Education
1996	Plate Lithography Workshop, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1993	Scuola del Nudo, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
1989	M.F.A., Painting & Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
1986	B.F.A., Painting, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Selected Solo Exhibitions (with exceptions)
2006	What Ban on Human-animal Hybrids? Pratt Institute Printmaking Gallery, Brooklyn
2005	Superhero Lonely, Jack the Pelican Presents, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2004	Grandiosities, (two person) Fraser Gallery, Georgetown, DC
2003	Accurate Deceptions and Other Optical Illusions, Karl Drerup Art Gallery Plymouth State College, NH
2002	An Orphan Driven Mad by Pastures and History, Fraser Gallery Bethesda,MD Impossible Patrimonies, The New York Academy Gallery, NYC
2001	Strangely Distorted Views of Very Important People, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2000	Sleepwalking with G.I.Joe, Fraser Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1999	Saints and Survivalists, Anchor Graphics, Chicago
1998	Frontier Fever, Kougeas Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1996	John Jacobsmeyer Faculty Review, University Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire
1993	Paradossi In-Naturali: Recent Works by John Jacobsmeyer, Ex-ministry of Agriculture, Florence, Italy
1990	John Jacobsmeyer: Recent Works, William Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
1989	John Jacobsmeyer (Five Emerging Painters,) J.S. Ely Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Selected Group Exhibitions and Expositions
2008	Dangerous Women, DFN Gallery, NYC Admire/inspire/Aspire, Paper New England, Hartford, CT
2007	New Prints 2007, IPCNY, NYC Wet, DFN Gallery, NYC Keeping it Real, traveling exhibition curated by Jerry Kearns Locations: Western Michigan State Univ., Pace University.
2006	Salon 2006, New York Academy of Art, NYC Scope NYC, Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery The Woods, DFN Gallery, NYC
2005	Animal Tales, DFN Gallery, NYC Art Chicago, Jack the Pelican Presents, Chicago, IL Scope Hamptons, Jack the Pelican Presents, Southhampton, NY
2004	Scope Chelsea, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York City Scope Miami, Jack the Pelican Presents, Miami, FL Invitational Exhibition & Auction, Momenta Gallery Brooklyn and White Columns, NYC Prints of the Year, Franklin Pierce College, Concord ,NH Faculty Review, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2003	Prints Only, Fraser Gallery, Wash., DC Printworks 2002, Seattle Arts Commission, Key Tower Gallery,Seattle Vision and Mark-Making, New England College Gallery, Henniker, NH
2000	Muka 366/2000, Auckland, New Zealand(traveling show)
1999	Drawing and Printmaking: A Dialog, Fort Point Gallery, Boston Flesh In-Action, Fort Point Gallery, Boston The Patrimony Corrupted, University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1997	The Artist Revealed: 1997 Studio Art Program Exhibition, The Art Gallery University of New Hampshire,      Durham, New Hampshire
1996	Allegory and Identity, Visceglia Art Center, Caldwell College, New Jersey Genius Loci: A Sense of Place, traveling exhibition: Prallsville Mill, Stockton, New Jersey, Baxter Gallery,      Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
1994	New England/New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Lunatics and Lovers, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Fantastically Real, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1991	The Eternal Male: Ares and Pluto, Sherry French Gallery, New York, New York Intimate Interiors First Street Gallery, New York, New York Contemporary Charleston, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina; traveling exhibition:      Anderson, S.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Columbia, S.C.
