{{Short description|American artist}} {{Infobox artist | name = Yung Jake | image = Artist Yung Jake in Kiasma1.jpg | education = California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California | known_for = Painting, sculpture, digital and internet art, video, music | notable_works = "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS7QvOX8LVk Datamosh]" (2011)<br />"[http://e.m-bed.de/d/ e.m-bed.de/d/]" (2012) | movement = Internet Art, New media art, Trap music }}
'''Jake Patterson''', professionally known as '''Yung Jake''', is an American artist and rapper. His work often explores new mediums and technologies, and spans across painting, sculpture, digital and internet art, video, music, apps, and products.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Stutz |first=Colin |date=2016-10-27 |title=Meet Yung Jake, the Artist Making Masterpieces Out of Emojis |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/meet-yung-jake-the-artist-making-masterpieces-out-of-emojis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331170036/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/meet-yung-jake-the-artist-making-masterpieces-out-of-emojis |archive-date=2022-03-31 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=W Magazine}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Skelton |first=Eric |date=2018-07-23 |title=Tips for Creating on the Internet with Yung Jake |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/07/yung-jake-interview-tips-internet-creators-yung-jake/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724122042/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/07/yung-jake-interview-tips-internet-creators-yung-jake/experimenting-with-new-platforms |archive-date=2018-07-24 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref> His first well known work was "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS7QvOX8LVk Datamosh]" (2011), which was shown at the Digital Salon of the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, and his most well known works are emoji portraits of celebrities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Miquela |first=Lil |date=2019-05-04 |title=LIL MIQUELA: YUNG JAKE IS THE DAVID BAILEY OF THE EMOJI GENERATION |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/soul/article/43927/1/lil-miquela-yung-jake-david-bailey-of-the-emoji-generation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519020035/https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/soul/article/43927/1/lil-miquela-yung-jake-david-bailey-of-the-emoji-generation |archive-date=2021-05-19 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Dazed Digital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yung Jake, Datamosh |url=https://kadist.org/work/datamosh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422233742/https://kadist.org/work/datamosh/ |archive-date=2021-04-22 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Kadist}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Trebay |first=Guy |date=2017-07-26 |title=Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/style/emoji-portraits-yung-jake.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325035312/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/style/emoji-portraits-yung-jake.html |archive-date=2022-03-25 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> He has directed music videos, including "H.G.T.V." for Pusha T, and worked on television shows for Adult Swim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noisey |first=Staff |date=2016-10-12 |title=Watch Pusha T in a New Black and White Clip for Song "H.G.T.V." |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/watch-pusha-t-in-a-new-black-and-white-clip-for-song-hgtv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515190445/https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvww9x/watch-pusha-t-in-a-new-black-and-white-clip-for-song-hgtv |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Vice.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He frequently collaborates with artist and programmer Vince McKelvie.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Kamal |date=2013-04-30 |title=Yung Jake: Leading a Net-Native Generation of Storytellers - sundance.org |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/yung-jake-leading-a-net-native-generation-of-storytellers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418144457/https://www.sundance.org/blogs/yung-jake-leading-a-net-native-generation-of-storytellers |archive-date=2021-04-18 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Sundance Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Yung Jake grew up in various locations including Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor in the United States as well as Bali and New Zealand. He attended Bridgehampton High School and graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 2012.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Silver |first=Leigh |date=2015-06-03 |title=How Yung Jake Is Pioneering What It Means to Be an Artist Born on the Internet |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2015/06/yung-jake-new-identity-june-july-2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506131946/https://www.complex.com/style/2015/06/yung-jake-new-identity-june-july-2015 |archive-date=2022-05-06 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Yung Jake is most well known for his emoji portraits, often of celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio, Willow Smith, and Kim Kardashian West. The portraits exist both as digital and physical works, and they have been shown, and sold, at various art fairs including Art Basel and Zona Maco.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> In 2015 Yung Jake and Vince McKelvie created [https://Emoji.ink Emoji.ink], a free online tool that allows anyone to create their own emoji portraits.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=James |date=2015-01-20 |title=Rapper-artist Yung Jake inspires with lo-fi Emoji pop culture icon portraits... |url=https://www.we-heart.com/2015/01/20/emoji-art-by-yung-jake/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=We Heart |language=en-US}}</ref>
He is represented by the Steve Turner gallery in Los Angeles, and the Tripoli Patterson gallery in Wainscott, New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-06 |title=Yung Jake {{!}} Steve Turner |url=http://steveturner.la/artists/yung-jake |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=steveturner.la |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tripoli Gallery |url=https://tripoligallery.com/exhibitions/twisted-metal-x/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=tripoligallery.com}}</ref> His 2018 series of paintings titled "Hydration" were described as "glossy UV prints of almost comically amorphous water bottles on steel panels and furniture, adorned with brand logos, nostalgic cartoon characters, and raw elements of angsty tagging via stickers, spray paint, and etchings".<ref name=":0" /> Of his art practice he said “I just try to have fun with everything. If I don’t enjoy doing it I don’t wanna do it” and "I think i do mad different things for my sanity. I can’t be stuck in a box just 'cause society makes it easy to do that."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is Yung Jake The Internet’s Artist? {{!}} HUMAN - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBPvLMfiSJU&t=17s |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
Yung Jake is known for conducting interviews via text message, which has been noted as an unconventional practice.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=How Yung Jake Is Pioneering What It Means to Be an Artist Born on the Internet |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2015/06/yung-jake-new-identity-june-july-2015 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yung Jake isn’t excited about NFTs. {{!}} Foundation |url=https://foundation.app/blog/yung-jake |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=foundation.app |language=en}}</ref>
As a rapper he has performed at Los Angele's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Sundance Institute's New Frontiers program, and South by Southwest. His song "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZbgMEp2dPU Unfollow]" (2014) was described as "somewhere between after-school special and sunshine acid fever-dream", and his rapping style has been compared to Lil' B.<ref name=":5" />
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