JACOB HASHIMOTO: The Disappointment Engine

Jacob Hashimoto (b. 1973 in Greeley, CO) studied at Carleton College and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996.

Hashimoto has presented solo exhibitions and installations at the Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, TX; Governors Island, New York, NY; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL; Museum of Contemporary Art Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Studio la Città, Verona, Italy; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL; and Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland, among others.

His work has been featured in group exhibitions at numerous institutions internationally such as the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom; Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna di Roma, Rome, Italy; International Print Center New York, New York, NY; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV; Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK; and Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

Hashimoto’s work may be found in the collections of Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State; Capital One, McLean, VA;  Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France; Cornell Tech Art Collection, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; McDonald’s Corporation, Chicago, IL; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL; Saastamoinen Foundation, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA; Tokiwabashi Tower Art Collection, Tokyo, Japan, and elsewhere.

The artist lives and works in Ossining, NY.