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Nick Jordan
Jordan in 2017
Born	(1967-07-28) 28 July 1967 (age 56) Chigwell, Essex, England
Education	Manchester Metropolitan University Nottingham Trent University
Occupation	Artist
Website	nickjordan.info

Nick Jordan (born 1967) is a British visual artist and experimental filmmaker based in Manchester, UK. Jordan works mostly with documentary film, but his practice also includes painting, drawing, prints, photography, sculptural objects and publications. The artist's work explores the interconnections between social, cultural and natural ecologies. ^[1]

Work

Jordan's hybrid documentaries are filmed and edited by the artist, utilising a direct, observational approach to subjects. The films often feature cooperative input from practitioners working in life sciences, such as ecology and botany, as well as from the fields of anthropology and healthcare. ^[2]

Jordan's paintings, drawings, prints and sculptural objects are made in response to encounters or themes that emerge during the process of film-making. ^[3]

Jordan's work has been shown widely at international exhibitions and film festivals. ^[4] His films have been the subject of special focus programmes ^[5] and have won a number of awards, including at London Short Film Festival, UK. ^[6]

Solo shows include Mental State Signs (Paradise Works, 2018) ^[7] and Natural Interaction (HOME, 2023). ^[8]

Jordan also works in a collaborative practice with fellow artist Jacob Cartwright (see Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan). Their films include Between Two Rivers (2012), ^[9] a feature-length documentary about the town of Cairo, Illinois, which won best film awards at River's Edge Film Festival, Kentucky, ^[10] and Big Muddy Film Festival, Illinois.^{[ citation needed]}

Jordan is curator of Braziers International Film Festival, ^[11] an annual three-day festival held at Braziers Park each summer.

Publications

The artist's publications include Alien Invaders, ^[12] published by Book Works, which takes the form of a guidebook to non-native species found in Britain, and the effects on native wildlife.

Other publications include Larskong ^[13] chapbook and vinyl soundtrack album (British Textile Biennial/Folklore Tapes, 2023); Some Mild Peril ^[14] (Castlefield Gallery, 2004);The Audubon Trilogy ^[15] (Dedecus, 2010), a chapbook and series of short films drawn from the writings of 19th-century artist and frontiersman John James Audubon, following his escapades along the Ohio River and Mississippi River; and Heaven, Hell and Other Places, ^[16] a documentary on Emanuel Swedenborg, commissioned by The Swedenborg Society.

Residencies

Artist residences and commissioned projects include British Textile Biennial ^[17] / English Heritage (UK); Headlands Center for the Arts (San Francisco, USA); ^[18] Thackray Museum of Medicine (UK); ^[19] Arts & Heritage (UK); ^[20] The National Trust (UK); The Manchester Museum, (UK); Book Works (London); ^[12] ICA (London); ^[21] Art Gene (UK); British Society of Aesthetics (UK); ^[22] North Yorkshire Public Archives (UK); European Society of Human Genetics; Manchester NHS Trust (UK); ^[23] Newcastle University (UK) / Stasi Archives (Germany). ^[24]

References

External links

• Official website