Jordan Martins
Education
Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia)
M.F.A. (Mestrado em Artes Visuais), with distinction
March 2006 - December 2007, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
The University of the South (Sewanee)
B.A. Studio Art/Philosophy, with honors
September 1999 - May 2002, Sewanee, Tennessee
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2024
Peekaboo Sham, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
2022
Pigeon Hole, Bird Show, Chicago, IL
Drift, Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
2019
Plant Strategies , Goldfinch, Chicago, IL
Stay Out Come in Stay in Come Out , Riverside Art Center, Riverside, IL.
2018
Dishonest Signals, Lula, Chicago, IL
Butter and Tin, The Franklin, Chicago, IL
2017
Stay Out Come in Stay in Come Out, Site Specific Installation, Logan Square traffic circle, Chicago, IL
2016
How Easy is a Bush a Bear , Sub-Mission (Mission Projects), Chicago, IL
2015
Tired Eyes, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL
2014
Lava Where Once Stood, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2013
Grafts and Ruptures, Rational Park Gallery, Chicago, IL
Recent Conglomerations, Material, Memphis
Pile-up Coordinates, Indiana Wesleyan University Gallery, Marion, Indiana
2012
Strange Attractions (series of site specific installations), Eastern Expansion, Chicago, IL
Jaguar Headband Twins, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
2011
Limits and Vectors: Seismographic Drawings (solo), (Con) temporary Art Space, Chicago, IL
2010
Seismographic, Nabbit Art Center, Sewanee, TN
2008
Dez Mil Coisas, The Art Factory, Consulado Holandês, Salvador, BA, Brazil
2007
Nuvens Sismográficas, Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Selected Two Person and Group Exhibitions
2023
Moving Target (with Chair Caning), Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Fall Feels: Part Time Time Faculty Exhibition, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
EXPO Chicago, Spudnik Press Booth, Chicago, IL
Threaded Together, Alma Art, Chicago, IL
2020
From a Strange Place, two-person show with Marzena Abrahamik, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bamboozle (with Erin Hayden and Alex Herzog), Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2019
To Gather Together, Co Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
Dock 6 Design & Art 12, Dock 6 Collective, Chicago, IL
Art in the Neighborhood, Willis Tower, Chicago, IL
Typeforce 10, Co Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2018
Local Comfort, LVL3, Chicago, IL
Mysterious Feelings, Circle Contemporary, Chicago, IL
The Diane and Browne Goodwin Collection, Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL
2017
Flatfiles Show, Golfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
Evanston Art Center Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2015
Perto de Lá, Galeria do Jardim, Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2014
The Condition of the Frog is Uncertain, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
Evanston Art Center Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Swath, Azimuth Projects, Chicago, IL
2013
Natural Fallacy, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
Summer Show (with Sonnenzimmer) Lula Cafe, Chicago, IL
Lossless, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
Multichannel, Brick Factory, Nashville, TN
2012
Type Force 3, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
Strange Attractions (series of site specific installations), Eastern Expansion, Chicago, IL
AgregadoS Lab, Espacio Simón l Patiño, La Paz, Bolivia
2011
20th Evanston & Chicago Vicinity Biennial, (curated by Julie Rodriguez Widholm and John Himmelfarb) Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Get it Together: Assemblage, Collage, Collaboration, Chicago Tourism Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contact, Connect, Collaborate (collaboration with Lanussi Pasquali and Joãozito Pereira) Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2010
Sixty Second Film Festival, (Fugitive Projects), various cities in US, South America, and Europe
2009
Works on Paper, The Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN
2007
Ruinas Fratelli Vita , Fratelli Vita Factory Ruins, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
2006
Guardares, Galeria Canizares, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Performances
Fugal Systems #7: Refrains and Echoes (with Angel Bat Dawid and Norman Teague). Experimental Station, Chicago, 2019
Fugal Systems #6: Does Anybody Know I’m Here. Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago. 2019
Fugal Systems #5: Fire Bowls and Selected Boundaries. Comfort Station, Chicago. 2017
Fugal Systems #4: Differences in Permeability. Comfort Station, Chicago. 2017
Fugal Systems #3: It was more a face than a figure. The Mission, Chicago. 2016
Fugal Systems #2: Graças de Ação. Museum of Bahian Art, Salvador. 2015
Fugal Systems #1: Tired Eyes. Experimental Sound Studio. Chicago. 2015
Teaching Experience
School of the Art Institute of Chicago/ Lecturer
August 2017-Present, Chicago, IL
Teaching graduate seminar on sculpture, MFA Sculpture program; Graduate Advising; Professional Practices, Arts Administration Department; Installation.
