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REPRESENTATION & MEMBERSHIPS
2016-2024 Founder, Curator, Writer, Juror, Producer APERO: Artist Collection
2023-2024 Gallery Member - OCCCA - Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
2023-2024 Representation - OTMG - Over the Moon Gallery
2020-2024 Representation - Tirage Fine Art
2020-2024 Gallery Member - Quorum Gallery, Laguna Beach
2020-2023 SOCALPAPA - Plein Air Painting Association
2017-2023 AIS - American Impressionist Society
2014-2023 CAC - California Art Club
2021-2023 LPAPA - Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc.
2021-2022 HBAC - Huntington Beach Artist Council
2019-2020 Saddleback Art League
2012-2018 Magoski Arts Colony
2015-2017 Saga Fine Art Gallery
IN-GALLERY CURATION, JURYING & WRITING
2024 TRYST Art Fair, 3D View, TAM Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance California
2023 Gong Art Gallery, Time, Love & Gravity, Newport Beach, California
2022 The Progress Gallery, Time, Love & Gravity, Pomona, California
2017 Of The Earth, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2017 Human Beings, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2017 Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 America The... APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 Intimate Art, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 To Life, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 LIFE, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 Sacred Nature, APERO Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 BEING (ens realissimum), Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2015 A Poem is Near, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2015 Group Exhibition, Mary Paxon Art Gallery Norwalk, California
2015 17 Minutes (in between dreams), Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2015 Sacred Sky, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2015 Je Suis Ciel et Fleurs, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2015 The Sacred Dew, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 Darker Introspection, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 No Boundaries: International Art Exhibition, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 Love Notes & Poems, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 Dionysus is Here!, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2013 The Nocturne Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2013 A Contemplative Collaborative Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2013 Grey Areas Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
JURYING, PRINTED PUBLICATIONS & SELECT REVIEWS
2024 Panelist & Juror, NYFA- New York Foundation for the Arts, Recharge New Surrealist Prize, New York
2023 Juror, Li Tang Gallery, Abstract Distortion & Fragmentation, New York
2021 APERO CATALOGUES
2020 APERO CATALOGUES
2019 APERO CATALOGUES
2018 APERO CATALOGUES
2017 APERO CATALOGUES
PUBLISHED POETRY & PROSE
2023 'The Edge' Poetry, & Prose by E.E. Jacks
2022 'No Service' Poems, Prose and Preachings by E.E. Jacks
2021 'A Story' Selected Poems and Prose by E.E. Jacks
2018 'Beneath The Boughs' Selected Poems and Prose by E.E. Jacks
2015 'Moonbow Over Charleston' Author Terry Ward Tucker 'Poem by E.E. Jacks'
2012 'Burning Bee' Selected Early Poems and Prose by E.E. Jacks
MUSEUMS
2024 ‘Tree Stories’, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, California
2024 TRYST Art Fair, & TAM Advocates, Donation, TAM Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance California
2023 ‘Beyond Words’, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, California
2023 ‘The Library’ The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, - Lisa Berman Arts Agency, Fullerton, California
2022 ‘Artistic License Fair’ The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, - OTM Gallery, Fullerton, California
2022 ‘Distorted Landscape’, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, California
2022 “Fullerton: Art Town”, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, California
2022 ‘All the World’s a Stage’, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts
2022 Yosemite Renaissance #37, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California
2020 “The FMC and ME”, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, California
2020 Yosemite Renaissance #35, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California
2019 North by Northwest, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Montana
2019 Expressions West 2019, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
2019 I Am Me: Artists’ Self-Portraits, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, California
2019 Yosemite Renaissance #34, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California
2018 Yosemite Renaissance #33, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California
