Jordan Wiebe is a multidisciplinary artist, working primarily in painting and music, currently based in Oakland. Raised in a Mennonite community in California’s Central Valley, his work explores contemporary ways of organizing symbols to build new visual language around personal experiences. Jordan's playful approach is amplified through informal style and an immediacy in the work that holds the tension between selfand systems, the individual and collective. With a background in design and photography, Jordan employs a range of mediums, including acrylic, found objects and typography.
My work and process centers on collapsing images and materials into new expressions, relationships and connections, relying on chance and looseness of stroke and value. Exploring and employing deconstructive methods within political, personal, religious norms is foundational for me to rendering work that speaks with integrity. Subversion, mischief and playfulness are persistent undercurrents thematically and I’m specifically interested in building planes of openness, energy and chaos, exploring inner world contradictions and tensions.
PROJECTS + EXHIBITIONS
2023 • Phase One, solo exhibition, St. Joaquin, Fresno, CA
2023 • Via Post, collaborative exhibition with Derek Meier, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2022 • New Horizons, group exhibition, Fresno Pacific Gallery, Fresno, CA
2022 • Art-a-Whirl, collaborative exhibition with Derek Meier, Northeast Factory Studios, Minneapolis, MN
2022 • Let’s Shape The Future, solo exhibition, St. Paul Event Center, St. Paul, MN
2022 • MPLS Sketchbook Project, group exhibition, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021 • All I See is Sky, solo exhibition, St. Joaquin, Fresno, CA
2021 • Elemental, group exhibition, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021 • Emerge, community zine, Prøve Gallery, Duluth, MN
2021 • 700c, solo exhibition, Haus, Minneapolis, MN
2021 • Gamut Gallery, house collection, Minneapolis, MN
2018 • Brotos, Root General, Fresno, CA
CREATIVE CLIENTS
Institutions
Very Asian Foundation | Minneapolis & St. Louis
Mennonite Central Committee | Fresno, CA
Fresno Pacific University | Fresno, CA
Food & Beverage
1852 Brew Co. | Visalia, CA
Athletic Club Oakland & Mama’s Boy | Oakland
Lanna Coffee | Fresno, CA
Quail State | Fresno, CA
Goldstein’s Mortuary & Delicatessen | Fresno, CA
Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Company | Fresno, CA
Non-Profit
Youth Leadership Institute - San Francisco
Every Neighborhood Partnership - Fresno, CA
Aspen Public Schools - Fresno, CA
Neighborhood Industries - Fresno, CA
Small Business
The English Learner Group - Fresno, CA
Haus Salon - Minneapolis
Talisman & Co. - St. Paul
Icarus Football - Philadelphia
The Trader’s Table - Fresno, CA
PRESS + AWARDS
2020 • Artist interview, Fresno Famoso
2020 • Gunner Club profile, The Short Fuse
2018 • The Pitch documentary series, Audience Network
2017 • Franchise of the Year, USL League Two
2016 • 40 under 40, Business Street
2016 • Best Season Ticket Campaign, USL League Two
2016 • Football Fan of the Year, Football on Facebook
2013 • Mental Health Outpatient Program of the Year, Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health