Ferne Jacobs

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My work has gone from painting to Weaving, and then in 1970, I began to create three dimensional fiberwork using ancient basketmaking techniques, which I remain committed to today. This commitment grows out of a fascination that thread can be made solid, that by using only my hands and the thread, a form can be made that will physically stand on its own.

Doing work of this kind makes me feel a deep connection to a timeless past that emerges out of the earth. I am a link in bringing this ancient way of being into my own time, hopefully making it relevant as an artform, and helping nurture it into the future.    (more…)

Education

M.F.A., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 1976
U.C.L.A. “Off-loom Techniques in Fiber” Neda Ali-Hilali, Summer, 1970
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Scholarship Student, Asst. in Weaving, 1967-71
Dominic DiMare, private lessons in weaving, San Francisco, CA, 1967-68
California State University and Long Beach, Weaving, Mary Jane Leland, 1966-67
California State University at San Diego, Weaving, Arlene Fisch, 1965
Pratt Institute, New York, NY, 1964-65
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA, 1960-63

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

1999
One Person Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Detroit, MI

1998
Selections 1995-1998, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1995
Uncommon Threads, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Detroit, MI

1994
Ferne Jacobs, Recent Work, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

1992
One Person Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Detroit, MI

1991
Recent Fiber Sculpture, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY

1989
Viewpoints, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Detroit, Michigan

1989
Ferne Jacobs, Ritual Vessels, Twining Gallery, NY

1983
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
One Artist, Exhibition, Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1980
Ferne Jacobs, Fiber work and Drawings, A Retrospective Exhibit of 10 years work
Rex W. Wigmall Museum Gallery, Chaffey Community College, Alta Loma, CA

1977
Hadler/Rodriguez Galleries, New York, NY

1972
Galleria del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA

Group Exhibitions

2011
“All Things Considered IV,” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
“Golden State of Craft: California: 1960-1985,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2005
“Intertwined,” Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Travelled to James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2008, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, 2009, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM, 2009, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, 2010)
“High Fiber,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
“Transitions/Translations: Innovations in Basketry,” Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

2004
“Contemporary Fibers,” Wignall Museum/Gallery, Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA
“Celebrations,” Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
“Fiber Biennial 2004,” Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

2003
“California Looms: Woven & Constructed,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Transcending Process: Contemporary Fiber,” Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
“Generations/Transformations: American Fiber Art,” American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
Grand Opening Exhibition, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

2002-03
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, Washington D.C.

2002
“Los Angeles Artists/Los Angeles Collectors: Contemporary Baskets,” Los Angeles International Airport, CA
“Coming of Age,” Mint Museum of Art/Craft and Design, Charlottle, NC
“Escape from the vault: The Contemporary Museum’s Collection Breaks Out,” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
“Exhibition of the Permanent Collection,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
“Fiber Arts Today,” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
“Threads on the Edge,” a selection of works from the Daphne Farago Collection, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
“Survey Fiber 2002,” Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

2001
SOFA New York, Nancy Margolis Gallery

2000
“Surface-Strength-Structure: Pertaining to Line,” Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
“Miniatures: 2000,” Helen Drutt, Philadelphia, PA
“The Nature of Fiber,” Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY

1999
The Art of Fiber, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY

1997
Vessels, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Contemporary Art Basket, Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH

1996
Life Work -Individual Expression in Fiber, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA

1995
Exploring Along the Outer Edges, Sculptural Basketry, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Fiber: Five Decades, from the permanent Collection, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Arduous Happiness, Santa Monica College Art Gallery, S.M., CA
Sculptural Baskets, Joanne Rapp Gallery, AZ

1993
Linen, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
Baskets, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA

1992
Pro-Art Fiber Group Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Fiber Art – New Directions for the Nineties, Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, NH Sensibilities: Substance and Surface, Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College,
Los Angeles, CA
Four Artists Reflect 1971-1991, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Craft Today USA, organized by the American Craft Museum, NY
(touring Western and Eastern Europe and Russia through 1991)

1988
Up From L.A., Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Frontiers in Fiber: The Americans, organized by the North Dakota Museum of Art,
touring the Far East through 1990 (including Japan, Korea, and mainland China)
Basketry ‘88/Evolution Into Sculpture, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA

