The Art of Jonah Jacobs
"Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it. To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist." - W. Somerset Maugham
Latest Articles
Blight install at Collinwood Arts
Experimental art install
Posted on Dec 1, 2019 | Last Updated Dec 1, 2019
Installation art, blight, bottles, plastic, fluorescence
Termitaria Install at Kent State downtown gallery
Posted on Dec 1, 2019 | Last Updated Dec 1, 2019
Installation art, Kent State downtown gallery, upcycle, cardboard
Strombus #1
Posted on Aug 10, 2017 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2017
Organic looking sculpture made from cardboard, paint, dye, and oatmeal.
Strombus #1, mixed media, organic sculpture,
Fungal Bloom
Accidental art piece partially shaped by happenstance
Posted on Aug 10, 2017 | Last Updated Dec 1, 2019
Material alchemist who turns cardboard, paint, dye, oatmeal, and various other materials into intricate and beautiful art pieces.
Fungal Bloom, mixed media, organic sculpture, oatmeal, Styrofoam
Crenate #1
Posted on Aug 10, 2017 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2017
Crenate #1, mixed media, art, oatmeal, cardboard, organic sculpture
Peridium #1
Posted on Apr 10, 2015 | Last Updated Dec 10, 2019
Mixed Media art work
Mixed media, art, art work, peridium, Jonah Jacobs
Awards, Accomplishments, and Publications
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 | Last Updated Sep 28, 2020
Awards, Accomplishments, Publications
Artist Statement
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 | Last Updated Sep 17, 2020
Material alchemist who turns cardboard, paint, dye, oatmeal, and various other materials into intricate and beautiful art pieces.
Artist Statement
Purple, Blue, Green Polyp #1 (small)
Posted on Jul 30, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 27, 2014
Polyp, Organic looking, Contemporary art, up-cycle, sculpture, mixed media
Accretion #1
Organic Looking Sculpture
Posted on Jul 30, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2017
Organic Sculptural Art
Organic, Accretion, art, sculpture, up-cycle Contemporary art