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isaacbobjordan@gmail.com @isaacbjordan
About : Isaac Jordan (b. 1998) is an artist based in Manchester. His paintings act as stages or sets which explore tension, repetition and structure. Drawing on the world of 1970’s sci-fi films, they hover at a moment before or after something has happened. His practice is centred on the creation of imagined spaces and revolves around the development of focused series. In his installations, his aim is to recreate a cinematic effect where the works become animated in the viewer’s imagination. He participated in the inaugural Apollo Painting School (2024), received the Haworth Trust New Graduate Award at Paradise Works (2022) and the Spike Island Graduate Fellowship (2020/21). Additionally, Jordan's work has been shortlisted for the BEEP Painting Prize (2020), where his work was exhibited in Swansea.
Education: 2017 – 2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of the West of England, Bristol 2016 – 2017 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Manchester School of Art
2025 - Hops vs. Art, Noble and Common, Worcester 2025 - Apollo Painting School, Alice Amatti, London 2025 -The Space That Lies Between, Twighlight Contemporary, London 2025 - Farce, Farce Gallery, London 2024 - In Residence, In Transit, Museo Cambellotti, Latina, Italy 2024 - Jasper Howard & Isaac Jordan: In The Whitaker, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rawtenstall 2024 - Stop the Chaos Turn the Page, Division of Labour, Manchester 2024 - The Very Hours Pass Unnoticed, Warbling Collective, London 2024 - Flatland, The FG Gallery, Knutsford, Cheshire 2024 - HOME Open Exhibition, HOME Manchester 2023 - Air Open, Air Gallery, Altrincham 2023 - Bury Open, Bury Art Museum, Bury 2023 - TEES, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester 2023 - Jasper Howard, Isaac Jordan: Collaborative Prints, The Stoller Hall, Chethams School of Music Manchester 2022 - Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery 2022 - Salad Booth, The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester 2022 - Jasper Howard, Isaac Jordan: Paintings, Drawings & Collaborative Prints, Valley Artist Studios, Rossendale 2022 - Awol Studios x Comme Ca Art, Awol Studios, Manchester 2022 - Jasper Howard, Isaac Jordan: Paintings, PS Mirabel, Manchester 2021 - SLAP-BANG, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, Castlefield Gallery NAS Warrington 2021 - Without Borders, Elysium gallery (touring), Swansea 2021 - Graduate Fellows Exhibition, Test Space, Spike Island, Bristol 2021 - Pushing Up Daisies, Soft Spot, Manchester 2020 - Kunst im Traum, Teil I, HilbertRaum, Berlin 2020 - BEEP Painting Prize, Swansea 2020 - That Chopping Sound, SPACE gallery, Bristol 2020 - HOME Open Exhibition, HOME, Manchester 2019 - Air Traffic, The Talleyrand, Manchester 2019 - Public Hearing, The Station, Bristol 2019 - Why Smash Atoms, PS Mirabel, Manchester 2019 - Micro, AIR Gallery, Altrincham 2019 - A Small, Good Thing, Latch, Bristol 2019 - Fake Covers For Fake Music, HilbertRaum, Berlin 2018 - Herb Juke, The Talleyrand, Manchester
Residencies/Awards: 2024 - Apollo Painting School, Manchester/Latina 2022/23 - Haworth Trust New Graduate Award, Paradise Works, Manchester 2022 - Emerging Artist Prize, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open 2020/21 - Spike Island Graduate Fellowship, Bristol |