Margaret Jacobs, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an artist, educator and independent curator. A metalsmith who creates fabricated steel sculpture and powdercoated, one-of-a-kind jewelry, her work reflects on kinship to the natural world referencing cultural, historical, and personal narratives while exploring the lines of contemporary craft and fine art objects.
Jacobs is a 2025 ARTS/INDUSTRY John Michael Kohler Arts Center Resident and Harpo Grant Foundation Awardee; a 2024 Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort grantee, NYS Rural and Traditional Fellowship recipient, and Smithsonian Native Arts Fellowship recipient; a 2023 Independent Curators International (ICI) Curatorial Research Fellow; and a 2019 recipient of the Artist in Business Leadership Award through the First Peoples Fund. She has participated in several artist residencies, including at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Sante Fe and Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, Minnesota. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the Boise Art Museum, Burlington (Vermont) City Arts, and Ma’s House (Southampton, New York).
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