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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Government of France
Royal Geographical Society
The Thomson Family
The Bronfman Family
The Ondaatje Family
Lakefield College

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026
R[age]
Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto
(upcoming)

2023
12:06 AM
Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto

2021
Pieces from a Different Puzzle
Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto

2020
The Sum and the Measure
Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto

Note: Exhibitions scheduled for 2022 were postponed then cancelled.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Applied Arts Magazine

Feature Articles:
Smithsonian Magazine
The Artist’s Magazine

SELECTED COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS

Margaret Atwood
Robertson Davies
Sir Christopher Ondaatje
Lord David Thomson
Bill Gates, Sr.
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Graham Watson, R.G.A. Int

BIOGRAPHY

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 and internationally. 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.

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