MARK WARREN JACQUES

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Mark Warren Jacques (b. 1984) is an award-winning artist, musician, author, and inventor. 

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Official Channels:
Email: mwjstudio@gmail.com
Blog/Newsletter: Connection Report
Instagram: @markwarrenjacques



L I F E /
(not in order)

born sideways
                                                                                             in a hospital / a garage / a poem
    raised on pop rocks, cartoons, and skateboard transcendence

drew a line once → it turned into a road
followed it for 20 years → it turned into a life
(mostly on accident) 

with beliefs in:
 • naturally occurring ideas
 • beauty 
 • making what you can with what you have

profession: not sure
 maybe   
   a memory, or a mural painted on sand

current location:
  somewhere between the lowercase and the wealthy

goals:
    - survive
    - surprise
    - make something that outlives the name attached to it

signature:
  -MWJ






Photo by Curtis Cole. Columbus, Ohio. 


Grants and Awards:

Individual Excellence Award
Ohio Arts Council
State of Ohio
2025

Public Art Grant
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus, Ohio
2024

Public Art Grant
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
SODO Track
Seattle, Washington
2019

Artist Residency
Arts on Site
New York, New York
2017

Artist Grant
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus, Ohio
2017

Artist Residency
Islands Fold
Pender Island, British Columbia
2010

University Scholarship
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Full Tuition Award
Columbus College of Art and Design
2002

Gold Medal Portfolio 
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2002

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Exhibition
The Corcoran Collection at The National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
2002

Invention Convention
Edison Award - Best in Show
National Invention Convention
1997

Time is only an idea?





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