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Montclair Art Museum Collaboration with Ben Jones |
2023 ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ Created collages for stage projections of Sebastienne Mundheim's production of Kea and the Ark. May 6&7th
2023 Dupreé Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - Collage/Mixed Media
2018 Collaboration with Ben Jones, Montclair Art Museum, 13'x40' Collage Installation, Sept.
2016 The
McGraw Gallery, Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ (Solo) Oct. 14- Nov. 19
2015 Hunterdon
Art Museum , Clinton , NJ, The Collage Journal: The
First Decade (Retrospective) May 17 – September 6
2013 Better
Being 940, NYC, Selected Works (Solo), November 7- March 7
2013 The
Arts Guild of New Jersey, Rahway, Here, Not There, Curated by Jacki Cruz (City Without Walls) November 17 –
December 14
2013 The
Arts Guild of New Jersey, Rahway, NJ By
The Numbers: More or Less, Curated by Donna Gustafon (Zimmerli Museum) Oct. 13- Nov. 7
2013 The
Arts Guild of New Jersey, Rahway, NJ Abstract Lives, Curated by Virginia Fabbri
Butera Sept. 8- Oct. 3
2012 Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit Changing
Times: Seven Years of The Collage Journal May 4 - July 1
2012 SMI Gallery,
Montclair, NJ Portraits: Beneath the Surface , May 18 –
August 14
2011 Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie), France Exposition
en Plein Air, Ponts et Passages June
14-September 15
2011 SMI
Gallery, Montclair, NJ Sustainability
and the Artistic Vision Jan. 21-April 29
2010 The Montclair Art Museum, What is
Portraiture? September 24-
January 2, 2011
2010 Pierro Gallery, South Orange, Committee Committed June 13-July 18
2010 Gallery
MacEgan, Morristown, NJ Solo Exhibition, “The Collage Journal:
Fifth Year, April 13 – May 2
2009 BID
GALLERY 542, New Rochelle, NY
Bits and Pieces, curated by Jonathon
Talbot October - November 2009
2008 The
McGraw Gallery, Newark Academy, Livingston NJ, “The Collage Journal: Three Years” September 1-
27
2008 Luna
Stage, Montclair, NJ
Installation of five silk Collage Prints in conjunction with
Theater’s Play,”Elliot A Soldier’s Fugue”
2008 Ben
Shan Gallery, Wayne, NJ
American Impressions: Contemporary American
Printmaking 2008 Curated by Orfelia Garcia
2008 Kent
Place Gallery, Summit, NJ
Against Nature Jan. 10 –Feb 6
2007 Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson, NJ “Sanctuary” January 28 – March 2
2006 Pierro
Gallery of South Orange, Headlines Curated by Mary Birmingham
May
7 – July 16
2006 Ben
Shahn Gallery, Wayne, NJ
American Impressions: Contemporary American
Printmaking 2006 Curated by Dr.
Marilyn Kushner, Dept. Chair Print & Drawings, Brooklyn Museum March 20-April 21
2005 Robert Miller Gallery, Chelsea, NYC,
Postcards From
The Edge
2004 The
Montclair Art Museum, Evolving Identities: Figurative
Works from the 18th Century to Now, March 20 – August 1
2004 The
Creative Center, Chelsea, NYC, Six
Men Working: Metamorphosis,
February
14 – March 30
2004 Ben
Shahn Gallery, William Patterson Univ., Wayne NJ, American Impressions: Contemporary American
Printmaking Feb. 2- March 5
2004 New
Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, International Juried Show Jan. 27- March 18 Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum
2003 Gallery
214 Artspace, Montclair,NJ Montclair
Fine Art National Juried Exhibition Received Best in Show Award, November 14 – December 5
2003 CFB Space, Chelsea NYC Freaks, October 22
2003 The
Westminster Gallery,
Bloomfield, NJ. 6th Annual Studio Montclair
Exhibition, Juried by Joseph Jacobs, Newark Museums Curator
2003 The
Midland Gallery, NJ, Six Men Working Now May2
– June 7
2003 Museum
of Humour and Satire, Grobovo,
Bulgaria -
2002 R-Space
Gallery, Montclair, NJ Six Men Working
June-July
2002 Montclair Art Museum, Face
To Face (Installation of 27 Large Scale Mixed
Media Portraits) February 23- April 28 Grand Re-Opening of the Museum.
