GREGORY JACOBSEN
Born 1976, New Jersey
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
1998 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Unfamiliar Scent Wafting — Arsenic Galerie, Paris
2025 Smiles & Piles — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2022 Glamour Cats — La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 Effusive Supreme — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2017 Balm of Body, Spice of Flesh — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2014 Glistening Vivid Splash — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2012 Overwhelming Acrid Odor of Potential Paramour — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2010 Prostrate — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2007 Palpitating Remains — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2005 Glamorous Piles & Puffy Saddlebags — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2003 Potatoland — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2002 Sprawled Upside Down — Zg Gallery, Chicago
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Arch Enemy 13th Year Anniversary — Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia
2024
Bonkers — La La Land Gallery, Los Angeles
Arch Enemy 12th Year Anniversary — Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia
Head Games — Mortal Machine Gallery, New Orleans
2023
Potluck — Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles
Hi-Fructose Invitational — Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia
2022
Les Bonbons d’Arsenic — Arsenic Galerie, Paris
2021
Plethora — Arsenic Galerie, Paris
2020
Death Doula — La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles
2017
SUPER Natural — Aureus Contemporary, New York, NY
Para-Natural World — Zg Gallery, Chicago
2016
Destinesia — Stephen Romano Gallery, New York, NY
Rejected Prototype — The Franklin, Chicago
2015
Don’t Wake Daddy X — Feinkunst Kruger, Hamburg
2014
The New Bitch — Gitana Rosa, New York, NY
Suggestivism: Chronology — CoproGallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013
Altars of Madness — Casino Luxembourg / Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Risqué — Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Gallery Poulsen 10 Year Anniversary — Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen
Art Dorks Rise — Space: Eight, St. Augustine, FL
The Dreadfuls — Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
2012
Freak Wave — Musée de l'Érotisme, Paris
Anomalies — CoproGallery, Santa Monica, CA
Collecting is a Slippery Slope — Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle
2011
Chicago MDW Fair — participating artist with Zg Gallery, Chicago
Suggestivism — Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2010
ArtParis — participating artist with Bongoût Gallery, Berlin
Ripe: Juicy Contemporary Still-Life — SPAC Gallery, Seattle
2009
Fleischeslust — Bongoût Gallery, Berlin
Gangbusters — Plane Space, New York, NY
2008
Molluskkollectiv — Bongoût Gallery, Berlin
Freak Wave — Galerie Les Singuliers, Paris
2007
Don't Wake Daddy II — Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2006
Bridge Art Fair, Miami — participating artist with Zg Gallery, Chicago
(Un)Natural History — Zg Gallery, Chicago
Don't Wake Daddy — Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
Art Chicago — participating artist with Zg Gallery, Chicago
Claw Your Face Off — Plane Space, New York, NY
2005
The Animal Within — Catherine Edelman, Chicago
New Batch — Plane Space, New York, NY
Art Chicago — participating artist with Zg Gallery, Chicago
2004
Why Break The Spell? — Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
2003
Compendium — Zg Gallery, Chicago
Lurpious Showboat Follies — Butcher Shop, Chicago
2002
Brilliant — Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
12 x 12 — Zg Gallery, Chicago
Collections
Antoine de Galbert Foundation, Paris — Abscess Pear Tower, painting
MINART Museo Internacional de Arte, Mexico City — The Scavenging Party, painting
Museum of Modern Art Library, NYC — Still Damp, artist book; Re: Surgo, Berlin printed publication collection
Selected Press / Bibliography
2026
Charlie Hebdo (France) — Willem
2025
Third Coast Review — Carrie McGath
Portable Gray — Erik Wenzel
2023
Ox Fanzine (Germany) — interview
2022
Hidden Champion (Japan) — Yoshi Yubai
2021
Hi-Fructose — Liz Ohanesian
Art Press (France) — Richard Leydier
Beaux Arts (France) — Malika Bauwens
StirWorld (India) — Manu Sharma
2020
Seattle Stranger — cover
2019
Čapek (Italy) — Ivan Manuppelli
2018
Dangerous Minds — Paul Gallagher
2017
Chicago Tribune — KT Hawbaker
2016
BL!SSS — Liz Rice McCray
2013
Proximity — contributor
2012
Art Ltd. — Robin Dluzen
Czas Apokalipsy Koniec Dziejów W Kulturze (Poland) — Alicja Rekść
2011
Chicago Reader — cover
Alarm — Carrie McGath
2010
Chicago Tribune — Lauren Viera
NewCity Chicago — Jason Foumberg
M Magazine — Linda Wellhausen
2009
Seattle Stranger — cover
Penny-Ante — Rebekah Why
2008
Hi-Fructose — Nathan Spoor
Lifelounge (Australia) — Katie Olson
2007
Chicago Tribune — Alan Artner
Perfect Sound Forever — Mike Wood
Artension (France) — Martin Rey
Empty (Australia) — by Jess Scully
2006
Vice (Germany) — contributor, comics issue
F News Magazine — Natalie Edwards
2005
Time Out Chicago — Madeline Nusser
Chicago Tribune — Alan Artner
Chicago Sun-Times — Margaret Hawkins
2003
Mouth to Mouth — Julie Farstad
Chicago Sun-Times — Margaret Hawkins
Chicago Reader — Fred Camper
Chicago Tribune — Alan Artner
2002
Chicago Tribune — Alan Artner
Books / Catalogues / Artist Publications
2026
Unfamiliar Scent Wafting — catalogue, Arsenic Galerie & Le Dernier Cri, Paris
2025
Pretty Ugly — anthology, Viction Workshop, Hong Kong
2022
Freak Buck — anthology, Pig Roast Publishing, Providence
2021
Plethora — catalogue, Arsenic Galerie, Paris
2020
Glamour Cats — book, self-published
Cats Rock — anthology, Abrams Books, New York, NY
2014
Grilled Sourdough Skin — book, Subferior, Atlanta
2012
Still Damp — screenprint book, Re: Surgo, Berlin
Freak Wave: La Vague Scelerate — anthology, Orbis-Pictus Club, Paris
2011
Suggestivism — catalogue, Ginkgo Press, Los Angeles
Viande de Chavet — anthology, United Dead Artists, Paris
2006
Mollusk #3 — anthology, Bongoût, Berlin
2005
New American Paintings — anthology, Open Studios Press, Boston
Selected Podcasts
The Lydian Spin — interview with Lydia Lunch and Tim Dahl
Industry Tactics — interview with Friendly Rich