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Catherine Jacobi

Sculpture

@jacobisculpture

Existing is Political
Oct. 19 – Nov. 22, 2024

Icarus
wax, wood, 49 starred American Flag
80” x 75” x 20”

Note: This piece was originally constructed as a response to Trump’s first term. Instead of putting it back into storage, I’d love to lend it indefinitely to anyone who has a public space or? for it to be seen after this exhibition. I’m not particularly worried about it being damaged. That’s is, after all, what it’s about. DM me.

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

#chicagosculpture
#resist
#moveon

Existing is Political
Oct. 19 – Nov. 22, 2024

Icarus
wax, wood, 49 starred American Flag
80” x 75” x 20”

Note: This piece was originally constructed as a response to Trump’s first term. Instead of putting it back into storage, I’d love to lend it indefinitely to anyone who has a public space or? for it to be seen after this exhibition. I’m not particularly worried about it being damaged. That’s is, after all, what it’s about. DM me.

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

#chicagosculpture
#resist
#moveon

Disappointed and ashamed of my country again. There is no excuse for supporting racism, misogyny, xenophobia and sexual assault. There is something called truth and right and wrong. Some know the difference. Onward.

Disappointed and ashamed of my country again. There is no excuse for supporting racism, misogyny, xenophobia and sexual assault. There is something called truth and right and wrong. Some know the difference. Onward.

Opening Tonight
CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Exhibition Opening:
Saturday, Oct. 19 from 6-9 pm

Existing is Political
Oct. 19 – Nov. 22, 2024

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

Icarus
wax, wood, 49 starred American Flag
80” x 75” x 20”

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

#chicagoartist
#chicagosculpture
#kamalaharris

Opening Tonight
CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Exhibition Opening:
Saturday, Oct. 19 from 6-9 pm

Existing is Political
Oct. 19 – Nov. 22, 2024

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

Icarus
wax, wood, 49 starred American Flag
80” x 75” x 20”

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

#chicagoartist
#chicagosculpture
#kamalaharris

Upcoming Exhibition

Existing is Political
Oct. 19 – Nov. 22, 2024

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

Exhibition Opening:
Saturday, Oct. 19 from 6-9 pm

Icarus
wax, wood, 49 starred American Flag
80” x 75” x 20”

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

#chicagoartist
#chicagosculpture
#kamalaharris

Upcoming Exhibition

Existing is Political
Oct. 19 – Nov. 22, 2024

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

Exhibition Opening:
Saturday, Oct. 19 from 6-9 pm

Icarus
wax, wood, 49 starred American Flag
80” x 75” x 20”

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

#chicagoartist
#chicagosculpture
#kamalaharris

Me and my kid… I mean cat.

#actblue #kamalaharris #dnc @kamalaharris @other98

Me and my kid… I mean cat.

#actblue #kamalaharris #dnc @kamalaharris @other98

Self | Portraits Group Exhibit
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 8th from 6-9 pm

Exhibition Dates: June 8 – July 12, 2024

The House that John Built
deconstructed doll house (mine)
into 4 constructions
each appox. 32” x 34” x 3”

Artists periodically ask themselves, “How am I doing?”. A closer look often inspires auto-biographical work. Objects are born of thoughts and feelings, then made from an examined life. Self | Portraits invites sculptors to check-in on their condition.

Exhibiting Artists: John E. Bannon, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Amanda Gentry, Set Gozo, Peter Gray, Philipp Groth, Carol Hammerman, Lillian Heredia, Catherine Jacobi, Stacee Kalmanovsky, Kasia Kay, Micki LeMieux, Bill Mitchell, Scott Mossman, Greta Olson, Dominic Sansone, Mary K. Seyfarth, Rachel Stork, Lisa Walcott, Nathan Ward, Bruce Webber, and Yimei (Emair) Zhu.

Curated by Thomas Plum

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL
(at the corner of Cortland and Damen in the Bucktown neighborhood)

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

Self | Portraits Group Exhibit
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 8th from 6-9 pm

Exhibition Dates: June 8 – July 12, 2024

The House that John Built
deconstructed doll house (mine)
into 4 constructions
each appox. 32” x 34” x 3”

Artists periodically ask themselves, “How am I doing?”. A closer look often inspires auto-biographical work. Objects are born of thoughts and feelings, then made from an examined life. Self | Portraits invites sculptors to check-in on their condition.