2017 Dia de los Muertos Exhibition MOLAA Long Beach, California
2017 MOTAL Art Auction Gala Bowers Museum Santa Ana, California
2017 Prayers, Protection, and Resistance The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California
2015 Landscapes of the West II Olaf Wieghorst Museum El Cajon, California
2014 OC Weekly Featured Artist Event MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center Anaheim California
RECOGNITION
2019 Dr. James Young Arts Legacy Magoski Arts Colony award at The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton California
2019 Yosemite Renaissance 34, Second Place Award, 'Together' Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite, California
2018 OC Fair Fine Art Competition, Honorable Mention, OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California
Selected by Senator Josh Newman to represent the 29th District, Sacramento California
2017 International Challenge at Yosemite, California Plein Air Painters Merit Medal Award, Oakhurst, California
2015 OC Fair Fine Art Competition, OC Fair & Event Center Adult Pro. Fine Art 1st Place Winner, Costa Mesa, California
2014 Holiday Treasures Salon, Debra Huse Gallery Randy Higbee Gallery Award, Newport Beach, California
2014 - 2015 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale, Randy Higbee Gallery, 6" Squared Winner Costa Mesa, California
2014 Plein Air Contest, Old Town Tustin Art Walk 3rd Place Award, Tustin, California
2014 OC Weekly Featured Artist Event MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center, ARTOPIA2014 Creatives Winner, Anaheim California
2013 OC California State Assembly California Legislature, Certificate of Recognition
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Fullerton Observer, Newspaper Article The Plain Truth About Plein Air Painting -August 2024
2024 Bold Journey: Meet E.E. Jacks -July 2024
2024 Daily Breeze, Nearly 400 artists converge on Torrance for alternative ' ... August 2024
2024 Better Homes & Gardens: Cottage Style Spring 2024
2024 Diversions L.A., Santa Ana’s OCCCA March 2024
2024 CNN, “Odysseus becomes first US spacecraft…” February 2024
2024 The New York Times, “Moon Lander…” February 2024
2024 Space.com, SpaceX targeting Feb. 14 for Launch of Intuitive Machines IM-1 private moon mission
2023 Fullerton Observer, Newspaper Article -Mid-Dec 2023
2023 Hoodline, Abstract Art Takes Flight at John Wayne Airport's Meditative Reflections Exhibition
2023 John Wayne Airport, Press Release ‘Meditative Reflections’
2023 Stu News Laguna, Mixing It Up, Gallery Q at THE SUSI Q
2022 Stu News Laguna, Gallery Q at THE SUSI Q
2022 John Wayne Airport, Unveils New Contemporary Paintings Exhibition: Vi Smith Concourse Gallery
2022 The Pomonan, Time, Love and Gravity Exhibition
2021 Stu News Laguna, Scapes and Scope Exhibition
2021 HBAC Huntington Beach Art Center, The Muse: Scapes & Scope Exhibition
2020 Stu News Laguna, Quorum Gallery Art Auction, July
2020 Chicago Tribune, Great American Paint In, August
2020 Stu News Newport Beach, SOCALPAPA Exhibit, July
2020 Laguna Beach Magazine, February
2020 Stu News Laguna, Quorum Gallery Celebrates Art Walk, May
2018 The Sentinel Yosemite Renaissance comes to Hanford, June
2018 Voyage L.A. Magazine Interview, March
2017 Long Beach Post Article: MOLAA Exhibition, October
2016 Orange County Modern Luxury Magazine: 7 Top Art Influencers, November
2016 OC WEEKLY APERO America the.. Exhibition Article, August
2016 Fullerton Observer: All the Arts Foundation, April
2015 Alternative Orange: Artillery Magazine, Magoski Arts Colony: Artists, Evan Senn, July
2015 Outdoor Painter Magazine On Both Coasts, Poetry and Painting Pair Up Bob Bahr, February
2014 Fullerton Observer: Love Notes and Poems- E.E. Jacks Exhibit, July
2014 OC WEEKLY Welcome to the Colony: Cover, May - June
2014 Outdoor Painter Magazine Painting, and Learning From, a White Rabbit Bob Bahr, May
2014 OC WEEKLY ARTOPIA Creatives Winner Article at MUZEO: E.E. Jacks Inside Cover Art, March
2014 Art & Arnold: The Paintings of E.E. Jacks H.C. Arnold Professor & Art Critic
2013 Outdoor Painter Magazine Tustin Art walk Winners Article, October
2013 Fullerton Observer: Artspeak by Aimee Allen- Painter E.E. Jacks Interview, September
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS
2024 Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens, Toast to the Casa, Fundraiser, San Clemente
2024 Over the Moon Gallery, ‘The Masks We Wear’
2024 OCCCA , Why We Make Art?, Santa Ana, California
2024 Coastline Art Gallery, ‘Me I 23 A Melting Pot’, Newport Beach, California
2024 ALL THE ARTS FOR ALL THE KIDS FOUNDATION “Art Auction XXVI” Fullerton, California
2024 ‘The Lunar Codex’ Curated Archive -SpaceX, NASA Artemis Missions, Intuitive Machines
The Lunar Codex is a curated archive of contemporary culture, in time capsules launched via NASA Artemis / CLPS program partners to the Moon.
