Jacob Yeates

Jacob Yeates (they/he) is an artist/educator who has been living and working in Minneapolis since 2015. Through modes of visual storytelling in the traditions of drawing and illustrated journalism processes, Jacob looks to provide greater understanding of the sociopolitical environments they and their audiences inhabit, influence, and are subject to. Focusing on histories and current conditions present within violent structures of empire and global capital, through drawing series, chapbooks, comics and essays Jacob seeks to assist in whatever steps can be taken, individually and collectively, towards reflection and redress.

Jacob’s solo and collaborative work has received funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Freedom and Captivity, and MPD150, has been featured by SI-LA, Cartoonists for Palestine, Creative Quarterly, IH8 WAR and Little Village Magazine, and has appeared in a variety of publications, exhibitions, discussions, and other community events throughout the midwest and beyond.