Jake Lahah is a print, craft, and sculpture based artist whose research examines how the built environment and visual studies often reveal aspects of labor, globalization, and the human conditions. Notable places that Lahah has shown include: ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; Candela Books and Gallery, Richmond, VA; Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA; Well Well Projects, Portland, OR; Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA; Vox Populi, Philadelphia,PA; Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA; Attic 506, Chapel Hill, NC. He has been a resident artist at Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA and Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH and received his BFA from George Mason University and an MFA in Print from Tyler School of Art + Architecture.
Most recently, his work is exploring the palm tree as a symbol of utopia and placemaking, seeking to assert the unstable relationship between aesthetics and production in the process. By utilizing print, sculpture, and craft studies in his practice, he uses abstraction, data aggregation, and visual studies to aid in telling narratives around global commodification and colonial histories.
