Rebecca A. Jacoby - Works On Paper

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Studio @ The Crane Arts Building
100 N. American Street, Suite #307
Philadelphia, PA 19122
267-808-6840 • rebecca@rajacoby.com

SHOWS

Survey, Summer 2007 Gallery Siano • Philadelphia, PA • July – August, 2007 • Drawings
The Variety Show • Falling Cow Gallery • 732 South 4th Street • Philadelphia, PA • Dec. 2 – 30, 2006
InLiquid.com Benefit v.6.0 • Auction and Benefit for InLiquid and the Abigail Rebecca Cohen Foundation •
The Crane Arts Building • Philadelphia, PA • October 7, 2006
Color, Lines and Spaces, Gallery Siano • Philadelphia, PA • January - February 2006 • Monoprints & Paintings on Paper
Walker Gallery • Denver, Colorado • 2003-2004 • Monoprints
Number 9 • Lambertville, NJ • February - November 2003 • Monoprints/Work On Paper
Patterns of Repetition, 450 Broadway Gallery, NY • December 2001 • Installation: Vagabond
Enve Salon • Crosby St., Nolita, NY • May – August 2001 • Work On Paper
Faculty Show • Art Department, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY • September, 2001
VI • 6 Group Show • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY • October 2000
6 x 2=13=ART • 6 Group Show • Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY • July 2000
Generations II • A.I.R. Gallery • Soho, NY • February 2000
Night of 1,000 Drawings • Artist’s Space • New York, NY • January, 2000
6 • Group Show • Lola, Chelsea, NY • winter, 1999-2000
Inside • MFA Thesis Show • Pratt Institute, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY • December 2000
Printmaking Holiday Show • Pratt Institute • Brooklyn, NY • winter, ’98-’99; ‘99-’00; ’00-‘01
Dream • Sculpture Installation • The University of CO, Boulder • summer 1994

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

Corporate Collection, Coventry • “Snowflake”, Mixed Media on Canvas • Purchased December 2006
Residency at Vermont Studio School • June-July 2006 • Johnston, VT
The Print Center • Philadelphia, PA • 2004 • Print Center Store Artist • Lunchbox Lecture, Monoprints • January 2005
Residency at Jentel Artists Residency Program • July 15th-August 13th • Lower Piney Creek, WY.
~One of four visual artists and two writers at the Residency
Master Printer at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking Monothon • Norwalk, CN 11/00, 11/02
Recipient, Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Fine Arts • Pratt Inst., 2001
~One of 8 graduating MFA students selected by the Dean and Faculty of the Fine Art Dept. for the award.
Symposium, 2000 • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY • One of seven MFA students in Gillian Jaegger’s
Symposium course selected by writer & critic Donald Kuspit to present work and receive critiques from
Invited critics in an open, campus-wide forum. Participating critics: Dan Cameron, Laura Hoptman,
Eugenie Tsai and Jeremy Gilbert-Rothe.
Founder of the Pratt Institute Graduate Student Group 6: Formed to provide critical analysis and support
to peers and to forge continued relationships outside of academia; group shows in Brooklyn and NYC.
Recipient, Joseph Skinner Fellowship in Art •Mount Holyoke College • 1999-2000
Monetary Awarded to a Mount Holyoke alumna for Graduate studies in the visual arts

PUBLICATIONS

Sheridan Press • Sheridan, WY• Public presentations of work by Jentel residents.
NY Arts • Review “Patterns of Repetition” • January 2001
I.S.C.A (International Society of Copy Artists) • Quarterly Magazine • “My Room” • spring, 2000
Arsis • The Creative Arts Magazine of Mount Holyoke College • Cover Design • spring, 1991

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

The Print Center • 1614 Latimer Street • Philadelphia, PA • October 2004
Philadelphia Print Collaborative • 1800 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia •Public Project Volunteer/Printmaker: The Rub; Love-In
The College Art Association • 275 Seventh Avenue • New York, NY • Member since 2000

