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Jake Troyli (born 1990) is an American artist. Based in Brooklyn, New York, his practice explores themes such as the performance of identity, and the fluidity of selfhood within systems of spectacle and labor.
Early life and education
[edit]Jake Troyli was born in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts, to a single mother, Ka-Rim Troyli. The grew up in Saint Petersburg, Florida after moving there when he was 8. He began drawing at a young age, selling comic-strip illustrations to peers in sixth grade, and later developed a satirical visual language influenced by Mad Magazine.
Troyli received a scholarship to play Division 1 collegiate basketball at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, before receiving his B.A. from Lincoln Memorial University (2013), and his M.F.A. from the University of South Florida (2019). He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2019).
Career
[edit]Troyli mainly makes oil paintings, employing classical techniques such as underpainting and glazing. and visual motifs drawn from Northern Renaissance and High Renaissance art, blending them with pop and comedic elements to stage theatrical tableaux that explore identity, code-switching, and the social gaze. He frequently positions himself as an “elastic avatar,” morphing across roles that blur subject and spectacle.
Troyli is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery, located in Chicago, IL.
Solo exhibitions include moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL (2024, 2022); Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL (2018); and ArtsXchange, St. Petersburg, FL (2018).
Troyli’s work is currently included in the group exhibition Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, curated by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Seph Rodney, and Katy Siegel, at SFMoMA, which travels to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
Troyli’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at Perrotin Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Galerie Droste, Düsseldorf, DE (2024); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (2023-24); Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (2023); Galerie Droste, Paris, FR (2021); The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL (2021); Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (2019); San Francisco Art Institute, CA (2018).
Collaborative Projects
[edit]For Freedoms
[edit]Sky Art Chicago
[edit]In anticipation of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Troyli completed a 30-foot mural in Garfield Park with SkyArt Chicago, marking his first public art commission. https://www.wbez.org/arts/2024/07/22/jake-troyli-artist-chicago-mural-dnc-democratic-national-convention-art?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Artist in Residence
[edit]Listed in reverse chronological order. 2023-25
- Project for Empty Space, Residency, Newark, NJ
2022-2023
- Academie des Beaux-Arts and the Cité Internationale des Arts
2019-2020
- Fine Arts Work Center
2019
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2018
- ACRE Residency
Awards
[edit]Listed in reverse chronological order. 2025
- Breakout Artist 2025, Newcity Art
2023
- Visual Artist Recipient, Académie des beaux-arts x Cité internationale des arts
2019-2020
- Visual Art Fellow, Fine Arts Work Center
2017
- Emerging Artist Grant, https://creativepinellas.org/
2016
- Jane & Harrison Covington Award, University of South Florida
Museum inclusion and permanent collections
[edit]Featured in Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture at SFMOMA (2024), later traveling to Crystal Bridges and Pérez Art Museum Miami https://www.moniquemeloche.com/artists/48-jake-troyli/biography/
Jake Troyli's work is in the permanent collections of the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, FL; the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; and Pierce and Hill Harper Arts Foundation, Detroit, MI.
Family
[edit]Troyli's mother, Ka-Rim Troyli, resides in Clearwater, Florida. Troyli is married to Jenna Troyli, co-founder of Noted Communications LLC.
Bibliography
[edit]- Urist, Jacoba. Next Big Thing: Jake Troyli, Galerie Magazine, 2024.
- Morgan, Emmanuel. Draw Sports Fans to an Art Museum? That’s the Goal., The New York Times, 2024.
- Brehmer, Debra. “50 Paintings Invites Viewers to Think Like an Artist,” Hyperallergic, 2024.
- Reizman, Renée. Getting Cozy at Felix, LA’s Art Fair Underdog, Hyperallergic, 2024.
- Silverman, Erica. 7 Not-to-Miss Moments at Felix Art Fair Los Angeles, Whitewall, 2024.
- Aton, Francesca. The Best Booths at Felix L.A, From Erotically Charged Paintings to Retooled Mythology, Artnews. February 28
- Watters, Ali. 3 Standout Works in Milwaukee Art Museum’s ‘50 Paintings, Milwaukee Magazine, 2024.
2023
- Ghassemitari, Shawn. The Hole NYC Bridges the Gap Between Sports and Art in ‘Title IX’, Hypebeast, 2023.
- Benzine, Vittoria. “5 Must-See Summer Group Shows in NYC,” FAD Magazine, 2023.
- Tanzilo, Ralph. Milwaukee Art Museum preps two big shows for autumn, OnMilwaukee, 2023.
- Ralph, Kaylen. Jake Troyli contains multitudes, Chicago Reader, 2023.
- Stewart, Yolanda. Hoop Dreams: Basketball and Contemporary Art exhibit free this weekend at the Emerson, Central Current, 2023.
2022
- Binlot, Ann. 11 Artists We Have Our Eyes on At This Years’s Miami Beach EXPO, Highsnobiety, 2022.
- Pricco, Evan. Slow Clap: A Conversation with Jake Troyli, Juxtapoz, 2022.
- Thomas, Elfie. Multi-talented Artist Jake Troyli uses humor to discuss race and otherness, It’s Nice That. February
- Moss, Alison. The Academy of Fine Arts and the City International Nominate 8 Laureates, Le Quotidien De L’art, 2022.
- Murrell, Vanessa. Inside Chicago’s Booming Art Scene, Dazed, 2022.
- Belmont, Sarah. The 9 Best Booths at Expo Chicago: From Dazzling Peacocks to New ‘Vogue’ Covers Honoring Black and Indigenous Women Activists, artnews, 2022.
- Johnson, Morgan Elise. Painter Jake Troyli Invites Us into the Spectacle of Black Skin at Expo Chicago This Week, The Tribe Magazine, 2022.