Born in Dallas, TX, 2002
Residing and working in Brooklyn, NY
Currently based out of Brooklyn, NY, Jake Otto is an emerging multi-media artist specializing in oil painting with a specific interest in highlighting the queer, human condition. Otto draws inspiration from nature, animalistic traits, and organic patterns to collage and manifest his subjects within their respective environments. He combines techniques of realism and abstraction to provoke conversations of vulnerability, guilt, and identity.
EDUCATION
2020-2024 BFA in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
SOLO SHOWS
2026 Snake Befriends Mouse, BROOKLYN, NY, SEPTEMBER
GROUP SHOWS
2026 SOUP 2.0 by Gio Black Peter, Foxhole Factory. BROOKLYN, NY, FEBRUARY
2025 Emerging From Where?, David Shelton Gallery, HOUSTON, TX, AUGUST
2025 Envue Collective Fashion + Art Show, Residencies at 6G, AUSTIN, TX, MAY
2024 ROTATING SPACES Presented by RADPEOPLE, Canopy, AUSTIN, TX, NOVEMBER
BODYSCAPES, Greenhouse ATX, AUSTIN, TX, JUNE
UT Senior Art Show, University of Texas at Austin, AUSTIN, TX, APRIL
2023 Big Medium, Good Dad Studios, AUSTIN, TX
2021 Dazed & Confused Art Fair, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 UCLA Graphite Journal “Almanac,” June
2021 Dazed Korea: May Issue