1987
The Modern Basket: A Redefinition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,
Pittsburgh, PA, and traveling to The Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
The Ritual Vessel, Twining Gallery, NY
New Work by Artists Featured in “Craft Museum, New York and touring through 1

1988
The Eloquent Object, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK and touring through 1989
Fiber Synthesis, Brea Gallery, Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Brea, CA
Baskets as Sculpture, Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986
Fiber Re/Evolution, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI and touring through

1987
Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York and touring through

1988
Material Images: 15 Fiber Artists, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

1985
Textile Constructs, California State University at Northridge, Northridge, CA
Selection ‘85, American Craft Council Benefit, Windows on the World, World Trade Center, NY
Fiber: Small Scale Works of Art, Modern Master Tapestries, Inc., NY

1984
American Basket Forms, Brook field Craft Center, Brook field, CT
American Craft Traditions, San Francisco International Airport, CA
Basketry, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA

1982
Tradition in New Form, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and touring to
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, and Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Other Baskets, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, and The Worcester Craft Center,
Worcester, MA

1981
Made in L.A., Contemporary Crafts ‘81, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Old Traditions/New Directions, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
The Masters, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA
Beyond Tradition: 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the American Craft Museum, NY
Fabrications, Riverside Art Center and Museum, Riverside, CA
Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1980
Synopsis Gallery, Winnetka, IL
The Contemporary Basket maker, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Opening Invitational Exhibition, Greenwood Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1979
The Basket -Maker’s Art, The Elements Gallery, New York, NY
Clay & Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM
Recap – Anderson Ranch, Visual Arts Center, Aspen, CO
Intimate Statements, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (drawings)
Art Rental Gallery Show I, Fall, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

1977
Fiber works, an International Invitational Fibers Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

1976
California Design ‘76, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
American Crafts, 1976, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
California Women in Crafts, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1975
Craftsman’s Art, Fairtree Gallery, New York, NY
Opening Exhibition of the Hadler Galleries, New York, NY

1974
First World Crafts Exhibition, Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Canada
First International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, British Crafts Centre, London, England

1973
Three Artist Exhibition, Fairtree Gallery, New York, NY
Fiber works, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

1972
Sculpture in Fiber, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fibre Structures, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Fibre Art by American Artists, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

HONORS & AWARDS

Awards for Visual Artists, Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA, 2005-6
Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists, 2006
Named a Fellow of the College of Fellows, American Craft Council, 1995
Artist in Residency at La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France, 1991
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1990-91

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY
The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Arts And Design, New York, NY
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Detroit Institute of the Arts, MI
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Edward J Lenkin, Bethesda, MD
Robert, Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA
David Charak, St. Louis, MO
Barbara and Eric Dobkin,
Betty Karen, Madison, WI
Sanford M. Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sharon and Mark Bloome, Seattle, WA
Joan Borinstein, Los Angeles, CA
Karen Johnson Boyd, WI
Gayle and Andrew Camden, Grosse Pointe, MI
Joan and Bernie Chodorkoff, Drayton Plains, MI
Karen Frederick, Scarsdale, NY
Ruth and Hershel Davis, Beverly Hills, CA
Charles Diker, New York, NY
Dominic DiMare, Tiburon, IL
Doris and David Evans, Chicago, IL
Daphne Farago, FL
Francois Grossen, New York, NY
Linda Grossman, St. Louis, MO
David C. Hensley, Los Angeles, CA
Barbara and Kenneth Juster, New York, NY
Ruth and Peter Kaufmann, New York, NY
Libby and Herbert Kent, Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Krebs, Inverness, CA
Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
Jack Lenor Larsen, New York, NY
Julie and Ed Levy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Gary Lewis Esq., Los Angeles, CA
Holly and Haynes Lindley, Ross, CA
Lois Lunin, Baltimore, MD
Toni and Richard Mac Kenzie, Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth and Alan Mandell, Los Angeles, CA
Jane and Irving Manning, Pacific Palisades, CA
Donna and Bill Nussbaum, St. Louis, MO
Kelly Jean Peters, Los Angeles, CA
Janice Raithal and Steve Young, Claremont, CA
Samuel and Eleanor Rosenfeld, Chevy Chase, MD
Florence and Iggy Samuels, Roslyn Heights, NY
George and Dorothy Saxe, CA
Donna Schneier, New York, NY
David Shaw, New York, NY
Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum, Los Angeles, CA
James R. Silber, M.D., Los Angeles, CA
Barbara Solomon, West Hartford, Connecticut
Lenore Tawney, New York, NY

