EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts 2004
New York Academy of Art - Manhattan, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2002
Brigham Young University - Laie, Hawaii
BIOGRAPHY
I am an artist who has been practicing figurative sculpture since the early 2000s. My formal studies of the figure began with Viliami Toluta'u and Mataumu Alisa at Brigham Young University – Hawaii where I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. I then received the best figurative training possible at the New York Academy of Art where I earned my Master of Fine Arts in 2004. There in the heart of the art world I received a direct lineage of techniques handed down from the great masters of old. While in Manhattan I studied the figure with a modern approach while sharing a personal dialogue with the most forward thinking renowned artists of our time. They include: Vincent Desiderio, Martha Erlebacher, Harvey Citron, Steven Assael, Sabin Howard, and Leonid Lerman. My education in Hawaii and New York City provided technical and aesthetic tools needed to assist the expressive creation of my art.
As a college art professor since 2006, currently at Indiana University at IUPUI and previously at the Art Institute of Indianapolis, I have been able to pursue my goal of learning and developing as I teach sculpture, the principles of design and creative thinking. Every day I love balancing my teaching and studio work with my family life. My wife, kids and the rest of my family has been my greatest source of inspiration and support.
Indianapolis, Indiana
(317) 658-2027
info@jacobdobson.com