Michael . Jacques, BFA, MFA
Exhibitions & Collections
Exhibitions: 1988 to Present
An Evening in Venice, a one-man show, Kings Art Center, Hanford, CA
Man’s Best Friend, a one-man show, Great Neck Arts Center, Great Neck, NY
Bridges to Freedom, Soka University, Aliso Viejo, CA
French Impressions, a one-man show, FACT Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
California Painters, Concordia University, Irvine, CA
Group Show, FACT Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Best of Laguna, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
Faculty Exhibitions, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Faculty Exhibitions, Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA
Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
Print Types, Central College, Pella, IA
Print Types, Tarleton State University, Stephensville, TX
Consortium Prints, Gallery 206, St. Joseph, MO
Printmakers, One West Contemporary Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
Prints from America’s Heartland, Grinnell College Gallery, Grinnell, IA
Monoprints and Mixed Media, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
The Intaglio Process, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AK
Art about Art, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Prints from the East, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AK
Print Types, Owatonna Art Center, Owatonna, MI
Contemporary Etching, Auginbaugh Gallery, Grantham, PA
Print Types, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Homage to Other Species, East Central University, Ada, OK
The Intaglio Process, Fort Hays University, Fort Hays, KS
American Print Survey, The Furlong Gallery, Menomonie, WI
Director’s Choice, Chowen College, Musfreesboro, NC
The Intaglio Process, EC University, Ada, AK
The Intaglio Process, Engle Hall Gallery, Collegeville, MI
Print Types, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Art about Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
One-Man Exhibitions: 1970-1982 (Partial list)
Pucker/Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA
Mills Gallery, Boston, MA Athenaeum Museum, Alexandria, VA
Quadrum Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA Merrimack College, N. Andover, MA
Wenninger Graphics, Rockport, MA Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME
Lehigh University, Lehigh, PA
Pennino’s Gallery, Burlington, VT Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
Signature Gallery, West Hartford, CT Salem State College, Salem, MA
Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DCJoseloff Gallery, U. of Hartford, CT
Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA U. of MA, Worcester & Boston, MA
Virginia Beach Art Center, VA Beach, VA
Exhibitions: 1971 to 1982
Academic Artists Association, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (First Prize), 1979, 1980, 1981
All on Paper, 1980
American Academy Institute of Arts & Letters National Exhibition, 1977
American Artists Professional League, 1982 (Prize)
Audubon Artists Exhibition, 1972, 1974, 1975 (Purchase Award), 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982
Beth El Temple International Exhibition, 1972 (First Prize in Graphics), 1973, 19974, 1975, 1976
Beth El Temple International Exhibition, (First Prize in Graphics), 1977, 1978 (Graphics Award), 1979
Boston Center for the Arts, 1981, 1982
Boston Printmakers, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976 (Members Award), 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
Carrier Print, 5th Annual 1980
Chautauqua National, 1982
Charlotte Printmakers, 1979 (Purchase Award)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1974, 1978
Cooperstown Art Association, 1977 (First Prize), 1979
Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition, 1972, 1974
DeCordova Museum, “New England Painters and Printmakers Under 36”, 1976
Delmar College, 11th Annual, 1977
Hudson Valley Art Association Exhibition, 1972 (Award), 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982
Hunterdon Art Center Exhibit, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Kansas State College, Fort Hayes, 1977
LaGrange National, 1978, 1980, 1982
Miami Graphics Biennial, 1976, 1977, 1978
Miami International Print Biennial, 1980
Minot National Print and Drawing Exhibition, 1975, 1976 (Purchase Award), 1979, 1982
Monroe National Art, 1979
Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, “Living American Artists and the Figure”, 1975
National Academy of Fine Arts, NY, 1974, 1979
National Arts Club, 1979
New Orleans International, 1975 (Award), 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
North Dakota Annual, 1976, 1977, 1980
Oklahoma Museum of Art National, 1977
Philadelphia Print Club Traveling Exhibit, 1979
Red River Annual, Plains Art Museum, 1979
Potsdam Prints, 1982
Shreveport Art Exhibition, 1974, 1975, 1976 (Merit Award)
Silvermine Guild National Print Exhibition, 1980
Spar National Exhibition, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Texas Fine Arts, 1979
Trenton State, 1982
Wadsworth Anthaneum, National Exhibition, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979
Permanent Collections
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
Brocton Art Museum, Brockton, MA
Brown University, Providence, RI
Chesterfield Land and Timber Corporation, Chesterfield County, VA
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Computer Sciences Corporation, Hampton, VA
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Duxbury Art Center, Duxbury, MA
First National Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Georgetown University/Lauinger Library, Washington, DC
Greensboro Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, NC
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA
Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Collection, Peking, China
National Telephone Company, CT
New Haven Print and Clay Company Association, New Haven, CT
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College, Greensboro, NC
Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
Paine Webber, Harbor Capital Management, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Philip Morris Collection, Richmond, VA
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Salem State College, Salem, MA
Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Art, Washington, DC
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
State University of New York, NY (John Kellogg Estate – 30 etchings)
Tufts University, Medford, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston, MA
U.S. House of Representatives, Permanent Collection, Washington, DC
Valley Bank, MA
Vermont College/Norwich University, Norwich, VT
Vermont State Courthouse, Montpelier, VT
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
William Nelson Rockhill Museum, Kansas City, MO
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Publications & Awards
American Book Award Nomination for Book Illustration / Original Art, 1981 for
Images of Age, Illustration and text by Michael Jacques, Abt Books, Cambridge, MA 1980
Desi Award for Graphic Design, 1981
Desi Award for Book Cover, 1981
Distinctive Merit Award, Art Director’s Club of Boston, Book Design, 1981
Distinctive Merit Award, Art Director’s Club of Boston, Jacket Design, 1981
The Blue Rabbit and Other Dog Affairs, Creative Storytellers, 2013
Articles
“In Search of a Warm Place,” Paul T. Nagano, 1996
“Painting in a Looser Style”, Sandra Angelo, American Artist Magazine, Feb 1994
“Beyond the Stereotype”, Jeanne B. Kissane, Small Business, (Vol. IV/no.1), Worcester, Massachusetts, December/January 1979.
“Michael Jacques – A Double Career in Art,” Paul T. Nagano, American Artist Magazine, Billboard Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1977.
“Portrait of an Artist,” Janet Falon, New England (Boston Sunday Globe), Boston, Massachusetts, November 1976.
“Michael Jacques – Portrait of an Artist,” Lee Sheridan, Springfield, (Vol. 4/no. 5), Springfield, Massachusetts, 1976.
