JORDAN RAMSEY ISMAIEL
Lives and Works in Hastings, NE
Education
2024
The University of Iowa, Master of Fine Arts, Iowa City, Iowa
Painting and Drawing
Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies
2023
The University of Iowa, Master of Arts, 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
Solo Exhibitions
2027
Solo Exhibition, Fred Simon Gallery, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, Nebraska (forthcoming)
2025
Solo Exhibition, Strut, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco, California (forthcoming)
The one year between us, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa (forthcoming)
2024
Proof of Life, MFA Thesis Show, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2023
Love me in plain sight (or Faggot Abstraction), MA Thesis Show, Ana Mendieta Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2022
still waves, Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa
2021
Dry your tired eyes, Radial Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Moments To Come…, MILCON Gallery, Online Exhibition, milcongallery.com
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Body Boundaries: Diverse Figures of the Midwest, Organized by T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, Project Project, Omaha, Nebraska (forthcoming)
2024
Through Lines, 82Parris, Portland, Maine
2023
A Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Counterpart, curated by Brianna L. Hernández, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Southampton, New York
Meet Me in the Middle of Nowhere, curated by Kyle Herrington, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
2022
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
Familiar Strangers, Vacant Museum, Online Group Exhibition, vacantmuseum.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
2025
The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Collar Works, Granville, New York (forthcoming)
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
2024
Graduate College/OVPR Research Grant for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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
Exhibitions Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Display of the Arts, Jakobsen Graduate Research Showcase, 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
Exhibitions Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2021
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
Publications
2023
To a Green Thought, “Cover Thoughts” by Garth Greenwell, November 21, garthgreenwell.substack.com
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