Jakob Dwight
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018
Out of the Whirlwind’s Radiance, 50 Golborne, London
2016
Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2014
MORPHOS, Vortex Immersion Media, Los Angeles, CA
2013
PLAY.GROUND.BREAK, Hotel Particulier, New York City, NY
Harvestworks New Works Resident Open Studio, New York Electronic Arts Festival, New York City, NY
2012
YOU ARE HERE, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Kassel, Germany
2011
Black Mirror | The Autonomous Prism, Papillion Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Künstlerischer Großeinsatz, Großeinsatz, Berlin, Germany
2006
The Superorganic, Galerie CcG, Vienna, Austria (solo)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
Cooper Cafritz, Peggy, “Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty,
2016
Sesay, Nadia, “Jakob Dwight’s ‘Autonomous Prism’”, Blanc Modern Africa, September
Eckhardt, Stephanie, "At the Brookyn Museum, African Masks Take On A Fresh Glow", W Magazine, April
Vikram, Anuradha, "Naked in the Sight of the Object: Masking, Masquerade, and Black Identity, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Summer
Abrahams, Megan, "Disguise: Masks & Global African Art at the Fowler Museum at UCLA", Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, February
Knight, Christopher, "Identity Transformed in the Fowler's 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art'", LA Times, January
Ayson, Christina, "Disguise: Masks and Global African Art” at the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Art Radar Journal, January
2015
Jennings, Helen, 'Disguise", Nataal Media, December
Ebony, David, "Multimedia Masquerade: Masks and Disguise in Contemporary Art / Interview with Pamela McClusky", Yale Art Books (blog), November
Murakami, Kenta, "Artists of African Descent Don Disguises in the Digital Age", Hyperallergic, September
Ponnekanti, Rosemary, "Seattle Art Museum Opens Disguise: Masks & Global African Art", The News Tribune, July
Miller, Brian, “Put a Mask On It: SAM’s Contemporary Take on Traditional African Art”, Seattle Weekly, July
Sefa-Boakye, Jennifer, "Celebrating 21st Century Masks from Africa and the Diaspora", Okay Africa, June
Frank, Priscilla, "Global African Artists Explore the Meaning of Disguise in the 21st Century", Huffington Post | Arts, June
Clemans, Gayle, "Grand Illusions: Seattle Art Museum Show Pairs African Masks, Contemporary Art, Seattle Times, June
McClusky, Pamela Z. & Massaquoi, Erika Dalya, Cover, "Disguise: Masks and Global African Art", Yale University Press, June
2014
Onyewuenyi, Ikechukwu. Interview: Aesthetics & Therapeutics Lab, Cool Hunting, October
2013
Zimmer, Lori, Jakob Dwight at Hotel Particulier, Art Nerd: New York, December,
Büsch, Thomas, “N’CHI: Visions of a New World”, Interactive Enthusiasts in Art, March
2012
Massara, Kathleen, "Jakob Dwight Creates Art Role-Playing Game With N'CHI", Huffington Post | Arts, April
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2015
Invited Artist, Pioneer Works Center for Art + Innovation, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Resident Artist, Fulldome Artist in Residence, Vortex Immersion Media, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Resident Artist, New Works Residency, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York City, NY
2011
Invited Artist, United States Artists, Chicago, IL
2010
Resident Artist, Glogauer Artist in Residence Program, Berlin, Germany
