Jacob Mcmurray Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

For nearly 20 years I have generated innovative print design for various clients, including Random House, Pacifico, Del Rey Books, Small Beer Press, Soft Skull Press, Tachyon Publications, Counterpoint, Prime Books, Centipede Press, NARAS, Subterranean Press, 826 Seattle and others.Select projects:• Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang, Subterranean Press, 2018. Cover, interior design and illustration.• Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami, Centipede Press, 2018. Cover, packaging, interior design and illustration.• The Lafferty Library (6 volumes of a projected 12-volume set), by R.A. Lafferty, Centipede Press, 2014 - present. Cover design• The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosencreutz, by Johann Valentin Andreae, translated and annotated by John Crowley, Small Beer Press, 2016. Cover and interior design.• The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers, Centipede Press, 2013. Cover, interior design, packaging, and interior illustrations.• Harvest Home, by Thomas Tryon, Centipede Press, 2012. Cover design• The Lifecycle of Software Objects, by Ted Chiang, Subterranean Press, 2010. Cover, interior design and interior collage illustrations.• The Third Bear, by Jeff VanderMeer, Tachyon Press, 2010. Cover and interior design.• Stand on Zanzibar, by John Brunner, Centipede Press, 2009. Cover design and interior illustrations.• The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate, by Ted Chiang, Subterranean Press, 2007. Cover design and interior illustrations.• The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Del Rey / Random House, 2007. Cover design.• Generation Loss, by Elizabeth Hand, Small Beer Press, 2007. Cover design.

I co-founded an award-winning small publishing house focusing on the production of limited edition, collectable art projects in book form. Over the span of five years, I creative-directed and designed over a dozen books, chapbooks, and other printed collateral by such authors and artists as Thomas M. Disch, Paul DiFilippo, John Clute, Nicola Griffith, Jim Woodring and others.Select publications:• Mecca|Mettle, by Thomas Disch, Bloodhag & Tim Kirk, 2005• Teeth, by Therese Littleton, 2006• The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror, by John Clute, 2006• Postcards of Doom: A Journey From Affect to Vastation, by various artists, 2006• The Farouche Assemblage, by Matt Hughes, 2007• And Now We Are Going to Have a Party, by Nicola Griffith, 2007 (winner of the 2007 Lambda Award for Best Women's Memoir)• Cosmocopia, by Paul DiFilippo & Jim Woodring, 2009

I conceived and created various art/cultural/historical exhibitions at venues in the Pacific Northwest.Specific exhibitions:• Accidents Will Happen: Stories From Rock Photography, June 2008. Organized with Gabe Kean, Curt Doughty, and Marq Dean. Belle & Wissell Gallery, Seattle.• The Seattle-Havana Poster Show, September 2007. Organized with Daniel J. Smith, Pedro Contreras Suárez, and Pepe Menéndez. Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle. CDAV, Havana, April 2008.• Nick Drake: Place to Be, September 2007. Exhibition designer. Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle.• Beasts!, December 2006. Organized with Gabe Kean. Belle & Wissell Gallery, Seattle.• The Eight Essential Ingredients, February 2006. Organized with Gabe Kean. Hugo House Gallery, Seattle.• Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion, August 2005. Organized with Gabe Kean, Jacob Covey, and Dennis King. Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle.• Help Wanted: Collaborations in Art, March 2005. Organized with Gabe Kean. Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle.• Mundo Gigantico del Rock, August 2003. Crespinel Studio, Seattle.• Paper, Scissors, ROCK: 25 Years of Northwest Punk Poster Design, October 2002. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.• Jeff Kleinsmith, November 2001. Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle.

I co-founded a screenprinting shop focusing on limited edition music posters and apparel for bands and artists such as Pearl Jam, Jeff Kleinsmith, Jesse LeDoux, Death Cab for Cutie, Art Chantry, The Shins, Ames Bros., and countless others.

Seattle, Wa , Us

As Associate Curator I worked with the senior curatorial staff to develop exhibitions for Museum of Pop Culture (at that time called Experience Music Project).Specific duties and projects:• Co-curated Artist to Icon: Early Photographs of Elvis, Dylan, and the Beatles exhibit, January 2001.• Expanded and updated If VI Was IX: Roots and Branches, a kinetic musical sculpture designed by Seattle artist Trimpin, comprised of over 700 instruments. Procured 100 additional instruments for the sculpture. Acted as liaison between the artist, curatorial, facilities, exhibits, and technology departments in order to update technology, rearrange and add instruments to the sculpture.• Expanded and updated EMP’s hip-hop and Northwest artifact collections, focusing on artifacts for display in temporary and permanent galleries.• Developed ideas and storylines for permanent and temporary exhibits.• Coordinated various filmed interviews for EMP’s Oral History program.• Developed features for the EMP website and official magazine, Feedback.• Conducted site and exhibit tours for visiting bands, labels and other music industry personnel, such as Sonic Youth, Yes, Sub Pop Records, and others.

Seattle, Wa , Us

I worked as a researcher in the curatorial department of the Museum of Pop Culture (then called Experience Music Project).

Seattle, Wa , Us

As Curatorial Assistant at Museum of Pop Culture (then first called the Jimi Hendrix Museum and then Experience Music Project), I collaborated with the curators developing opening day exhibitions for the museum.

Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts, Danish Language And Literature