Jacob

Whibley

Jacob Whibley is a Toronto-based artist who works predominantly in collage and sculpture. His practice roots through modernist art, architecture and design concepts to address issues of temporality, labour and technology. Whibley is a graduate of OCAD University and a former member of the Toronto art collective Team Macho. Notable exhibitions include a common thread at Zalucky Contemporary (2023), Record Shop at MKG127 (2018), dot-dot-dot at 8-11, Toronto (2017), unchained melody at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (2017), imperfect aspect at Open Studio, Toronto (2016), Point and Duration at Bourouina Gallery, Berlin (2014), More than Two (Let it Make Itself) at The Power Plant, Toronto (2013) and Freedom of Assembly at Oakville Galleries, Oakville (2012).His practice was recently highlighted in a multi-page spread in Contemporary Collage Magazine (2023). Previous coverage includes Esse Magazine, the Toronto Star, the Magenta Foundation, NOW Magazine, Elephant Magazine and Color Magazine. Whibley’s work has been acquired by the Royal Bank of Canada Collection, the Bank of Montreal Collection, TD Collection and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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time wounds all wholes (VIII), 2024
Paper ephemera and Letraset dry transfer on panel
11 x 14 x 0.75 in.​​​​​​

99 exemplary pots (partial index), 2023
paper ephemera and book cloth on panel
28.5 x 40.5 in.

branches and cutlery are the best tools for these rationed moments, 2020
paper ephemera on panel
22 x 24 in.

not really now, not anymore (chasm), 2023
paper collage on archival watercolour paper
7.25 x 6 in.

the distance between icebergs and anthills, 2020
paper ephemera on panel
22  x 24 in.

time wounds all wholes (IX) 2024
Paper ephemera and Letraset dry transfer on panel
11 x 14 x 0.75 in.

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not really now, not anymore (spout), 2023
7.25 x 6 in.
paper collage on archival watercolour paper