Jordan Strafer

Jordan Strafer (b. Miami, FL, 1990) is an American artist and filmmaker. ^[1]

Using video, film, installation, handmade props, and drawing, ^[2] Jordan Strafer reveals the mechanisms of power and societal dysfunction. ^[3]

Early life and education

Strafer was born in Miami, Florida, USA. She holds a BA in Media Studies from The New School’s Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (New York, USA), a BFA in Visual Art from Parsons School of Design (New York, USA), ^[4] and an MFA in Film/Video from Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts (New York, USA). ^[5]

Career

Group exhibitions

• Caroline’s Home, Maison Populaire, Montreuil (2024) ^[6]
• Illiberal Arts, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2023) ^[7]
• Illiberal Arts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2021) ^[8]
• This End the Sun, the New Museum, New York (2021) ^[9]
• In Practice: Total Disbelief, SculptureCenter, New York (2020) ^[10]

Solo exhibitions

• DECADENCE, the Renaissance Society, Chicago (2024) ^[11]
• Hammer Projects: Jordan Strafer, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2024) ^[12]
• No Spank, Hot Wheels, London (2024) ^[13]
• Jordan Strafer: Trilogy, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2023) ^[14]
• LOOPHOLE, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Arts Foundation, Stockholm (2023) ^[15]
• LOOPHOLE, Secession Building, Vienna (2023) ^[16]
• MERCY NO NO, Heidi, Berlin (2023) ^[17]
• PUNCHLINE, Participant Inc, New York (2022) ^[18]

Film festivals

• New York Film Festival (2024), No Spank ^[19]
• International Film Festival Rotterdam (2024), LOOPHOLE ^[20]
• New York Film Festival (2023), LOOPHOLE ^[21]
• New York Film Festival (2022), PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER ^[22]

Filmography

• DECADENCE, writer and director (2024) ^[23]
• No Spank, writer and director (2024)
• LOOPHOLE, writer and director (2023) ^[23]
• MERCY NO NO, writer and director (2023) ^[24]
• PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER, writer and director (2022) ^[4]
• SOS, writer and director (2021) ^[1]
• PEP (Process Entanglement Procedure), writer and director (2019) ^[25]
• Judy Smolak: Lifestyle, Ideas, Family, Biography & Net-Worth, writer and director (2020) ^[26]

References

1. "Jordan Strafer, 'SOS'". October 10, 2023.
2. Gosling, Emily (January 18, 2021). "Video Artist Jordan Strafer on the Agony and Ecstasy of Making Creative Work". ELEPHANT.
3. "Liminal Systems of Representation. A Conversation with Jordan Strafer |". Flash Art. April 12, 2023.
4. Rizov, Vadim (October 11, 2022). "Jordan Strafer - Filmmaker Magazine".
5. College, Bard. "Bard Press Releases". www.bard.edu.
6. "Caroline's Home à la Maison Pop | Zérodeux / 02".
7. "Illiberal Lives at Ludwig Forum, Aachen". Contemporary Art Library.
8. ""Illiberal Arts" at Haus der Kulturen der Welt - HKW, Berlin — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. November 16, 2021.
9. "2021 summer exhibitions - Announcements". e-flux.
10. ""In Practice: Total Disbelief" SculptureCenter / New York |". Flash Art. March 11, 2020.
11. "Jordan Strafer: DECADENCE - Announcements". e-flux.
12. "Exhibition | 'Hammer Projects: Jordan Strafer' at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States". ocula.com. March 5, 2025.
13. "Jordan Strafer at Hot Wheels". March 28, 2024.
14. Diaconov, Valentin (October 15, 2023). "Review: Jordan Strafer's Psychodrama at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston".
15. "LOOPHOLE". c-print. May 11, 2023.
16. "Jordan Strafer". Secession.
17. "Jordan Strafer: MERCY NO NO | Heidi | Galleries | Frieze". www.frieze.com.
18. "Jordan Strafer | Self-Sentencing". www.flaunt.com.
19. Center, Film at Lincoln (August 15, 2024). "62nd New York Film Festival Currents Announced". Film at Lincoln Center.
20. "LOOPHOLE". IFFR EN.
21. "LOOPHOLE". Film at Lincoln Center.
22. "Peak Heaven Love Forever (2022) | MUBI" – via mubi.com.
23. "Stephanie Bailey on Jordan Strafer - Criticism". e-flux.
24. "JORDAN STRAFER MERCY NO NO – Heidi".
25. "Jordan Strafer: PEP (Process Entanglement Procedure) [Channel 1 of 2]". www.sculpture-center.org.
26. "BOMB Magazine | A Cruel Joke: Jordan Strafer Interviewed". BOMB Magazine.