Bio
Jordan Griska is a sculptor based in Brooklyn who moved from Philadelphia in 2012. Jordan received a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania and a Certificate in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where he was awarded the Cresson Scholarship and Governor’s Award. His work has been featured in exhibitions at Esther Klein Gallery, Fleisner Ollman Gallery, Scope Art Fair in Miami, and Philadelphia Contemporary. Jordan has created public installations at Eastern State Penitentiary, the Governors Island Art Fair and Socrates Sculpture Park. His monumental sculpture, Grumman Greenhouse, which features an upright and contorted WWII B-52 bomber is currently installed in Philadelphia.
Education
University of Pennsylvania B.F.A. Cum Laude May 2009
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Certificate in Sculpture May 2008
Solo Exhibitions
Lenfest Plaza Philadelphia Outdoor Sculpture Installation September 2011
Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia Artist Installation April 2011-2012
Urban Outfitters Headquarters Navel Yard Philadelphia Icarus Performance September 2010
Group Exhibitions
Governor's Island Art Fair, Exhibitor, Governors Island, NY September 5-23 2015
Socrates Sculpture Part EAF Exhibition, Long Island City, NY September 2014 - March 2015
Space 776: Kaleidoscope Ⅱ, Brooklyn, NY July 17-30, 2014
The Active Space: Seeking Space, Brooklyn, NY May 30-June 29, 2014
Space 776: Kaleidoscope Ⅰ, Brooklyn, NY February 13-26, 2014
West Collection: Pulse Miami, Miami, FL December 2012
The Philadelphia Salon: “Here Not There”, Philadelphia, PA July-August 2010
Moore College of Art Gallery: “2010”, Philadelphia, PA February 2010
Fleisher Ollman: “I Don’t Watch The Internet”, Philadelphia, PA December 2009
Grounds For Sculpture: ISC Student Award Show October 2008
Awards and Residencies
SOCRATES Sculpture Park: Emerging Artist Fellow 2014
West Prize Finalist 2011
International Sculpture Center: Outstanding Student Award 2008
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Governors Award 2008
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Cresson Academic and Travel Scholarship 2007-2008
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Fellowship Award 2007
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Cullinane Prize in Sculpture 2006
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Ward Prize 2006
Selected Publications
Michael Turtle, "In Plane Site" Time Travel Turtle Blog, July 20, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle - December 2011
Sculpture Magazine - October 2010
Newhall, Edith, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2010
The Philadelphia Inquirer - December 27, 2009
Sonntag ZT, Swiss Newspaper - June 19, 2009
Luzerner Zeitung, Swiss Newspaper - June 18, 2009
Selected Online Publications
Wrestling Grumman Greenhouse into place – a photo post, Libby & Roberta, The Art Blog, www.theartblog.org, October 21, 2011
No plain greenhouse, this is a plane greenhouse, Peter Crimmins, NewsWorks, www.newsworks.org, September 26, 2011
Science Times, David Muenzer, The Art Blog, www.theartblog.org, May 29, 2010
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
The Center For Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship 2010-2012
Art St. Urban Residency, Switzerland 2009