A California native, Ivy Jacobsen settled into the San Francisco Bay Area after graduating from San Francisco State University with a BA in painting and printmaking in 2000. She continued her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and studied painting and art history abroad in Paris, France. She began her career as a full time artist in 2005 and has quickly emerged as a prolific fine artist with a unique process of incorporating magical realism into her layered landscapes.
Jacobsen has attracted the attention of collectors worldwide with exhibitions in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and Asheville, NC. Her work has been featured in television shows and commercials, as well as in many public collections throughout the United States, including Zuckerberg General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, the Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, and the Emory Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. In addition to her regular exhibitions, Jacobsen creates a steady stream of commissioned work for private and corporate clients.
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BORN
California, 1974
Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Painting and Printmaking, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA
1996 Semester Abroad, Art History, Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS, SELECTED
2024 Conversing With Flowers, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Wonderland, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 New Works, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
2020 Into the Wild, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Nature’s Poems, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 A Place to Dream, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Ethereal, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 New Works, 201 California Street, San Francisco, CA
2013 Last Light, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Alchemy, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
2008 Seeing Through, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
2001 New Work, The University Club, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS , SELECTED
2024
48 Pillars - Bay Area Group Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Celebrate Art, 31st Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Small Works - Big Impact, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
Ivy Jacobsen , Hillary Waters , Amy Gross, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
2022
Celebrate Art, 30th Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ivy Jacobsen - Hillary Waters, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
Seattle Art Fair, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Summer Selections, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
2021
Small Works - Big Impact, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
Celebrate Art, 29th Annual Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Small Works - Big Impact, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
Summer Selections, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
2020
Small Works - Big Impact, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
Emergence, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
Celebrate Art, 28th Annual Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
31 Women, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
2019
Small Works - Big Impact, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
Celebrate Art, 27th Annual Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Prophecy of Nature, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Four Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
Celebrate Art, 26th Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Into the Woods, MIXX Projects + Atelier, Telluride, CO
48 Pillars - Bay Area Group Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco + Budapest, MIXX Projects + Atelier, Telluride, CO
2017
Retrospective 10, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Celebrate Art, 25th Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
Squared Alumni, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Illuminate, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Celebrate Art, 24th Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Elemental, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA
2015
Celebrate Art, 23rd Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Affordable Art Series No.3, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA
2014
Affordable Art Series No.2, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco CA
Celebrate Art, 22nd Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artmageddon: A Group Holiday Show, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL
Annual Art Trunk Show, Stephaine Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley CA
2013
Celebrate Art, 21st Annual Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Summer Group Show, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur CA
New Voices New Visions, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur CA
2012
Los Angeles Art Show, HANG ART Gallery Booth, Los Angeles CA
2011
The Affordable Art Fair, HANG ARTt Booth, New York, NY
Four-Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2010
Four-Squared - Bay Area Group Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
End of Summer Group Exhibition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
Every 1, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
Inspired, Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Hueliday, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
Small Wonders, Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
Then and Now, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
A Tree is Nice, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2007
Selections, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (Catalog) (Jurors: Gabe Scott, 111 Minna Gallery; Eleanor Harwood, Eleanor Harwood Gallery; Rene de Guzman, Oakland Museum)
Treasures, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
Dwell on Design, Julie Baker Fine Art, San Francisco Exhibitions and Concourse Center, San Francisco, CA
New York Affordable Art Fair, Julie Nester Gallery, New York, NY
Hospitality House Auction, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Arcadia 2007 Artists Celebrate Trees, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mythologies, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
2006
Rooted, HANG ART, San Francisco, CA
The New Deco, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
The Stillwell Show, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Twenty Five and Under, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1997
Seeing Through Our Eyes, Laney College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
John Muir Health, Walnut Creek, CA, Commission
The Conrad Hotel, Orlando, F, Commission
UCSF Cancer Care, San Francisco, CA, Commission
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
Zuckerberg General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV, Commission
Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA, Commission
Kaiser Permanente, Fremont, CA, Commission
Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Peabody Memphis Hotel, Memphis, TN, Commission
Four Seasons Hotel ,Philadelphia, PA, Commission
Emory Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, Commission
San Francisco Public Utilities, San Francisco, CA, Commission
Woodruff-Sawyer & Company, San Francisco, CA
Embarcadero Technologies, San Francisco, CA
Keller Medical Institute, Monterey, CA. Commission
Best Best Krieger, San Francisco, CA
Prospect Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Accel Partners, San Francisco, CA
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, San Francisco, CA
Sepiatone, San Francisco, CA
Greylock, San Francisco, CA
Jones Day, San Francisco, CA