Jason Rathaus
(b. 1968, UK)
jasonrathaus@hotmail.com
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Education

San Francisco Art Institute, Master of Fine Arts, 1998
Bennington College, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1990

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Selected Exhibitions

2010 Majuscules, APE Gallery, MA
2007 Devolution, APE Gallery, MA
2007 Digitas Show, MA
2004 Letters, Vacation Records, CA
2003 New Landscapes, Olga Dollar Gallery, CA
2001 Juried Show, Mill Valley City Hall, CA
1998 Fort Mason SFAI Graduate Show, CA
1996 Group Show, Figure Five Gallery, CA
1994 16 Artists Show, CA
1993 Group Show, Figure Five Gallery, CA

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Bibliography

Better Living through Art- Jan. 2007
Small Doggies Press- Volume 2, 2004
SFAI Magazine- Spring 2001

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Awards and Grants

Northampton Arts Council Grant - 2007
Winner of juried show- Mill Valley City Hall -2001

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Collections

Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Works held in private collections in Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom.

As an illustrator and muralist I have worked on many projects in the film and museum world and shown my work in galleries on the east and west coasts. My interest in landscapes and wildlife arose from these more commercial pursuits. Over the last decade I created large paintings and drawings that became increasingly concerned with environmental politics through the reinterpretation of traditional landscapes. Aesthetic beauty was secondary to exploring the new realities of land usage, environmental degradation, and societal practicalities. I received my MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Other series include discussions of social inequities and resistance through the form of a hyper-politicized font.