Judy Jordan
Artist Statement:

I believe that artistic development is the opposite of what is commonly thought, that of  putting in years of struggle by mastering a particular medium or "ism". For me it is a matter of seeking ease by discarding whatever feels uncomfortable, unnatural, too messy, too neat, too difficult, too pretty, too ugly or too awkward.  It is a perpetual trying out of subjects, techniques, and mediums.  What is left to build on can be used as a base while the seeking and discarding process continues.  The figurative sculptures that I have been working on are a distillation of this ongoing process.  These simple structures employing mosaic and mixed media embody my involvement in a kind of portraiture and journaling.

Mosaic and Mixed Media Series

After working with the figures for a long time, I began to want to bring them out into the world in the form of sculpture. Some stand and some hang on the wall. I use a myriad of techniques, materials and found-objects in the struggle to find their true and sometimes quirky personas.

Mosaic and Mixed Media Series Gallery

After working with the figures for a long time, I began to want to bring them out into the world in the form of sculpture. Some stand and some hang on the wall. I use a myriad of techniques, materials and found-objects in the struggle to find their true and sometimes quirky personas.

Please visit both Galleries, click thumbnails for individual pages...

Judy Jordan Fiber Image Series Gallery

My love of fiber has led me to placing my figurative images on fabric using various transfer and printing methods. I have used stitching, collage, painting and quilting in these works. The art quilt medium has allowed me to have a certain ease of expression.

Please visit both Galleries, click thumbnails for individual pages...

Judy Jordan Biography

Judy Jordan is a graduate of Corcoran College of Art and Design where she received the Award for Outstanding Work upon graduation. She has shown work in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC and New York. She has worked in Exhibits Graphics at the Smithsonian Institution, owned a fine crafts store, designed and marketed a line of jewelry, and worked as a Visiting Artist Consultant at the Providence Art Center in Maryland. She has professional memberships in Sowebo Arts and the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA).She lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband Derek.

Recent Exhibits Include:

8th Annual All That Art Fundraiser, Maryland Hall, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD/ 2013
The Mitchell Gallery, Image and Imagination Show, St. Johns College, Annapolis, MD 2012
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, "All That Art", Juried Exhibition and Auction, Annapolis, MD 2011
The Mitchell Gallery, Image and Imagination Show, St. Johns College, Annapolis, MD. Awarded Best Three-Dimensional Work. 2010
Adler Gallery, Sowebo Arts Member Shows, four per year, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007. Baltimore, MD.
West Annapolis Art Works, art on display January - March 2009, Annapolis, Maryland
The Mitchell Gallery, Image and Imagination Show, St. Johns College, Annapolis, MD, 2008
Annapolis Watercolor Club, juried exhibition, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, 2007
Studio Art Quilt Associates Virtual Web Site Exhibit, The Human Condition Exhibit, August 2006
The Mitchell Gallery, Image and Imagination Show, St. Johns College, Annapolis, MD 2006
Art Quilts Online, Every Woman Exhibit, juried by Kim Ritter, 2005
Show Me the Music, Art Exhibit sponsored by Annapolis Symphony Orchestra exhibited at St. John's College and Historic Londontown, Edgewater, MD, 2005
Maryland Federation of Art, MFA's 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Annapolis, MD, 2003
Maryland Federation of Art, Self Portraits Show, juried by Carolyn Carr, Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2002
Maryland Federation of Art, Small Works Show, Annapolis, MD, 2002
Quiet Waters Park Watercolor Show, Annapolis, MD, 2002
Maryland Federation of Art Winter Juried Show, Annapolis, MD, 2002

Publications:

Art Doll Quarterly, Volume 8, Issue 4, Winter 2011, page 87
Guest Artist on Italian website for contemporary mosaic works, ideemosaico.com published by Silvia Bada, Nov, 2010.

Portfolio 13 Book, Published by Studio Art Quilts Associates, Inc., Page 99, 2006
What's Up Annapolis Magazine, ASO's Sweet Inspiration, March, 2005
The Sunday Capital, Lifestyle section, "Show Me the Music" by Theresa Winslow, Feb. 20, 2005
Fiberarts Design Book 7, Page 216, published by Lark Books, 2004 (website)
Quilting Arts Magazine, Summer 2003, Issue 10, Art Doll Challenge, pages 68 - 73 (website)

Awards:

While attending Corcoran College of Art and Design, received scholarship to study abroad in Leeds and London, England.
Received Award for Outstanding Work from Corcoran College of Art and Design upon graduation.