Living in Oakland, CA.

EDUCATION

1998    BFA, College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

*indicates solo show

2011   4 Directions: International Blvd.,, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Outlandish, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

            Group Show, ArtpadSF, San Francisco, CA

            Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art, Chandler Center for the Arts, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ

            Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

2010   Things are Expanding, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Small Jawns, Parti-Time Studios, Piladelphia, PA

            Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art, Akron Art Museum - Akron, OH

            Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art, Gallery at Penn College - Williams Port, PA

            Group Show, 111 Minna Gallery - San Francisco, CA

2009    Enter/Exit, Swarm Gallery - Oakland, CA*

            Shop/Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Fresh Produce, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA

            Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

            Living City, Manifesto, Oakland, CA

2008    Where the Buffalo Roam, Foursided Gallery with Anna Kipervaser, Chicago, IL

            Oakland International Airport with Jessica Dascher, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

           The Sum of Its Parts, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Local Voice 2008: Defining Community Through Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

2007    Saved!, Receiver Gallery with Bill Dunlap - San Francisco, CA*

            Anonymous Drawing 6, Blütenweiss - Berlin, Germany

            Ripples Fund Exhibition, Oakland Art Gallery - Oakland, CA

            Faithfully, Bucheon Gallery - San Francisco, CA

            Red Dot Art Fair with Bucheon Gallery - New York, NY

2006    Used Cars, Buzz Gallery - Oakland, CA*

            Slow Down, diPietro Todd Salon - Palo Alto, CA*

            Geographic Premonitions (70th Anniv.), Richmond Art Center - Richmond, CA

            Sampling Oakland, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco, CA

            Virolology, Lobot Gallery - Oakland, CA

            Passtense (10th Anniv.), Pass Gallery - Washington, DC

            Overhung2: Hungover, Boontling Gallery -  Oakland, CA

            Untitled, Auto 3321 - Oakland, CA

2005    Truth and Lies, Mission 17 - San Francisco, CA

            The Neighborhood Show, Boontling Gallery - Oakland, CA

            50 under 50, Lobot Gallery - Oakland, CA

            Suitcase Release Party, Stain Bar - Brooklyn, NY

            G200, New York, GILD Gallery - NY

2004    ABCo Gallery - Oakland, CA

            Star Mountain Art Benefit, Linc Real Art - San Francisco, CA

            Hot and Cold Issue 7, Mama Buzz Gallery - Oakland, CA

            Art Explosion 2004 - San Francisco, CA

2003    Juried Show, MOCADC - Washington, DC

            Photo Show, Pass Gallery - Washington, DC

            District West Fine Art, Leesburg - VA

2002    BW/CMYK, Pass Gallery - Washington, DC*

            MOCADC, Washington, DC

            District West Fine Art, Leesburg, VA

            Life Cafe, Brooklyn, NY 10/02

            Eleven Bulls/Project Green, Brooklyn, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cheng, Dewitt. "Double Dare at Swarm," East Bay Express, January 2011. Cheng, DeWitt. "Critic's Choice: Enter/Exit", East Bay Express, March 2009.

Gannon, Victoria.  "Enter/Exit", KQED Arts, March 23, 2009.

Ross, Martha.  "Bedford's Local Voice Exhibition", Diablo Magazine, August 18, 2008.

"Profile: Jake Watling." Juxtapoz Magazine, February, 2008.

Taylor, Robert.  "Richmond: Past, Present and Future", Oakland Tribune, September 17, 2006.

Taylor, Robert. "Richmond: Past, Present and Future", Contra Costa Times, September 9, 2006.

"Local Artist", San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 13, 2006.

"Inspiration Lies Outside Front Door", Contra Costa Times, July 16, 2006.

KQED Gallery Crawl (text and video of Used Cars at Buzz Gallery) February 2006.

"Used Cars", East Bay Express, February 22, 2006.

"Leave Home", San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 8, 2006.

"The Neighborhood Show", East Bay Express, November 23, 2005.

"After the Gold Rush", San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 9, 2005.

Suitcase Magazine, Issue #1, June 2005.

Hot and Cold, Museum of Modern Art, Issue #07, August 2004.

Slurry Magazine April 2004.

"Common Stangers", Mused Magazine, Winter 2004.

"Georgia on His Mind", Washington City Paper, May 3, 2002

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, photo booklet to Hot and Cold Issue #7

Car Share, San Francisco, CA

Diablo Publications, Walnut Creek, CA