Jordan Herregraven (b. 1990 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

Based in The Hague, Netherlands

Education

2009 - 2014

Royal Academy of the Arts –  Den Haag, Netherlands

Bio

Growing up as an only child with my antique-dealer mother I inhabited an often lonely world surrounded by artefacts and natural history that held untold mysteries with a vivid sense of a living past. If set apart from certain aspects of the modern world I experienced an often hidden narrative through the objects and symbols lost to the ages yet still rich in their humanity. I believe that it is through that history that I learned to understand myself and have since embraced further parallels in understanding the way we have and continue to develop as people in tandem with the nature around us, whether in harmony or dissonance.

Over time I’ve become increasingly interested in the psychology behind this, and by extension the connection of the body and its surrounding. Through anthropomorphic forms that are suggestive of folklore I often depict surreal occurrences that suggest psychological happenings and visceral emotions. The aspect of gathering meaning though an intuition larger than explanation or rational understanding is central to my work. I often try to approach the uncanny and mysterious aspects of life through what is felt, not consciously known. I believe this to be apparent in both my etching and sculptural work which deal directly with symbolism through an ever-developing mythology.

In recent series I have focused on the shifts and evolutions happening in our ecosystems as the effects of climate change become more prevalent, framing cycles of life and death in further abstracted forms and situations.

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Vanishing Loops, Kunstenlab, Deventer

2022

The Untold Histories as Perceived Through the Horses Tear, HOK, Den Haag

2020

The Unveiling of a Sacred Body, Trixie, Den Haag

2018

Angel Bait, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen

2009

Concrete vs. Organic: Jordan Herregraven, Gallery 13, Minneapolis

Group Exhibitions

2023

Wonderbaarlijke Wezens, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort

2021

Adventures Underground, Quartair, Den Haag

2021

Sterrentuin II, Ketelstraat 23, Den Haag

2020

A Theatre of Things Beneath the Ground and Behind the Eyes, Raam Maar, Rotterdam

2019

The Big Draw, ACEC, Apeldoorn

2018

Eigenaardig, Galerie Wit, Wageningen

2018

Veiling De Aanschouw, TENT, Rotterdam

2018

De Aanschouw #879, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam

2018

De Stenen Kamer, In Your Living Room, Park Madestein, Den Haag

2017

Budvar Young Art Event #1, Nest, Den Haag

2017

Open Air Gallery, Rosarium, Winschoten

2016

Grensloos Kunst Verkennen, de Wijk - Ijhorst

2015

Now or Never #3, GEM, Museum voor Actuele Kunst,  Den Haag

2015

Beelden in Leiden, Hooglandse Kerkgracht, Leiden

2015

Night: Degrees of Darkness, ArtDeli, Amsterdam

2015

Contrasten II, Galerie Wit, Wageningen

2015

BLOODY MARY, Maagdenhuis, Amsterdam

2015

REFINEDr, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis

2014

Best of Graduates, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam

2014

Graphos Uitgelicht, Kunsthal Boschveld, 's- Hertogenbosch

Grants & Awards

2024 - 2028

Mondriaan Funds, Artist Base Grant Recipient

2024

Stichting stokroos, Project Grant Recipient

2024

Amarte Funds, Development Grant Recipient

2023

Stroom Den Haag, Pro Research Grant Recipient

2022

Gemeente Den Haag, Makers Scheme Grant Recipient

2021

Mondriaan Funds, Artist Grant Recipient

2019

Piket KunstPrijzen, Winner (Painting)

2018

Stichting Stokroos, Sculpture Stipendium Recipient

2014

Stroom Den Haag, “KABK Invest” Grant Recipient

2014

KABK Department Prize, Nominee (Fine Arts)

2014

Ron Mandos Youngblood Award, Shortlisted Nominee

Residencies

2023

Budapest Gallery, Budapest, HU

2022

Grafische Werkplaats, Den Haag, NL

Teaching

2021/2022

Guest Tutor, Fine Arts, 2D Department, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

Collections

Aegon Art Collection

Various Private Collections

Publications

2024

Pleasant Place Issue 6: Topiary

2022

The Untold Histories as Perceived Through the Horses Tear, In Hok Publication # 20

2021

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Stencil Werk Publication

2020

A Theatre of Things Beneath the Ground and Behind the Eyes, Raam Maar Publication