1990	Salon 1990, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
Selected Honors and Awards
2008	Artist in Residence Fellowship, Anchor Garphics at Columbia College, Chicago
2007	New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, for works on paper
2002	Pollack Krasner, Grant to fund ongoing woodcut book
2000	MacDowell Colony, summer residency May/June
1998	Ragdale Foundation/NEA Fellowship, and summer residency
1996	Artists Fellowship, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
1994	Basil Alkazzi Award Artists Fellowship, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
1993	Fulbright Extension Grant
1992	Miguel Vinciguerra Fellowship Fulbright Fellowship, to study in Italy for 10 mo. Fulbright Travel Grant, to and from Italy
1991	Roswell Art Center Residency Grant, one year residency
1989	Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Yale University School of Art
Selected Catalogs
Martin,Craig. The Patrimony Corrupted, exhibition catalog, publisher:Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 1999 Poras, E. Linda. New England / New Talent, exhibition catalog, published by Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA 1994, p. 10 Bradford R. Collins, Contemporary Charleston, exhibition catalog , publisher: Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC 1991 Nathan, Jacqueline. Accurate Depictions? Figurative Realist Paintings, exhibition catalog , printed by      Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 1986
Selected Reviews (by date)
James Kalm, Review, Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2005 Weekend Event, Daily Candy NYC, June 10-12, 2005 Review, Village Voice, NYC Guide, June 2005 Craven, Robert. Spotlight Review, “Accurate Deceptions and Other Optical Illusions” Art New England, Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004 Calabria, Karen. Interview, 24/7 Brooklyn Arts Cobble Hill Carroll Gardens Courier, May 26, 2003 Dawson, Jessica. Review, The Washington Post, Oct. 3, 2002 Pope, Laura. Review, The Union Leader, Feb.1-4, 2001 Protzman, Ferdinand. Review, The Washington Post, May 11, 2000, CO5 McCartin, Jeanne. “Challenging Assumptions,” Portsmouth Herald, May 19, 2000, B5, B6 Parcellin, Paul. Review, Art New England, 20th year , April/May 1999, p.39 McQuaid, Cate. “My G.I. Joe, Myself: one man’s private frontier, “Boston Globe, Jan. 14, 1999, pp. E1, E6 Wildman, David. “Graphic look at Narrative Painting Genre,” Boston Sunday Globe, 3 Jan. 3, 19 99, pp. C9, C10 Ruggieri, John. “Tableaux vivants,” Bay Windows, Dec. 17, 1998, pp. 12B, 13B Dagostino, Mark. “Exhibit presents fresh new works,” The Boston Sunday Globe, April 6, 1997, City Weekly Calendar Section Hamm, Christine. “You decide what they are: Jacobsmeyer’s landscapes work the imagination,” Concord Monitor,      March 27, 1997 pp. D-1, D-6 “Canvas Crusader,” Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, NH, March 14, 1997, p. B5 Isaacson, Philip. “A show of six artists taking place ...,” Maine Sunday Telegram, Nov. 17, 1996, p. 8E “Kudos,”      ArtNews Magazine, Jan. 1995, p. 38 Hamm, Christine. “It’s a wild, wild world - Down on the farm with John Jacobsmeyer,” Concord Sunday Monitor,      Nov. 17, 1994, pp. 1, 3, 14 Fletcher, Nina. “Neomannerists fail to please,” Worcester Magazine, 1 Jun. 1, 1994 McQuaid, Cate. “The Twilight Zone,” South End News, May 26, 1994, pp. 13-15 Magiera, Frank. “Fitchburg’s ‘New Talent’ exhibition quite impressive” Telegram & Gazette, May 13, 1994 Hill, Shawn. “Other Worlds,” Bay Windows, May 12, 1994, pp. 27, 28 Giuliano, Charles. “The Surreal Thing,” The Improper Bostonian, May 11 – 24, 1994 Nigrosh, Leon. “Come out, come out: Spring brings 24 ‘new’artists...,” The Worcester Phoenix, Apr 22, 1994 Day, Jeffrey. “Charleston exhibit rich and diverse,” The State, Columbia, SC, Feb. 2, 1992, pp. 1F, 4F Rusnell, Wesley A. “Second annual artists’ residency show opens,” Roswell Daily Record, Roswell, NM, Jan. 1992 Day, Jeffrey. “Contemporary ties to the past,” The State, Columbia, SC, Jan. 21, 1991, p. 1F Drake, Nicholas. “Exhibit showcase diversity of local talent,” The News and Courier/The Evening Post, Charleston, SC,      Jan. 20,1991, p. 9G Drake, Nicholas. “Arts retrospective joins opposing sides,” The News and Courier/The Evening Post, Charleston, SC,      Aug. 12,1990, p. 10F) Drake, Nicholas. “New look at art,” The News and Courier/Evening Post, Charleston, SC, Feb. 1990, p. 2F “Five emerging painters exhibit at Ely House,” New Haven ARTS, Feb. 1989, p. 10 Bruner, Louise. “Focus is on Realism in current exhibition at BGSU Art Gallery,” Toledo Blade, Oct. 8, 1986, p.11 Television March 2003 “Printmakers Only: An Exhibition of Handmade Artist’s Prints,” Maryland Public Television Nov.2002 “John Jacobsmeyer: New Paintings,” Ann Avry, producer Maryland Public Television, one half hour Interview      (played several times each month for one year) Rockville, MD Feb. 2001 “Strangely Distorted Views...,”(brief seacoast arts story interview), WMUR TV, Manchester, NH