My name is Jen Jacobs and I reside in New York City.

I am a practicing artist with a master's degree in Art Education from New York University. I am mostly a painter, but I experiment with all types of media. Additionally, I am a full time art teacher at a public school in New York City.

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 12. Living with a chronic condition that requires twenty-four hour surveillance and countless injections is not easy – physically or emotionally. Though diabetes doesn’t define who I am, it has definitely played a significant role in shaping my character… and my art.

“Type 1 Diabetes Revealed” was born in 2005 during my senior year of college. It took shape in grad school when I was working on my thesis – the themes being the sociology of chronic illness and education through art.

I will be adding to the series indefinitely as it parallels my experience with diabetes. If it helps to provide context for the art, think of it as a picture-essay about this exasperating, mysterious, unpredictable, motivating, fascinating, relentless nuisance.