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Documentation of solo exhibition and what do you grow? [June 5, 2026 - June 25, 2026]
Mirror Lab // 3400 Cedar Ave S // Minneapolis, MN 55407

This work is the result of a 2025 Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Mirror Lab Gallery Documentation

Documentation of work installed in Mirror Lab from June 5, 2026 - June 25, 2026

Photography by Natalia Mendez

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Mirror Lab Closing Reception/Panel Discussion

Documentation of June 25, 2026 closing reception and panel discussion with panel participants Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, Nick Kleese, B. Rosas, and Aydin Yildiz.

Photography by Natalia Mendez

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Intensification/Mitigation I-IV

Digital prints: graphite, conte, digital collage

16 in. W x 12 in. H

2026

Found text transcribed from The Intercept’s investigative reporting on mass killings of confined hog populations during first year of COVID-19 pandemic.

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State Canopies I-III

Digital prints: graphite, conte, ink, digital collage

12 in. W x 16 in. H

2026

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Novel Messengers (I react, therefore I am who I am who I am)

Digital print: graphite, conte, ink, digital collage

15.75 in. W x 19.75 in. H

2026

Collage elements sourced from Dieric Bouts’s Moses and the Burning Bush, with Moses Removing His Shoes (1465-70).

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Fortress Mundi I-IX

Digital prints: digital drawing and collage

4.75 in. W x 6.75 in. H

2026

Collage elements sourced from Allain Manesson Mallet’s Works of Mars, or The Art of War (1684), illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe.

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Diplomacy (Ortolan Bunting) I-III

Digital prints: graphite, conte, ink, digital collage

19.5 in. x 27.5 in.

2025

Collage elements sourced from Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors (1533), particularly notable for Holbein’s incorporation of an anamorphic skull in the bottom quarter of the painting (hidden from view in this work). From left to right, the three children are Yazan Abu Foul, two years old at time of original 2025 photographic portrait, Mohammed al-Mutawaq, eighteen months old at time of original 2025 photographic portrait, and Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, eighteen months old at time of original 2025 photographic portrait.

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Indicators (Lifeboat Ethics, Lifeboat Policies) I-IV

Digital prints: graphite digitally converted to halftone

8 in. W x 10 in. H

2026

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The Men Are Talking (How The West Is Won)

Digital print; graphite, conte, ink, digital collage, self-authored prose

27.5 in. W x 19.75 in. H

2024

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Mirror Lab Gallery Documentation
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Mirror Lab Closing Reception/Panel Discussion
JacobYeates-Drawing-Illustration-Quilt-Flag-Barn-B.jpeg
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Intensification/Mitigation I-IV
JacobYeates-Drawing-Illustration-Figure-Tree-A.jpg
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State Canopies I-III
JacobYeates-Drawing-Illustration-Collage-Figure-Moses.jpeg
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Novel Messengers (I react, therefore I am who I am who I am)
JacobYeates-Drawing-Illustration-Collage-Geometry-I.jpg
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Fortress Mundi I-IX
JacobYeates-Drawing-Illustration-Figure-Collage-Ambassadors-C.jpg
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Diplomacy (Ortolan Bunting) I-III
JacobYeates-Drawing-Illustration-Life-Jacket-B.jpeg
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Indicators (Lifeboat Ethics, Lifeboat Policies) I-IV
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The Men Are Talking (How The West Is Won)

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