Wendy Jacob facts for kids
Wendy W. Jacob was born in 1958. She is an artist who works in many different ways. She is famous for her sculptures, art you see in public places, and projects that change city spaces.
About Wendy Jacob
Wendy Jacob was born in Rochester, New York in 1958. She went to Williams College and earned her first degree in 1980. Later, she received her advanced art degree from the Art Institute of Chicago.
She has taught art at several universities. These include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Illinois State University. She also taught at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Today, Wendy Jacob lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Her Art Career
Since 1989, Wendy Jacob has created art projects in public spaces. She makes sculptures that explore how buildings and spaces connect with people and animals. She is also part of a group called Haha, based in Chicago. This group creates projects that look at how people fit into different places. They have made many important art pieces since the late 1980s.
One of Wendy Jacob's special projects is the Squeeze Chair. She created this chair with Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin is a scientist who designed a "hug machine" for comfort. For several years in the 1990s, Wendy Jacob worked with Grandin. They designed furniture that gently squeezes or 'hugs' the person sitting in it.
Art Shows
Wendy Jacob has had her own art shows in many places. Some of these include:
- The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri.
- The Madison Art Center in Madison, Wisconsin (in 1999).
- The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (in 1998).
- The List Visual Arts Center at MIT.
- The Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (in 1998).
- The Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, Illinois (in 1997).
Where Her Art Lives
Wendy Jacob's artwork is kept in several important collections. These include:
- The Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris, France.
- The Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain in Poitiers, France.
- The Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain in Montpellier, France.
- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in California.
- The MacArthur Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.
Awards She Has Won
Wendy Jacob has received several awards for her art.
- In 2000, she won the Creative Capital Visual Arts Award.
- In 2011, she received the Maud Morgan Prize from the Boston Museum of Fine Art.
- From 2014 to 2015, she was a Fulbright Scholar. This allowed her to study at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.
