Jordan Nassar (b. 1985) lives and works in New York, NY. Nassar’s hand embroidered textile pieces address an intersecting field of language, ethnicity and the embedded notions of heritage and homeland. Treating craft within its capacity as communicative form, Nassar examines conflicting issues of identity and cultural participation using geometric patterning adapted from Islamic symbols present in traditional Palestinian hand embroidery. Nassar generates these symbols via computer and then meticulously hand stitches them onto carefully mapped-out patterns. In the enmeshing and encoding of these symbols within his work, Nassar roots his practice in a linguistic and geopolitical field of play characterized by both conflict and unspoken harmony.
Born Manhattan, NY, 1985. Lives and Works in New York City, NY.
EDUCATION
BA, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2007
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
No Secret with Mika Horibuchi, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
And A Night Evelyn Yard, London, UK
2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
On Longing, Arcadia Missa, New York, NY
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
In Residence, Las Cruxes, Houston, TX
2016
Bootleg T-Shirt Show Part II, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
Ausstellung 61, Exile Gallery, Berlin, DE
NADA, with Evelyn Yard, London, UK
June Snow, Evelyn Yard, London, UK
2015
GROUP PUBLICATION EXHIBITIONS
E.A.S.T. (East Austin Studio Tour), ATM Gallery, Austin, TX
CASSANDRA, NY Art Book Fair 2016, New York, NY
FLEX PLEX 2K16, LA Art Book Fair 2016, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Showroom Miami, SWGR Gallery, Miami, FL
Up in Smoke 2, NY Art Book Fair 2015, New York, NY
2015
PUBLICATIONS
The Third Rail (Summer 2016)
2016
SELECTED PRESS
Elephant Magazine Issue 28, “New Establishment” Interview (Print and Online)
Littlestar Weekly (Online), www.littlestarjournal.com
2016
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELF-PUBLISHED ARTIST’S BOOKS
A Whole New World
We Were Here First
Bellevue
Any Other Rose
Messenger of the Gods
Kahlil Gibran
2016
When It’s Naked
Ma Rose Apocalypse
Notable Collections
Soho House, Istanbul
Soho House, New York (Ludlow)
2015
A Valley's Flank, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Eight Point Stars, 2015
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
12 x 9 inches
Cypress, 2015
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
12 x 9 inches
Blue amorous as a cloud, 2015
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
8 x 10 inches
An Eye Dreads the Sun, 2015
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
8 x 10 inches
At Sunset As At Sunrise, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
8 x 10 inches
Runner Ran Running, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
8 x 10 inches
Untitled (So Below), 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Untitled (Layers), 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Red which is Blue, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
8 x 10 inches
A Sun Ultra Brave, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Blue Horizontal, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
10 x 8 inches
A Valley's Flank, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
8 x 10 inches
I,II,III, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas in artist frame
11 x 14 inches
The Distance From the Sea, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Marie-Rose, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
10 x 8 inches
A Million Birds, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Open Skies, 2016
Hand embroidered cotton on aida on canvas
10 x 8 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Jordan Nassar (b. 1985) lives and works in New York, NY. Nassar’s hand embroidered textile pieces address an intersecting field of language, ethnicity and the embedded notions of heritage and homeland. Treating craft within its capacity as communicative form, Nassar examines conflicting issues of identity and cultural participation using geometric patterning adapted from Islamic symbols present in traditional Palestinian hand embroidery. Nassar generates these symbols via computer and then meticulously hand stitches them onto carefully mapped-out patterns. In the enmeshing and encoding of these symbols within his work, Nassar roots his practice in a linguistic and geopolitical field of play characterized by both conflict and unspoken harmony.
CV
Born Manhattan, NY, 1985. Lives and Works in New York City, NY.
EDUCATION
BA, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2007
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
No Secret with Mika Horibuchi, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
And A Night Evelyn Yard, London, UK
2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
On Longing, Arcadia Missa, New York, NY
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
In Residence, Las Cruxes, Houston, TX
2016
Bootleg T-Shirt Show Part II, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
Ausstellung 61, Exile Gallery, Berlin, DE
NADA, with Evelyn Yard, London, UK
June Snow, Evelyn Yard, London, UK
2015
GROUP PUBLICATION EXHIBITIONS
E.A.S.T. (East Austin Studio Tour), ATM Gallery, Austin, TX
CASSANDRA, NY Art Book Fair 2016, New York, NY
FLEX PLEX 2K16, LA Art Book Fair 2016, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Showroom Miami, SWGR Gallery, Miami, FL
Up in Smoke 2, NY Art Book Fair 2015, New York, NY
2015
PUBLICATIONS
The Third Rail (Summer 2016)
2016
SELECTED PRESS
Elephant Magazine Issue 28, “New Establishment” Interview (Print and Online)
Littlestar Weekly (Online), www.littlestarjournal.com
2016
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELF-PUBLISHED ARTIST’S BOOKS
A Whole New World
We Were Here First
Bellevue
Any Other Rose
Messenger of the Gods
Kahlil Gibran
2016
When It’s Naked
Ma Rose Apocalypse
Notable Collections
Soho House, Istanbul
Soho House, New York (Ludlow)
2015