SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Singular and Serial: Expanding the Circle, Cove Street Arts, Portland ME.
selected prints also shown at Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2022
Constance Jacobson at Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2020
Singular and Serial: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint, Cove Street Arts,
Portland, ME.
2019
Observation and Imagination, Concord Art Association, Concord MA
Work from "Singular and Series", Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Work from Fenway Studios, Inc., Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
Constance Jacobson at NE BioLabs, Rowley, MA
2018
Looking Inward: A Study of Mindfulness and Meditation, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
Life is a Beautiful Place A Radical Collaboration, Childs Gallery, Boston, MA
2017
Blanche Ames National, North Easton, MA
2016
Overgrowth, The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Intention and Chance, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2015
Look Again, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2014
Inner and Outer Space, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2013
Subjective Resonance Imaging, 2013 Human Mapping Conference, Seattle, WA
2012
Micromorphic, Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center, Woodstock, NY
2011
Primordial, (Constance Jacobson and David Hart) Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College
2010
Constance Jacobson at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Tide Rising, (Constance Jacobson), Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, (solo)
Seeing Science: Where Art and Science Meet, Curry College, Milton, MA
2009
Above the Neck: Constance Jacobson at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, (solo)
New England Impressions 3: The Unique Print, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Dual Action, Jewett Art Center Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2008
Constance Jacobson at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, (solo)
MindMatters, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
Convergence: Photo/Graphics, Gallery Artists Studio Projects, Brookline, MA
Ink Wipe Roll Print, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
2006
Constance Jacobson: The Tome Series, HallSpace, Boston, MA (solo)
EES Arts, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
Dr. Harold Edgerton, Katherine Gulla, Constance Jacobson at Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2003
The New Renaissance, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Seeing is Believing, Hall Space, Boston, MA
2002 Open Season, Hall Space, Boston, MA
Almost Biology, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001
Workshop Traditions: Printmaking in Boston since 1960, Boston University
Dualities, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2000
Prints and Process, Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Newton, MA
1999
Monotypes, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1998
Contemporary Print Invitational, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1997
Double Identities: Master Printmakers/Master Teachers, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1996
Recent Acquisitions, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Printmakers ‘96, Pittsburgh Print Group, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 National Print Biennial, The Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT
10th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha WI
1995
45 North American Print Exhibit, The Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
1993
4th North American Print Exhibit, The Boston Printmakers, Boston University, Boston, MA
Worse than Animals, The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
1991
Penelope Jones, Constance Jacobson, Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
43rd North American Print Exhibit, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1989
Image Reconsidered, Recycled, Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC
Books, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Prints, Montserrat School of Art, Beverly, MA
1988
Within, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MAVisiting Artist Group Exhibit, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA
1987
Bradley National Print and Drawing Show, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1986
Works of Constance Jacobson, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Works of Constance Jacobson and Mary Boone Wellington, Gallery 52, Boston MA
Director's Choice, EES Arts, Duxbury Arts Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Traveling Prints, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Contemporary Prints and Drawings, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1985
61st Annual Print Show, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA (first place)
Bradley National Print and Drawing Show, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1984 Views: Land, Sea, Air, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
Fourth Annual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Local Color, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Imprint of the Imagination, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA
The Artists World, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ
TEACHING
1996-2017
Faculty, Lesley University College of Art and Design (formerly The Art Institute of Boston) Courses taught include Intaglio 1, Intaglio 2, Alternative Printmaking, Advanced Printmaking
1986-98
Visiting Printmaking Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Courses taught include Intaglio, Monoprint, Artist’s Books, Advanced Lithography.
Undergraduate and graduate levels
1996
Visiting Faculty, Wheaton College, Norton, MA. Taught Intaglio, 2-D Design, Graphic Design
1981-82
Project Coordinator of Special Services, The Artists Foundation, Inc., Boston, MA
Started an arts/cultural news service for hearing impaired people. Accessibility advocate for disabled artists
1978-80
Co-coordinator Special Services, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Produced audio tapes and written gallery guides about the collections for use by blind
and deaf audiences. Workshop and tour development
1976-78
Coordinator After School Day Care Program
Jackson-Mann Community School, Allston, MA
Started an after school program for low income, hearing, and deaf children
1972-74
Language Lab Teacher, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh, PA
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
1984-1999
Turnstone Publishing Group, Boston, MA
WGBH Design, Boston, MA
Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA
Lotus Publications, Cambridge, MA
1996-97
Main Street Design, Cambridge, MA
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, (National Park Service), Greeneville, TN
1994-95
Krent Paffett Associates, Boston, MA
Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, FLA
National Museum of the American Indian, (Smithsonian), NYC
1985-90
Joseph Wetzel Associates, Boston, MA
Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi, TX
Norwalk Maritime Center, Norwalk, CT
Elephant and Rhino House, Bronx Zoo, NY.
Production Membership Room, NY Zoological Society, NY. Production
1982-84
Houghton Mifflin, Children's Trade Division, Boston, MA
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Lithographic Techniques, Lowell Institute Lecture series, 1996
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Printmaking Techniques of Emil Nolde,, Lowell Institute Lecture series, 1995
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Visiting Lecturer, 1990
Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC, Bookmaking Workshop, 1990
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Mummies and Magic, 1989
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Visiting Artist, 1988
Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, Visiting Artist, 1988
Art New England at Bennington College, Bennington, VT, printmaking 1984, 1985, 1991, 2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, One of a Kind: The Monotype,
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, Artists at Work series
Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Printmaking lecture
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
DeCordova Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Worcester Art Museums
New York Public Library
Boston Public Library
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Pittsburgh National Bank
Dean Witter
Dartmouth College
Gillette
Kutak Rock and Campbell
Commercial Bank of Peoria
numerous private collections
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
Inclusion in book, Singular and Serial, Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint, 2019,
Ed. Catherine. Kernan and E. Ashley Rooney
Inclusion in the book Contemporary American Printmakers, 2015, Ed. E.Ashley Rooney and Stephanie Standish, Schiffer pub.
“Artsake”, Massachusetts Cultural Council, interview online blog
“Innovative Printmaking”, Art New England, article by Andre van der Wende
Inclusion in the book 60 Years of North American Prints 1947-2007 by David Acton
Interview by Lois Tarlow as the issue’s Profile Artist, “Constance Jacobson: An Artist’s Microscope Interprets Science”, Art New England Review by Christopher Millis at The Boston Phoenix, Fit to Print
Work reproduced in The Best of Printmaking, An International Collection, Quarry Books, edited by Lynne Allen and Phyllis McGibbon
Essay on Constance Jacobson by David Acton, curator of prints, Worcester Art Museum in Working Proof, Experimental Etching Studio, Boston Public Library
Review by Nancy Stapen at the Boston Globe, “Constance Jacobson, Monotypes” at Randall entitled Artists who Rediscover the Natural World
Review by Victoria Donohoe, The Philadelphia, Annual International Competition of the Print Club
Review by Marc Mannheimer, Art New England, Books, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
The Boston Printmakers Purchase Award, Boston, MA
Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Grant
Ann and Donald W. McPhail Award, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Patron's Purchase, Bradley National Print and Drawing Show, Peoria, IL
Andrews Nelson Whitehead Award, Printmaking Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, MFA 2002
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, MFA candidate 1974-1975
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA. BA Art 1972