Curriculum Vitae - Jacob C Hammes
Education, Affiliations:
2006-present Media Technician, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2008-present Member Chicago Phonographers sound performance group.
2004-2006 Producer, Blindspot radio program 88.7FM WLUW.
2004 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Selected Gallery Exhibitions:
2012
Hammes/Payne @ New Capital Projects. Chicago, IL.
Jacob C Hammes 21 Motorcycles @ The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, IL.
Program/Suffer/Abstain/Deprogram @ Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL.
2011
Waveforms @ Grunwald Gallery, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN.
Jacob C Hammes/Lisa Rybovich Cralle @ Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL. Halfway to Entropy @ The Storefront, Chicago, IL.
2010
Metaton's Roof: New Work by Jacob C Hammes @ Hungryman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Jacob C Hammes: Deep Imagination Therapy @ JJ Morgan & Co., Wellington, New Zealand. S
ynesthetic Collection: Jacob C Hammes @ Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland, New Zealand.
Chawn-oiserie (collaboration with Tom Burtonwood @ Fountain Studios, New York, NY
Bad At Sports 5 yr Aniversary @ Apex Arts, New York, NY
Chasing Two Rabbits @ Threewalls, Chicago, IL
Translations: Navigating Culture through Paper @ Studio 2, Austin, TX
2009
BEER @ Ben Russell, Chicago, IL.
Salad, Church, and Exercise @ Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL.
Jacob C Hammes: New Work @ Pall Mall Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
Liv Ullman, Anaerobic Digestion, Post-Psychiatry, Kansas City, MO. St. Louis, MO.
Songs of Returning, Both Silent and Aloud @ Art of This, Minneapolis, MN.
Vulva O'Keefe Versus Angry Goldsworthy @ Deadtech, Chicago, IL.
Versionfest 8 @ Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL.
COMA 17 @ California Occidental Museum of Art, Chicago, IL.
2007-earlier
Vomitorium with Agit-Prop @ Gallery 40000, Chicago, IL
To London From Chicago, with Great Love @ I-Cabin, London, UK.
Jacob C Hammes: Spice Narcissus @ artLedge, Chicago, IL.
X-TV @ Lounge Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Open Source Open Ear @ Mess Hall, Chicago, IL.
Sound Canopy @ Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Residencies and Awards
2012 ACRE residency, Steuben, WI.
2012 Harold Arts residency, Chesterhill, OH.
2011 The Storefront residency, Chicago, IL.
2010 City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs CAAP Grant
2010 JJ Morgan & Co. residency, Wellington, NZ.
2008 City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs CAAP Grant
Selected Performances and Screenings:
2011
Vie De Boheme @ Threewalls, Chicago, IL.
2010
Jacob C Hammes: Deep Imagination Therapy @ JJ Morgan & Co., Wellington, NZ.
Jacob C Hammes and Vitamin S @ Wine Cellar, Auckland, NZ.
Here/Not There with Chicago Phonographers @ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2009-earlier
Select Media Festival: Hypnosis Experiment @ Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL Spiderbug @ West Chicago City Museum, West Chicago, IL. Preshish Moments and Pseudofaux @ 4lowershop, Oakland, CA. Nastacasta and Pseudofaux @ Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL. Open Source Open Ear @ Mess Hall, Chicago, IL.
Selected Publications and Reviews:
2012, Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University exhibition catalogue for Waveforms. Bloomington, In.
2011 Sculpture Magazine Making Worlds: Chicago Sound as Sculpture article featuring Chicago Phonography.
2011 Drunken Boat International Journal of Art #12, November 8,
2010 New City Art review for Jacob C. Hammes: Metatron’s Roof. New City Magazine, Chicago, IL.
May, 2011 Sculpture Magazine Making Worlds: Chicago Sound as Sculpture review of Chi-Phono at MCA Chicago.
July 12, 2010 The Big Idea: Te Aria Nui review of Jacob C Hammes: Synesthetic Collection. Auckland, New Zealand.
October, 2007 Leonardo Music Journal. The Art of the Gremlin: Inventive Musicians, Curious Devices artist statement and interview for Rotted Orange.