Jordan McKenzie has exhibited both nationally and internationally developing his praxis within a variety of contexts. His work explores the relationship of drawing and the process of mark making to the body. New research is concerned with making critical and artistic investigations into the performativity of drawing. Mark making is explored as a process of mapping the body within space, a way of tracing its movements and plotting its absences. This work crosses the lines of performance, drawing, installation and sculpture seeking to explore Derridean notions of the undecidable, a point where the body and the mark (drawing) break through the terrain of traditional definition and establish new dialogues and relationships

 

born: 1967, England

education

BA Critical Theory, Nottingham University England 1990
MA Contemporary Art Nottingham Trent University 1998

selected awards/honors

Recipient of One to One Artists Research Bursay, Live Art Development Agency, England 2003
Research Bursary Award recipient, Artsadmin, England 2000

selected publications

Tracey-conceptual approaches to drawing 2007 published by Loughborough University
Journal of Visual Culture, April Edition 2007

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Untitled:Vetruvian, Spacex Gallery , Exeter England 2006
Untitled (At Arms Length), Ovada Gallery, Oxford England 2005
Untitled (Drawing Breath), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham England 2004
Solo Exhibition of New drawing works Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, London England 2005