Project Description

Jake Fischer, born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, graduated with a Master of Fine Art from Arizona State University in Drawing and Painting. While at ASU, he was awarded accolades including the Benjamin Wong Fie Scholarship, Eirene Peggy Lamb Scholarship, and the Gerry Grout Award. Fischer then attended the Art Students League of New York’s residency program where he received the Ruth Katzman Scholarship. In 2016, Fischer had his first solo exhibition in New York, Between Light, at Island Weiss Gallery and has since notably participated in Into the Night: Contemporary Art and Nocturne Tradition at the Tucson Museum of Art. Interpermeate at Bentley Gallery is Fischer’s latest solo exhibition, following 2019’s On a Night Like This at SMINK Art and Design in Dallas.

Jake paints on handmade wooden panels that he crafts using a Japanese hand-saw. His work is conceptually driven by ideas such as awareness, cognizance, thought, and engagement. In a new interview with American Art Collector, editor Sarah Gianelli asks Fischer about his shadowy streetscapes and their analogy to consciousness, the duality of life’s inner and outer worlds. Fischer says, “Everyday experience relies on both sides of that coin—I’m moving through time and space having a physical experience, but it’s also the thoughts I’m having. They rely on each other to create an entire experience.”

EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing, Arizona State University, Herberger College of Fine Arts
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
INTERPERMEATE, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 
2019
On a Night Like This, SMINK Art and Design, Dallas, TX
2018
Intersections, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2017
Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016
Between Light, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2014
One Night, R. Pela Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
2013
Placing Cosignificance, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012
Night Series, The Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Night Series, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Passport to Art, DC Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ
2012
(un)Familiar Routine, @Central Gallery, Phoenix
2011
Solo Exhibition, Flict, Chandler, AZ
2009
The Search, That’s a Wrap, Phoenix, AZ
2009
The Search, Green Restaurant, Scottsdale, AZ
2009
The Vault, Arizona State University Downtown Campus, Phoenix, AZ
2009
Jake Fischer: Recent Works, ASU Polytechnic Campus, Phoenix, AZ
2009
Reels, Urban Outfitters, Tempe, AZ
 
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2019
19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlink Inc., Phoenix, AZ
2015
National Juried Competitions, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
The Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2013
Nocturne, Herberger Theater, Phoenix, AZ
2013
Unhinged, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Last Call, The Greenwich, Cincinnati, OH
2012
MFA Summer Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012
Arizona Artist Guild, Willo North Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Phoenix+, Group Exhibition, Modified Arts, Phoenix AZ
2011
Peripheral Spaces, Group Exhibition, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2010
Touching at a Distance, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2009
Fresh Meat, Spring 2009 Graduating Seniors Group Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
2009
LUX Creative Review magazine contributor
 
GROUP EXHIBITONS
2019
Breeze Exit, SMINK Art and Design, Dallas, TX
2019
Strange Beauty, SMINK Art and Design, Dallas, TX
2019
CCC Faculty Exhibition, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ
2017
Now Open, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2016
New Artists, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016
Into the Night: Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition, Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
2016
Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2015
New Works by Jake Fischer and Mark Dassoulas, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Eventide, SMINK Inc., Dallas, TX
2015
Postcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2014
Phoenix, A Creative Oasis, The Office of Mayor Greg Stanton, Phoenix, AZ
2013
Inverse Conversations, Beijing, China
2013
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2013
Jake Fischer and Hank Fries, R. Pela Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Inverse Conversations: Graduate Students and Faculty, Stark Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Lightning in a Bottle, Herberger Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Inverse Conversations: Graduate Students and Faculty, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2010
New Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Galley, Tempe, AZ
2010
Side Show, Side Bar, Phoenix, AZ
 
RESIDENCIES
2023
NEH Racialized Spaces on Route 66, Winslow, AZ
2014
The League Residency at Vyt, The Art Students League of NY, Sparkill, NY
 
PUBLICATIONS
2023
American Art Collector, No. 211, May 2023
2023
Phoenix Magazine, May/June 2023
2014
New American Paintings No. 114, Western Issue
2014
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue V
2009
LUX Creative Review
 
AWARDS
2014
Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The Art Students League of New York, Sparkill, NY
2012
Eirene Peggy Lamb Award, Arizona Stat University, Tempe, AZ
2012
Gerry Grout Award, Arizona Artists Guiild, Phoenix, AZ
2011
Benjamin Wong Fee Scholarship in Painting, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011
Special Talent Award – Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2010
Tempe Artists Guild Scholarship, Tempe Artists Guild, Tempe, AZ
2010
Arizona State University Graduate Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 
PUBLIC LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2022
Nocturne Painting Workshop, New York Academy of Art, New York
2019
Nocturne Painting Workshop, New York Academy of Art, New York
2012
Presenter, Gerry Grout Award, The AAG Building, Phoenix,AZ
2012
Passport to Art Series, DC Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ
2012
Inverse Conversations, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012
Presenter, in conjunction with Tempe Artists Guild Scholarship, Friendship Village, Tempe, AZ
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014
Studio Technician/Art Handler, Daria K. Conservation, New York, NY
2014
Assistant Preparator, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014
Studio Assistant, Beth Ames Swartz, Paradise Valley, AZ
2013
Adjunct Faculty, Arizona State University, Drawing II
2013
Adjunct Faculty, Mesa Community College, Beginning Drawing
2013
Adjunct Faculty, Arizona State University, Color Theory
2010-2012
Adjunct Faculty, Arizona State University, Beginning Drawing

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