PAINTER ~ILLUSTRATOR~PRODUCTION ARTIST
Rob Jefferson was born in 1970 on a naval base in Memphis, Tennessee, and has lived predominantly in Cincinnati ever since. A graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati with a BFA in painting and drawing (1992), his personal work has been featured in a number of publications including New American Paintings and Playboy Magazine. It can also be found in the permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Otterbein College, The Museum of Flight, and in various private collections.
As a freelance artist and sub-contractor, his experiences have ranged from production art for clients including Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Fox, Dollywood, and Ripley's Believe It or Not, to theater, museums and special exhibitions. He has also worked as caricaturist, portraitist, muralist, and illustrator covering everything from book and album art to comic book work. In the 1990's, he sculpted for Kenner Toys and through Carl Solway Gallery served as a preparator and production/installation assistant for several artist's including Nam June Paik.
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Publications:
Fēlan Poetry & Visual Arts Issue 9, Felanzine Wordpress, Jan. 2017
Storm Cellar Quarterly Vol. V No. 1, Sidney T. Sheehan, Spring 2016
Sheepshead Review Vol. 38 No. 1, University of Wisconsin Press, Dec. 2015
Nix Comics Quarterly #8. Nix Comics, Oct. 2015
Andromeda Quarterly #7. Little Tired Press, April 2014
Ghosn, Saad. "Art For A Better World", AEQAI.com, June, 2013
Banner, Keith. "Toy Stories: Altered States", AEQAI.com, Nov, 2012
Lyman, David. "Jefferson: Low-Key Homage to a Sliver of American Life." Cincy Magazine, Nov. 2012
Demaline, Jackie. "Altered States." Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov, 2012
Rooney, E. Ashley. 100 Artists of the Midwest, Schiffer, 2012
Perez, Domino Renee. There Was a Woman: La Llorona From Folklore to Pop Culture. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008.
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-In-Print No. 71. The Open Studio Press, 2007.
Sontag, Katherine L. "Three's Company." Cincinnati Magazine, May 2007
Pearce, Sara. "A Trio's Unsentimental Nostalgia." Cincinnati Enquirer, May 20, 2007
Ghosn, Saad. SOS ART, Ghosn Publishing, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
Ghosn, Saad. For a Better World: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice, Ghosn Publishing, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015,
“Meet the Artists,” Cincinnati Enquirer, 11/19/04
ArtSpike, 1/21/04
iRhine.com 2/15/04
Groh, Brian. "River City Renaissance", National Geographic Traveler, March 2000
Jefferson, Rob. Midwestern Deviance, Self-Published/Limited Edition, 1995
Mueller, Daniel. "The Night My Brother Worked The Header", Playboy Magazine, Oct. 1990
Stark, John. "Married...With Children's Christina Applegate Is No Sexpot", People Magazine, Dec. 1989
Haws, JJ. VOID! Magazine, Self-Published, Issues #9, #10, #11, 1989
Hickey, Bobby. Comics Arena, Infinity Enterprises, Issues #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, 1989
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Rob Jefferson was born in 1970 on a naval base in Memphis, Tennessee, and has lived predominantly in Cincinnati ever since. A graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati with a BFA in painting and drawing (1992), his personal work has been featured in a number of publications including New American Paintings and Playboy Magazine. It can also be found in the permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Otterbein College, The Museum of Flight, and in various private collections.
As a freelance artist and sub-contractor, his experiences have ranged from production art for clients including Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Fox, Dollywood, and Ripley's Believe It or Not, to theater, museums and special exhibitions. He has also worked as caricaturist, portraitist, muralist, and illustrator covering everything from book and album art to comic book work. In the 1990's, he sculpted for Kenner Toys and through Carl Solway Gallery served as a preparator and production/installation assistant for several artist's including Nam June Paik.
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Publications:
Fēlan Poetry & Visual Arts Issue 9, Felanzine Wordpress, Jan. 2017
Storm Cellar Quarterly Vol. V No. 1, Sidney T. Sheehan, Spring 2016
Sheepshead Review Vol. 38 No. 1, University of Wisconsin Press, Dec. 2015
Nix Comics Quarterly #8. Nix Comics, Oct. 2015
Andromeda Quarterly #7. Little Tired Press, April 2014
Ghosn, Saad. "Art For A Better World", AEQAI.com, June, 2013
Banner, Keith. "Toy Stories: Altered States", AEQAI.com, Nov, 2012
Lyman, David. "Jefferson: Low-Key Homage to a Sliver of American Life." Cincy Magazine, Nov. 2012
Demaline, Jackie. "Altered States." Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov, 2012
Rooney, E. Ashley. 100 Artists of the Midwest, Schiffer, 2012
Perez, Domino Renee. There Was a Woman: La Llorona From Folklore to Pop Culture. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008.
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-In-Print No. 71. The Open Studio Press, 2007.
Sontag, Katherine L. "Three's Company." Cincinnati Magazine, May 2007
Pearce, Sara. "A Trio's Unsentimental Nostalgia." Cincinnati Enquirer, May 20, 2007
Ghosn, Saad. SOS ART, Ghosn Publishing, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
Ghosn, Saad. For a Better World: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice, Ghosn Publishing, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015,
“Meet the Artists,” Cincinnati Enquirer, 11/19/04
ArtSpike, 1/21/04
iRhine.com 2/15/04
Groh, Brian. "River City Renaissance", National Geographic Traveler, March 2000
Jefferson, Rob. Midwestern Deviance, Self-Published/Limited Edition, 1995
Mueller, Daniel. "The Night My Brother Worked The Header", Playboy Magazine, Oct. 1990
Stark, John. "Married...With Children's Christina Applegate Is No Sexpot", People Magazine, Dec. 1989
Haws, JJ. VOID! Magazine, Self-Published, Issues #9, #10, #11, 1989
Hickey, Bobby. Comics Arena, Infinity Enterprises, Issues #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, 1989
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