2024 Yosemite Sierra Artists, Visions of Self 2024, International Online Art Show for Women
2024 Gallery Q ‘Gallery Q at the Susi Q Presents: ‘A Fresh New Look’, Laguna Beach, California
2024 OCCCA , Urban Expression, Santa Ana, California
2023 John Wayne Airport: Meditative Reflections, Santa Ana, California
2023 Artists for Lahaina, Fine Art Auction “Together”
2023 Ginger Elliott Gallery, Claremont, California
2023 Wine Craft, Laguna Beach, California
2023 LPAPA Painted Postcards, Auction and Exhibition, Laguna Beach, California
2023 Gallery Q ‘Gallery Q at the Susi Q Presents: Mix It Up’, Laguna Beach, California
2022 -2023 John Wayne Airport: Vi Smith Concourse Gallery, Santa Ana, California
2022 Gallery Q in Partnership with the Laguna Art Museum “Art & Nature” Laguna Beach, California
2022 “LPAPA Squared “Less is More” Juried Small Works Show, Laguna Beach, California
2022 ALL THE ARTS FOR ALL THE KIDS FOUNDATION “Block Party Silent Auction” Fullerton, California
2022 Gallery Q “Art for the Ages” Laguna Beach, California
2022 Gallery Q “Spontaneous Creativity” Laguna Beach, California
2022 Winter Solace, California Art Club
2022 ‘6x6 Squared Exhibition’ Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2021 2nd Annual “LPAPA Squared” Juried All Member Art Show, Laguna Beach, California
2021 Huntington Beach Art Center, Inspire: Artist Council Exhibition, Huntington Beach, California
2021 American Impressionist Society 2nd Annual Member Exhibition: Catalog
2021 SOCALPAPA Paints the Back Bay and OC Parks 2021 Muth Gallery, Newport Beach, California
2021 ‘Atmospheric Impressions Exhibition’ Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2021 Mars: An Artistic Mission, California Art Club
2021 ‘Favorite Things - Trees’, Sebastopol Center for the Arts
2021 “Art That’s Small At City Hall”, Laguna Beach City Hall
2021 "California Dreamin’” Holiday Exhibit, Huse Skelly Gallery!
