KATHRYN JACOBI
VITA
Jacobi, Kathryn; born New York, NY 1947 Paintings, Drawings, Graphics; Photography
M.A. 1980, (B.A. 1978); California State University, Northridge; U.C.Berkeley (1964);U.C.L.A. (1965-6)
Represented by: Nancy Kapitanoff (nancy@nancykapitanoff.com)
RECENT, CURRENT, AND UPCOMING EXHIBITS
2025
The Child is the father of the Man; and Between The Wars; Dortort Gallery, U.C.L.A.Hillel, Westwood, CA; 2 separate solos; photographs and paintings
Portraits,Landscapes, and other Photographs; Kunsthaus Sans-Titre; Potsdam, Germany
Inaugural Group Exhibit; Musee Dual, Los Angeles, CA; painting; invitational, group
A Show of Heads (Portraits)(2nd year of a new tradition based on the show of the same name in Paris around 1913); Laguna College of Art; Laguna, CA; painting; invitational; group
2024
Inaugural Exhibit of the new LACDA Gallery (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, closed since the pandemic and in a new location) Los Angeles, CA ; invitational, group
A Show of Heads (Potraits); Art Division Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; painting; invitational; group
A Woman’s Place; Wilshire-Ebell theater and gallery, Los Angeles, CA; painting; invitational; group
2018
Portraits,Landscapes, and other Photographs; Kunsthaus Sans-Titre; Potsdam, Germany, semi-solo
Electric Salon; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; Los Angeles, CA; large format photographic portrait; invitational
Electric Salon (different exhibit); Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA) L.A., CA; invitational; photographic Portrait
2017
Visual Magic: the zone of middle dimensions; NW Regional Educational Service District & George D. Green Art Institute, Hilsboro,OR; invitational; paintings
Electric Salon; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA) L.A., CA; invitational; digital hybrid
2016
Nostalgia; Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts; Los Angeles, CA; invitational; monotypes/oil
Berlin Photo Biennale; Julia Margaret Cameron honoree; Berlin, Germany; 3 large format
Faculty Exhibit ; Laguna College of Art and Design , Laguna, CA; paintings Scratchboard
Drawings; Damossa Gallery (online) ; July-October; solo; scratchboard Simply The Best 2; Digital Arts: California; juried, international; digital
The Disciplines: Interpretations of the Figurative, by Seven Women Artists; Studio C Gallery; L..A., CA; invitational; paintings
LAPS National 21; Los Angeles Printmaking Society at CSUNorthridge, California; juried, national; monoprint with oil
Family; Center for Fine Art Photograhy, Fort Collins, CO: juried, international
2012
Paintings and Monotypes ; Alan Avery Art Co., Atlanta, GA; invitational, Three Person Exhibit
Paintings; Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA; invitational group show, 7 pieces
New Paintings; Sylvia White Gallery; Ventura, CA; solo
New Paintings; Rogue Gallery; Medford, Oregon; solo
Small Paintings; Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA; solo
Portfolio Project: The Child Is The Father of The Man; The Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; juried, online presentation for one year, book with other portfolio winners and Top Prize of solo exhibition of this portfolio
Breaking In Two: Provocative Visions of Motherhood; Arena Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; invitational; catalogue
Professional Women Photographers 36 Anniversary International Women’s Juried Exhibition; online; Juror’s Selection: People
Reflections; Dacia Gallery; New York, NY; juried, group
Landscape; LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art); L.A., CA; invitational; group
Wide Open 3; BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition); Brooklyn, New York; juried; photograph
The Human Condition; Minneapolis Photo Center; Minneapolis, MN; juried, national,
2012 International Photo Awards (Lucy Foundation);London, UK and Los Angeles, CA juried, international; honorable mention: portraits
2012 International Fine Art Photography Awards; juried, international; Juror’s Award of Merit: experimental
2011
Off Center; Carl Cherry Art Center, Carmel, CA; 5 person exhibit (paintings)
Analogue to Digital; LACDA (L.A. Center for Digital Art); Los Angeles, CA; invitational
The Alchemy of Portraiture; Gallery Karon; Ashland, Oregon; 3 person exhibit (paintings)
EXHIBITIONS: SOLO and SEMI-SOLO
2010
Night Travelers and Other Waking Dreams; Fresno Art Museum: Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist for 2010; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; (Paintings) solo
Body and Soul ; American Jewish University (3 person); Los Angeles, CA (paintings) Imagined Work on Paper; Lumina Studio Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; solo
