JORDAN RAMSEY ISMAIEL
Based in Hastings, NE and Iowa City, IA
Born 1999 in Washington D.C.
Education
2024
The University of Iowa, Master of Fine Arts candidate, Iowa City, Iowa
Painting and Drawing
Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies
2023
The University of Iowa, Master of Arts candidate, Iowa City, Iowa
Painting and Drawing
2021
Hastings College, Bachelor of Arts, Hastings, Nebraska
Studio Art and Philosophy & Religion Majors
Art History and Writing Minors
Diversity Certificate
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Title Forthcoming, curated by Brianna L. Hernández, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Southampton, New York (forthcoming)
Meet Me in the Middle of Nowhere, curated by Kyle Herrington, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
2022
still waves, Solo Exhibition, Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa
Common Country, curated by Leon Lister, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
I Sing the Body Electric, curated by Alexander DiJulio & Nio Vardan, Dune Alpin, East Hampton, New York
the story of you + me, curated by Robert Martin, Union Hall, Denver, Colorado
Kansas Field Arts Forum Residency Exhibition, Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
UIowa Painting & Drawing, James May Gallery, Online Group Exhibition, jamesmaygallery.com
A Ground To Stand On, organized by Johnathan Payne, Ana Mendieta Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Art Exposition and Benefit, Radial Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska
One Year, MILCON Gallery, Online Group Exhibition, milcongallery.com
2021
Hang in there, Baby, Levitt Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Dry your tired eyes, Solo Exhibition, Radial Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Familiar Strangers, Vacant Museum, Online Group Exhibition, vacantmuseum.com
Moments To Come…, Solo Exhibition, MILCON Gallery, Online Exhibition, milcongallery.com
Life Machine, BA Thesis Group Exhibition, JDAC Galleries, Hastings, Nebraska
Elements, MILCON Gallery, Online Group Exhibition, milcongallery.com
Hastings College Juried Exhibition, curated by Teliza Rodriguez, Best 2D, JDAC Galleries, Hastings, Nebraska
2020
YIELD, HAZARDS Curatorial, Online Group Exhibition, hazardscuratorial.com
Hastings College Juried Exhibition, curated by Mychaelyn Michalec, 3rd Place, JDAC Galleries, Hastings, Nebraska
Post-It Note Art Show, Bravas Food, Radical Galleries, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Reception Show, MakeRoom Artist Residency Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019
Tiny Print Show 2, The Brass Rail, Radical Galleries, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Open Studios Exhibition, School of Visual Arts Flatiron Gallery, Manhattan, New York
19 Queer Chicago, curated by Azul Nogueron, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, Illinois
16th CINCF/O’Keefe Elevator Co. Show, 3rd Place—2D, O’Keefe Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Cellphone Film Fest, Hastings College, The Lark, Hastings, Nebraska
Hastings College Juried Exhibition, curated by Nadia Shinkunas, JDAC Galleries, Hastings, Nebraska
2018
15th CINCF/O’Keefe Elevator Co. Show, O’Keefe Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Cellphone Film Fest, 2nd Place, Hastings College, The Lark, Hastings, Nebraska
Hastings College Juried Exhibition, curated by Andrew Smith, Honorable Mention, JDAC Galleries, Hastings, Nebraska
Residencies & Internships
20222022
2022
Kansas Field Arts Forum, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission + M12 STUDIO, Pratt, Kansas
2020
MakeRoom Artist Residency Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019
SVA Summer Residency Program, Painting & Mixed Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship Summer Academy, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Awards
2023
Mildred Pelzer Fellowship, 2023-24, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Ester G. Madison Scholarship, 2023-24, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
20220
Materials Grant, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Virgil M. Beall Fellowship, 2022-23, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Grant Writing Seminar for Graduate Humanities and Social Sciences Students, Sponsored: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, International Programs, and the Graduate College, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2021
Exhibitions Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa Arts Fellowship, 2021-22, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Outstanding Achievement in Art, Hastings College Honors Convocation, Hastings, Nebraska
Senior Thesis Materials Grant, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
2019
Knappenberger Fund for Student Travel/Experiential Learning, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
2018
First-Year Achievement in Art, Hastings College Honors Convocation, Hastings, Nebraska
Related Experience
2022
Panel Discussion, Visiting Speaker, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Lecture, Visiting Speaker, GWSS:1002: Diversity & Power in the U.S., Department of Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2021
Hang in there, Baby, Organizer of First-Year Graduate Candidates Exhibition, Levitt Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, 2021-22, Co-Chair, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Behind Building: “On Grace Abbott,” Co-Curator, The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska
Here and Now: Contemporary Figure Painting, Visiting Speaker, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri
2020
Here Now Forever Again, Curator, JDAC Galleries, Hastings, Nebraska
Publications
2023
GAYLETTER Magazine, text by Tyler Akers and photography by Angelo Capacyachi, Issue 17, gayletter.com
2022
Out Front Magazine, “New Exhibition of Queer Romance To Debut at Union Hall” by Colleen Rankin, July 22, outfrontmagazine.com
NBC News, “16 LGBTQ art shows that keep the summer Pride vibe flowing” by Dan Allen, July 6, nbcnews.com
Vagabond City Lit, “Lessons on painting and self-reliance: an interview with Jordan Ramsey Ismaiel” by Christian Bañez, Interview, April 18, Issue 70, vagabondcitylit.com
2021
The Daily Iowan, Interview, November 19, dailyiowan.com
MILCON Gallery, Interview, June 22, milcongallery.com
Call Me Art Zine, Interview, Volume 2
2020
Create! Magazine, Interview, Winter, Issue 19, createmagazine.com
Collections