Personal Details

Born: 1987, London, England

Lives and works in: Melbourne, Australia

Education

2012–2014 MFA, Painting, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA

2007–2011 BFA, Fine Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA

2009  Certificate in Contemporary Art Theory, Portland Art Institute, Portland, USA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 Tracing Echoes, Arcadia Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2022 The Shape of Silence, Lumen Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2020 Between the Lines, Northstar Art Space, New York, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 New Forms, Veritas Art Fair, London, UK

2023 Surface Tensions, Atelier 9, Berlin, Germany

2021 Material Memory, Horizon Collective, San Francisco, USA

Awards and Prizes

2024 Finalist, Global Emerging Artist Prize, London, UK

2022 Recipient, Melbourne Arts Development Grant, Australia

2020 Winner, North American Contemporary Painting Award, USA

Residencies

2023 Artist-in-Residence, Fjordhaven Arts Centre, Reykjavík, Iceland

2021 Residency Program, The Lighthouse Studios, Wellington, New Zealand

Permanent Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art Melbourne, Australia

City of Reykjavík Art Collection, Iceland

The Stanton Corporate Collection, New York, USA

Bibliography

2024 Morgan Lee, “Jordan Avery Explores the Poetics of Absence”, ArtReview Asia, Issue 18.

2023 Review of The Shape of Silence, Sydney Cultural Times, Sydney, Australia.

2021 Catalogue essay by Dr. Fiona Caldwell, Material Memory, Horizon Collective, San Francisco, USA.