2001 City Without Walls, NJ Joined
Together/ Pulled Apart April
26-June
2001 City Without Walls, NJ All Blues March 8 – April 19
2000 NJ
Center For Visual Arts, Summit, NJ The
International Juried Show 2000 Dan Cameron, The New Museum of
Contemporary Art Jan.
30 March 27
2000 City
Without Walls, NJ The Color Line In the 21st Century Jan. 20-March
3
2000 The
Gallery at Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ It’s About Time Jan. 10-Feb. 4
1999 City Without Walls, Newark, NJ Flip July 22- Sept. 3
1999 The Islip Art Museum, Anthony
Giordano Gallery, Oakdale, NY
Selections: Collage June
9-August 1
1999 The Wilson Gallery, 20th Annual; Mountain
Lakes, NJ Featured Artist
1999 New
Jersey Center For Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Selected In The International
Juried Show ’99; Juried
by Lisa Dennison, Chief Curator of The Guggenheim Museum, NYC
1999 Kenny
Schacter/Rove Gallery, NYC
Postcards From The Edge December 12
1998 The Gallery at Newark Academy,
Elizabeth B. McGraw Arts Center,
Livingston, N.J. Large
Scale Collage Solo
Exhibition November 2 - 30
1998 City
Without Walls, Newark, N.J. July 23 -
September 4 Mixed Medea
1998 The Bergen Museum of Art and Science,
Paramus N.J. May 15 - June 21
Layered Visions Solo
Exhibition. Catalog.
1998 Simon Gallery, Morristown, N.J. Two
Person Exhibition. April 17- May 16
1997 The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair,
N.J. February 1- April 13
1996 City Without Walls. Newark,
N.J. July 25-September 6 Humanimal
1996 Seton Hall University, Newark,
N.J. May 18-July 31
Extenuating Circumstances, Steven Sennott, City Without Walls
1995 The Gallery of South Orange, South Orange , N.J. June
11-28
Two Person
Exhibition. “Displacement (Recent Collage)”
1995 The Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
February 1-28 Four Surrealists
1992 A.I.R. Gallery; NYC Holiday Invitational December 8 - January 2, 1993
1992 City Without Walls; Newark N.J.
Selected
work in The 17th Annual New Members Show August 27 – October2.
1992 Montclair State College Art Gallery; Montclair,
N.J.
1991 First Night Montclair; Hahns Dept.
Store Window, Montclair, NJ
Window Installation for Montclair First Night Dec. 1991
1991 O.I.A. Gallery; 148 Duane St., N.Y.C. 15th Anniversary Salon Show Nov.
1990 S.H.L.R.C. Gallery; College at
Morris, Randolph, N.J. April 5 - May 2.
Solo retrospective
exhibition.
1989 AMB
Gallery; Hoboken, N.J. Collage 1983-1989 Retrospective exhibition
including thirty collages over a seven year period. Nov. 13- Dec.r 23.
1989 AMB
Gallery; Hoboken,
NJ. Works
on Paper July 7-August 3.
1989 Jefferson
Trust Gallery; Hoboken, NJ
Hoboken Eyes April 22-May 7.
1988 Lower West Side Visual Arts Center; N.Y.C.
January. Alumni exhibition.
1984 ABC No Rio Gallery; N.Y.C. Window Series, Silver Prints Jan. 2 - 28.
1983 MARI Gallery; Mamaroneck, N.Y. Collages February
27 - April 3.
1982 Purchase North Gallery; S.U.N.Y College at Purchase, Purchase,
N.Y.
Exhibition of Silver
prints. December 4 -January 4.