Exhibiting Artists: John E. Bannon, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Amanda Gentry, Set Gozo, Peter Gray, Philipp Groth, Carol Hammerman, Lillian Heredia, Catherine Jacobi, Stacee Kalmanovsky, Kasia Kay, Micki LeMieux, Bill Mitchell, Scott Mossman, Greta Olson, Dominic Sansone, Mary K. Seyfarth, Rachel Stork, Lisa Walcott, Nathan Ward, Bruce Webber, and Yimei (Emair) Zhu.

Curated by Thomas Plum

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL
(at the corner of Cortland and Damen in the Bucktown neighborhood)

Gallery Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm

One last thank you to @waubonseearts, @fawnclarkepeterson for the opportunity. Wonderful people to work with and a lovely space.

SIRENS
January 16 - March 8
Waubonsee Community College
Dickson Window Project Space

Sirens, 2024
recycled bicycle inner tubes, steel bases
84”x24”x24”

#waubonseecommunitycollege #chicagosculpture #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagoartist

One last thank you to @waubonseearts, @fawnclarkepeterson for the opportunity. Wonderful people to work with and a lovely space.

SIRENS
January 16 - March 8
Waubonsee Community College
Dickson Window Project Space

Sirens, 2024
recycled bicycle inner tubes, steel bases
84”x24”x24”

#waubonseecommunitycollege #chicagosculpture #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagoartist

Just finished this installation.

January 16-March 8

SIRENS, 2024
recycled bicycle inner tubes, steel bases
84” x 24” x24”

Waubonsee Community College
Dickson Widow Project Space

Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554

Just finished this installation.

January 16-March 8

SIRENS, 2024
recycled bicycle inner tubes, steel bases
84” x 24” x24”

Waubonsee Community College
Dickson Widow Project Space

Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554

UPCOMING INSTALLATION

January 16-March 8

SIRENS, 2024
24” x 84”
recycled bicycle inner tubes, steel bases

Waubonsee Community College
Dickson Widow Project Space

Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554

#waubonsee #chicagoartist #sculpturechicago #innertube
#jacobisculpture

UPCOMING INSTALLATION

January 16-March 8

SIRENS, 2024
24” x 84”
recycled bicycle inner tubes, steel bases

Waubonsee Community College
Dickson Widow Project Space

Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554

#waubonsee #chicagoartist #sculpturechicago #innertube
#jacobisculpture

Thank you @robinrichmanstore and @misanthrope_agency and all who came out on a snowy night.

The store looks so beautiful. Check it out!

Photos by @tedstudios

Thank you @robinrichmanstore and @misanthrope_agency and all who came out on a snowy night.

The store looks so beautiful. Check it out!

Photos by @tedstudios

Interesting August anniversary.

Photographed at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI

#resist

Interesting August anniversary.

Photographed at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI

#resist

Expressing grief and loss on this historic and most disappointing day.

“Waxed Doll”
2021

Mrs Beasley Doll, 1969 (mine), wax
20" x 10" x 6"
_______________

Mrs. Beasley's voicebox broke. My mom took a seam ripper and opened her dress from the back. My dad opened the voicebox and attempted to fix the spring. She never spoke again and was left with a long scar from my mom's hand stitching.

_______________

Mrs. Beasley's original 11 sayings;

"Speak a little louder dear, so Mrs. Beasley can hear you."
"Would you like to try on my glasses? You may if you wish."
"Long ago I was a little girl just like you!"
"If you were a little smaller, I could rock you to sleep."
"Gracious me,you're getting to be such a big girl!"
"Do you want to hear a secret? I know one."
"I do think you're the nicest little friend I ever had."
"It would be such fun to play jump rope, don't you think?"
"If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for?"
"You may call me Mrs. Beasley, would you like to play?"

#chicagoartists #scotus #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagosculpture #plannedparenthood

Expressing grief and loss on this historic and most disappointing day.

“Waxed Doll”
2021

Mrs Beasley Doll, 1969 (mine), wax
20" x 10" x 6"
_______________

Mrs. Beasley's voicebox broke. My mom took a seam ripper and opened her dress from the back. My dad opened the voicebox and attempted to fix the spring. She never spoke again and was left with a long scar from my mom's hand stitching.

_______________

Mrs. Beasley's original 11 sayings;

"Speak a little louder dear, so Mrs. Beasley can hear you."
"Would you like to try on my glasses? You may if you wish."
"Long ago I was a little girl just like you!"
"If you were a little smaller, I could rock you to sleep."
"Gracious me,you're getting to be such a big girl!"
"Do you want to hear a secret? I know one."
"I do think you're the nicest little friend I ever had."
"It would be such fun to play jump rope, don't you think?"
"If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for?"
"You may call me Mrs. Beasley, would you like to play?"

