Jordan Clark

My work combines a mixture of paint, recorded imagery, physical movement and the process of layering, masking and revealing. Along with recording and responding to a specific line of resources I am developing a language through the manipulation of materials.

Part of this response and interpretation are shown in the evidence of physical engagement. Through the act of painting I begin to really zoom in and pay attention to specific edges, and how the paint will sit, bleed or spread on the surface.

The spaces created within the paintings are informed by the colors, shapes and lines found in my experiences with architecture, graphic design, sports, commercial painting/graffiti removal, public transit, google maps, American freight trains and the nuances and limitations of digital drawing.

While this body of work is inspired by these collages of source materials and exercises, the finished paintings are constructed through the practice of painting and the obstacles created along the way.

MFA Studio Practice-Painting, Portland State University

BFA- Painting, UW Stout,

Associate's in Graphic Design and Illustration, Madison College

Guerrilla Art Group Art Show, Madison, WI 2007

Silence is Golden Group Exhibition, Madison, WI 2012

Prometheus Group Exhibition, Furlong Gallery, Spring 2013, 2014

Morning With the Stars, Group Exhibition, Raw Deal, Menomonie, WI, Spring 2014

Vestiges, Group Show, Menomonie, WI, Spring 2014

Dispute Between Brothers, Exhibition with Zachary Betts, UW Stout, Fall 2014

*Peaks and Valleys- Solo BFA Exhibition, UW Stout, March 2015

Of No Essential Consequence, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2016

Continuous Lattice, Group Show with University of Oregon MFA, Hayden Gallery
Eugene, OR, April 2016

Hot Chroma, Group Show at SOOVAC, Minneapolis, MN, Nov-Dec, 2016

*veils/stratum, Autzen Gallery at Portland State University, Portland, OR, April 2017

*abridge, a breeze, Stumptown on Belmont, September 2017

*surface > pitch, Stumptown on Belmont, January 2019

*Nightshade, Stumptown Flagship, January 2024

Summer Collective, Chefas Projects, August 2024