Photo by Shun Yong
Jacob Yeates (they/he) is an illustrator and art educator originally from Iowa City, Iowa, who has been living and working in Minneapolis since 2015. Driven by a love of art, literature, and stress, Yeates received a Drawing BFA and English minor from the University of Iowa in 2013, and an MFA in Visual Studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2017. Yeates’s work has received grant funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Freedom and Captivity, and MPD150, has been featured by Cartoonists for Palestine, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, Creative Quarterly, Paper Darts, Illozine, IH8 WAR and Little Village Magazine, and has appeared in community events, exhibitions, and panel discussions throughout the midwest and beyond.
Yeates’s ongoing day-to-day practices include writing, drawing, teaching, and other even less-financially-sound/more-stress-producing practices.
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For more information, questions or commissions for Jacob, please feel free to email at jwmyeates@gmail.com