Artist / Designer / Builder of Guitars / MPLS enthusiast
My Name is Jacob Swogger. People also call me Jake.
My art is largely about being shaped and changed by forces that move around, in, through, over us, others, each other. Visible, invisible, good, bad, indifferent. Influences that we may or may not have control over.
I’m an autodidact. I’m compelled to make art, music, and things of all kinds.
I design and build guitars (www.mplsguitars.com).
I play in a band called Deep Fakes now (www.instagram.com/deepfakesmpls).
I also play in band called Rupees at times.
In a past existence, I played in a band called the Umbrella Sequence.
I like water. I bike. I live in Minneapolis, MN with my wife, two sons, daughter, and a whippet named Grover.
I work in AV Technology at the University of Minnesota. I am part of a inter-professional group that curates and puts up UMN student, staff, and faculty-sourced community art shows in the Health Sciences. More here: Community Arts @ Health Sciences
Hit me up if the spirit moves ya.
2023 Form Update: I recently found out this form wasn’t working. I have now fixed this. Apologies if anyone has been trying to reach out...
Photo: Ryan Rupprecht