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Catherine Jacobi

Sculpture

@jacobisculpture

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

SHELF SHOW
January 23 to March 8, 2026

Sawhorse Gallery
4222 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago

Opening Reception:
Friday, January 23
6-9pm
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"Saw It Coming"
2025
saw handle, dental model teeth
6" x 8" x 1"

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

SHELF SHOW
January 23 to March 8, 2026

Sawhorse Gallery
4222 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago

Opening Reception:
Friday, January 23
6-9pm
_______________
"Saw It Coming"
2025
saw handle, dental model teeth
6" x 8" x 1"

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.

NEW WORK

“Make America Glean Again”
(after Millet’s “Gleaners”)
2025
etching, edition of 25

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"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." Mahatma Gandhi

NEW WORK

“Make America Glean Again”
(after Millet’s “Gleaners”)
2025
etching, edition of 25

_______________________
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." Mahatma Gandhi

NEW WORK

"In The Sleep of Reason"
(after Goya)
2025
etching with aquatint
11” x 15"
edition of 10

Our long national nightmare will not end.

NEW WORK

"In The Sleep of Reason"
(after Goya)
2025
etching with aquatint
11” x 15"
edition of 10

Our long national nightmare will not end.

NEW WORK

“How it Ends”
2025
reclaimed staircase railing
48” x 60” x 14”

One last comment for 2025.
Goodbye and good riddance.

catherinejacobi.com

NEW WORK

“How it Ends”
2025
reclaimed staircase railing
48” x 60” x 14”

One last comment for 2025.
Goodbye and good riddance.

catherinejacobi.com

NEW WORK

Maestro
2025
reclaimed wiring
14" x 5" x 5"

"I Sing the Body Electric"
Walt Whitman's poem title from Leaves of Grass

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NEW WORK

Maestro
2025
reclaimed wiring
14" x 5" x 5"

"I Sing the Body Electric"
Walt Whitman's poem title from Leaves of Grass

catherinejacobi.com

NEW WORK
" Slip" 2025
vintage display head, shoe horn
16" x 8" x 3"

"Jesters do oft prove prophets."
(King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3).

NEW WORK
" Slip" 2025
vintage display head, shoe horn
16" x 8" x 3"

"Jesters do oft prove prophets."
(King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3).

CURRENT EXHIBITION
Object Lessons
a Tim Lowly curatorial project
Oct 11–Nov 9, 2025

Friday — Saturday
11:00am — 5pm

Sunday
12:00pm — 4pm

T. Mari Art Gallery
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago
https://www.tmarigallery.com

Tender Hooks, 2017
meat hook, baby shoes
18" x 6" x 3"

Bekah Baker
Conrad Bakker
Nik Burkhart
Steven Carrelli
Guy Chase
Chris Cożnowski
Tim Hawkinson
Joe Houston
Catherine Jacobi
Andreas Jauss
Emily Lindskoog
Cherith Lundin
Nnenna Okore
Katie Schofield
Justin Sorensen
Ian Weaver
Laura Wennstrom

Objects hold power. They fix memory in matter, carry belief across generations, and press against perception until it shifts. To stand before them is to be addressed. Object Lessons is built on that charge, arranging objects that act not as images but as agents.

In Object Lessons, Tim Lowly approaches curation as inquiry. The works do not resolve into answers but remain open, asking what an object might hold and how meaning emerges in its presence. The exhibition holds this tension, inviting an unfolding conversation between object and viewer.

Paying homage to artist Robert Gober, whose practice has long modeled the transformative force of context and framing, this exhibition gathers the work of seventeen artists, each represented by a single object. Distilled to its essence, each work becomes a site of encounter—conceptually rigorous, layered, and concentrated into a field of relations.

Hosted by T. Mari Gallery, a contemporary gallery in Chicago’s West Town founded by artist Tina Mari Rucker.

CURRENT EXHIBITION
Object Lessons
a Tim Lowly curatorial project
Oct 11–Nov 9, 2025

Friday — Saturday
11:00am — 5pm

Sunday
12:00pm — 4pm

T. Mari Art Gallery
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago
https://www.tmarigallery.com

Tender Hooks, 2017
meat hook, baby shoes
18" x 6" x 3"

Bekah Baker
Conrad Bakker
Nik Burkhart
Steven Carrelli
Guy Chase
Chris Cożnowski
Tim Hawkinson
Joe Houston
Catherine Jacobi
Andreas Jauss
Emily Lindskoog
Cherith Lundin
Nnenna Okore
Katie Schofield
Justin Sorensen
Ian Weaver
Laura Wennstrom

Objects hold power. They fix memory in matter, carry belief across generations, and press against perception until it shifts. To stand before them is to be addressed. Object Lessons is built on that charge, arranging objects that act not as images but as agents.

In Object Lessons, Tim Lowly approaches curation as inquiry. The works do not resolve into answers but remain open, asking what an object might hold and how meaning emerges in its presence. The exhibition holds this tension, inviting an unfolding conversation between object and viewer.

