JAKE FERNANDEZ
Born:
Havana, Cuba
US Citizen
Education:
B.F.A. University of Florida, 1976
M.F.A. University of South Florida, 1979
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Snite Museum of Art
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Contemporary Art Museum
University of South Florida, Tampa
Lawton Chiles Foundation
Anna Maria Island, Florida
State of Florida House of Representatives
Florida State Capitol Building, Tallahassee
State of Florida Senate Building
Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida
Shands Teaching Hospital
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Yancey Brothers Corp.
Atlanta, GA
St. Petersburg State College
St. Petersburg, Florida
IBM Corporation
Armonk, New York
American Express Corporation
New York, NY
PepsiCo Incorporated
Chicago, IL
Nations Bank
Charlotte, NC
Institute for Research in Art
University of South Florida Museum, Tampa
The Great Outdoors Conservancy
Bradenton, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025-26 Jake Fernandez: 22 Works on Paper
Manatee Performing Arts Center, Bradenton, FL
2022 Jake Fernandez: Lucid Serene Depictions
LNS Gallery, Miami, FL
2018 Jake Fernandez: Black and White Drawings
TECO Public Art Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017
Jake Fernandez: Second Nature
Benedictine University. Lisle, IN
2015 Las Meninas: A Film by Jake Fernandez
Video Screening, College of Arts and Letters
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
2014 Jake Fernandez: Constructed Landscapes
Art and History Museums, Maitland, FL
Seven Days and 16 Hours in Parchman Farm
Performance/Installation
Art and History Museums, Maitland, FL
2013 Jake Fernandez: Altered Realities, Retrospective Exhibition
Lighthouse Art Center Museum and School of Art
Palm Beach County, FL
2012 Jake Fernandez: Paintings, Drawings, Photo-collages and Videos
The Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria Island, FL
2011 Places, Real and Imagined
Seminole State College of Florida, Sanford, FL
The Perpetual Frieze
6th Street Container Alternative Space, Miami, FL
2010 Jake Fernandez: Progressions
Florida International University, Miami, FL
2009 European Landscapes
Timpson Gallery, GA
2007 Southern Landscapes
Timpson Gallery, GA
2001 Jake Fernandez: The Ethereal Journeyman
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1999 Landscapes
Randy Batista Gallery, Gainesville, FL
1998 Sites and Composites
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Southern Landscapes
Timpson Gallery, Clayton, GA
1997 Landscapes
Timpson Gallery, Clayton, GA
Paintings and Drawings, 1977-1997
Tampa Public Library, Tampa, FL
1996 Gardens
Timpson Gallery, Clayton, GA
1992 Paintings and Drawings
Marcelle Fine Art, New York, NY
1986 Paintings and Drawings
Stokker-Stikker Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Paintings and Drawings
Gallery Gemini, Palm Beach, FL
1981 Paintings and Drawings
Gallery Gemini, Palm Beach, FL
1980 Quittin’ Your Sugar, Installation
Deland Museum, Deland, FL
1979 Acts of Abandonment and Despair
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1978 Jake Fernandez, Recent Photographs
Tampa Bay Art Center, Tampa, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2024-25 Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL
2024 El es el Paisaje
Bravo-Murillo, Madrid, Spain
2020 The Summer Collective
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
2019 Visions and Imagination: Cuban-American and Argentinian Art
Binghamton University, New York
Masterclass International Honors Recipients
Atelier of Antonio Lopez Garcia
Albacete, Spain
2013 The Quest for the Fountain of Youth
Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2012 Deliverance
Timpson Gallery, Clayton, GA
2010 Florida Landscapes
Mrs. Lawton Chiles Collection, Anna Maria Island, FL
2008 ACA Galleries
New York, NY
The Interpretive Landscape
Present Global Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2004 Made in Florida: The Contemporary Landscape
The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2001- 2002 Florida Visual Art Fellowship Exhibition (Traveling Exhibition):
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
2001 Pastels
Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000 Environments
Westwood Gallery, New York, NY
1999 American Landscape
Hammer Galleries, New York, NY
1996 Gallery Artists
Sori Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
Screen Plays (Traveling Exhibition):
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL
Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL
1991 Selections from Florida Collections
Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Paintings and Drawings
Marcelle Fine Art, New York, NY
Photo Exhibition
Stuart Levy Gallery, New York, NY
Latin American Spectrum
Elite Galleries, Coral Gables, FL
1990 New York Group
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Abstraction: Four from Latin America
Frances Wolfson Art Center, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Stay the Course, Video Installation
NOW Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Paper Fiber and Drawing Invitational
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1981 Mitch’s Marches
A’s Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Color Photographs
Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, NY
