Jordan Strafer
Jordan Strafer (b. Miami, FL, 1990) is an American artist and filmmaker.[1]
Using video, film, installation, handmade props, and drawing,[2] Jordan Strafer reveals the mechanisms of power and societal dysfunction.[3]
Early life and education
Strafer was born in Miami, Florida, USA. She holds a BA in Media Studies from The New School’s Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (New York, USA), a BFA in Visual Art from Parsons School of Design (New York, USA),[4] and an MFA in Film/Video from Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts (New York, USA).[5]
Career
Group exhibitions
- Caroline’s Home, Maison Populaire, Montreuil (2024)[6]
- Illiberal Arts, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2023)[7]
- Illiberal Arts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2021)[8]
- This End the Sun, the New Museum, New York (2021)[9]
- In Practice: Total Disbelief, SculptureCenter, New York (2020)[10]
Solo exhibitions
- DECADENCE, the Renaissance Society, Chicago (2024)[11]
- Hammer Projects: Jordan Strafer, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2024)[12]
- No Spank, Hot Wheels, London (2024)[13]
- Jordan Strafer: Trilogy, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2023)[14]
- LOOPHOLE, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Arts Foundation, Stockholm (2023)[15]
- LOOPHOLE, Secession Building, Vienna (2023)[16]
- MERCY NO NO, Heidi, Berlin (2023)[17]
- PUNCHLINE, Participant Inc, New York (2022)[18]
Film festivals
- New York Film Festival (2024), No Spank[19]
- International Film Festival Rotterdam (2024), LOOPHOLE[20]
- New York Film Festival (2023), LOOPHOLE[21]
- New York Film Festival (2022), PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER[22]
Filmography
- DECADENCE, writer and director (2024)[23]
- No Spank, writer and director (2024)
- LOOPHOLE, writer and director (2023)[23]
- MERCY NO NO, writer and director (2023)[24]
- PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER, writer and director (2022)[4]
- SOS, writer and director (2021)[1]
- PEP (Process Entanglement Procedure), writer and director (2019)[25]
- Judy Smolak: Lifestyle, Ideas, Family, Biography & Net-Worth, writer and director (2020)[26]
References
- ^ a b "Jordan Strafer, 'SOS'". October 10, 2023.
- ^ Gosling, Emily (January 18, 2021). "Video Artist Jordan Strafer on the Agony and Ecstasy of Making Creative Work". ELEPHANT.
- ^ "Liminal Systems of Representation. A Conversation with Jordan Strafer |". Flash Art. April 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Rizov, Vadim (October 11, 2022). "Jordan Strafer - Filmmaker Magazine".
- ^ College, Bard. "Bard Press Releases". www.bard.edu.
- ^ "Caroline's Home à la Maison Pop | Zérodeux / 02".
- ^ "Illiberal Lives at Ludwig Forum, Aachen". Contemporary Art Library.
- ^ ""Illiberal Arts" at Haus der Kulturen der Welt - HKW, Berlin — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. November 16, 2021.
- ^ "2021 summer exhibitions - Announcements". e-flux.
- ^ ""In Practice: Total Disbelief" SculptureCenter / New York |". Flash Art. March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Jordan Strafer: DECADENCE - Announcements". e-flux.
- ^ "Exhibition | 'Hammer Projects: Jordan Strafer' at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States". ocula.com. March 5, 2025.
- ^ "Jordan Strafer at Hot Wheels". March 28, 2024.
- ^ Diaconov, Valentin (October 15, 2023). "Review: Jordan Strafer's Psychodrama at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston".
- ^ "LOOPHOLE". c-print. May 11, 2023.
- ^ "Jordan Strafer". Secession.
- ^ "Jordan Strafer: MERCY NO NO | Heidi | Galleries | Frieze". www.frieze.com.
- ^ "Jordan Strafer | Self-Sentencing". www.flaunt.com.
- ^ Center, Film at Lincoln (August 15, 2024). "62nd New York Film Festival Currents Announced". Film at Lincoln Center.
- ^ "LOOPHOLE". IFFR EN.
- ^ "LOOPHOLE". Film at Lincoln Center.
- ^ "Peak Heaven Love Forever (2022) | MUBI" – via mubi.com.
- ^ a b "Stephanie Bailey on Jordan Strafer - Criticism". e-flux.
- ^ "JORDAN STRAFER MERCY NO NO – Heidi".
- ^ "Jordan Strafer: PEP (Process Entanglement Procedure) [Channel 1 of 2]". www.sculpture-center.org.
- ^ "BOMB Magazine | A Cruel Joke: Jordan Strafer Interviewed". BOMB Magazine.