2007
Digital Drawings; L.A. Center for Digital Art; Los Angeles, CA
DreamDance series; HBO entrance gallery; Santa Monica, CA
New Imagined Landscapes; Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Music; Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery; Jewish Community Center of Greater Vancouver; Vancouver, B.C. (simultaneous with Diane Farris Gallery show) digital images from DreamDance series
Essense; Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts; Los Angeles, CA; invitational; Paintings
Celebrations!: Platt and Bornstein Galleries at the American Jewish University; Los Angeles, CA; 4 paintings
The Electric Salon: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; L.A., CA; invitational; large scale digital image
JM Studio Opening with the Busick Group; Salem, Oregon; invitational, paintings
2015
Kathryn Jacobi at Gallery 25; Gallery 25, Fresno, CA; solo; invitational; 35 paintings spanning 25 years
Top 40:LACDA (L.A.Center for Digital Art) Loss Angeles, CA; group, juried, large photograph
Art & Beyond: The Nude and Figurative Art special issue: Magazine and Interview; juried, Operatic Duet; publication; Volume 30, July, 2015
The Photo Review; online juried photo competition; fine art photo (from series The Child is the father of the Man)
The Black and White Spider Awards; online juried photo competition; fine art fashion photo: Liberty
2014
“Smarty Pants”: New Paintings of Unusual Children; Alan Avery Art Co., Atlanta, GA; invitational; solo (October)
American Printmakers in Bulgaria; in conjunction with Triennial of Graphic Art in Sofia, Bulgaria; invitational; Sofia—Nov. 10-Dec. 10, 2014; Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria,– Dec.15-Jan.15, 2015
Women by Women; Kwan Fung Gallery, California Lutheran University; Thousand Oaks, CA/ invitational
Freeway Studies #2: Inside the Quad; Ben Maltz Gallery; Otis College of Art and Design; L.A., CA/ invitational
“Sherazade, la magia della creatività” Women in the Arts 2014. 4th Edition; Artrom Gallery, Rome, Italy;
DreamDance series(digital photomontage; invitational
Oneira: I Dream the Self; Studio C Gallery; L.A., CA; invitaional0
2013
The Child is the father of the Man; Cornelson Publishing House; Berlin, Germany; solo ; 35 large scale digital photomontages
Wunderkammer; KoplinDelRio Gallery, Culver City, CA; invitational, photographs, paintings, and monotypes
2006
New Paintings; Jan Baum Gallery:LA, CA; Paintings & Photographs; solo
New Photographs: Cornelson Publishing House Gallery; Berlin, Germany; Landscapes & Portraits (40 large format photographs)
2004 & 2005
The Bride’s Chamber; Sunshine Coast Art Center; Sechelt, BC, Canada; one of 2 solo DreamDance; Diane Farris Gallery; Vancouver, BC, Canada; large format Digital Collages & Paintings
2002 and 2003
New Work; Jan Baum Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; Paintings; solo
The Minor Pantheon; Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; Paintings
Sleepwalking Through the Apocalypse; Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA; New Monotypes with Oil New Work; Northwest College of Art; Bellingham, WA; Paintings and Drawings including collaborations with artist Pamela Keeley (semi-solo)
New Work; Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.,Canada; Paintings; solo
Sea Surface Full of Clouds; Hartford Library;Hartford, CT; small exhibit of illustrating poems by Wallace Stevens
2000
New Work; Diane Farris Gallery; Vancouver; B.C., Canada; Paintings; solo
Works on Paper: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints; Galleri Aalborghallen; Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center; Aalborg, Denmark; Paintings, Drawings, and Prints; solo
1999
New Work; Jan Baum Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; New Paintings; solo
New Paintings; Justina Barnicke Gallery; Hart House;University of Toronto; Toronto, Canada; Paintings; in conjunction with Gallery One; solo
Still-Lifes; Gallery One, Toronto, Canada; small highlight exhibit; swolo
New Work;Kim Eagles-Smith Fine Arts; San Francisco, CA; Still Lifes & Landscape Paintings; solo
1998
Paintings; Cuesta College Art Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA; Paintings ; solo
Recent Work; Santa Barbara City College Art Gallery; Santa Barbara, CA; Paintings; solo Painters Contrast: Bob Crew and Kathryn Jacobi; College of the Canyons; Santa Clarita,CA; Paintings and Drawings ( semi-solo)
Invitation to a Beheading; Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; (suite of
etchings illustrating the novel by Vladimir Nabokov); solo 1997
New Work; Jan Baum Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; New Paintings; solo
New Work; Diane Farris Gallery; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; New Paintings; solo
Requiem Chorus and Other Paintings; Northern Arizona University Museum and Galleries; Flagstaff, AZ; Paintings & Drawings (travelling); solo
Recent Work; PDX Gallery; Portand, OR; Paintings; solo
Imagined Paintings; Wentz Gallery; Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland,OR; Recent work (in cooperation with PDX Gallery);solo
Bauer)
1996
New Work; Kirsten Kjaers Museum; Skagan, Denmark; Paintings; solo
Requiem Chorus; Oregon State University, Corvallis; Corvallis, Oregon; “Requiem Chorus” and other paintings (travelling) solo
Requiem Chorus; McAllen International Museum; McAllen, Texas; Paintings catalogue; (traveling)
New Paintings; Pierce College; Woodland Hills, CA; solo painter; Paintings (with sculpture by Richard
“The Bride’s Chamber”; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Book Illustration; solo 1995
Requiem Chorus” ; Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA; Paintings;(travelling); solo 1994
New Work; Diane Farris Gallery; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; New Paintings; solo
Requiem Chorus; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Paintings and Drawings; museum residency;
traveling; solo
New Work; Kunst pa Kalvo; Jutland, Denmark; Paintings & Drawings; solo 1993
Recent Work; Blue Point Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Paintings & Drawings; catalogue; solo
New Work; Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Canada; Paintings; solo
New Work; Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Paintings; solo
1995
New Work; Harcourts Contemporary; San Francisco, CA; Paintings; solo 1991
Paintings; Gallery of the National Technical Institute of the Deaf; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; Paintings; solo
New Work; Lizardi-Harp Gallery; Pasadena, CA; Paintings & Drawings; solo Recent Paintings; John Thomas Gallery; Santa Monica, CA; Paintings; solo 1990
Recent Paintings; John Szoke Gallery; Soho; New York,, NY; Paintings; solo 1989
New Large Paintings; Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA; Paintings; (with sculpture by John Battenberg); semi-solo
New Paintings; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; exhibition and residency; Portraits & Book Illustration; solo
Recent Paintings; Gallery 25, Fresno, CA; Paintings; solo
Recent Portraits; Brand Galleries, Glendale, CA; semi-solo; Paintings
1988
New Paintings; Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Paintings; solo
New Work; Platt Gallery/University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA; semi-solo; Paintings & Drawings
1987
New Paintings; Gregory Ghent Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Paintings; solo
New Paintings; Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Paintings; solo 1986
New Paintings; Bannister Gallery/Rhode Island College; Providence, RI; Paintings; solo
New Work; Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Paintings & Drawings; solo 1974-1985 Available on request
EXHIBITIONS: GROUP (selected)
2023
Jewish Artists Initiative 18th Anniversary show; Dotort Center for the Arts, U.C.L.A. Hillel, Westwood, CA; group exhibit; (my painting was the invitation image)
2022
Art Market Magazine; Gold Prize Issue: Interview and 16 images, 8 pages; International 2021
Art Market Magazine; short interview and images; International 2011
Faculty-Student Exhibition; Laguna College of Art and Design; Irvine Fine Arts Center; Irvine, California; invitational
Black and White and Color; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; 2nd Place, color and honorable mention
New and Improved 111; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; L.A., CA; juried, international 2010
Memory and Transformation; Hebrew Union College, L.A., CA
Concatenation; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; L.A., CA; juried, international Digital Art L.A.; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; L.A., CA; juried, international Faces; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
A Decade of Images; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
Golden Kite Awards: A Retrospective ; National Center for Children’s Literature; Abilene, TX; invitational; traveling until 2013
2009
Children; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
Family Gatherings; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
Insight/Inside L.A.; Jose Biada Art Gallery; Mount St. Mary’s College; invitational
2008
