Mott Jordan Art


	Mott Jordan (b. 1960) Jordan spent his school years in Berkeley, California, and began creating drawings and watercolors at the age of four. He studied fine art and technical drawing beginning in junior high. In high school, he was awarded as one of twelve finalist artists in a Bay Area-wide high school student pen-and-ink competition. Jordan went on to study studio art at UC Santa Cruz, specializing in oil painting and printmaking. Early influences include the work of Max Beckmann, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Paul Gauguin, Georgio de Chirico, Mimmo Paladino, Heironymous Bosch, Diego Velazquez, Rembrandt, Rogier van der Weyden, Giotto, and many others. Additionally, his work is heavily influenced by circus sign-painter art, American pop culture, 1960s album-cover psychedelia, Japanese Animé, Marvel and DC comics, underground comix, and much more.

E X H I B I T I O N H I S T O R Y
Living Proof: Contemporary Printmakers of Santa Cruz County March – May, 2003; Pajaro Valley Arts Council & Gallery 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville, CA 17th Avenue Studios: "Beyond the Fire" March, 2002; 17th Avenue Studios 980 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA Mott Jordan: Mixed Media Paintings June, 2000; The Tied House Café & Brewery, Mountain View 954 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA Mott Jordan: Recent Works on Paper March, 1999; The Tied House Brewery, San Jose 65 N. San Pedro Street, San Jose, CA Juried/Invitational Exhibition: Toys in Contemporary Art December, 1997; D.P. Fong Galleries 383 S. First Street, San Jose, CA UCSC Alumni Art & Wine Festival July, 1997; Baskin Art Facility UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA UCSC Alumni Art & Wine Festival July, 1996; Baskin Art Facility UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA Mott Jordan: Paintings July, 1994; Espresso Royale 1545 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz County Open Studios October 1993, annually through October 2002 Cultural Council event; participating artist. Andrew Shachat/Mott Jordan: New Works November, 1992; Dancing Man Gallery 123 Maple St, Santa Cruz, CA Exemplary Contempor’y One work selected for group exhibition. May, 1992; Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery Cowell College, UCSC Flame On! July, 1989; India Joze Restaurant Santa Cruz Art Center, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA Pictures That Won’t Match the Couch June, 1988; India Joze Restaurant Santa Cruz Art Center, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA Monterey Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibition One work selected for exhibition. June, 1987; Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art; 559 Pacific Ave., Monterey, CA E D U C A T I O N B.A. in studio art from University of California, Santa Cruz.