Jordan K. Walker

Jordan Walker is an award winning landscape painter, illustrator, and teacher based in Eugene, Oregon, and is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the California Art Club. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in 2016. His work has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States, including the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Many of his paintings are held in private collections across the globe.
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Jordan spent his childhood roaming through deep woods and rugged coastlines exploring the wonders of the natural world. luckily, he is able to spend much of his adulthood doing the same thing. With painting gear in hand, Jordan hikes through the wilderness of western North America and creates Plein air studies to better understand his surroundings. In the studio, he uses these studies to create dramatic large scale landscape paintings to share his reverence of the natural world with others.
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The way light interacts with complicated forms fascinates Jordan, whether it falls over a towering mountain or tiny twig. He takes great joy in arranging still life compositions in his studio to portray light and color on a smaller scale.
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While much of Jordan's focus lies in studying the emotional grandeur and scientific properties of the natural world, this helps immeasurably to inform his passion for imaginative work. The worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy have been close to his heart throughout his life, and over time he's filled dozens of sketchbooks with visions of strange creatures, characters, and environments. Beyond sketches, Jordan works to bring these visions to life through intricate paintings. He has created illustrations for a variety of magazines, print publications, and video games.

Clients include: Monte Cook Games, Ironzog Games, Ramblebine Brewing, 3DTotal Publishing, Graphite Magazine, and 3DTotal.com. His work is also featured in Spectrum 25.

Gallery Representation:
-Mindpower Gallery, Reedsport, OR
-Tsunami Books and Gallery, Eugene, OR
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Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Landscape Of Oregon and Beyond, Morning Glory, Eugene, OR
2020 Landscape Show, Café Soriah, Eugene, OR

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Western Spirit Juried Art Show & Sale, Cheyenne Frontier Days Museum, Cheyenne, WY
2021 Annual Miniature Show, Art Focus Fine Art, Hamilton, MT
2021 Art For All Seasons; Annual Member Show, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2021 The World Around Us; Plein Air Painters of Lane County, Emerald Art Center, Eugene, OR
2021 Every Day Inspiration: A Still life Invitational, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2020 Urban Wildlife: Learning to Co+Exist, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
2020 The Oregon Coast, Eugene Airport (curated by Maude Kerns Art Center), Eugene OR
2019 Art for All Seasons; Annual Member Show, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2019 Emerald Spring Exhibition, Emerald Art Center, Eugene, OR
2018 Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2018 Urban Wildlife: Learning to Co-Exist, RISD ISB Gallery, Art Prov Gallery, Providence, RI
2017 Group Show, Oregon Art Supply Gallery, Eugene, OR
2017 Teton Raptor Center Show, Pearl Street Bagels, Jackson, WY
2016 Cabinet of Curiosities, RISD ISB Gallery, Providence, RI
2015 Vinum, Art and Archaeology Exhibition, Murlo, Vescovado di Murlo, Tuscany, Italy
2013 Exhibition of Enlightened Darkness, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
2012 Art.Write.Now National Exhibition, Parsons: The New School for Design, New York, NY
2011 Art.Write.Now National Exhibition, World Financial Center Gallery, New York, NY

Awards and Recognition:
2021 Member of the Jury, Submergence, Going Below the Surface with Orca and Salmon,
Jack Straw Gallery
2019 Member of the Jury, 20th Annual Mayor’s Teen Art Show, Maude Kerns Gallery
2018 Juror’s Choice Award, Urban Wildlife: Learning to Co-Exist, Creature Conserve
2013 Artist Guest of Honor, Exhibition of Enlightened Darkness, Tangent Gallery
2012 National Gold Medal and American Visions Awards, Scholastic art and Writing Awards
2011 National Gold Medal and American Visions Awards, Scholastic art and Writing Awards

Teaching:
2020 - The Art and Science of Orca and Salmon Co-Recovery, co-Taught through
Creature conserve and the Endangered Species Coalition
2020 - Art and Science of Biodiversity Workshop, National Museum of Wildlife Art,
Jackson, WY
2019 - 2021 - Plein Air Painting, Watercolor Painting, Ink Drawing, and Narrative Illustration
Instructor, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2018 - 2019 - Plein Air Workshop Leader, Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Eugene, OR
2018 - 2020 - Landscape Painting, Ink Drawing Instructor, Oregon Art Supply, Eugene, OR
2013 - 2015 - POD Open Studio Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Collections:
- The Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project - Vescovado Di Murlo, Tuscany, Italy
- Cranston Public Library - Cranston, RI
- Paintings are also held in private collections in the US, Canada, Turkey, Ireland, and Austria.