Tampa Bay 80
Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
13th Florida Gulf Coast Annual
Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Clearwater, FL
1979 Invitational Traveling Exhibition
The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL
Works by Two Cuban Artists
University Center Gallery
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Drawings and Paintings by Jake Fernandez
Lynch Gallery, St. Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, FL
Works by Jake Fernandez
Trend House Gallery, Tampa, FL
The New Floridians
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL
Miami-Dade Junior College, Miami, FL
FILMS/VIDEO:
2012 Perpetual Frieze videotape
1998 Abbey Load 25 min videotape
1988 Airstream 25 min videotape
1985 Jack Copons: A Private Eye videotape series
1984 Stay the Course 37 sec videotape
1979 Las Meninas 20 min 16mm
1978 The Burning of St. Francis 7 min 16mm
LECTURES and WORKSHOPS
2025 Gallery Talk with Artist Jake Fernandez
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2024 Embracing Our Differences Workshop
MakerSpace at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2015 Jake Fernandez: My Art
University of Notre Dame, College of Arts and Letters, Notre Dame, IN
2014 Darwin Was Wrong: A Conversation About Painting with Jake Fernandez,
Miami Dade College, Arts and Philosophy Dept., Miami, FL
Seven Days and 16 Hours in Parchman Farm
Art and History Museums, Maitland, FL
Constructed Landscapes
Art and History Museums, Maitland, FL
2013 Jake Fernandez: Altered Realities
Lighthouse Art Center Museum, Jupiter, FL
2012 The Perpetual Frieze
6th Street Container Alternative Space, Miami, FL
Art and the Telemetry of Nature
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Master Artist Series
School of the Arts, Palmetto, FL
2011 Concept: The Perpetual Frieze
6th Street Container Alternative Space, Miami, FL
Places, Real and Imagined
Seminole State College of Florida, Sanford, FL
2010 Progressions
Florida International University, Miami, FL
2009 The Myakka Project
Lawton Chiles Foundation Studio, Anna Maria, FL
2001 The Ethereal Journeyman
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2025 The Bradenton Magazine, Issue 17 Fall 2025,pp. 14-16, "Jake Fernandez: Artist" by Emma Hartman.
Cover feature; 6 color plates. https://bradentonmag.com/jake-fernandez/
2024 Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration 2024
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2019 Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora
Duany, Jorge, ed., University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL
2017 Jake Fernandez: Second Nature
Exhibition Catalogue, Benedictine University, Chicago, IL
2014 Jake Fernandez: Seven Days and Sixteen Hours in Parchman Farm
Essay by Tony Labat, San Francisco Art Institute
Performance Catalog, Art and History Museums, Maitland, FL
Jake Fernandez: Constructed Landscapes
Exhibition Catalog, Art and History Museums, Maitland, FL
2013 Jake Fernandez: Altered Realities
Essay by Dr. Lynette Bosch, State University of New York
Exhibition Catalog, Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum, Palm Beach County, FL
2012 Representational and Ethereal Art of Jake Fernandez
Latino Weekly Review, Los Angeles, CA, May 2012
2011 Jake Fernandez, A Fine Cuban Artist
Upscale Living Magazine, Boston, MA, October 2011
Jake Fernandez-Painter of Multi-Layered Masterpieces
Laara Williamsen.wordpress.com, Sept. 2011
Plausible Reality: Jake Fernandez
Sarasota Magazine, April 2011
Culturally Speaking
Art Times Journal, New York, March 2011
2010 Jake Fernandez: Progressions
Essay by Dr. Juan Martinez, Miami, FL
Exhibition Catalog, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Art: A Cuban Revolution
Alternative Latin Investor Magazine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 Made in Florida: The Contemporary Landscape
Florida International Magazine, Miami, FL
2001 Jake Fernandez: Ethereal Journeyman
Exhibition Catalog, Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2000 Master Artist Workshop Series: Jake Fernandez
Armory Art Center, Palm Beach County, FL
1998 Sites and Composites
Exhibition Catalog by Dr. Juan Martinez
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1997 Southern Landscapes by Jake Fernandez
Timpson Creek Gallery, Clayton, GA
1996 Screen Plays
Exhibition Catalog, .....
1986 Abstraction: Four from Latin America
Exhibition Catalog, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
1983 Vad vet du on Sverige?
American Trend, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 2, 1983
1981 The Art of Jake Fernandez, A Non-traditional Approach
Deland Sun-News, Aug. 31, 1981
1980 Photography at Robert Friedus Gallery
Village Voice, New York, July 2, 1980
Soho News, New York, July 2, 1980
Afternoon at the Museum: Jake Fernandez
Deland Museum publication, Sept. 1980, Deland, FL
1979 41st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings
Exhibition Catalog
The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1978 True Confessions, True Concessions
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1977 The New Floridians
Exhibition Catalog, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
40th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings
Exhibition Catalog
The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL