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ARTIST STATEMENT
Throughout my life I have always had a greater visual sense about how the world looked versus other senses. This visual dominance in perceiving the world has profoundly affected my work as an artist. My art offers an infinite variety of visual perceptions and interpretations for the viewer. The viewer is told what the “real Life” image is in the title of the piece, but through abstraction and reconstruction of that image, the viewer is then asked and challenged to explore the shapes, colors, movements and forms, which the abstraction and reconstruction presents. Colors and shapes become emotion, while form and movement become attitude. Even when a work is easily recognized there is still a predominate thread of color, movement, shape and form. The techniques to achieve these photographic abstractions and reconstructions are a thoughtful and purposeful digital manipulation. Using a mouse rather than a brush to achieve a powerful medium of expression and communication creates this style of fine art. BIOGRAPHY
Prior to retiring in 2000 and devoting all of my time to photography and digital art, my professional career encompassed activities from social services to becoming involved with marketing, promotion and public relations in three large healthcare corporations. I later became the publisher of a small publishing house in Minneapolis that focused on adult and children’s books that addressed many types of family issues. After leaving the work-a-day world, I moved from Portland to Las Vegas. It was there that I began to promote myself as a serious artist focusing on creativity with photography and digital art. In 2008 I decided to return to the Portland area via Coos Bay where I presently resides.
I also have a strong belief that one should be involved in the communities I live in. Putting this belief in to action, I have actively served on several community boards and committees, most recently, the Contemporary Arts Collective in Las Vegas and the Coos Bay Art Museum in Oregon.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2010/2011 Solo Exhibition: "BUILDINGS", V2 Properties Corporate Headquarters, Portland, Oregon
2009 Solo Exhibition: Brand Ltd corporate headquarters, July thru September,Las Vegas, NV
2007 “New Works of Arthur Jacob,” Las Vegas, NV
2007 “It’s A Mystery”, Gallery 280, Coos Bay, OR
2007 Featured Artist, Gallery 280, March Art Walk, Coos Bay, OR
2007 Architectural Photographic Reconstructions, Gallery P, Las Vegas, NV
2006 Photographic Reality Reconstructed, L. Maynard Galleries, Las Vegas, NV
Juried
2011 Medial 3. Art Biennial Competition, Art Addiction, London, England
2011 2.Art Biennial Competition, Art Addiction, London, England
2009 Medial Museum, Biennale Competition, Art Addiction, London, England
2007 Medial Museum, 2nd Biennale Competition, Art Addiction, London, England
2007 Museum of Computer Art – chartered by the University State of New York
2007 “Exploration, a Twenty-First Century Art Exhibit”, Evergreen, CO
2007 Manhattan Arts International 24th Anniversary Exhibition, New York, NY
2006 Coastal Arts Museum, Half Moon Bay, CA
Group
2009 Art Addicition Medial Museum, London, England
2009 "Snap to the Grid", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2008/2009 Gallery of Fine Things, Las Vegas, NV
2007 Sixth Edition, Biennale International Dell ‘Arte Contemporanea , Florence, Italy
2007 ArtExpo - Las Vegas
2007 Museum of Computer Art, New York, NY
2006 Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
2006 Twin Lakes Gallery, Las Vegas NV
2006 Art of the Smile Exhibition and Art Auction, Las Vegas, NV
2006 “Snap To The Grid”, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006/2007 Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
Commissioned Works
2009 Rachel Wedman
2007 Nevada Arizona California Contractors
2006 Scott & Sandy Stolberg
2006 Sin City Sisters
Works in Corporate Settings
V2 Properties
Nevada Arizona California Contractors
Brand, Ltd.
Reviews
“Arthur Jacob’s work is inspiring, refreshing, intriguing and a delicious experience for all the senses. The bold colors and movements in his pieces are exciting and jubilant. By the use of his subject matter and unique interpretation of them, the viewer is literally drawn into it’s magic! As an interior designer, I love to use Arthur Jacob’s works to put the finishing touch to a specific space!” - 2011
Becky Najafi, De Atelier Design Group, featured designer in Luxury Magazine, Las Vegas, Nevada,
April, 2011 and one of several designers featured in Dream Homes Desert: A showcase of the Finest Architects, Designers & Builders in Las Vegas, Palm Springs & New Mexico, 2007, published by Panache. "Your works are breathtaking. I have seen a few artists try to do what you have accomplished but you have pulled it off." - 2011 Jonathan Steele, Abstract Photographer and lecturer
“Through the mastery of technical means, Arthur Jacob reinvents the living and characterizes it; demonstrating the reality through warm colors . . . inviting us to pure participation of the extension he exercises in his art.” - 2008
Emanuela Catalano, Dott. Prof. Storica dell ‘ArteDocente di Storica dell ‘Arte e
conservazione dei Beni Cuturali, Florence, Italy "Arthur Jacob tests the limits of photography, deconstructing reality in swirling patterns and a spectrum of glowing colors that render the known world mysteriously new." - 2006
Ed McCormack, Managing Editor, Gallery & Studio Magazine, New York, NY
Sept./Oct., 2006 I really respect Arthur Jacob's work and although there are a great number of digital artists whose art I am caught by, Arthur's use of color and excellent composition is outstanding. There is not a single piece that I have looked at that would benefit from cropping or adjusting the composition. The work is solidly designed within the boundaries he has set he reaches a degree of resolution that is not always achievable. I believe that the underlying structure in Arthur's work is easily musical, literally taking a beautiful sound piece in his mind and then matching it visually. Arthur Jacob not only works the flat surfaces of the final print but he also clearly loves to occasionally play with that surface and gain deep penetrations beyond the 2 dimensional physical plane. While his tools are the camera and computer, he achieves all the standards of any fine art painting.
I look forward to seeing his work in the years to come: he is on a magic journey and I intend to see where he goes. 2011 -
The Studio of Alan Kruger Chack
Articles
Featured Artist, Around Your Home Magazine, Las Vegas, March/April, 2007
Abstract Expressionism an accidental Discovery for a CB Artist, Coos Bay, World,
Arts Column, March 9, 2007 Local Artist Explores A New Direction In Contemporary Art, Q-Vegas, April, 2006,
Awards
2011 Diploma of Excellence, Medial 3. Art Biennial Competition, Art Addiction, London,
England - NEON LIGHTS
2009 Honorable Mention, Medial Museum, Biennale, Art Addiction, London, England - VEGAS BUILDING
2007 Work included in Best of Photography category, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2007 Honorable Mention, Medial Museum, 2nd Biennale, Art Addiction, London,
England - BUILDING II
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