Gideon Jacobs contributes to magazines on arts and culture, writes short fiction, and is working on a novel. He has lectured at the Institute of Fine Arts, Jeu de Paume, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, the School of Visual Arts, the New School, and elsewhere. He has had artworks exhibited at Crystal Bridges, the Romanian National Museum of Art, Het Lijsternest, Deli Galley, Entrance, and elsewhere. Projects include: Images: A Show (2025), a 50-min performance as a Second Commandment fundamentalist preacher, directed by Ruby McCollister, debuted at Earth NY; Murder Suey (2020), a novella co-written exquisite-corpse-style with Brad Phillips, published by Autre Magazine; Etsy DeVos (2019), throw pillows made with Chloe Wise featuring erotic poems about Donald Trump’s cabinet members, raising funds for Food Bank of NY; Landing Pages (2018), a literary installation with Lexie Smith at LGA Airport, commissioned by the NY/NJ Port Authority; To Get Drunk on Cold Water (2019), a written and visual portrait of a fictional town in rural Romania with Bieke Depoorter, a Magnum Photos commission; and more. He lives and works in Queens, NY.

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Nonfiction in the New Yorker, Artforum, the New York Times, LA Review of Books, others. Fiction in BOMB Magazine, The Drift, Heavy Traffic, Joyland, others. @Gideon___Jacobs on Instagram and Twitter.