CATALOGUES

Helen Drutt Gallery, Miniatures 2000, 2000
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, The Nature of Fiber, 2000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Made in California 1900-2000, 2000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Art of Craft, Contemporary Works From the Saxe Collection, 1999
The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Four artists Reflect 1971-1991, 1991
North Dakota Museum of Art, Frontiers in Fiber: The Americans, 1988
American Craft Museum, Poetry of the Physical, 1987
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, The Modern Basket: A Redefinition, 1987
Milwaukee Art Museum, Fiber Re/Evolution, 1986
Bowling Green State University, Material Image: 15 Fiber Artists, 1986
The Textile Museum, Old Tradition/ New Directions, Washington, D.C., 1981
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Made in L.A., Los Angeles, CA, 1981
Cleveland Museum of Art, Fiber works, Cleveland, OH, 1977
Pacific Design Center, California Design 1976, Los Angeles, CA, 1976
Museum of Contemporary Art, American Crafts 1976, Chicago, IL, 1976
British Crafts Center, First International Exhibition of Miniature textiles, London, England, 1974
Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Fiber works, Claremont, CA, 1973
Denver Art Museum, Fiber Structures, Denver, CO, 1972
Ball State University, Fiber Art by American Artists, Muncie Indiana, 1972
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Sculpture in Fiber, NY, 1972

BOOKS

Kari Lonning, The Art of Basketry, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., NY, 2000
Billie Surth Sudduth, Baskets- A Book for Makers and Collectors, Hand Books Press, Madison, WI, 1999
5000 Years of textiles, edited by Jennifer, Harris, British Museum Press, London, 1993
Barbara, Mayer, Craft Art: A Collectors Guide, Gibb M. Smith, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1988
The Eloquent Object, edited by Marcia and Tom Manhart, University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, 1987
Les, Krantz, The California Art Review,1980′s
The Basketmaker’s Art, Contemporary Baskets and Their makers, edited by Rob, Pulleyn, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 1986
Mildred, Constantine, and Jack Lenor Larson, The Art Fabric, Zan Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1981
California Design, California Design 76, 1976
Marcia Chamberlain, and Candace, Crockett, Beyond Weaving, Watson-Guptill Productions, NY, 1974
Octavio, Paz, In Praise of Hands, Contemporary Crafts of the World, Toronto,
Canada, 1974
Donna Z.Meilach, A Modern Approach to Basketry, Crown Publishers, Inc., NY, 1974
Pasadena Art Museum, California Design X, Pasadena, CA, 1968

MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS

“Past, Present, and Future at the Huntington: Seven contemporary artists explore the treasures of the museum, library and garden. Huntington Library and Gardens, Pasadena, Ca. The Magazine ANTIQUES, vol. 179, no.3, May/June 2012, pp. 156-171.
“Fiber Art Today,” edited by Carol K. Russell, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2011, cover and pp. 80-3.
The Fashion Spot, Francisco Costa’s Spring 2010 collection for Calvin Klein inspired by the work of Ferne Jacobs, May 8, 2010.
Buzzine Magazine, September, 2008.
“Lyric”, American Craft Magazine, P.96, Feb/March 2003
American Style, P.86, Spring 2003
Articles in Shuttle, Spindle and Dye Pot, Summer(P. 18) and Winter(P. 6) 1995/96
Interview, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, NY, 1995
Garrett, White, “Ferne Jacobs: The Will of the Weave”, Angeles Magazine, May 1991
“A Basket is…”, American Craft Magazine, Feb.-Mar. 1990
“A Passel of Baskets”, Town and Country Magazine, Aug. 1988
“Craft Today: The Poetry of the Physical”, Women Artists News, Fall-Winter 1987
Photographs, American Craft Magazine, Oct.-Nov. 1986(P.26), Aug.-Sep. 1987 (P.84), and June-July 1989 (P.78)
Janice, Raithel, “Encompassing Space”, American Craft Magazine, April-May 1983
Photographs, Craft Horizons, April 1972, June 1974, April 1976, July-Aug. 1979, Aug.-Sep. 1982
Janice, Raithel, “Embodiments of Time and Energy”, Art week, Fall 1980
“Ferne Jacobs”, Fiber arts, 1977

REVIEWS

Marsha, Miro, “Weaving Artistry into Baskets”, Detroit Free Press, Sep. 1992
Roxane, Orgill, “From Ferne Jacobs: New Ventures in Basketry”, Fiber arts, Jan./Feb. 1992
James, Auer, “Crafts redefined by New Generation”, The Milwaukee Journal, April 1987
David, Bonetti, “Art, High Fiber”, The Boston Phoenix, Feb. 1987
Suzanne, Muchnic, “Review of Textile Constructs”, Los Angeles Times, Sep. 1985
Fiber arts ( Review of Exhibition at the Hadler galleries, NY ), Jan./Feb. 1979

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecture, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA,2003
Lecture, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
2000,98,90,87,83,75
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
El Camino College, Lecture, Torrance, CA, 1996
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Lecture, Philadelphia, PA, 1995,85,73
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, 1994
Fiber Workshop, Penland, NC, 1992
Massachusetts College of art, Lecture, Boston,MA
California State University,Lecture, Long Beach, CA
University of Michigan, Lecture, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989
Lecture, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Center of Creative Studies, Lecture, Detroit, MI
University of Washington, Lecture, Seattle, WA
California State University, Lecture, North ridge, CA
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Workshop and Lecture, Gatlinberg, TN, 1988
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Workshop, Palo Alto, CA
Montclair State College, Workshop, Upper Montclair, NJ, 1987
Massachusetts College of Art, Lecture, Boston, MA
Swain School of Design, Workshop, New Bedford, MA
Designer Crafts Art Council, Schenectady, NY
The Textile Study Group of New York, Lecture, NY
Mendocino Art Center, Workshop, Mendocino, CA, 1986
University of Wisconsin, Lecture, Milwaukee, WI
Rhode Island School of Design, Lecture, RI, 1985
Massachusetts College of Art, Lecture, Boston, MA
Philadelphia College of Art, Lecture, Philadelphia, PA, 1985
Moore College of Art, Lecture, Philadelphia, PA
YN-YWHA, Lecture, New York, NY
Brook field Craft Center, Lecture, Brook field, Connecticut
Wesleyan Potters, Inc., Lecture, Connecticut
Arizona State University, Lecture, Tempe, AZ
Brook field Craft Center, Workshop, Brook field, Connecticut, 1984
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Workshop, Gatlinberg, TN
Miller/Brown Gallery, Lecture, San Francisco, CA, 1983
International College, Tutorial Staff, Los Angeles, CA, 1982
University of Kansas, Lecture, Lawrence, MI
Kansas City Art Institute, Lecture, Kansas City, MI
Fairbanks Hand weavers Guild, Workshop and Lecture, Fairbanks, Alaska
Visual Arts Center, Workshop and Lecture, Anchorage, Alaska
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Summer Course, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1981
Fiber works, Seminar, Berkeley, CA, 1980
Greenwood Gallery and American Craft Council, Workshop, Washington D.C.
Anderson Ranch, Workshop, Aspen, CO, 1979
Academy of Fine Arts, Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii
Parsons School of Design, Lecture, New York, NY, 1978
International College, Tutorial Staff, Los Angeles, CA
Textile Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, 1977
California State University, Textile Course, Los Angeles, CA
Pitzer College, Lecture, Claremont, CA
California College of Arts and Crafts, Summer Course, Oakland, CA, 1976
Boston University, Lecture, Boston, MA
Arcosanti- Haystack, Textile course, Mayer, AZ, 1975
World Craft Conference, Organizer of workshops for U.S. Day, Toronto, Canada, 1974
Fairtree Gallery, Lecture, New York, NY, 1973
California State University, on-loom/off-loom Weaving, Los Angeles, CA, 1972

PANELS

Gallery Talk, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Passion for Baskets Symposium 2009, in conjunction with the exhibit “Intertwined,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Fiber Art Weekend, Symposium and lectures related to the “Generations/Transformations: American Fiber Art,” exhibition, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
Fiber Artist Forum, Artists from the “California Looms: Woven & Constructed” exhibition, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2002
“Professionalism and the Artist”, Brea Civic Cultural Center Council, Chambers, Brea, CA., 1987
“An Inner Relationship to the Container”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MI
“The California Tradition in Fiber”, International Sculpture Symposium, Oakland, CA., 1982