Graduate Student, Kent State University

Painting

Title of Exhibition: Index to Boundaries

My work represents a sampling of events that spans ten years of my life, during which I deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. These paintings narrate my memories of combat through a system that combines automatism with the parameters of ballistic probability and addresses the psychological effects of warfare through symbolism.

For more of Jake’s work:
Instagram: @jake_baker3321

Final Studies are in partnership with The University of Akron and are made possible with support from Fifth Third Bank and the Robert O. and Annamae Orr Family Foundation.