EXPERIENCE

Archivist • Philadelphia, PA • October 2004 Robert Brand/Liz Werthman Collection • Cataloguing and inventorying extensive collection of Prints, Mexican Masks, Antiquities and Rare books
Kingsborough Community College• Brooklyn, NY • Adjunct Professor of Art • Fall Semester 2001
Printmaking: Taught etching: intaglio, relief, monoprint, viscosity and editioning to beginning & intermediate students; led critiques, student/teacher meetings; Organized, maintained printmaking studio.
Art History: Lecturer in Art History survey covering the Western Art Canon: Paleolithic to Modernism
Pratt Institute Teaching Assistance • Brooklyn, NY • 1999-2001
Silkscreen with Professor Michael Knigin: Assisted in teaching three undergraduate silkscreen courses; led instruction for building and preparing screen, applying emulsions; image development; color separation; printing technique; editioning; critical analyses.
Silksreen withProfessor Donna Moran: Assisted in teaching two undergraduate silkscreen courses; led instruction for screen preparation; technical and printing assistance; participated in critical analyses.
Etching with Professor Anne Gilman: Assisted in teaching fundamentals of etching on copper; tools use, intaglio process, printing technique; demonstrated viscosity printing; critiques and grading
Marjorie Van Dyke • New York, NY • Printmaking Studio Assistant • October 1999 – January 2001
Administrative: created filing system; organization of printer’s and artist’s proofs, supply inventory. Studio: work-up and printing of copper plates; editions, monoprints, editions of original Rembrandt plates; Artists worked with include Daniel Berlin, Joseph Haske, Kumi Korf, Mary Prince and Paul Resika.
Petersberg Press • New York, NY • Administrative and Archival Assistant • June 2000 – January 2001
Conducted comprehensive inventory, analysis and quality assessment of extensive contemporary print and painting collection of modern masters including Clemente, Hockney, Johns, Oldenburg, Rosenquist and Stella; handling and organizing numbered editions of prints; inventory entry; slide analysis.
Lisa Shaub • New York • New York, NY • Manager, Sales, Studio Assistant • October 1996 – February 2001
Assisted in opening retail store in NoLiTa in 1998; created sales, inventory and filing systems; Organization and upkeep of bank, credit-card and inventory; Sale of hand made hats and accessories; Studio production.
Carolyn Ray Studio • Yonkers, NY • Warehouse Manager; Studio/Office Assistant • June 1995 – July 1996
Warehouse Manager: production, quality assessment, packaging, shipping of hand made textiles; Studio: painting, silk screen, color-mixing, quality control

EDUCATION

Pratt Institute • Brooklyn, NY • Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking • February 2001
School of Visual Arts • New York, NY • Continuing Education • Printmaking • 1995-1998
Dieu Donne • New York, NY • Paper-making • 1997
California College of Arts and Crafts • Continuing Education • Painting • Fall 1994
Mount Holyoke College • South Hadley, MA • Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy • May 1991


