Z Jacobson

Seeing a bright yellow crocus sprout from a brown gravel driveway or gazing up after a storm to see a glorious rainbow inspires my work. I hope to capture

the marvel and joy of these moments.

My current work is about juxtaposition. It is about the challenge of using contrasting elements we choose not to combine; unusual and extreme color palettes, patterns colliding with patterns, textures on different scales, amorphous  contours with spikes. I hope you enjoy, and maybe find a rainbow.

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Z Jacobson's work is the embodiment of her exuberant personality. Her ceramic sculpture is organic in nature, and reflects an intensely personal vision which pushes the limits of both clay and color juxtaposition.

Graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA, she also attended Richmond College, London, England, and the University of Iowa. Z further studied at Santa Fe Clay, Anderson Ranch and The Armory Art Center in Florida. Early on, she worked in graphic design, jewelry design, creative bread baking, and custom furniture design, before turning to the three dimensional medium of ceramics. With ceramics, she has found the ideal medium with which to create and communicate her unique vision.

Born and raised in Chicago, she relocated to the mountains of NM so that she would have more freedom to bike and hike with her constant canine companions Mogan and Lulubelle. Entering her eclectic home and studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an invitation to participate in her whimsical world which abounds with color and artwork of all kinds.

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Representation:

         del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California

         Details Art and Design, Tucson, Arizona

         Victoria Boyce Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

         Friedberg, Rubin and Associates, Scottsdale/Chicago

Publications:

         Limitless Possibilities, Santa Fe Journal North, December ‘07

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 Featured Artist Presentation, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 Indulgence, Counter Culture, Santa Fe, NM

         Evolution 3.0, Collaboration Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2008 Have a Ball!, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

2007 Open Hands, Open Hearts, Nussbaumer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

         The Erotic and The Esoteric, Gallery Zipp, Glorietta, NM

         Own Your Own, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo Colorodo

         Contemporary Clay Fair, Santa Fe Woman’s Club, Santa Fe, NM

         Inside 8, Center For Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2006 Mindful Repetition, Gallery Zipp, Glorietta, NM

         Ring of Paper, Peanut Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1997 Port Clinton Art Fair, Highland Park, IL

         Temple Beth El Festival of the Arts, Skokie, IL

         Old Orchard Art Fair, Wilmette, IL

Education:

2008 Santa Fe Clay, Susan Beiner

2008 Armory Art Center, Michael Sherrill

2007 Anderson Ranch, Virginia Scotchie/Chin-Yuan Chang

2006,2007 Santa Fe Clay

1978 BFA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

         Richmond College, London, England

         University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa