Introduction
Jordan Wolfson (born October 9, 1980 in New York City) is an American artist living and working in New York and Los Angeles. His work is known for social commentary and entertainment, using film, sculpture, installation and performance.
Biography
He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, in 2003 receiving his BFA in Sculpture.
Wolfson was awarded the Cartier Award from the Frieze Foundation in 2009.
Wolfson's 2014 work, Female Figure is an animatronic sculpture of a woman dressed in a negligee, thigh high vinyl boots and a green half witch mask, covered in dirt marks and scuffs. The figure dances seductively, speaking in a male voice. Using facial recognition technology, she locks eyes with viewers through a mirror. The work addresses the violence of objectification.
Work by Wolfson is held in public collections worldwide, including Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
As of 2016 he is represented by David Zwirner Gallery and Sadie Coles HQ.
Exhibitions
In 2014, a selection of Wolfson’s video work was exhibited as part of the 6th Glasgow International. In 2013, Jordan Wolfson: Ecce Homo/le Poseur marked the most comprehensive survey of his work to date, organized by the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent.
Other institutions which have previously hosted solo shows include the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (2011); and the Kunsthalle Zürich (2004). His first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom was presented in 2013 at the Chisenhale Gallery in London.
Jordan Wolfson participated in 14 Rooms presented during Art Basel in June 2014. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition was a collaboration between Fondation Beyeler, Art Basel, and Theater Basel.
This is a list of notable exhibitions, in order by date.
- 2006 – Untitled (Frank Painting Company, Inc.), Whitney Biennal
- 2007 – Optical Sound, solo exhibition curated by Alessandro Rabottini, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo (GAMeC), Bergamo, Italy
- 2008 – untitled false document, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, New York City
- 2009 – The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- 2012 – Animation, masks, Alex Zachary Peter Currie gallery, New York City
- 2012 – Animation, masks, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
- 2012-2013 – Raspberry Poser, REDCAT, Los Angeles
- 2013-2014 – Raspberry Poser, solo exhibition, Chisenhale Gallery, London
- 2014 – Female Figure, 14 Rooms, Art Basel, Serpentine Gallery, London
- 2016 – Colored sculpture, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
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