Loyola University/ Instructor
August 2021-2022, Chicago, IL
Teaching Color Theory and 2D Design
North Park University / Instructor
October 2008 - 2021, Chicago, IL
Teaching a variety of Studio Art and Theory courses including 2D Design, Photography 1 and 2, Ethics of Creative Practice, Contemporary Art History, Drawing, and Latin American Art History
Visiting Artist Lectures/Panels/Critiques
Artist Talk and Visiting Artist, MFA critiques, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, School of Art and Art History, 2024
Visiting Artist, Stoveworks Residency, Chattanooga, TN, 2024
Visiting Artist, Final MFA critiques, University of Illinois, Chicago, School of Art and Art History, Chicago, 2024
Artist Talk: Community Talks, presented by Monira Foundation, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL, 2023
Guest Presenter, Sculpture Dialogues, Sculpture Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022
Visiting Artist, Stoveworks Residency, Chattanooga, TN, 2021
Visiting Artist , Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions (ACRE), Steuben, WI 2019
Art Critics Forum: Salon Review — Documenting Alternative Histories, The SEEN/University Club of Chicago, 2019
Impact of Art in the Workplace, Willis Tower (programmed by CNL Consulting) 2019
Artist Plan Feedback Plan, Chicago Artists Coalition: FIELDWORK, 2019
Artist Mentor, Launch Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, 2017
Panelist, Live Talk: Artistic Resistance (with Shoni Currier and Stephen Wang), Pivot Arts, Chicago, 2017
Guest Documenting the Undocumentable (with Jefferson Godard, Kate Dumbleton, and Teresa Silva), Performance Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017
Moderator, Artist Talk and Performance with Cameron Harvey and Nick Mazzarrella, Elastic Arts, Chicago, 2017
Panelist, De Nue Exchange (with Alexandria Eregbou, Dana Bassett, and Kendrick McFarlane), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016
Visiting Artist, Fall Portfolio Review, Student Union Galleries and Career and Professional Experience, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016
Artist Talk (with Teresa Silva) in conjunction with How easy is a bush a bear exhibition, The Mission, Chicago, 2016
Artist Mentor, Launch Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, 2016
Moderator, Images as Flotation Devices, with Nadine Nakanishi and Nick Butcher, Elastic Arts, Chicago, 2016
Organizer/Moderator, Art in the Public Sphere, North Park University/Comfort Station, Chicago, 2016
Guest Speaker, Performance Curation in Practice Now, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), 2016
Panelist, Round Table: Performance & Community Engagement (with Mark Messing, Coya Paz, Michael Rohd and Willa Taylor), Pivot Arts, Chicago, 2015
Guest Lecturer, Graphic Notation (with Katherine Young), Homeroom, Chicago, 2015
Moderator, Artist Talk with Robert Burnier, Elastic Arts, Chicago, 2015
Guest Lecturer, Comfort Station and Community Engagement, Arts Admin Graduate Students, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015
Guest Lecturer, Marissa Lee Benedict’s “To Dye For” course, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015
Guest Reviewer, Spring Portfolio Review, Student Union Galleries and Career and Professional Experience, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015
Visiting Artist , Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions (ACRE), Steuben, WI 2014
Presenter, Fabricating Color Conference, University of Chicago, 2014
Artist Talk, Collector’s Circle event, Chicago Artists Coalition, 2014
Guest Lecturer, Art as Work seminar, Dominican University, Chicago, 2013
Visiting Artist , Indiana Wesleyan University, 2012
Published Writings
As Radical, As Mother, As Salad, As Shelter: What Should Art Institutions Do Now?
Paper Monument, 2018
Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West
The Seen, Issue 06, 2018
Futilities and Utilities: Cameron Harvey's Circular Investigations
Graphic Notes, Volume 7, Elastic Arts, 2016
A Road is Made by Walking it
Graphic Notes, Volume 5, Elastic Arts, 2016
Masses in Motion: The ever-evolving work of Sonnenzimmer
Graphic Notes, Volume 3, Elastic Arts, 2016
The Ship's Carpenter: Anti-Maquette Process and Shadow Forms Transpose in Robert Burnier's Sculptures
Graphic Notes, Volume 2, Elastic Arts, 2015
Sound Unseen: The TenxTen Experiment
Forward for TenxTen 2015 limited edition vinyl/print set
Is The Forest Still Enchanted? A Review of Daniel Steegmans Mangrané’s New Exhibition at Galeria Mendes Wood
Newcity Brazil, 2016
A Playful Sense of Purposelessness: A Review of the Marepe Exhibition at Galeria Luisa Strina
Newcity Brazil, 2016
A Predilection Towards the Schizophrenic and the Irrational: A Review of Dudu Santos at Galeria Jaqueline Martins
Newcity Brazil, 2016
Reimagining Concrete and Neo-Concrete Art: A Review of Odires Mlászho’s “Arquibabas: Babas Geométricas” at Galeria Vermelho
Newcity Brazil, 2015
The Photo-Show After the Death of the Photo-Show: A Review of Galeria Vermelho’s “Fotos Contam Fatos”
Newcity Brazil, 2015
Awards/Grants/Residencies
Artist in Residence
Latitude, Chicago, IL, 2022
New American Paintings
Issue 155, Midwest, juried by Hannah Klem, 2022
DCASE Individual Artists Grant, City of Chicago
Supporting production of A Porous Bunker public sculpture, 2019
MacArthur Foundation, International Connections Fund
$50,000 grant supporting Perto de Lá, a two way exchange between Chicago and Salvador Brazil, in conjunction with Comfort Station, 2019.
DCASE Individual Artists Grant
Supporting production of Stay Out Come in Stay in Come Out public sculpture, 2016
Propeller Fund
Funding for launching Comfort Station programming, 2012
CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program), City of Chicago
Cultural Grant from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, supporting emerging and mid-career artists; funded multiple exhibitions/installations of Strange Attractions Project, 2011
Bolsa da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia
$10,000 grant from the Foundation for Research Support in the State of Bahia, Brazil, 2006
John McCrady Award for Excellence in Visual Arts
Awarded to top graduating art major, 2002
Committees
Artist Run Chicago Grant, Hyde Park Art Center, 2024
Admissions Panel, MFA Sculpture Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018-2024
Selection Committee, City of Chicago/Albany Park Video Art Commission, 2017
Education Advisory Committee, Chicago Artist Coalition, 2016-2017
Programming Committee, Chicago Jazz Festival, 2014-2016
DCASE Organizational Grant Selection Committee, 2015