RAiR | 1991-92

John Jacobsmeyer

John Jacobsmeyer has contributed to the discourse in conceptual figuration for the past 17 years. He earned his BFA from the University of New Hampshire and an MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University. John is currently the director of printmaking at The New York Academy of Art. He has received artist residencies at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program in New Mexico, Anchor Graphics in Illinois and Cill Rialaig in Ireland. Awards include fellowships from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the Basil Alkazzi Award, Fulbright Foundation and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He has had recent solo exhibitions in Copenhagen, Seattle and New York City. (From RAiR 50th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog, 2017)