Jordan Wolfson
Jordan Wolfson (born 1980 in New York City, New York) is an artist living and working in New York and Los Angeles. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, in 2003 receiving his BFA in sculpture.[1]
In 2014, a selection of Wolfson’s video work was exhibited as part of the 6th Glasgow International.[2] In 2013, Jordan Wolfson: Ecce Homo/le Poseur marked the most comprehensive survey of his work to date, organized by the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent.[3] His first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom was presented in 2013 at the Chisenhale Gallery in London.[4]
Other institutions which have previously hosted solo shows include the Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; REDCAT, Los Angeles (both 2012); Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2011); CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2009); Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York (2008); Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy (2007); and the Kunsthalle Zürich (2004).[5]
Wolfson was awarded the Cartier Award from the Frieze Foundation in 2009.[6]
Work by Wolfson is held in public collections worldwide, including Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.[7]
The artist participated in 14 Rooms presented during Art Basel, on view June 14 to 22, 2014. [8] Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition was a collaboration between Fondation Beyeler, Art Basel, and Theater Basel.[9]
He is represented by David Zwirner Gallery, Sadie Coles HQ, and T293.[10]
Notes
- ↑ "Jordan Wolfson Biography". David Zwirner. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jordan Wolfson". Glasgow International. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jordan Wolfson Ecce Homo / le Poseur". SMAK. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jordan Wolfson: Raspberry Poser". Chisenhale Gallery. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jordan Wolfson Biography". Sadie Coles HQ. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ Frieze Foundation, Cartier Award 2009
- ↑ "Jordan Wolfson Biography". David Zwirner.
- ↑ Schuetze, Christopher. "Where Exhibits Chat and Go Home". International New York Times. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ "14 Rooms". Art Basel. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ . Jordan Wolfson http://www.jordanwolfson.org/. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Missing or empty
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References
- "Jordan Wolfson: Ecce Homo/le Poseur", Texts by Esther Leslie, Linda Norden, and Philippe Van Cauteren. Interview with the artist by Aram Moshayedi. REDCAT, Los Angeles, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, 2013. ISBN 978-3-863354-14-5
- Jordan Wolfson, Marion Ackermann (dir.) and Moritz Wesseler. Interview with the artist by Stefan Kalmár. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, and Distanz, Berlin, 2012. ISBN 978-3-942405-48-5
- Cotter, Holland. “Jordan Wolfson.” The New York Times (April 11, 2014): C20
- Tumlir, Jan. “Jordan Wolfson.” Artforum (March 2013): 285 [ill.]
- Smith, Roberta. “Jordan Wolfson.” The New York Times (January 12, 2012): C29