Paying homage to artist Robert Gober, whose practice has long modeled the transformative force of context and framing, this exhibition gathers the work of seventeen artists, each represented by a single object. Distilled to its essence, each work becomes a site of encounter—conceptually rigorous, layered, and concentrated into a field of relations.

Hosted by T. Mari Gallery, a contemporary gallery in Chicago’s West Town founded by artist Tina Mari Rucker.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

Object Lessons
Oct 11–Nov 9, 2025

T. Mari Art Gallery
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago
https://www.tmarigallery.com

“Tender Hooks”, 2017
meat hook, baby shoes
18" x 6" x 3"

Opening THIS Sat, October 11, 5–9 pm

Objects hold power. They fix memory in matter, carry belief across generations, and press against perception until it shifts. To stand before them is to be addressed. Object Lessons is built on that charge, arranging objects that act not as images but as agents.

In Object Lessons, Tim Lowly approaches curation as inquiry. The works do not resolve into answers but remain open, asking what an object might hold and how meaning emerges in its presence. The exhibition holds this tension, inviting an unfolding conversation between object and viewer.

______________________

© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

#resist #actblue #50501 #democracy #sculptureartist #catherinejacobi #art #artist #sculpture #cranbrook #artsy #chicagoart #nytopinion #chicagoartist, #chicagocreative #contemproraryart #chicagosculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

Object Lessons
Oct 11–Nov 9, 2025

T. Mari Art Gallery
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago
https://www.tmarigallery.com

“Tender Hooks”, 2017
meat hook, baby shoes
18" x 6" x 3"

Opening THIS Sat, October 11, 5–9 pm

Objects hold power. They fix memory in matter, carry belief across generations, and press against perception until it shifts. To stand before them is to be addressed. Object Lessons is built on that charge, arranging objects that act not as images but as agents.

In Object Lessons, Tim Lowly approaches curation as inquiry. The works do not resolve into answers but remain open, asking what an object might hold and how meaning emerges in its presence. The exhibition holds this tension, inviting an unfolding conversation between object and viewer.

______________________

© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

#resist #actblue #50501 #democracy #sculptureartist #catherinejacobi #art #artist #sculpture #cranbrook #artsy #chicagoart #nytopinion #chicagoartist, #chicagocreative #contemproraryart #chicagosculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

Current Exhibition:

Terrain Biennial DIY 2025
October 1 - November 15
https://terrainexhibitions.org/tb25-oak-park-il

“Tired” is installed at
433 N Grove Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302

Terrain Block Party: October 5, 12-5pm
5645 W Corcoran Pl, Chicago, IL

"Tired”, 2024, reclaimed bicycle inner tubes, metal armature
32" x 60" x 42"

______________________

© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

#terrainbiennial #resist #actblue #50501 #democracy #sculptureartist #catherinejacobi #art #artist #sculpture #cranbrook #artsy #chicagoart #nytopinion #chicagoartist, #chicagocreative #contemproraryart #chicagosculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

Current Exhibition:

Terrain Biennial DIY 2025
October 1 - November 15
https://terrainexhibitions.org/tb25-oak-park-il

“Tired” is installed at
433 N Grove Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302

Terrain Block Party: October 5, 12-5pm
5645 W Corcoran Pl, Chicago, IL

"Tired”, 2024, reclaimed bicycle inner tubes, metal armature
32" x 60" x 42"

______________________

© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

#terrainbiennial #resist #actblue #50501 #democracy #sculptureartist #catherinejacobi #art #artist #sculpture #cranbrook #artsy #chicagoart #nytopinion #chicagoartist, #chicagocreative #contemproraryart #chicagosculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

OPENING TONIGHT:

ArtPrize 2025
September 19 - October 4
ArtPrize.org

"Gravity" will be in ArtPrize 2025 at
Art Rat Gallery
46 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI
artratgallery.com

Opening & Public Voting Begins: September 19-October 2

"Gravity", 2025, 3 children’s life preservers from 1955, rocks, string

A small number of "Gravity" hand colored etchings will also be available at the gallery.

______________________

ArtPrize Voting FAQ, but in a nutshell:

1. First votes need to happen within the boundaries of ArtPrize. (Point your smartphone at the QR code of the art you fancy to go vote.)

2. Once you've cast that first vote, you can vote again every 24 hours — no matter where you're currently located!

Thanks for voting!
______________________

© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

#artprize #resist actblue #50501 #democracy #sculptureartist #catherinejacobi #art #artist #sculpture #cranbrook #artsy #chicagoart #nytopinion #chicagoartist, #chicagocreative #contemproraryart #chicagosculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

OPENING TONIGHT:

ArtPrize 2025
September 19 - October 4
ArtPrize.org

"Gravity" will be in ArtPrize 2025 at
Art Rat Gallery
46 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI
artratgallery.com

Opening & Public Voting Begins: September 19-October 2

"Gravity", 2025, 3 children’s life preservers from 1955, rocks, string

A small number of "Gravity" hand colored etchings will also be available at the gallery.