Emphasis Santa Monica; Madison Campus Gallery, Santa Monica College/invitational Invitational Exhibit; LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art) L.A., CA; invitational Street Photography; Center for Fine Art Photography; Fort Collins, CO; juried international
Fear II; Projekt 30 gallery (online); juried international
WIPI: Women In Photography International 2008 Juried Competition; (online); honorable mention
2007
iBrow/LosAngeles Center for Digital Art/L.A., CA; juried international
Pink Week Art Show/Tangeant Gallery/Sacramento, CA/ juried international
30th Anniversary Show / Jan Baum Gallery/ Los Angeles, CA/ invitational
Summer and other group shows/ Diane Farris Gallery/ Vancouver/Canada/ invitational 2006
San Diego Art Institute: 2006 Digital International Exhibition (sponsored by Sony); San Diego,CA; original image created digitally; juried; 2nd Prize
Art of Photography; Lyceum Theater Gallery; San Diego, CA; juried international; large format digital photo
Turning Silver, 25th Anniversary; Women In Photography International (online exhibit); juried,
After Dark; Center for Fine Art Photography; Fort Collins, CO; juried international
Canadian Art in Czechoslovakia; Galerie La Femme; Prague, Czechoslovakia: paintings; 3 artists invited for cultural exchange
LACDA top 40; (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art) Los Angeles, CA; juried, international; Original Digital Drawing
international;Digital Photograph; Honorable Mention
On The Edge; Center for Fine Art Photography: Fort Collins, CO; juried, international; original image created digitally
90th Birthday Exhibit; Charles Campbell Gallery; San Francisco, CA ; Paintings
2001-2003
Quiet Traces: Still lifes in Contemporary American Art; Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA; Paintings
The Perception of Appearance: A decade of American Figure Drawing; The Frye Museum; Seattle, WA; Oil Drawing
25th Anniversary Exhibit (of the gallery); Jan Baum Gallery; Los Angeles, California; Painting
The Land; Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC Canada; Paintings 2000
Gallery Artists; Newzones Gallery; Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Surreal Paintings; Jan Baum Gallery; L.A., CA
Gallery Artists; Diane Farris Gallery; Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1999
New Visions by Nine Contemporary Women Artists; Forum Gallery; New York, NY; Paintings;
Sur La Table (still lifes); Daine Farris Gallery; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; Paintings 1998
Precious (still lifes); Jan Baum Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; Paintings 1997
30 Los Angeles Artists; Universidad Castilla la Mancha; Cuenca, Spain; (travelled to Universidad de Madrid); Paintings, honorable mention
Faces; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
A Decade of Images; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
Children; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international;
honorable mention
Family Gatherings; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; honorable mention
San Diego Art Institute: 2006 Digital International Exhibition (sponsored by Sony):San Diego, CA; 2nd Award ; cashprize
WIPI: Women In Photography International 2008 Juried Competition; (online); honorable mention
National Photo Contest: Portraits (on-line); juried, national; 3 Honorable Mentions
Turning Silver, 25th Anniversary; Women In Photography International (online exhibit); juried, international; Honorable Mention
LACDA top 40; (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art) Los Angeles, CA; juried, international; (inclusion is award); Original Digital Drawing
Great Plains National Printmaking Exhibition; Fifth Street Gallery; Bismark, ND; juried national; Monoprint (award)
The Garden Show; Portland Instiute of Contemporary Art; Portland, OR; Painting
Beyond Boundaries; California Society of Printmakers; Richmond, CA
Survey of Contemporary American Prints; Lankershim Arts Center; North Hollywood, CA; juried;
Monoprint
14th National Printmaking Exhibition; Laband Art Gallery; Loyola Marymount University; L.A., CA; juried, Monoprint
EXPOSURES: Women and Their Art; Love, Brown, Raven; NewSage Press; CA; 1989; photo and essay
Monoprints; Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA; Monoprints
Drawing from L.A.; Art Center College; Pasadena, CA; Monoprints
L.A. Printmaking Society Membership Exhibition; Brand Galleries; Glendale, CA; juried; Monoprint Great Plains National Printmaking Exhibition; Fifth Street Gallery; Bismark, ND; juried national ; Monoprint
L.A. Figures: A survey of Figurative Painting in Los Angeles; Lizardi Harp Gallery; L.A.,CA; Paintings
