Jacob Rhodes' work explores codes of masculinity, class, and the inherent violence in homo-social interaction. The middle child of three boys born to a car mechanic and a school cafeteria cook, Jacob spent his youth touring in punk bands, publishing zines, and self producing records.
He received his BFA in New Genres and Photography from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, where he studied under Larry Johnson, Bruce Hainley, and Richard Hawkins. After graduating, he joined the US Army, spending three years in Alaska at Fort Wainwright’s 172nd Arctic Infantry Brigade. In 2005, he returned to school, attending Skowhegan School of Painting, and then earned his MFA in Sculpture at Yale School of Art in 2007. Jacob has shown at the Bronx Museum, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, Federal Art Project, Los Angeles, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, and Bart Wells Institute, London.
He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Image: A gate // A veil // A vessel, featuring 3 witches, Chiara No, Krystal DiFronzo, Jacquelyn Marie Shannon
