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

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