About the Artist
Devorah Jacoby’s sources of inspiration for her figurative and abstract paintings are her own experiences, nature and the objects of everyday life that surround her. Color, texture and patterns also fascinate her and are a characteristic theme that is frequently present in her work.
Ms. Jacoby feels that painting has enabled her to reflect upon her environment with a sensitive perspective and uses the oil paint’s rich fullness, versatility and body to help with her vision. Before exploring art, Ms. Jacoby worked for many years as a licensed psychotherapist. She now uses this strong psychological background as a foundation for her art.
Ms. Jacoby’s work has been featured in many shows and is well represented in private collections.
Read reviews of her solo art shows here.
Exhibition History
2022
Solo Exhibition, Inside Out, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2019
Solo Exhibition, She, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Seattle Art Fair, with Seager Gray Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
Solo Exhibition, Ziff Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2016
Solo Exhibition, Unearthed, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA view show photos
Summer Salon, Powder and Smoke, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Group Exhibition, At Sea, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
San Francisco artMRKT, San Francisco, CA
2014
Group Exhibition, Women’s Work with Inez Storer, Lisa Kokin, Emily Payne & Nancy Legge, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2013
Solo Exhibition, Mysterious Barricades, Seager Gray Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Group Exhibition, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
San Francisco Art Expo
2012
Miami Invitational Art Fair
2011
Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Wide Open II, National Art Show finalist, Brooklyn, NY – Juror, Nathan Trotman, Curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Two-person Show, Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York.
2010
AQUA 10, Miami Invitational Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
Solo Exhibition, Friends, Family and Other Misfits, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2008
Solo Exhibition, Geography, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2007
1st place, Juror’s Award granted by Stephen Haller, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
8th Annual National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg Univ., Shippensburg PA
Miami Invitational Art Fair, FLOW Exhibition, Dorset Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
Donna Seager Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Rafael, CA
2006
Alameda Art Center National Juried Exhibition (granted 1st place Juror’s Award by painting curator Janet Bishop of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Alameda, CA
Solo Exhibition, Curiosity, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Group Exhibition, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2005
Schoonmaker Winter Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2004
Schoonmaker Winter Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
Marin Art Council Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
Falkirk Juried Exhibition, San Rafael, CA
2003
Marin Art Council Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
Schoonmaker Winter Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
2002
Juried Fall Exhibition, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
2001
Juried Fall Exhibition, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
Teaching
Jewish Family and Children’s Services, San Francisco, CA. Art Therapy work with children.
Marin Primary School, Larkspur, CA – Art Therapy for the Preadolescent.
Education
1998+: Extensive Post Graduate at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, California College of the Arts and San Francisco Art Institute
1995: M. A. Psychology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
1994: Cert. Art Therapy, University of California, Berkeley, California
1988: B.A. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California