Stumptown Coffee Roasters is pleased to announce
Jordan Clark as a recipient of its Artist Fellowship.

Reception Sunday, February 4th, 2024
Hours: WEEKDAYS 7AM-3PM WEEKENDS 7AM-5PM

Artist Statement:
My work combines a mixture of paint, recorded imagery, physical movement, and the process of layering, masking, and revealing. Along with recording and responding to a specific line of resources I am developing a language through the manipulation of materials. Through the act of painting, I start to zoom in and pay attention to specific edges, and how the paint will sit, bleed, or spread on the surface.

The spaces created within the paintings are informed by the colors, shapes, and lines found in my experiences with architecture, graphic design, sports, commercial painting, graffiti removal, public transit, Google Maps, American freight trains, and the nuances and limitations of digital drawing.

Although this work is inspired by these collages of source materials and exercises, the finished paintings are constructed through the practice of painting and the obstacles faced along the way.

Biography
Jordan Clark was born in 1983 in Dubuque, Iowa, and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2012 he received an Associate Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from Madison College. In 2015 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a concentration in painting from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin. In 2017 he received an MFA in Contemporary Art Practices from Portland State University. While painting is his main focus, Clark works in various other mediums, such as sculpture, photography, drawing, mural painting, printmaking, graphic design, typography, and bookmaking. In addition to his studio practice, Clark spends his free time playing and watching sports, biking, visiting galleries, and taking photos of freight trains and dilapidated structures. Clark currently resides in Portland, Oregon.