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"You're art is spectacular!"
-Arielle Ford, author of Hot Chocolate
for the Mystical Soul |
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Rob Jacobs was born in Brooklyn, New York, and
grew up in Los Angeles, from the age of five with his father, Harry,
mother, Grace and his brother, Ray.
Much of his life has been centered around the
areas of music, art, health, meditation and the study of Eastern
thought and philosophy.
His work, in the field of commercial art, was,
in his own commercial art business, as a photo retoucher to the
advertising and entertainment industries. During the last
twenty years of his retouching business, he was located across
from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Rob’s dream,
however, was to produce his own images, and this was implemented
in 1990. |
Since then he has produced six series
of art, including: The
Warriors, The West, The Western Haiku, The Starbucks
Haikus and Angels of Protection. His
latest series, The Lakota Spirits, are his graphic representations,
of these spirits, inspired from the book, Meditations With
Native Americans – Lakota Spirituality by Paul Steinmetz.
His work is mixed media, including the use of photographic dyes,
paints, sand, glitter, airbrush, gels, and other materials. His
work is built from the palettes he created from his days as a retoucher. |
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Rob has participated in many
shows in the Los Angeles area, including, the LA County Museum
of Art, (where most of his pieces were either sold or rented before
the opening of the show). His work is in many collections in
the United States. In 2005 he was the featured artist during
the Angel Fest, held at the Learning Light Foundation in Anaheim,
California. His work has been utilized in television including
the shows “Boston Public,” “Family Law,” “Arrested
Development, ”Huff,” and others. His art was the
work of the character played by Toni Colette in the HBO movie, “Dinner
with Friends.” |
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As a former music major,
Rob is also working on a music project with fine artist/illustrator/musician
Greg Spalenka, and recording engineers/musicians Bill Brendle and
James Raymond. Everyone is enthusiastic about
this project. Much
of it sounds very tribal.
Rob lives in the Los Angeles area and has
two sons, Seth and Ethan. |
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Selected Exhibitions:
- 2007, group show, Bridging Heaven and Earth Art Project,
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Jan March 2007, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2006,
Angels and the West, solo show,
Woman’s Club of
Hollywood,October 1-31, Hollywood, CA
- 2005,
Angel Day, December 11, featured artist with Angels
of Protection Series,
The Imagine Center, Tarzana, Ca
- 2005,
group show, “Bridging Heaven and Earth” event,
Fresco Restaurant, Santa Barbara, Ca
- 2005,
featured artist, November 5 December 31, 2005,
Gaia opening, Los Angeles, Ca
- 2005,
Go! Albuquerque Art Festival, September 22-25,
Earthly Finds Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2005
Angel Day, July 24, featured artist with Angels
of Protection Series,
The Imagine Center, Tarzana, Ca
- 2005,
Angel Fest, February 5,
featured artist with Angels
of Protection Series,
The Learning Light Foundation,
Anaheim, Ca
- 2004
Group Show, July 27-August 15, “Got the Blues,”
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, Ca
- 2004
Group Show, April 17-18, Brewery Artwalk,
Topanga Canyon Gallery, The
Brewery complex, Los Angeles, Ca
- 2004,
March-April, Two-person show with Kathy Goldberg,
"From Angels to the Badlands,"
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, Ca
- 2004,
February 7-8, five-person show - Paul Blieden, Laurant Diemer,
Lyn Southworth, Carole Spence, Cassie Tondro,
partner in Kitchen Sink Arts project,
Lombardo Studios Gallery, Culver City, Ca
- 2004,
February 3-May 1, Two-person show with Nicole Elias,
Bank of America, Pacific Palisades, Ca
- 2003-2004,
December - February 1, One-Man Show,
"The Warriors, The West, The Angels,"
The Rose Cafe, Venice, Ca
- 2003
Group Show, "Topanga Canyon Gallery at the Madrid,"
The Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, Ca
- 2003
Group Show, Fall Artwalk ‘03,
Topanga Canyon Gallery
The Brewery complex, Los Angeles, Ca
- 2003
Group Show, "El Dia de Los Muertos,"
"A Celebration of Life and Spirit,"
Abuelitas Restaurant, Topanga Canyon, Ca
- 2003
One-Man Show, "Angels of Protection" Series 1-12,
Cafe Carolina, Encino, Ca
- 2003
Group Show, "Written Word,"
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, Ca
- 2002
Group Show, Lacy Primitive and Fine Art,
Los Angeles, Ca
- 2002
Group Show, "Ethereal Delights",
Rain Heron Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
- 2002
Group Show, "Abstract Thought and Other Matters of Import",
Rain Heron Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
- 2002
One-Man Show, "Angels of Protection"
and the Western Haiku Series,
En Sushi Restaurant, Los Angeles, Ca
- 2000
One-Man Show, Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, Ca
- 2000
Multi-media Event, "Themescape",
The Onion, North Hills, Ca
- 1999
Group Show, Simon/Schade Gallery,
Los Angeles, Ca
- 1998-1999
Group Show, South Boston Company,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1998
Multi-Media Event, "Evoke Wai-Woi",
Studio A Dance, Los Angeles, Ca
- 1998
Group Show, Art Rental and Sales Gallery,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, Ca
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Movie/Television:
2006 “Stand Off,” television
2006 “Medium,” television
2005 “Huff,” television
2005 “Sex and Lies,” television
2005 “Wild Life,” television
2005 “Must Love Dogs,” television
2005 “Arrested Development,” Fox
2001 “Dinner With Friends,” HBO
2000 “Family Law,” CBS
2000 “Boston Public,” Fox |
Publications:
2005 Painting for story, “The Witness,” Mystic
Pop Magazine, Warrior 10/Attainment from The Warrior Series,
Sept/October 2005 issue
2005 Painting for magazine cover, Mystic Pop
Magazine, Angel
12 from Angels of Protection series, July/August issue
1996 Painting for book cover, The Experience of Nothingness,
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Blue Dove Press, San Diego, CA
1995 Painting for book cover, Dialogues on Reality, Robert
Powell, Blue Dove
Press, San Diego, CA |
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