Jacci Den Hartog (born 1962 in Pella, Iowa)[1] is an American sculptor.[2][3][4]
Den Hartog has actively been exhibiting her sculptures since 1991.[5][6] Her work has been included in exhibitions at Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. in the “Painting Outside Painting: 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting;” Nantes Museum, Nantes, France; San Francisco Art Institute; Kansas City Art Institute; Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; and The Suburban, Chicago as well as various European galleries in The Netherlands, Denmark and the Czech Republic.[5][6]
Den Hartog received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Fine Arts in 2012.[7] She has received numerous other grants and awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artists Grant, the Art Matters, Inc. Artists Grant; the City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship Award; California Community Foundation, Mid-Career Artist Grant; and the Purchase Award, Alberta DuPont Bonsal Foundation for the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.[5][8]
Recently (2020), her work, Blood and Bones, was shown at Pasadena City College in Boone Family Art Gallery.[9][10]
She is currently a professor at Otis College of Art and Design, and the Program Director of Sculpture/New Genres.[7][11]
Den Hartog received her BA in Fine Art at Linfeld College in 1984 and her MFA in sculpture at Claremont Graduate School in 1986.[7][11][12] She then studied at the Centro Cultural Costarricesne Norteamericano in San Jose, Costa Rica.[citation needed]
Den Hartog is married to artist Patrick Nickell, and they have a son together.[2][13] The couple currently lives in the Eagle Rock area in Los Angeles, CA.[13]