Women Artists:Works on Paper; Los Angeles Printmaking Society at Lankershim Arts Center; North Hollywood, CA; juried; Monoprints
Three Californias Painters; University of the Pacific; Stockton, CA; juried; Three Person exhibit; Paintings (award)
Reconfigured 1 & 2; Santa Monica College Gallery; Santa Monica, CA; Drawings & Paintings
The Harvest Show; Jan Baum Gallery; L.A., CA; Paintings My Favorite Fems; Jan Baum Gallery; L.A., CAPainting1996
Blessed Are You; Skirball Museum; L.A., CA; Painting
Book Illustrations; Castle Gallery; College of New Rochelle; New Rochelle, NY; Book Illustrations 1995
Painting in Poetry/ Poetry in Painting; Sidney Mishkin Gallery of Baruch College (CUNY); New York, NY; Paintings
Summer Exhibition; Forum Gallery; New York, NY; Paintings
Vital Signs; Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park; L.A., CA; Paintings
Angeli; Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA; Painting 1994
In Terms of Time; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum; Santa Barbara, CA; Paintings 1993
Daytime Fantasies/Night-time Dreams; Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA; Paintings & Drawings
1992
Southern California Artists; Faculdad de Bellas Artes de Madris; Madrid, Spain; Painting 1991
Her Story:Narrative Work by California Artists; Oakland Museum of Art; Oakland, CA; Paintings on Paper
1990 – 1964:
(From 1985 through about 1991 , represented by the Joan Ankrum Gallery, until Ankrum’s retirement)
Ulysses S. Grant High School Hall of Fame; Los Angeles, CA; awarded in Art (1990)
Brand XVII National Watermedia Exhibition; Glendale, CA; Cash Award; (1986)
National Watercolor Society All Member Show; Riverside, CA; National Watercolor Society Award; (1985)
Watercolor Art Society; Houston, TX; First Prize; (1984)
National Watercolor Society 63rd National; Palm Springs, CA; NWS Member’s Cash Award (top cash award (1983)
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition; Denver, CO; Saxon Mountain Gallery Award; (1982)
Brand XII (National Watermedia);Glendale, CA; Brand Associates Purchase Award; (1982) 9th Annual Miniature International Art Show; New York, NY 2nd Place, Graphics; (1983) National Watercolor Society All Member Show; L.A., CA; NWS Cash Award; (1981)
Purchase Award; New York, NY; 1964
National Watercolor Society 59th Annual; Riverside, CA; Al Porter Cash Award; (1979Five American
Illustration West; Los Angeles, CA; Certificate of Merit; 1977
Scholastic Art Awards; L.A., CA for SouthWest U.S. Region; Highest Regional Honors for Pen and Ink, Charcoal, Watercolor, and Mixed Media categories; 4 Blue Ribbons & 3 Gold Keys; (1964) Hallmark
Bank of America Achievement Award in the field of Art; L.A., CA; (1964)
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
Art Market Magazine: Gold Issue, November 2023; prize of 8 page interview with about 16 images of paintings
Art & Beyond: The Nude and Figurative Art special issue: Magazine and Interview; juried; publication; Volume 30, July, 2015
Fresno Bee: Donald Munro reviews ‘Night Travelers and Other Waking Dreams’ in “New Jacobi Art Exhibit Jolts Visitors to Attention” November 4, 2010
Artscene: Kathy Zimmerer review of ‘Body and Soul” exhibit at the American Jewish University; February, 2010
Terezin Today: a shadow of the nightmare; photos by Kathryn Jacobi; photographs Blurb Publishers 2008
The San Diego Union-Tribune; San Diego, CA; The Vision Thing; review by Robert L. Pincus for “Digital at the S.D. Art Institute explores technology, and finds it’s the art that matters”; section of review with image; April 23, 2006
Daily Trojan: LA, CA:The Art of Love; review by Corey Jackson of exhibit at the Jack Rutberg Gallery;
The Lives of Dwarfs; by Betty Adelson ; discussion of KJ’s paintings of dwarfs; 2 full color reproductions; Harper Collins 2006
Preview Magazine; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; articles about KJ’s two exhibits; by Mia Johnson; January and February issues, 2007
Emergenetics by Geil Browning, PhD; full color reproduction +page 247; Collins Books, 2006 May 31, 2001
ARTWEEK; West Coast; Review: “Oregon: Kathryn Jacobi at PDX and the Wentz Gallery“;
January 1998
Santa Barbara News Press: Santa Barbara, CA; “The World According to Kathryn Jacobi”; review by Marina Walker for exhibit at SBCC; February 26, 1998
New Times; Central Coast, CA; “Exploring Her Dark Side: An artist Delves into the Mysteries of Subconscious Perception”; review, 2 page spread with color images by Glen Starkey ; March
12-19, 1998
San Lus Obispo County Telegram Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA: “Faces from the dark side haunt and intrigue”; review by Bill Beesom; March 20-26, 1997
