Janel Jacobson
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b. 1950, Minneapolis, Minnesota
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Renwick Gallery of The National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The International Museum of Ceramic Art, Roger C. Corsaw Collection,
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Art In the Embassies Program, American Embassy Wellington,
New Zealand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Contemporary Netsuke: Masterful Miniatures, Museum of Art and Design,
New York City, NY
2006 The Edges of Grace, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2004-05 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk
Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2002 Regional Artist Showcase, Carleton College Library, Northfield, MN
2002, 07 Turned Wood- Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, del Mano Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Netsuke: The Kinsey Collection, Chiba City Museum of Art,
Chiba, Japan
2000 The Renwick Invitational: Five Women in Craft, the Renwick Gallery of
The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC
The Renwick Invitational: Symposium, presenter, Renwick Alliance,
Washington, DC
1999 Netsuke: The Japanese Art of Miniature Carving, H F Johnson Museum,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1997 Contemporary Netsuke Miniature Sculpture from Japan and Beyond,
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1996 The Hand and The Spirit, Joanne Rapp Gallery, feature, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 Contemporary Clay, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Let's Play House: Artists and the Domestic Environment, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Craft Arts International, Kevin Wallace, "Celebrating Nature", Issue 62
International Netsuke Society Journal, Robert O. Kinsey, "Twenty-First
Century Netsuke", fall
2003 Sculptural Pursuit, Diana Dietvorst, "Janel Jacobson: Celebrates Nature’s
Smaller Treasures", Vol. 2 No. 4, fall
Wood Art Today, Dona Z. Meilach, p. 232
2002 Ceramics Monthly, "Ripples", Marguerite Wildenhain and her Pond Farm
Students, Billie Sessions, Vol. 50, No. 10, December, p. 48
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Renwick Gallery of The National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The International Museum of Ceramic Art, Roger C. Corsaw Collection,
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Art In the Embassies Program, American Embassy Wellington,
New Zealand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Contemporary Netsuke: Masterful Miniatures, Museum of Art and Design,
New York City, NY
2006 The Edges of Grace, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2004-05 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk
Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2002 Regional Artist Showcase, Carleton College Library, Northfield, MN
2002, 07 Turned Wood- Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, del Mano Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Netsuke: The Kinsey Collection, Chiba City Museum of Art,
Chiba, Japan
2000 The Renwick Invitational: Five Women in Craft, the Renwick Gallery of
The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC
The Renwick Invitational: Symposium, presenter, Renwick Alliance,
Washington, DC
1999 Netsuke: The Japanese Art of Miniature Carving, H F Johnson Museum,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1997 Contemporary Netsuke Miniature Sculpture from Japan and Beyond,
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1996 The Hand and The Spirit, Joanne Rapp Gallery, feature, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 Contemporary Clay, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Let's Play House: Artists and the Domestic Environment, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Craft Arts International, Kevin Wallace, "Celebrating Nature", Issue 62
International Netsuke Society Journal, Robert O. Kinsey, "Twenty-First
Century Netsuke", fall
2003 Sculptural Pursuit, Diana Dietvorst, "Janel Jacobson: Celebrates Nature’s
Smaller Treasures", Vol. 2 No. 4, fall
Wood Art Today, Dona Z. Meilach, p. 232
2002 Ceramics Monthly, "Ripples", Marguerite Wildenhain and her Pond Farm
Students, Billie Sessions, Vol. 50, No. 10, December, p. 48