PUBLIC ART / COMMISIONS
2011 Saint-Gervais
Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie), France Exposition en Plein
Air, Ponts et Passages June
14-September 15
2008 Luna
Stage Theater Co., Montclair, NJ Installation of 5 Silk Prints from The
Collage Journal in conjunction with “Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue”
2002-03 Luna Stage Theater Company, Montclair, NJ Collages used for playbills, announcement
cards and Theater Windows
2001 The
Montclair Economic Development Corp.
“Ground Zero” Collage used on card for benefit party. Also piece was
auctioned off for WTC Fund.
2001 Collage
realized as Symbolic Image for “Evening of Hope”. An evening of Readings and
Performances in reaction to the attack on America .
2001 Township
of Montclair, Five Collages selected & realized as street banners.
VIDEO / FILM
COLLECTIONS
2005 Senior Care and Activities Center,
Montclair, NJ
2004 Massachusetts Audubon, Wellfleet
Mass. Wildlife Sanctuary
2003 Museum of Humour
and Satire, Grobovo, Bulgaria
1999 The Montclair Art Museum, Darwin 1997
1998 The
Bergen Museum, Birth and Passing II 1997
1995 Towers Perrin, Intl. Consulting
Firm, 335 Madison Avenue NYC
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Kolaj
Magazine, November,
The Collage Journal
2008 Birch Brook Press, Where Things Are When You Lose Them,, Cover Art
2006 The Collage Journal, The First Year,
12 hardcover books, self published
2004 Photoshop User Magazine,
July/Aug. Featured Artist in Showcase
1984 Possum
Press, New York University, N.Y.C. Smiling at Possums; Artist's Monograph book of poetry. Hand Type-set &
printed on Japanese paper. Ed. 50.
LECTURES \ TELEVISION
10/22/17 Westfield Art Assoc. & Contemporary Art
Group, Lecture, The
Collage Journal
11/6/15 Speaker & Presentor,
Pages and Passages: 21rst
Book Arts Symposium, Rutger Univ.
3/23/13 NJTV, PBS, State of The Arts,
Profile on Peter Jacobs: Collage Artist
2/2007 The
Lush Life, Montclair, NJ; Featured in 30 minute TV
show profiling artists.
9/13/06 &
10/29/04 The
Murray Hill Center Inc., NYC;
Forum for professional printmaking artists
3/10/02 Montclair Art Museum, Lecture on my
Exhibition “Face To Face”.
2/99 Flushing Council on the Arts,
Flushing Queens;
Speaker at Symposium
11/98 The Newark Academy, Honorarium
Lecture
4/95 Suburban Cablevision, TV3, Featured
on “EXPOSURE” Artist
Profile Series.
2/8/94 Montclair Art Museum; Promoting Yourself As
An Artist
Speaker
on Photography, Presentation & Art Resources for the Artist.
4/30/90 Honorarium Lecture; Influence & Process
Visual Arts
Department College at Morris, Randolph,
N.J. .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 xx New Jersey Stage, Creating Art From Newspapers Every Day For 18 Years
2021xxxxMontclair Local, 16 Years, 6,000 Collages, 1 Montclair Artist: Peter Jacobs' Extraordinary" Collage Journal"
2021 xixBucks County Herald, "Source is the news, but result is a surprise"
2015 NJ Monthly, Eric Levin "A Knife Way to Start the Day", May
2015 The Montclair Times, Gwen Orel, "Montclair Artist Peter Jacobs's Collage Journal Turns
10"
2013 Artslant New York, By The Numbers: More or
Less, Mary Gregory
2013 Artslant New York, Abstract Lives, Mary Gregory
2012 The Star Ledger, Peter Jacobs’
Collage Journal in Summit, Dan Bischoff
2011 Strathmore
Fine Artist Papers
