EDUCATION
| MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, MD MFA, Hoffberger School of Painting, May 2006 |
| THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI BFA in Painting with Concentration in Art History, June 1997 European Honors Program, Rome, Italy, 1996-97 |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Aperture on Amesbury: Then & Now, Industrial History Center, Amesbury MA |
| 2021 | Aperture on Amesbury: Carriage Hill, Industrial History Center, Amesbury MA |
| 2020 | Aperture on Amesbury, Amesbury City Hall Gallery, Amesbury MA Veiled, Amesbury City Hall Gallery, Amesbury, MA |
| 2019 | Transitions, Amesbury City Hall Gallery, Amesbury, MA Distance: Works on Paper by Skowhegan Alumni, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY |
| 2018 | xsXL, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2017 | Directions: Small Works, The Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA Planes In the Sky, FPAC Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA In the Raw: The Sketchbook Considered, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL |
| 2017 | Directions: Small Works, The Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| Planes In the Sky, FPAC Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| In the Raw: The Sketchbook Considered, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL | |
| 2016 | Jordan, Lang, & Savage: Constructs & Structures, The Gallery At Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA |
| 2014 | Directions, The Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| RISD In Rome: European Honors Program, Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI | |
| 2012 | Boston Biennial, The Gallery At Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA |
| Tracing Lines, OSU Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH | |
| 2011 | Constraints & Constructs, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA |
| Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA | |
| Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA | |
| Isolated Testimonies, George T. Dennis Arts Center, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, IL | |
| 2010 | Athena’s Daughters, Maryland Art Place at the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Baltimore, MD |
| Sprawl, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Faculty Exhibition, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA | |
| On/Off the Grid, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC | |
| Cream, American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center, WPA, Washington DC | |
| Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition, 92Y Tribeca Gallery, NY | |
| 2008 | Aspect: Ratio, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC |
| Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore | |
| Ethnography of No Place, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, MD | |
| My (blank) Other, Amalie Rothschild Gallery, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2007 | Courtney Jordan: Restructuring, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC |
| Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore | |
| Courtney Jordan: New Work, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA | |
| Winter, Main Gallery, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2006 | Introductions, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC |
| On the Verge, Sub-Basement Gallery, Baltimore, MD | |
| Launch^, Thesis Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| No Man’s Land, Fox 4 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2005 | Hoffberger Group Show, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 2004 | Fellowship Artist Exhibition, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT |
| Boxing: Hoffberger Exhibition, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2003 | Armory Show, Represented by Markel Fine Arts, Chelsea, NY |
| Courtney Jordan: Recent Work, Markel Fine Arts, Chelsea, NY | |
| 2002 | Inside / Out, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY |
| Gallery Artists Exhibition, Markel Fine Arts, Chelsea, NY | |
| 2001 | Courtney Jordan: Recent Paintings, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY |
| 2000 | Small Works 2000, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY |
| Artexpo 2000, Jacob Javitts Center, NY | |
| 1999 | Investigating the Landscape, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY |
| Annual Juried Painting Show, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY | |
| 1998 | The Landscape Show, MPG, Boston, MA |
| Feature Artist: Courtney Jordan, Galleria de Ros, Indianapolis, IN | |
| External / Eternal, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA | |
| 1997 | Juried Open House Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
| Senior Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
| Mostra Degli Studenti, Gallery of the Palazzetto Cenci, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy | |
| 1996 | Motion / Perception / Time, The Oxbow Gallery, Saugatuck, MI |
| Invitational Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
| Annual Juried Painting Show, The Providence Art Club, Providence, RI | |
| 1995 | Painting Department Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
| VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, VT; summer 2011 |
| FINE ARTS WORK CENTER, Provincetown, MA; summer 2006 |
| SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Skowhegan, ME; summer 2005 |
| THE MACDOWELL COLONY, Peterborough, NH; 2000 |
| OXBOW, Saugatuck, MI; summer 1996 |
HONORS & AWARDS
| 2012 | Artist’s Resource Trust Grant (A.R.T. Fund), Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Sheffield, MA |
| 2011 | Blanche E Colman Award Nominee, Mellon Foundation, Boston, MA |
| 2010 | Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 2008 | Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, Baltimore, MD |
| 2007 | Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD |
| New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic States Competition, #69. Open Studios Press, Boston, MA Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2006 | Provincetown Award, Maryland Institute Fellow, The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA |
| Honorable Mention, Walters Traveling Grant, The Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2005 | Artist’s Career Opportunity Grant, Anonymous Donor, NY |
| Skowhegan Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2004 | Hoffberger Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT | |
| 2003 | New American Paintings, Northeastern States Competition, #44. Open Studios Press, Boston, MA |
| 1999 | New American Paintings, Northeastern States Competition, #20. Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA |
| 1997 | Honorable Mention, Juried Open House Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
| Florence Leif Award, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
| 1996 | Oxbow Award & Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| William E. Brigham Prize, The Providence Art Club, Providence, RI | |
| 1993 | NY State Honored Scholar Award in Visual Arts, National Alliance for Excellence, Hoboken, NJ |
| Awardee in Visual Arts, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, FL |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2010 – PRESENT | VISITING LECTURER, Studio Foundation Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| 2014 – 2016 | CE FACULTY, Continuing Education, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 2009 – 2013 | ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Art Department, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA |
| 2011, ‘14, ‘15 | VISITING ARTIST, Pre-College Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 2010 | CO-AUTHOR, Online Compendium of Sketchbook Exercises. Online accompaniment to: “A Guide to Drawing 8th Edition,” by Mendelowitz, Faber, & Wakeham. Wadsworth-Cengage Learning. |
| GUEST CRITIC, Painting Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA | |
| FACULTY, DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA | |
| 2009 | GUEST CRITIC, Painting Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| JUROR, Visual Language 1, Studio Foundations Department, Massachusetts College of Art | |
| VISITING ARTIST, Studio Art Dept., Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University, Worcester, MA | |
| 2008 | GUEST CRITIC, Painting Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| GUEST CRITIC, Foundations Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2007-2008 | ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Level II, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD |
| 2004-2006 | TEACHING INTERN, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 1999-2004 | STAFF ARTIST, Product Development Division, The Danbury Mint (MBI Inc.), Norwalk, CT |
| 1995-1996 | SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR, Matting & Framing Dept., RISD Museum, Providence, RI |
Volunteer Work
| 2021-Present | Art@City Hall Committee Lead, Amesbury Cultural Council, Amesbury, MA |
| 2019-Present | Photographer & Guide, Aperture on Amesbury walking tours, Industrial History Museum, Amesbury, MA |
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