - November 2
Digatal Catalog
20, Invitational
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
June 29 - July 30
Perspective Redefined, Invitational, curators, Steven Cabra, Pattie Samper and Shazzi Thomas
The Painting Center, New York, NY
February 28 - March 25
Digital Catalog
MixMaster, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror, Elizabeth Thompson
January 15 - February 19
2022
Small Works, Harper College, Palatine, IL, juror Justin Witte
Catalog
MixMaster, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror Kyle Harris
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 Johnson
September 20 - October 28
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, juror Leslie Garrett, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
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, juror, Akili Tommasino, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2018-19
Maniac 6, curated by Andy Cunningham, Urban Hive,
Sacramento, CA
Catalog
2018
State of Abstraction, curated by Daphne Deeds and Jacquelyn Gleisner,
Washington Art Association and Gallery, Wahington Depot, CT
Catalog
2017
Maniac 5, curated by Kevin Daly, Ely Center of Contemporary Art,
New Haven, CT
Catalog
Inspirations, juror, Judy Hecker, Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
MIXMASTER, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, juror, Meg White
Award
Award
2016
New Geometry, Blinn Jacobs, Will Lustenader, Don Voisine, Celia Johnson, Power Boothe, Robert Storr, Gary Stephan, and Anoka Farugee
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
2015
Holiday Exhibition
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
2014
Holiday Exhibition
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
21 and Counting
The Painting Center, New York, NY
AXIS, 13 former fellows from The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Brentwood Arts Exchange, Washington, DC
Dublin Biennial, Counterpoise x 9
Catalog
Dublin, Ireland
2013
Holiday Exhibition
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Colored Paper, curated by Jane Lincoln
Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA
2012
Faber Birren National Color Show, juror, Ian Alteveer
Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
Connecticut Women Artists Exhibition, juror Cathy Malloy
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Artist’s Choice
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2011
Florence Biennale
Hardcover Catalog
Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2010
Small Works Invitational
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Geometrically Composed
Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Size Matters
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
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
Generations VI, Invitational
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
2007
Kehler Liddell Artists
Haskin Laboratories Gallery, New Haven, CT
2006
Summer Show
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
2005
Wish You Were Here IV, Invitational
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Newart
Catalog
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2004
CWOS
Artspace, New Haven, CT
Generations. 04, Invitational
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003–04
Structures
John Slade Ely Gallery, New Haven, CT
30 Years
Catalog
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Winter Work 2004
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
2003
PENNMFA Alumni Exhibition, Invitational
Kroiz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001–02
Color and Form
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
2001
Creative Arts Workshop Celebrates Yale’s Tercentennial: Artists from the Yale School Of Art
Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Subjective Color
untitled (space) gallery, New Haven, CT
2000
KoOpf
Pertolzhofen, Germany
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, juror, Cora Rosevea
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
New Art Annual, juror, Ann Philbin
Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1996
National Juried Exhibition, juror Ivan Karp
Gallery 84, New York, NY
144 Square" International Small Painting Exhibition, juror, Robert Reed
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Installations
2019
Palindrome #3, Site Specific Ribbon drawing, commissioned, Lululemon, New Haven, CT
2017
Palindrome, Ribbon drawing, commissioned
Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT
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, Installations by Blinn Jacobs, Crystal Gregory, Alex Paik, Debra Ramsay, curator, Kevin Daly
Ball and Socket Arts Garage, Cheshire, CT
String Theory, Installations by Blinn Jacobs, Susan Shutan and Alison Walsh, curator, Stephen Kobasa
A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT
2014
Twizzle, Site Specific Wall/Drawing Installation
Catalog
Dublin Biennial, Dublin, Ireland
2013
Drawn and Quartered, Hexagonal, Window/Drawing Installation
Artifact, New York, NY
2012
Plumb, An Anthology of Connecticut Sculptors, Local Builders, curator, Stephen Kobasa
A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT
A Bird for Uccello
Slifka Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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, commissioned
Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT
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–present
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