______________________

ArtPrize Voting FAQ, but in a nutshell:

1. First votes need to happen within the boundaries of ArtPrize. (Point your smartphone at the QR code of the art you fancy to go vote.)

2. Once you've cast that first vote, you can vote again every 24 hours — no matter where you're currently located!

Thanks for voting!
______________________

© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

#artprize #resist actblue #50501 #democracy #sculptureartist #catherinejacobi #art #artist #sculpture #cranbrook #artsy #chicagoart #nytopinion #chicagoartist, #chicagocreative #contemproraryart #chicagosculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

JUST INSTALLED
Getting ready for ArtPrize 2025

September 18 - October 4
Grand Rapids, Michigan
ArtPrize.org

“Gravity” will be in ArtPrize 2025
at Art Rat Gallery (artratgallery.com)

Opening & Public Voting Begins: September 19-October 2

______________________

Gravity, 2025, 3 children’s life preservers from 1955, rocks, string
© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

JUST INSTALLED
Getting ready for ArtPrize 2025

September 18 - October 4
Grand Rapids, Michigan
ArtPrize.org

“Gravity” will be in ArtPrize 2025
at Art Rat Gallery (artratgallery.com)

Opening & Public Voting Begins: September 19-October 2

______________________

Gravity, 2025, 3 children’s life preservers from 1955, rocks, string
© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

ArtPrize 2025
September 18 - October 4
Grand Rapids, Michigan
ArtPrize.org

"Gravity" will be in ArtPrize 2025
at Art Rat Gallery (artratgallery.com)

Opening & Public Voting Begins: September 19-October 2

______________________

Gravity, 2025, 3 children’s life preservers from 1955, rocks, string
© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

ArtPrize 2025
September 18 - October 4
Grand Rapids, Michigan
ArtPrize.org

"Gravity" will be in ArtPrize 2025
at Art Rat Gallery (artratgallery.com)

Opening & Public Voting Begins: September 19-October 2

______________________

Gravity, 2025, 3 children’s life preservers from 1955, rocks, string
© catherine jacobi

catherinejacobi.com

The making of "Tired"
2022-2024

Tired was made of thousands of reclaimed bicycle inner tubes and a metal armature. This more than 2 year project was recently installed in Oak Park, Illinois.

Many thanks to @bigcitybikes, @bffbikes, @johnnysprockets and @villagecycle for the 500+lbs of inner tubes.

#resist #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagosculpture #artprize2025 #actblue

The making of "Tired"
2022-2024

Tired was made of thousands of reclaimed bicycle inner tubes and a metal armature. This more than 2 year project was recently installed in Oak Park, Illinois.

Many thanks to @bigcitybikes, @bffbikes, @johnnysprockets and @villagecycle for the 500+lbs of inner tubes.

#resist #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagosculpture #artprize2025 #actblue

Upcoming Exhibition

Impressions – Works from Chicago Sculpture International
July 11 – August 25, 2025

In coordination with The Art Institute of Chicago’s summer exhibition, Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World, this CSI exhibition features similar themes at the Fine Arts Building Gallery.

Opening Reception
Friday, July 11, 5:00-9:00
Fine Arts Building Gallery
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

Beacon
2025
found wood pieces
24”x 6” x 12”

This work is one of a series of found material assemblages. These pieces are part of an ongoing active meditative practice focused on quiet contemplation.

Private Collection

#resist #actblue #chicagoartist #artinstituteofchicago

Upcoming Exhibition

Impressions – Works from Chicago Sculpture International
July 11 – August 25, 2025

In coordination with The Art Institute of Chicago’s summer exhibition, Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World, this CSI exhibition features similar themes at the Fine Arts Building Gallery.

Opening Reception
Friday, July 11, 5:00-9:00
Fine Arts Building Gallery
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

Beacon
2025
found wood pieces
24”x 6” x 12”

This work is one of a series of found material assemblages. These pieces are part of an ongoing active meditative practice focused on quiet contemplation.

Private Collection

#resist #actblue #chicagoartist #artinstituteofchicago

“Tired”
2024

Tired is made of thousands of reclaimed bicycle innertubes and a metal pipe armature. It is the second large innertube elephant I’ve made. Its construction was motivated by loss and grief after a death.

Oak Park, Illinois installation today. Many thanks again to @newcitymoving. Also thanks to @bigcitybikes, @villagecycle @johnnysprockets for the 500+lbs of inner tubes.

#resist #chicagosculptureinternational #artprize2025 #chicagoartist #actblue

“Tired”
2024

Tired is made of thousands of reclaimed bicycle innertubes and a metal pipe armature. It is the second large innertube elephant I’ve made. Its construction was motivated by loss and grief after a death.

Oak Park, Illinois installation today. Many thanks again to @newcitymoving. Also thanks to @bigcitybikes, @villagecycle @johnnysprockets for the 500+lbs of inner tubes.

#resist #chicagosculptureinternational #artprize2025 #chicagoartist #actblue

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