Publisher’s Weekly; review of Who Is Ben? by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Kathryn Jacobi; April 14, 1997
ART SCENE; Los Angeles, CA;”Kathryn Jacobi”;review of exhibit at the Jan Baum Gallery; February
McAllen International Museum catalogue; essays by Terry Melton & Grady Harp;McAllen, TX September-November 1996
THE MONITOR; McAllen, TX; review by Berry Fritz;”McAllen International Museum presents exhibit of paintings by Jacobi”; September 13, 1996
THE MONITOR; McAllen, TX; review by Sarah Kessinger; “Jacobi comes to terms with loss of father
EL MANANA; Valle de Texas, Reynosa, Mexico; “Amor y muerte, memoria y destino”; Requiem Chorus review by Jorge Padin and Leonardo Rodriguez; full page Sunday, October 6, 1996
Los Angeles Times; Skirball Cultural Center; re:”Blessings and Beginnings”; “Virtues of ‘Blessings’ Shine Over Problems”; mention in review by William Wilson; October 9,1996
The Fresno Bee; review by David Hale; Dickens’ The Bride’s Chamber Artist was drawing like the Dickens; Sunday, February 8, 1996
Vital Signs (Catalogue Essay by Margaret Lazarri and Noel Cortin); Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; September- Novemeber 1995
RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE; review by Devorah L.Knaff: “Jacobi’s diva’s come to terms with grief”; October 8, 1995
JYDSKEVESTKYSTEN; review by Ulf Gudmunsen; “Kunst pa Kalvo, Kathryn Jacobi, American painter and graphic artist”; June 23, 1994
JYDSKEVESTKYSTEN; review by Karen Petersen; “American in Kalvo”; May 6, 1994
Blue Point Gallery Catalogue; essay by Robert Barrett, Director, Fresno Art Museum; Spring, 1993
ARTWEEK; (Review) by Jamey Brezinski; “The Curse of Ideology, Kathryn Jacobi at Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art”; May 1, 192
ARTWEEK; Review Shorts; April 11, 1991; review by Marge Bulmer
THE MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA; Volume 15, #1; “The Art of the Narrative”; by AbbyWasserman
YESTERDAY and TOMORROW: CALIFORNIA WOMEN ARTISTS; Sylvia Moore, Midmarch
Arts Press; NY 1989 (photo and essay: Autobiographical Imagery in the Art of Los Angeles Women)
LILITH; Spring, 1991; Volume 16, #2; “Turning Life into Art: Ruth Weisberg, Nancy Grossman, Kathryn Jacobi”; reprint from EXPOSURES
AWARDS (selected)
ArtMarket Magazine; Gold Prize (inclusion in magazine, 8 pages, interview and images Fresno Art
Museum: Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist for 2010; Fresno, CA; Show and Catalogue
Black and White and Color; Women In Photography International (WIPI); Los Angeles, CA (online) juried, international; 2nd Place
L.A. TIMES; review by M. Donahue; Galleries, Part VI, 12-2-88
ArtScene; review by Eleanor Wells; 11-88
ARTWEEK; review by Betty Ann Brown; 12-17-88/Volume 18, #43
The Fresno Bee; reviews and photo essays by David Hale; 10-22-89 and 11-10-89 Daily News; review by Lawrence Enscoe; 4-1-89
ARTspeak; New York; group review by Ed McCormack; 1-16-89 ARTWEEK; review by Ruth Weisberg; 5-10-86
West Hollywood Paper; review by Michael Lawrence; 5-8-86
L.A. Reader; reviews by Marge Bulmer (critic’s choice); 5-86, 11-87
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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 New York Public Library; New York City, NY
McAllen International Museum, McAllen TX Kirsten Kjaer Museum; Frostrup; Denmark
BC Hydro, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Brand Galleries, Glendale, CA
California State University, Northridge, CA
NTID, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
National Watercolor Society; Los Angeles, CA
Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
Adobe Krow Archives; Bakersfield, CA
BOOK and JOURNAL ILLUSTRATION
My credits include four books with Harper and Row (Collins) (including Who Is Ben?, written by Charlotte Zolotow,1997; Tomorrow’s Wizard by Patricia MacLaughlin; and The Half-A-Moon Inn by Paul Fleischman, New Directions House Mother Normal, University of Chicago Press Special Delivery: Contemporary Epistolary Fiction by Linda Kauffman, University of New Mexico Press, Duttons, The17
Sciences Magazine (American Academy of Sciences)several issues; 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 and scores of small press and academic journal covers and internal illustrations. I have served as Art Director of the Wallace Stevens Journal since 1976.
My own small publishing company, Waxwing Editions, has published The Bride’s Chamber, a recently discovered story by Charles Dickens, with a long essay by Harry Stone and my original illustrations, and The Popsicle Moon by Sean Stratton—a CDbook with a narration by Richard Dysart and my own illustrations.