Jordan Eagles
ARTIST STATEMENT
Explosive energy, inner light, organic patterns and bodily orbs: my latest series continues to explore the physical and intangible connections between the body-spirit and the universe. The curves and flows, created with blood, allow the sleek and smooth synthetic elements to exist in harmony with the organic—illuminating the finite details of the blood as well as its innate energy.
In the presence of light, the translucency of the blood is revealed under and between multiple layers of clear resins. (An additional UV coating is applied to each piece to ensure the archival life of the organic material, permanently preserving its natural colors and textures). The blood’s lucent properties also retain and vibrate light, illuminating pools of reds, blacks and sealed-in protein air-bubbles. My new series also incorporates a new technique—gradations of “aged blood” –that create deep, black fields in various stages of decomposition to coexist with the medium’s rich, fresh, translucent reds. The compositions of my new works often resemble Rorschach inkblot test patterns, magnified cellular details as well as large-scale photographic images of planetary bodies, dark matter, molten lava and galactic bullet clusters.
In these new works, I allow the forms and materiality to stand at the forefront, presenting reflections of mortality, spirituality and science while still offering the viewer space for a visceral and primal response.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions
2008 NEW BLOOD, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 NEW BLOOD, Wells Laing Gallery, Binghamton, NY
2008 NEW BLOOD, Merge Gallery, New York, NY
2008 NEW BLOOD, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2007 PHASE/FK, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007 ANIMAL-SPIRIT-MACHINE, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2007 SIGNS OF LIFE, Merge Gallery, New York, NY
2007 ORBS & PHASES, Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 PHASES, Sensei, New York, NY
2006 ORBS 7 ENERGY, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005 ALIVE, Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 CONTINUUM, domogallery, Summit, NJ
2003 A TRANS-NATAL EXPERIENCE, The Bronfman Center Gallery, New York, NY
Two Person Exhibitions
2007 New Works, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Organic, Liquid Blue Gallery, Miami, FL
Group Exhibitions
2009 Murmur, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 Specimen: Re-presenting the Natural World, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark NJ
2008 Power & Currency, Factory Fresh, Brooklyn, NY
2008 The Big Finish Auction, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2008 Chicago Modernism Show, Chicago, IL
2008 Red Dot Fair, New York, NY
2008 Collaboration, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Life, Times and Legacy, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Amistad Center for Arts & Culture, Hartford, CT
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
2007 Sanctuary, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2007 Inside/Out, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2006 SCOPE New York, New York, NY
2006 BMG ARTISTS ANNUAL ’06, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Winter Group Show, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2006 A Selection From The Collection, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2006 Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2006 Caesurae, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2006 BLK/MRKT ONE, Diesel Gallery, New York, NY
2005 SCOPE Hamptons, Southampton, NY
2005 For Art’s Sake, Visual arts Center of New Jersey, Summit NJ
2005 Rockpile Magazine’s By the People for the People, Ubiq, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 RACE-Enter Personal Politics, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2005 Fuzzy Was He?, Liquid Blue Gallery, Miami, FL
2005 Rockpile Magazine’s By the People for the People, Gigantic Brand, New York, NY
2004 ArtStorm, Indian Rose Jeans, London, UK
2004 XX XY, Gallery Aferro, Newark , NJ
2004 Simultaneity, Eickhold Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Animal New York, Giza Issue Release Show, New York, NY
2003 Symbols of the Spirit, Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Human Rights Campaign event for NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg
2003 Everyone is Alone in the Garden of Eden, CAVE Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 New Artists Spring Showcase, Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY
Awards
2006 Best Emerging Artist, GLAAD OUT Auction NYC 2006
2003 Featured Artist, Month of August, New Jersey State Council on the Arts & Discover Jersey Arts Campaign
2003 Artistic Achievement Award, Millbum/Short Hills Chamber of Commerce
2003 Promise Award, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
Collections
2008 The Prudential Center, Newark, NJ Arena
Education
1999, BA New York University, The Gallatin School for Individualized Studies
Fine Arts/Media Studies