jake still

Lives and works in New York, NY

Jake Still is a painter based in New York City. He holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BFA from Syracuse University, and has exhibited internationally in Athens, Milan, Seattle, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. Recent residencies include the NARS Foundation and Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

His work moves between writing and painting, using text as an initial framework that gives way to a material process. Each painting develops through the accumulation of layers, where washes, pours, and gestures build a surface that holds depth and memory.

As the work unfolds, movement and direction emerge through repetition and variation. The behavior of the paint, how it settles, disperses, or resists, becomes central to the composition.

The paintings reflect and extend the qualities of the writing, translating rhythm, metaphor, and atmosphere into color and form.