Terri Jordan

Visual Art – Nashville

“My work is based in the concept of capturing not just the world around me, but also within me. It is motivated by what it is like to be a woman in contemporary culture and my interests in where we have come from - the cultural traditions that continue and morph over time. My paintings are told within suites of work, influenced by experiences with friends, family, and voyeuristic moments. I am interested in executing paintings that embrace the glamour of the past fused with being a woman in the twenty-first century.” My work has exhibited in group and solo shows in New York and throughout the Southeast. Most recently I was one of twenty-five women artists selected to participate in the National juried exhibit, titled “Where Do We Go from Here? The Shape of Things to Come,” at the RCC Wiseman Gallery in Grants Pass, Oregon. I have won numerous awards for my paintings and am in collections from New York to California, Italy and England. The Agora Gallery in New York City has said “Terri’s paintings contain the best qualities of both figurative and still life painting,” adding, “Much like Matisse’s women, Jordan’s figures are symbolic statements of serenity, beauty, and ornament. More restful than Matisse’s women, however, Jordan explores a more understated realm of existence and privacy.”