Education
2017
- Associates Degree of Advanced Manufacturing - Schoolcraft College, Livonia MI.
2003
- BFA Sculpture - Wayne State Univeristy, Detroit MI.
Representation
2013
- Pandemonium Art, Ogden UT.
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2016
- Connections - Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield MI.
2014
- The Way and the Wayfarers - Westmorland Museum of American Art, Greenburg PA.
- Jay Knapp: 10 Years, A Retrospective - Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA.
2013
- Nests and Shells with Skirts and Bells/Nights in the Suburbs - Whitdel Arts, Detroit MI.
2012
- Little Disasters - Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA.
- Jay Knapp and Amy Sacksteder - Macomb College Arts Center, Cinton Township MI.
2010
- Nests and Shells with Skirts and Bells - DIVA Gallery, Eugene OR.
Group Exhibitions
2015
- Annual Group Exhibition - Next Step Studio, Ferndale MI.
- FALL OUT - Whitdel Arts, Detroit MI.
- Actual Size Biennial - Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit MI.
2014
- echo Art Fair - B&ECPL Public Library, Buffalo NY.
- Intergenerational, Water Media - Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI.
2013
- Urban Landscapes - SoHo Gallery for Digital Art, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York NY.
- Actual Size Biennial - Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit MI.
- The Story of the Creative - See.Me Gallery, Long Island City NY.
- Intergenerational - Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI
2011
- Arbor Aid - Tree Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh PA.
- Holiday Retrospective - Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA.
2001
- Ritual - Detroit Artist Market, Detroit MI.
Awards
2013
- Urban Landscapes: 2nd place, juried by Charles Traub, for New York Center for Photographic Arts.
2011
- Arbor Aid: Best in show, juried by Kyle Ethan Fischer, for Tree Pittsburgh Foundation.
Press
2016
- Oakland Press - "Mixed Media, Metal Arts Fill the Janice Charach Gallery," Exhibition Review by Stephanie Sokol - Sept 2, 2016.
2014
- Pittsburgh Tribune - "Jay Knapp: 10 Years," Interview by Kurt Shaw - Aug 27, 2014.
2011
- PORK - The Atomic Art of Jay Knapp: Interview by Sean Aaberg - May 2011.
2010
- BANG! - Exhibition review: Nests and Shells with Skirts and Bells, DIVA, Eugene OR - November 2010.
Publications
2013
- Urban Landscape, 2013 - New York Center for Photographic Arts, Exhibition Catalog.
2012
- Ghosts in the Yard - Jay Knapp.
2011
- Arbor Aid 2011 - Tree Pittsburgh Foundation, Exhibition Catalog.