EDUCATION

2012 MFA New York Academy of Art 

2010 BFA Southern Methodist University

EXHIBITIONS

2021

Art Miami, Gallery Henoch, One Miami Herald Plaza, Miami, FL

New Beginnings, curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, FL

Art Miami, curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz, New York Academy of Art, One Miami Herald Plaza, Miami, FL

The Innovate Exhibition, The Untitled Space, New York, NY

Spring/Break Art Show, Garden of Earthly Delights, curated by Anna Kustera, Room 1052, 625 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

NYAA Summer Exhibition, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY

Cure/Rated: Bigotry, A Societal Cancer, HOFA Gallery, London, ENG

Winter Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA

2020

Common Ground, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY

2019

Art Miami, curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz, New York Academy of Art, One Miami Herald Plaza, Miami, FL

Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY

Summer Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

International Biennial Portrait Competition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI

Art New York, curated by Helena Christenson and David Kratz, New York Academy of Art, Pier 94, New York, NY

Grand Opening, Blackbird Gallery, New York, NY

While Supplies Last, Mount Analogue Seattle, WA

Square Pegs, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

2018

Art Miami, curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz, New York Academy of Art, One Miami Herald Plaza, Miami, FL

The last Smile, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY

Summer Juried Show, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

NYAA Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY

Dream, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Escape Velocity, The Plaxall Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016

Multiplicity, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

2015

Twice Born, Steele Gallery, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

NYAA Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Behind the Curtain, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY

The Wild’s Bestiary Benefit Auction, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY

Superficies 1, Prova 4 Bolit Centre d’Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain

Winter Salon Pop Up, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

One Billion Rising, Polk State College, Winter Haven, FL

Kamakura/NYC Synergy, Kamakura Arts Center, Kamakura, Japan

2013

Mythical Beasts, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY

Lacunae, Halle 14, Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany

Single Fare, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY

2012

Fr**k Off,  RH Gallery, New York, NY

Interfaith Biennial, Dominican University, River Forest, IL

Holy Lives, St. Elizabeth College, Morristown, NJ

MFA Thesis Exhibit, Wilkinson Hall, New York, NY

2011

Webster Hall Quarterly, Webster Hall, New York, NY

Single Fair 2, Sloan Gallery, New York, NY

2010

BFA Qualifying Exhibit, The Pollock Gallery, Dallas, TX

CURATION

Wonderland, Wrong Side of the River, Brooklyn, NY

Phosphorus, Rare Bird Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2018

Anthropoceneans, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA, 2016

Alchemy and Metaphysics, Trestle Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2014

Mythology and Folklore, Big Irv’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2013

Not For Sale, The Lounge Underground, Brooklyn, NY, 2013

Things That go Bump in the Night, Kraine Gallery, New York, NY, 2012

PUBLICATIONS

2021 

Weekend Roundup: 5 Things to Do This Weekend, The New York Times

“The image you saw in your mind as a child when someone read a beautiful bedtime story to you … that is the image I want to paint” — Meet Artist-Educator in Residence Jacob Hicks! Children’s Museum of the Arts

Meet the 2021-2022 Artist-Educators in Residence, Children’s Museum of the Arts

“Innovate” Issue, the Untitled Magazine

CURE/RATED: Bigotry, A Societal Cancer, Artforum

2020

“To identify and learn from the clarity and truthfulness that [children] reflect requires patience and devotion” — 5 Minutes with Teaching Artist Jacob Hicks, Children’s Museum of the Arts

Jacob Hicks, Por Amor al Arte 

2019

Jacob Hicks: Painting Against the Dark Arts, Frontrunner

All About Teaching Artist Jacob Hicks!, Children’s Museum of the Arts

Welcome Artists!, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts

Wrong Side of The River Opens in Greenpoint with ‘WONDERLAND’, Greenpointers 

Hyper-realistic artist Jacob Hicks – Art Miami 2019, Decorating Diva

Brooke Shields & Helena Christensen at Art New York, Medium 

2018

Here It Is, the 2018 Real Simple Home: See 50+ Inspiring Ideas You Can Steal for Your Place, Real Simple

2017

Interview with Artist Jacob Hicks, ArteFuse

Natural Selection Comes Together, Art Nerd

2015 

Art Abounds This Weekend in Three New Shows, The Midland Reporter Telegram

Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 8, July 2015, curated by Michael Kalmbach, edited by Amanda Shredwer, published by Ekatrina Popova

2014

Bestiary, text by Bianca Ozeri, edited by Joseph Levinson, published by Los Salvajes Media Group, 2014

The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, by Donald Kuspit & Irving Sandler, edited by Margaret McCann, published by Rizzoli, 2014

Poets and Artists Magazine Issue # 56, Edited by Daniel Maidman, GOSS183 Publishing Group, Bloomington, Illinois

2013

West Nottingham Academy Welcomes First Artist in Residence, The Cecil Daily