Jacob first learned to program on an Atari 400 BASIC cartridge. He earned a BA in Music Synthesis from the Berklee College of Music and an MFA in Composition: New Media and Integrated Media from California Institute of the Arts. Jacob is a doer of Disorient, an international arts collective.

The artist Jacob Joaquin talks about his art: “My art has rules. I employ algorithms and computer code to create procedurally-based works. Through a daily iterative process, I tend to an ever evolving continuum of ideas, seeking to manifest the subtle hidden forms that exist within algorithmic structures. Each idea is woven together as a string in a narrative, providing the audience an intimate view of a concept as it blossoms.”