Background
Wolfson, Jordan was born in 1980 in New York City.
Wolfson, Jordan was born in 1980 in New York City.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 2003. Studied, Konfstack College Arts & Krafts, Stockholm, Sweden, 2003.
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 (SMAK) in Ghent. His first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom was presented in 2013 at the Chisenhale Gallery in London.
Other institutions which have previously hosted solo shows include the Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna.
REDCAT, Los Angeles (both 2012). Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2011).
Chromated Copper Arsenate Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2009). Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York (2008).
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy (2007).
And the Kunsthalle Zürich (2004). 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 (SMAK), Ghent. And the Whitney Museum of American Art, New New York
The artist participated in 14 Rooms presented during Art Basel, on view June 14 to 22, 2014.
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition was a collaboration between Fondation Beyeler, Art Basel, and Theater Basel. He is represented by David Zwirner Gallery and Sadie Coles Headquarters.