Jason Jagel was born in 1971 in Boston, Mass and later received degrees from the California College of Arts and Crafts, BFA 1995 and Stanford University, MFA 2002. Gallery affiliations include Plane Space, NY, NY; Queen's Nails Annex, SF, CA; Greg Kucera, Seattle, WA; and Richard Heller, Santa Monica, CA. He has been featured in numerous solo and group shows since 1995 including those in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New Orleans and more. Recent solo exhibitions include Paper Record at Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (2007); One Thing About Music at Plane Space, New York, NY (2007); and Flesh Of My Skin, at Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA (2007). Jason lives with his wife and two daughters in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts.

Jagel pursues fictional autobiography through drawing & painting as well as paper sculpture, wood carving, sound, video and installation. His work is largely informed by his fixation with music, fiction, comics and movies. In addition to his studio practice & other work, Jason has made artwork for album covers for the likes of Our Lady of the Highway, Dudley Perkins, Egon, MF DOOM, Madlib and more.