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	SHOWS Survey, Summer 2007 Gallery Siano • Philadelphia, PA • July – August, 2007 • Drawings The Variety Show • Falling Cow Gallery • 732 South 4th Street • Philadelphia, PA • Dec. 2 – 30, 2006 InLiquid.com Benefit v.6.0 • Auction and Benefit for InLiquid and the Abigail Rebecca Cohen Foundation • The Crane Arts Building • Philadelphia, PA • October 7, 2006 Color, Lines and Spaces, Gallery Siano • Philadelphia, PA • January - February 2006 • Monoprints & Paintings on Paper Walker Gallery • Denver, Colorado • 2003-2004 • Monoprints Number 9 • Lambertville, NJ • February - November 2003 • Monoprints/Work On Paper Patterns of Repetition, 450 Broadway Gallery, NY • December 2001 • Installation: Vagabond Enve Salon • Crosby St., Nolita, NY • May – August 2001 • Work On Paper Faculty Show • Art Department, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY • September, 2001 VI • 6 Group Show • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY • October 2000 6 x 2=13=ART • 6 Group Show • Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY • July 2000 Generations II • A.I.R. Gallery • Soho, NY • February 2000 Night of 1,000 Drawings • Artist’s Space • New York, NY • January, 2000 6 • Group Show • Lola, Chelsea, NY • winter, 1999-2000 Inside • MFA Thesis Show • Pratt Institute, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY • December 2000 Printmaking Holiday Show • Pratt Institute • Brooklyn, NY • winter, ’98-’99; ‘99-’00; ’00-‘01 Dream • Sculpture Installation • The University of CO, Boulder • summer 1994 ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS Corporate Collection, Coventry • “Snowflake”, Mixed Media on Canvas • Purchased December 2006 Residency at Vermont Studio School • June-July 2006 • Johnston, VT The Print Center • Philadelphia, PA • 2004 • Print Center Store Artist • Lunchbox Lecture, Monoprints • January 2005 Residency at Jentel Artists Residency Program • July 15th-August 13th • Lower Piney Creek, WY. ~One of four visual artists and two writers at the Residency Master Printer at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking Monothon • Norwalk, CN 11/00, 11/02 Recipient, Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Fine Arts • Pratt Inst., 2001 ~One of 8 graduating MFA students selected by the Dean and Faculty of the Fine Art Dept. for the award. Symposium, 2000 • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY • One of seven MFA students in Gillian Jaegger’s Symposium course selected by writer & critic Donald Kuspit to present work and receive critiques from Invited critics in an open, campus-wide forum. Participating critics: Dan Cameron, Laura Hoptman, Eugenie Tsai and Jeremy Gilbert-Rothe. Founder of the Pratt Institute Graduate Student Group 6: Formed to provide critical analysis and support to peers and to forge continued relationships outside of academia; group shows in Brooklyn and NYC. Recipient, Joseph Skinner Fellowship in Art •Mount Holyoke College • 1999-2000 Monetary Awarded to a Mount Holyoke alumna for Graduate studies in the visual arts PUBLICATIONS Sheridan Press • Sheridan, WY• Public presentations of work by Jentel residents. NY Arts • Review “Patterns of Repetition” • January 2001 I.S.C.A (International Society of Copy Artists) • Quarterly Magazine • “My Room” • spring, 2000 Arsis • The Creative Arts Magazine of Mount Holyoke College • Cover Design • spring, 1991 MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS The Print Center • 1614 Latimer Street • Philadelphia, PA • October 2004 Philadelphia Print Collaborative • 1800 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia •Public Project Volunteer/Printmaker: The Rub; Love-In The College Art Association • 275 Seventh Avenue • New York, NY • Member since 2000 EXPERIENCE Archivist • Philadelphia, PA • October 2004 Robert Brand/Liz Werthman Collection • Cataloguing and inventorying extensive collection of Prints, Mexican Masks, Antiquities and Rare books Kingsborough Community College• Brooklyn, NY • Adjunct Professor of Art • Fall Semester 2001 Printmaking: Taught etching: intaglio, relief, monoprint, viscosity and editioning to beginning & intermediate students; led critiques, student/teacher meetings; Organized, maintained printmaking studio. Art History: Lecturer in Art History survey covering the Western Art Canon: Paleolithic to Modernism Pratt Institute Teaching Assistance • Brooklyn, NY • 1999-2001 Silkscreen with Professor Michael Knigin: Assisted in teaching three undergraduate silkscreen courses; led instruction for building and preparing screen, applying emulsions; image development; color separation; printing technique; editioning; critical analyses. Silksreen withProfessor Donna Moran: Assisted in teaching two undergraduate silkscreen courses; led instruction for screen preparation; technical and printing assistance; participated in critical analyses. Etching with Professor Anne Gilman: Assisted in teaching fundamentals of etching on copper; tools use, intaglio process, printing technique; demonstrated viscosity printing; critiques and grading Marjorie Van Dyke • New York, NY • Printmaking Studio Assistant • October 1999 – January 2001 Administrative: created filing system; organization of printer’s and artist’s proofs, supply inventory. Studio: work-up and printing of copper plates; editions, monoprints, editions of original Rembrandt plates; Artists worked with include Daniel Berlin, Joseph Haske, Kumi Korf, Mary Prince and Paul Resika. Petersberg Press • New York, NY • Administrative and Archival Assistant • June 2000 – January 2001 Conducted comprehensive inventory, analysis and quality assessment of extensive contemporary print and painting collection of modern masters including Clemente, Hockney, Johns, Oldenburg, Rosenquist and Stella; handling and organizing numbered editions of prints; inventory entry; slide analysis. Lisa Shaub • New York • New York, NY • Manager, Sales, Studio Assistant • October 1996 – February 2001 Assisted in opening retail store in NoLiTa in 1998; created sales, inventory and filing systems; Organization and upkeep of bank, credit-card and inventory; Sale of hand made hats and accessories; Studio production. Carolyn Ray Studio • Yonkers, NY • Warehouse Manager; Studio/Office Assistant • June 1995 – July 1996 Warehouse Manager: production, quality assessment, packaging, shipping of hand made textiles; Studio: painting, silk screen, color-mixing, quality control EDUCATION Pratt Institute • Brooklyn, NY • Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking • February 2001 School of Visual Arts • New York, NY • Continuing Education • Printmaking • 1995-1998 Dieu Donne • New York, NY • Paper-making • 1997 California College of Arts and Crafts • Continuing Education • Painting • Fall 1994 Mount Holyoke College • South Hadley, MA • Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy • May 1991