"Drama"
Acrylic on Panel Painting
12" x 9".
Unframed.
Jordan Buschur
Jordan Buschur's paintings focus on collections of objects ranging from stacked books to interiors of drawers, all united by a system of value based on mystery, sentimentality, and a matriarchal connection. Buschur received a B.A. in Studio Art from Goshen College (Goshen, IN) and an M.F.A. in Painting from Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. Her work has been shown in numerous locations, including exhibitions with the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI), River House Arts (Toledo, OH), the Center for Book Arts (NYC), and Field Projects (NYC). She is currently the Community Digital Artist in Residence at the Toledo Museum of Art and has participated in residencies at the Wassaic Project, Chashama North, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center, as well as teaching residencies through the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Sheldon Museum of Art. Awards include the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Kimmel Foundation Artist Award and the Charles Shaw Painting Award. Her work has been featured in print in New American Paintings and UPPERCASE Magazine, and online on The Jealous Curator, Young Space, and BOOOOOOOM, among others. Podcast interviews include I Like Your Work and Studio Break. She is a co-founder of Co-Worker Gallery and has curated exhibitions at Cuchifritos Gallery (NYC), Spring/Break Art Show (NYC), and the Neon Heater (Findlay, OH). Buschur has taught art to all ages and currently teaches drawing at the University of Toledo.
Statement
My paintings imply a human presence through depictions of accumulated collections. This group of paintings of individual decorative boxes is part of a larger painting series titled Decororator, an invented term combining decorator and horror vacui. Painting the small objects individually is equivalent to holding the object in my hand, examining it. This is exactly what I do when painting, and the observation is an act of love. The series centers on these questions: What is sentimental and how do feelings transfer onto objects? What identity is projected into the world through a carefully arranged collection? What stories are withheld, hidden beneath the object's surface?
These paintings share commonality with the work I created as the Community Digital Artist in Residence at the Toledo Museum of Art. The digital pieces feature paintings of books, with imagery appearing and disappearing on the covers in animated loops. The books, similar to the decorative boxes, are containers: for knowledge, stories, memories, secrets. Both series of paintings play with what we as humans conceal and reveal.
Education
2008 Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY. Master of Fine Art in Painting
2001 Goshen College, Goshen, IN. Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Deep Down Size, Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH.
2022 Changing Hands, Soft Projects, Ypsilanti, MI.
2021 Fiction, Shelter in Place Gallery, Boston, MA.
2018-2019 More with More with Less, River House Arts, Toledo, OH.
2015 Unsteady Stacks, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE.
2013 Reading For Meaning, The LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE.
2008 Idle Hands, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
Two Person Exhibitions
2019 No Rebound, with Gina Reichert, The Neon Heater Art Gallery, Findlay, OH.
2018 Article, with Andrew Ooi, Pleat Gallery, online.
Junk Envy, with Maia Cruz Palileo, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH.
2016 Mass In, with Byron Anway, Fred Simon Gallery, Nebraska Art Council, Omaha, NE.
2008 Paintings, with Erin Coleman-Cruz, Hershberger Art Gallery, Goshen College, Goshen, IN.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Commemorations, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, Spruce Street Harbor Park, Philadelphia, PA.
2024 Drawing from Perception, Invention, and Memory, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University Creative Arts Center, Dayton, OH.
2024 Subtractica, Troppus Projects, Kent, OH.
2023 Gathered Together, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN.
2023 Rooted in Presence, River House Arts, Toledo, OH.
2022 AIR, The LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE.
2022 Coming Home, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.
2022 Sehnsucht, Field Projects, New York, NY, curated by Melissa Joseph.
2022 Still, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN.
2021 Build It: Artists Creating Community in Ohio, Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, curated by Erika b. Hess.
2021 Home Sweet Home, SFA Projects, New York, NY.
2021 space/time, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH.
2021 Structured Spaces, online exhibition, Dodomu Gallery.
2020 8 x 8, online exhibition, Flatfile Gallery.
2020 Just for the Taste of It, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by Abshalom Jac Lahav and Eli Bronner, New York, NY.
2020 Painting At Night, online exhibition, curated by Allison Reimus for Artist/Mother Podcast.
2020 Unleashing Magic, online exhibition, Create! Magazine and PxP Contemporary.
2020 Willing the Season, online exhibition, Far x Wide.
2019 Agency II, River House Arts, Toledo, OH.
2019 Indoor Voices, curated by Kirstin Lamb, The Yard, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Agency, River House Arts, Toledo, OH.