#chicagoartists #scotus #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagosculpture #plannedparenthood

Get your Valentine something substantial!

“Heavy Hearts”
Recycled bicycle tubes
2021

@robinrichmanstore
2108 N Damen
Chicago 60647

Many thanks to my friends at:
@bffbikes @villagecycle @bigcitybikes @johnnysprockets

Get your Valentine something substantial!

“Heavy Hearts”
Recycled bicycle tubes
2021

@robinrichmanstore
2108 N Damen
Chicago 60647

Many thanks to my friends at:
@bffbikes @villagecycle @bigcitybikes @johnnysprockets

Join us for the launch of Litbop @citylitbooks

Litbop is a journal of writing and art from a diverse group of creative types, including faculty and alumni from Malcolm X College and Northwestern University.

Our first issue contains short fiction, short-short fiction, poetry, art, and photography by Christine Sneed, Catherine Jacobi, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Molia Dumbleton, Crystal S. Rudds, Jennifer Worrell, Katherine Ace, D. Kosiba, L.C. Fiore, Lani T. Montreal, Rachel L. Robbins, Randall Jon Van Vynckt, Rob Sokolick, Sara Peak Convery, Carma Lynn Park, and Tim Chapman.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 6:30pm to 8:00pm
City Lit Books
2523 N. Kedzie Blvd
Chicago, IL 60647

#citylitbooks #litbop

Join us for the launch of Litbop @citylitbooks

Litbop is a journal of writing and art from a diverse group of creative types, including faculty and alumni from Malcolm X College and Northwestern University.

Our first issue contains short fiction, short-short fiction, poetry, art, and photography by Christine Sneed, Catherine Jacobi, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Molia Dumbleton, Crystal S. Rudds, Jennifer Worrell, Katherine Ace, D. Kosiba, L.C. Fiore, Lani T. Montreal, Rachel L. Robbins, Randall Jon Van Vynckt, Rob Sokolick, Sara Peak Convery, Carma Lynn Park, and Tim Chapman.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 6:30pm to 8:00pm
City Lit Books
2523 N. Kedzie Blvd
Chicago, IL 60647

#citylitbooks #litbop

Installation Celebrating Women’s History Month
@chicagoprintmakers

The House That John Built
deconstructed doll house
4 constructions, each appox. 32" x 34" x 3"

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N. Western
Chicago

In 1969 my father (John) began building a doll house from mail order plans. For the most part he followed the plans, and the result was my surprise gift from Santa that year. Is it a girl’s dream, to have the awesome responsibility of a house and it’s upkeep. In 1974 I renovated the house using wall and carpet selections of our house at that time. This house, so like, but more perfect than my own. 50 years after initially receiving the dollhouse, I had the idea that I could reimage/rebuild the house the way I truly saw it — without any sense of disrespect and conversely to celebrate the continuum and history of its construction ��— to marvel at the longevity of it �— the putting together of pieces that so want to be together. The house was deconstructed and rebuilt into 4 structural fragments and a photo compilation of the original house. 5 pieces — a family — breaking apart the familiar, the known and reorganizing it for another look.

#chicagoartcommunity #womenshistorymonth #chicagoprintmakerscollaborative #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagogallerynews #chicagosculpture #construction #dollhouse

Installation Celebrating Women’s History Month
@chicagoprintmakers

The House That John Built
deconstructed doll house
4 constructions, each appox. 32" x 34" x 3"

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N. Western
Chicago

In 1969 my father (John) began building a doll house from mail order plans. For the most part he followed the plans, and the result was my surprise gift from Santa that year. Is it a girl’s dream, to have the awesome responsibility of a house and it’s upkeep. In 1974 I renovated the house using wall and carpet selections of our house at that time. This house, so like, but more perfect than my own. 50 years after initially receiving the dollhouse, I had the idea that I could reimage/rebuild the house the way I truly saw it — without any sense of disrespect and conversely to celebrate the continuum and history of its construction ��— to marvel at the longevity of it �— the putting together of pieces that so want to be together. The house was deconstructed and rebuilt into 4 structural fragments and a photo compilation of the original house. 5 pieces — a family — breaking apart the familiar, the known and reorganizing it for another look.

#chicagoartcommunity #womenshistorymonth #chicagoprintmakerscollaborative #chicagosculptureinternational #chicagogallerynews #chicagosculpture #construction #dollhouse

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