2020 ‘THE GREAT AMERICAN PAINT IN’ Presented by: Gallery CERO
2020 ‘Huge Show Small Art’ Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2020 The South Laguna Community Garden, Art-A-Fair Foundation, Laguna Beach, California
2020 OC Fair, Virtual Juried Fine Art Competition, Costa Mesa, California
2020 Gallery Q “Gallery Q at the Susi Q Goes Virtual” Laguna Beach, California
2020 SOCALPAPA Paints the Back Bay in partnership with Newport Bay Conservancy and Orange County Parks
2020 E.E. Jacks ‘Figures’ Vino Nostra, Fullerton, California
2019 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2019 All the Arts for All the Kids Foundation, Fullerton Museum Plaza, California
2019 Saddleback Art League at Laguna Niguel City Hall, California
2019 OC Fair, Juried Fine Art Competition, Costa Mesa, California
2019 Block Party, All the Arts Foundation, Fullerton, California
2019 Magic & Misfits, Remix Yoga, Fountain Valley, California
2019 E.E. Jacks Still Life, Vino Nostra, Fullerton, California
2019 Painted California, ReMax CORNERSTONE, Fullerton, California
2018 Petit Boutique Holiday Exhibition, Josephine Joan Gallery, Fullerton, California
2018 Figures, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2018 'ICC' Internal Colony Collaboration, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2018 Earth Poetry and Paintings, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2018 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, California
2018 Crystal Cove Sand to Sea, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2018 All The Arts Foundation XX1V, Hangar 21 Fullerton, California
2018 Little Things, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2018 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2017 Winter Exhibit, Lisa McKnett Gallery, Laguna Hills, California
2017 Small but Mighty, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2017 Original Works on Paper, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2017 Razzamatazz Saga Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, California
2017 OC Fair Fine Art Competition, OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California
2017 Watermark Saga Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, California
2017 Urban Landscapes Saga Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, California
2017 All The Arts Foundation XX1V, Mars Heart Sculpture Donor, Fullerton, California
2017 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2016 Root to Bloom: The Places Artists Call Home! Principle Gallery Alexandria, Virginia
2016 Holiday Small Works Show: "Yo! Saturnalia" Saga Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, California
2016 Party Down, Josephine Joan Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 Lost & Found, Josephine Joan Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 Miniature Masterpieces Saga Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, California
2016 Spring Awakening, Josephine Joan Gallery Fullerton, California
2016 All The Arts Foundation XX1V, Moon Heart Sculpture Donor, Fullerton, California
2016 The Urban Landscape Saga Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, California
2016 Grandeur: Art and Science, Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, California
2015 Art Fundraiser The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California
2015 OC Fair Fine Art Competition, OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California
2015 Viewpoints: Orange County, Chemers Gallery Tustin, California
2015 Orphaned Constellations, Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, California
2015 'From the Heart', Epperson Gallery Crockett, California
2014 EE Jacks Solo Exhibit, Mary Paxon Gallery, Norwalk, California
2014 - 2015 Natural Scapes, CHANCE Theatre, Anaheim, California
2014 - 2015 Small Works Show, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 Joshua Tree National Park Exposition, 29 Palms Art Gallery Twentynine Palms, California
2014 'Leading Female Artists from Orange County', PROOF BAR Fullerton, California
2014 Mirrors of Your Mind, Mary Paxon Art Gallery Norwalk, California
2014 Urban Aspect Principle Gallery Alexandria, Virginia
2014 Urban Beauty, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2014 Portraits of the Unprotected, Josephine Joan Gallery Fullerton, California
2014 'All Themes Considered', South Bay Contemporary Zask Gallery Rolling Heights, California
2014 Riders Unite, South Bay Contemporary Zask Gallery Rolling Heights, California
2014 Fullertons Finest, BAXspace Fullerton, California
2014 Viewpoints: Orange County, Chemers Gallery Tustin, California
2014 The Peoples, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 L.A. Municipal Art Gallery Exhibition, LAMAG Los Angeles, California
2014 Still Life, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 Art Box Exhibition, Mary Paxon Art Gallery Norwalk, California
2014 Connections, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2014 Bridging Dreams, South Bay Contemporary Zask Gallery Rolling Heights, California
2014 The Colony, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2013 Day of the Pre-Dead, Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2013 Womens Dia De Los Muertos, Violet Hour Studio Fullerton, California
2013 Death: A Part of the Cycle Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, California
2013 An Artistic Tribute to: Alan Watts, Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, California
2013 Cirque du Noir, Violet Hour Studio Fullerton, California
2013 Art With an Agenda, P.A.S Hibbleton Violet Hour Fullerton, California
2012 Poetry and Art in Gallery L Room PAS Gallery Fullerton, California
2012 Femme Voyage, Violet Hour Studio Fullerton, California
2011 - 2012 Santora Arts Building, Studio Del Sotano Santa Ana, California
2011 L.A. Municipal Art Gallery Exhibition, LAMAG Los Angeles, California
2011 Bluebird Art House Whittier, California
2009 Gallery 212, Seal Beach, California
INVENTOR - PATENT
2015 January - Device for enclosing, transporting, and/or storing art pieces. Utility Patent: US9144280B1