Spirit Level II and Light Lines, 2023, oil on panel, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm) each
Paul Jacobsen was born in Denver in 1976. He grew up in a family of artists in a small mountain town in Colorado, and since moving to Brooklyn at a young age he has split his time between the two. Forgoing a formal art degree, Jacobsen has taken classes in Florence at Lorenzo De Medici Instituto de Arte, studied privately with acclaimed realist still life painter Daniel Sprick and worked for Artists such as Jeff Koons and Rudolf Stingel. His works have been exhibited at MASS MoCA and the Aspen Art Museum, among other institutions. Jacobsen lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.