Bio
Jake Reed was born in 1991 in New York, NY and grew up in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In 2013 he graduated from Bard College with a BA in Studio Art.
Between 2014 and 2017, Jake was a full-time studio assistant for Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Jake credits this experience with both greatly expanding his technical painting knowledge and encouraging him to establish his own studio practice.
Jake entered Hunter College’s MFA program in 2019 and graduated in 2021. He has since maintained a studio practice in Brooklyn while residing in Queens. Outside of his studio, Jake is a professional art handler.