Blinn Jacobs
Blinn Jacobs is an abstract artist and the basis of her work has been a dialogue between polygonal “shaped” canvases and the use of “painterliness” in regard to color. She studied at the Yale School of Art as a special student for four years and received her MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.
Her work as been in numerous one-person shows including, University of Wyoming Art Museum in Laramie, WY, Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA and The Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven in addition to many group shows. She has received awards from the CT commission on the Arts, the Slivermine Arts Center, and fellowships from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Schwandorf, Germany. Her work is in private and public collections, including the University of Wyoming Art Museum, the city of Schwandorf, Germany and the Tarragon Corporation.
Blinn lives and works in Branford, Connecticut.
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