Jacob Wallett (1994) is an artist, carpenter/joiner and builder based in The Hague NL. Originally from London, Jacob completed Batchelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemistry at University College London (UCL), before moving to the Netherlands to study at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK) for a Batchelor’s degree in ArtScience.

Since 2021 he has been working as a freelance builder and carpenter, specialising in custom furniture and exhibition solutions for art galleries and museums. He works with a wide range of materials and offers creative design solutions for custom, modular and expressive pieces for public exhibitions, shops, venues and museums.

In his artistic practice he makes sculptures, sometimes with moving parts, that often involve painstakingly crafted elements alongside found objects. In his artwork he is interested in how humour operates at the boundaries of knowledge, and in the intimate lives of inanimate objects.

Jacob is a founding member of Patch Studios, an interdisciplinary studio in The Hague, and former member of Livingmaps Network.

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Education
2019-2023 Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), BFA, ArtScience.
Stichting tot Steun Award €3000, 2023
2013–2017 University College London, UK, MSci Chemistry.

First Class Honours
2012-2013 Colchester School of Art, UK, Foundation (Fine Art).

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Collaborations/Exhibitions/Publications/Events

RAVB x Patch Studios – Creative Ecosystem: Creative Incubators and Transformative Practices.
Research Project, RAVB Architecture/ Urban Planning. 2026

The Coldest Day of The Year – Exhibition, The Servers (Den Haag). 2026

RAVB x Patch Studios – Ruimte Creëren voor Creatieve Ruimte.
Research Project, RAVB in samenwerking met Hanze & Fontys. 2025.

Workshop at Patch Studios and panel discussion Stroom Den Haag.

Word and Whetstone – Maya Rasker, 2022. PhD Dissertation as Academic Novel.
Editor of the English Translation.

The View – Exhibition, (Den Haag). 2024

HONK! – Exhibition, (Den Haag). 2023

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – Notebooks from a once and future time.
Phil Cohen, Eyeglass Books. Contribution of graphic illustrations.

Sprünge der Zeit – Piece for Organ, Slide Projector and Trampoline, developed in collaboration with composer Henryk Golden, performed Orgelpark Amsterdam. 2022.

A Field Guide to Machine Wilderness – Publication, Theun Karelse (FoAM) & Alice Smits (Zone2Source), with ARTIS Zoo (Amsterdam). 2022. Contribution of text and collaboration.