2018 Bubblegum & Whiskey, Jordan Buschur, Chris Drobnock, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI.
2017 Cities Like Dreams, Swamps Where Cedars Grow, curated by Melanie Parke, The Provincial, Chief, MI.
2017 En Masse: Books Orchestrated, curated by Osman Can Yerebakan, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY.
2017 Lake Effect, curated by Hartmut Austen, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI.
2016 Art in America, curated by Julie Torres, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC.
2016 Introductions, curated by Jim Osman, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2015 Art in America, curated by Julie Torres for Artist Run, organized by Tiger Strikes Asteroid at the Satellite Show, Miami, FL.
2015 The Flatfiles: Year Two, Tiger Strikes Asteroid at Select Art Fair, Center 548, New York, NY.
2015 The Residents, selections from the collection of the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Stalder Gallery, Falls City Library and Arts Center, Falls City, NE.
2014 The Flatfiles: Year Two, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 The Residents, selections from the collection of the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE.
2014 VOX X: Present Tense, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA.
2013 Codicology: The Art & Study of the Book, University of North Carolina Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC.
2013 Physical Free Verse,Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2012 Bookstore, Drift Station, Lincoln, NE.
2012 Lost and Found: Belief and Doubt in Contemporary Pictures, Museum of New Art, PASSENGER Project Space, Detroit, MI and the Starkweather Arts Center, Romeo, MI.
2011 Transplant, J Fergeson Gallery at Metro Space Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2010 Area Artists, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.
2010 Portrait of a Lady, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY.
2010 Stack Up, New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation Benefit Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY.
2009 Strange Days, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY.
2009 Summer Salon, LaViolaBank Gallery, New York, NY.
2008 MFA Thesis Show, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY.
2008 Paper in the Wind, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2008 Rockers and Posers, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY.
2008 Year 1, LaViolaBank Gallery, New York, NY.
Residencies
2022 Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY. Residency
2013- 2016 Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE. Arts in Society Teaching Residency.
2013 Chashama North, Pine Plains, NY. Residency
2013 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE. Residency.
2012- 2013 The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE. Community Arts Residency.
2012- 2013 The LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE. Artist-in-Residence.
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Residency.
2004 Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY. Summer Program
Awards
2022 Merit Award Grant, The Arts Commission, Toledo, OH.
2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2013 Kimmel Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Mayor's Arts Award, Lincoln, NE
2008 Charles Shaw Painting Award, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005 Award of Merit, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2000- 2001 Raymond A. Yoder Art Scholarship, Goshen College, Goshen, IN
Lectures and Workshops
2023 Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA. Online artist lecture
2023 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. Online artist lecture
2021 Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH. Painting workshop for arts educators
2021 Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois. Online artist lecture and painting workshop
2019 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Visiting artist
2018 University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. Artist lecture
2016 Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE. Visiting artist
2008 Goshen College, Goshen, IN. Visiting artist
Podcast Interviews
2023 I Like Your Work Podcast, Season 6
2016 Studio Break Podcast, Episode 158
Selected Teaching Experience
University of Toledo, Toledo OH. 2021-present. Instructor: Drawing I ARTS1080, Drawing II ARTS1090, Life Drawing ARTS2100, Two Dimensional Design ARTS1050
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. 2012- 2016. Instructor: Beginning Drawing DRAW 101, Beginning Painting
PANT 251, Gallery Management ARTP 381, Visual Literacy: Color Theory ARTS141A
Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE. 2014. Instructor: Beginning Drawing, ARTS 1010, Two Dimensional Design, ARTS 1020
The LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE. 2011- 2014. Community Arts Instructor
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI. Summers, 2008- 2014. Instructor: Drawing, Painting, Book Arts
Doane College, Lincoln, NE. 2012- 2013. Instructor: Beginning Painting ART 201
Related Professional Experience
The Arts Commission, Toledo, OH. Artist Services Manager, Marketing Coordinator, 2016- 2021
Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE, Director, 2014- 2016
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Gallery Director, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, 2012- 2016
Suzanne Randolph Fine Art, New York, NY. Consultant, 2010- 2011
Mickalene Thomas Studio, Brooklyn, NY. Studio Manager, 2008- 2010
Angela Dufresne Studio, Brooklyn, NY. Studio Assistant, 2006-2007
Skinner, Inc., Boston, MA. Auction Assistant, 2004-2006
Arena Gallery, New York, NY. Assistant, 2003
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA. Resident Program Assistant, 2002 Curatorial
2022 Double Time, Co-Worker at River House Arts, Toledo, OH.
2020 Message/Mystery, Maria Calandra and Lizzy Duquette, Co-Worker Gallery, Toledo, OH.
Mini Maxi, Nicole Czapinski and Alison Kuo, Co-Worker Gallery, Toledo, OH.
2019 Extra Equinox, Megan Franasiak and Erika Hess, Co-Worker Gallery, Toledo, OH.
In Between Days, Amanda Acker, Co-Worker Gallery, Toledo, OH.
Matrices, Kirstin Lamb and Dayna Riemland, Co-Worker Gallery, Toledo, OH.
2018 Material Translation, Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez, Natalie Lanese, and Sophie Treppendahl, Neon Heater Art Gallery, Findlay, OH.
2016 Of the Land, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2015 Currents, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Wabi Sabi, paintings and drawings by Deborah Zlotsky, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Home and Away: Landscapes from Nebraska and Beyond, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Lost Looking, paintings by Maia Cruz Palileo, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, New York, NY.
Pattern Recognition, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
No Fault of the Soul, prints by Toan Vuong, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Trash4Gold, co-curated with Jac Lahav, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY.
Vessels, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2014 Emulsion, ceramics by Simon Levin and Amy Smith, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Material Presence: Selections from the UNL MFA Program, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Pop Up @ Prescott, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
UNL Alumni Artists 1945- 1969: Your Story Begins Here, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
Selected Press and Publications
Create! Magazine, Issue 43, Spring 2024.
BUST Magazine, Volume 132, Spring 2023. Pictures Worth A Thousand Words
BG Independent News, September 12, 2022, Arts Beat: Co-Worker Show at River House Highlights Visual Call & Response
Connecticut Art Review, August 11, 2022, Summer Reading List
Current Magazine, April 6, 2022, Artists Support Ukraine Through Visual Arts Fundraisers
Toledo Blade, July 10, 2022, Popping Up: Transient Exhibits Lend Themselves to Flexibility, Creativity
Majuscule, Issue 8, April 2022
New American Paintings, No. 161, Midwest Issue. 2022
All SHE Makes, Winter 2021, Issue IV.
The Columbus Dispatch, March 28, 2021. Exhibit at the Riffe Gallery a virtual presentation of artists' resourcefulness.
Toledo Blade, January 28, 2021. Virtual Exhibition Showcases Art Communities.
The Coastal Post, April 29, 2020.
Project 1612, April 2, 2020.
Rough Draft Diaries, podcast, August 26, 2020. Art, Books, and 2020.
Toledo City Paper, June 4, 2020. Gathered Says Hello Neighbor in a Gallery Window Exhibit
Hyperallergic, October 29, 2019. Where Did All of the Art Spaces Go?
Toledo City Paper, April 23, 2019. Individual Excellence Award Winners.
UPPERCASE Magazine, July 2019, Issue 42.
BOOOOOOOM, January 30, 2018.
Toledo Blade, August 1, 2018. The Next: Local Women Artists Showing 'Agency'.
Toledo City Paper, August 1, 2018. River House Arts Presents Agency, A Group Exhibition.
Toledo City Paper, December 4, 2018. Jordan Buschur's More with More with Less.
Creative Boom, January 19, 2016. Bookish Art.
Design Crush, April 16, 2016.
Nebraska Cultural Endowment, February 1, 2016.
The Reader, January 25, 2016. Janet L. Farber. Art en Masse.
The Reader, February 10, 2016. Janet L. Farber. Crowd Sourced.
Two Coats of Paint, January 26, 2016. Sharon Butler. Recommended: "Introductions 2016" at Trestle.
Young Space, September 28, 2016.
BreakThru Radio, March 3, 2015. Themed Pages and Meanings.
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 6, February 2015.
The Jealous Curator, April 2, 2015.
Anthology Magazine, May 29, 2014.
Artsy Forager, March 10, 2014.
BOMB Magazine Daily, September 9, 2014.
DIALOGIST, Volume I, Issue IV, 2014.
Studio Visit, Volume 23, The Open Studios Press, 2013.
Art Lovers New York, March 11, 2010, Portrait of a Lady.
Art F City, February 12, 2008. Surveying the Odd.
Collections
Doane College, Crete, NE.
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA.
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE.
Marc and Kathy LeBaron, Lincoln, NE.
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