Winter/Spring Newsletter, Featured artist, Layered Visions
2010 The
Montclair Times, Front Page Arts, “What is Portraiture” Novemebr 18
2010 The
Montclair Times, Front Page Arts , Summer Salon June 17
2010 NJ
Monthly, Lifestlye, Eric Levin “Cutting
and Pasting the News”, April
2010 The
Montclair Times, Spotlilght, Elizabeth Oguss, April 1
2006 The
New York Times, Arts & Entertainment, pp. 12 Ben Genocchio
“The Medium is the Medium”
2006 The
Star Ledger, Front Page (Today) Dan Bischoff “The Art of War”
2005 The
Montclair Times, Art s, Oct. 13 Cover Story,pp.3 & pp.4, Knifing the news, Eric Levin
2003 The
Montclair Times, Arts,
June 5 pp. 1, Reflecting the world we live in
2002 The
Star Ledger, Artnotes , Todays Spotlight, Dec 25 pp.71, Camera
Work, Dan Bischoff
2002 The
New York Times, “Melding Tradition With Modernity”,
William Zimmer March
3 N.J. Section, pp. 11
2002 The
Montclair Times, “Artist Peter Jacobs’
Portraits Blend Painting, Sculpture & Photography” Feb. 21 pp. B1
2002 The
Star Ledger, Montclair Art Museum
Redoubles it’s Efforts, Dan Bischoff, Ticket, pp
25, March 3
2002 The
Montclair Times, Peter Jacobs “Face To
Face” Brings Eyes To Montclair, Elizabeth Ludas, D1,
Feb. 21
2002 The
Montclair Times, Peter Jacobs Portraits Blend
Painting, Sculpture & Photography, Arts & Entertainment,
B11, Feb. 14
2001 The
Montclair Times, Front Page Reproduction,”Evening
of Hope” pp8 Sept. 27
2001 Art Review: "Joined
Together/Pulled Apart"
The Star Ledger May 4 pp5
1999 Art Review: “Flip” Dan Bischoff The Star Ledger Aug. 1 pp. 5
1999 Art Review: John Lee The Suffulk
County News June 24, pp. 14
1999 ART: Dan Bischoff The Star Ledger Aug. 1, pp. 5
1997 Art Review; Barry Schwabsky The New
York Times Feb.
16, pp. 12
1997 Spotlight; Dan Bischoff The Star Ledger Feb. 16, pp. 1
1996 Art Review; Vivien Raynor New York Times July 7, pp. 13
1995 The Town Crier. N.J. pp. 3 (Reproduction)
1998 ART: “Real Exhibitions, Experienced Virtually; Matt Muro The
New York Times
1998 ARTS: Hot Tickets; Dan Bischoff The Star Ledger June 19,
pp. 39
1995 Out
& About, The Bernarndsville Times, N.J. Front
page (Reproduction)
1995 Art,
by Eileen Watkins, The Star Ledger, N.J.
1993 Arts
& Entertainment; The Montclair Times, May 20, pp. A8
1992 Arts Calendar; The Montclair Times, May 14, pp.
B5 (Reproduction)
1991 The Montclair Times; December 12, pp. A 3
(Reproduction)
1990 Arts
Calendar; The Montclair Times, April 12,
pp. B5 (Reproduction)
1989 Exhibits,
by Jane Greenstein, The Gold Coast, Hoboken, N.J.
December
21, pp. 9 & 53. (Reproductions)
1989 Hudson
Life, by Jane Greenstein, The Jersey Journal, N.J.
December
15, pp. 31. (Reproduction)
1989 Art,
by Eileen Watkins, The Star Ledger, N.J.July
21, pp. 49. (Reproduction)
1989 Exhibits,
The Gold Coast. Hoboken, N.J. April 27,
pp. 21. (Reproduction)
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2003 Montclair Fine Art National Juried
Exhibition Best in Show Award, Gallery 214 Artspace,
Montclair,NJ
1991 The New Jersey State Council on the Arts;
Recipient of the top New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual
Fellowship Award.
Workshops/Residencies
2016 JoyArt,
New Paltz, NY Artist Residency
2012 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey,
The Art of Collage & The Daily Practice of Art
2009-2010 Montclair Art Museum, Promoting Yourself as an
Artist
CURATORIAL