COLLECTED BY
Government of France
Royal Geographical Society
The Thomson Family
The Bronfman Family
The Ondaatje Family
Lakefield College
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 upcoming March 6th “R[age explores the tension between aging, identity,
in a society obsessed with youth and technology” Abbozzo Gallery
2023 “12:06 AM, One artist’s response to the A.I. ‘Crisis’” Abbozzo Gallery
2022 cancelled Abbozzo Gallery
2022 postponed Abbozzo Gallery
2021 “Pieces from a different puzzle” Abbozzo Gallery
2020 “The Sum and the Measure” Abbozzo
FEATURED ARTIST:
Applied Arts Magazine
Feature Articles:
Smithsonian Magazine
The Artist’s Magazine
COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS
Margaret Atwood
Robertson Davies
Sir Christopher Ondaatje
Lord David Thomson
Bill Gates Senior
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Graham Watson, President of R.G.A. International
Richard A. Jacobson (b. 1959, Choiceland, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, constructed objects, and narrative-based work. Rooted in material process, his work considers memory, endurance, and the accumulation of lived experience, treating objects as carriers of history rather than representations alone.
He studied at the Alberta College of Art, graduating with honours in 1982. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Jacobson has developed a multidisciplinary practice that moves between visual art, literary work, and physical fabrication.
Jacobson has exhibited widely across Canada. His work is held in public and private collections, including the Government of France and the Royal Geographical Society. He has received numerous awards in both the visual and literary arts and has produced a substantial body of published work alongside his exhibition practice.
He lives and works in Toronto.