Jacob Yeats

Jacob Yeates is a freelance illustrator from Iowa City, Iowa. Driven by a love of art, literature, and stress, he received his Drawing BFA and English minor from the University of Iowa in 2013. He is currently living in St. Paul, Minnesota and pursuing his MFA in Visual Studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Education

2015 MFA in Visual Studies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, USA (expected graduation 2017)

2009-2013 BFA in Drawing/Minor in English, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Dean’s List Spring/Fall 2010, Spring/Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring/Fall 2013

2012 Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy (fall session)

Exhibitions

2014 Group Exhibition, Small Works Show, The Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA, USA

2014 Group Exhibition, Art Attack, Chariton Chamber of Commerce, Chariton, IA, USA

2014 Group Exhibition, Art for Access, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, USA

2014 Collaborative Project, Earthwords: Undergraduate Literary Review Issue 34 Book Drop, Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City,IA, USA (in collaboration with Earthwords: Undergraduate Literary Review)

2013 Solo Exhibition, And We’ll Keep Swimming: BFA Thesis Show, Art Building West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

2013 Group Exhibition, Art Attack, Chariton Vision Center, Chariton, IA, USA

2013 Group Exhibition, Lucas County Arts Festival, Freight House, Chariton, IA, USA

2013 Collaborative Project, Fair Re-Tales, Iowa City, IA, USA (in collaboration with Monsoon: United Asian Women of Iowa; Iowa Youth Writing Project; Iowa Public Library)

2012 Group Exhibition, SACI Student Exhibition, Art Institute Florence, Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy