Clay Maxwell Jordan is a photographer who has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. He is a 2019 MacDowell fellow and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. His first monograph, Nothing’s Coming Soon, was published in 2019 by Fall Line Press and his second book, Perpetual Care, was released in April 2024.

 

EDUCATION

2013            

  • MFA, Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 

1998            

  • BA, Psychology, Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2021

  • Artist Residency, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA (11.2 - 11.7)       

2020     

  • Artist Residency, Jentel Arts, Banner, WY (3.15 - 5.1)

2019           

  • Artist Residency with fellowship awarded by jury, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village,    

    CO (10.9 -12.19)

  • Artist Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (3.18 -5.3)

  • Artist Residency, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA (2.26 - 3.10)

  • Silver Award, San Francisco Bay International Photography Competition, San Francisco, CA

  • Finalist, Lens Culture Art Photography Award

2018           

  • The Independent Photographer Award, Second Prize. (Juried by Ostkreuz Photo-Agency)

  • FotoFilmic Solo IV, Runner Up.  (Juried by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb) 

  • FotoFilmic Solo V, Runner Up.  (Juried by Joel Sternfeld)

2017           

  • Artist Residency, Taleamor Park, La Porte, IN (7.1 – 7.31)

2015           

  • Emerge Fellowship Award, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021

  • Solo Exhibition, Untitled,, LODGER, Newburgh, NY (9.4.21 - 9.31.21)

  • Solo Exhibition, Untitled, Woolworth Gallery, Nashville, TN (1.5.21 - 3.5.21)

  • Fall Line Press Group Exhibition, Atlanta, GA (10.7 - 12.1)

  • When In Athens, The Humid, Athens, GA (6.1.21 - 9.1.21)

2020

  • Isolation, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy

  • Open Lens VI, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2019

  • FotoFilmic 2018 Traveling Exhibition, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. Travels to Seoul and San Francisco (Juried by Heather Snider, Joachim Naudts, Et Al.)

  • Royal Photographic Society International Exhibition 161, RPS Gallery, Bristol, U.K. Travels to Birmingham, London, Dublin, Hull (Juried by Aaron Schuman Et. Al.)

  • Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Ireland

  • Now and Then, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

  • The Found Object, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Juried by Aline Smithson)

  • Color Burst, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2018

  • Solo Exhibition, Nothing’s Coming Soon, White Space Gallery, Atlanta, GA

  • Independent Photographer Annual Exhibition, Eigenheim Gallery, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)

  • Chelsea International Photographic Exhibition, Agora Gallery, N.Y., NY

  • “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery, U.K.

  • Til the Lights Go Out, Hathaway Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

2017

  • Art Olympia 2017, Tokyo, Japan

  • Peaches and Cream, Photofusion Gallery, London, England

2016

  • Solo Exhibition, Further,  Sea Islands Center Gallery, Beaufort, SC 

  • Portfolio Showcase, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juried by Maggie Blanchard, Twin Palms Press) (catalogue)

  • Fresh!, Jankossen Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. 

  • Edge to Edge, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

  • Same but Different, New York Center For Photographic Arts, N.Y., N.Y.

  • Street Shooting Around The World, Los Angeles Center of Photography, L.A., CA

  • Print Center, International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

  • Focus: The Portrait, Blackbox Gallery, Portland, OR (Juried by Amy Arbus)

  • Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Show, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA (catalogue)

2015

  • Color Photography: A Picture Show, Blackbox Gallery, Portland, OR

  • Mary Stanley Selects, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

  • Square, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC

  • Day for Night, Gallery@Indigo, Athens, GA

2013             

  • Solo Exhibition, Transmission, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024

  • Perpetual Care, Monograph comprised of 44 color photographs, Fall Line Press, Atlanta, GA. 4.30.24

  • Harper’s Magazine, August, 2024

  • Nearest Truth Podcast, interview, episode 406, 2024

  • Facsimile, Artist group zine, Borderline Press, 3.1.24

2021

  • Arena Magazine, Issue 4

  • Triggered, Musee Magazine, 6.1.21

  • Liberation Newspaper (French), 2.17.21

2020

  • The Heavy Collective, Interview, 9.28.2020

  • Sandoval, Rhombie, "Clay Maxwell Jordan", Anywhere Blvd., 8.31.2020

  • Madhu, John, Book Review, Photobook Journal, 3.25.2020

  • Schneider, Anna, “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, “Booooooom”, 3.11.2020

  • Switch Magazine (Italian), Issue 58

  • Federica Zotti, Book Review, PHROOM MAGAZINE, 1.28.2020

2019           

  • Nothing’s Coming Soon: Monograph comprised of 59 color photographs, Fall Line Press, Atlanta, GA. Essay by Alexander Nemerov. 2.2019

  • Paloma Broussal-Lanusse, Book Review, Musee Magazine, 9.11.19

  • Jonathan Cherry, Mull It Over Interviews, 7.23.2019

  • Daniel Espinoza, “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Analog Magazine, 7.9.2019

  • “Clay Maxwell Jordan”, Photo Emphasis, 6.24.2019

  • Incandescent Magazine, Issue 15, 45-50

  • Blake Andrews, “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, photo-eye, 4.22.2019

  • “Nothing’s Coming Soon: Clay Maxwell Jordan Explores the American South”, FotoRoom, 4.17.2019

  • Aline Smithson, “Clay Maxwell Jordan: Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Lenscratch, 4.11.2019

  • Dana Stirling, “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Float Magazine, 4.10.2019

  • Jeff Rich, “Spectrum of Suffering”, Oxford American, 3.20,2019

  • “Clay Maxwell Jordan”, PHROOM Magazine, 3.12.2019

  • Robin Titchener, “Nothing’s Coming Soon by Clay Maxwell Jordan”, 2.27.2019

  • Zak Dimitrov, “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Paper Journal, 1.29.2019

2018

  • Ain’t Bad Magazine, Issue 13, 36-44. (chosen by Robert Lyons)

  • Kat Kiernan, Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures, (blog), 12.2.2018

  • Angelo Zinna, “Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Gup Magazine online, 11.26.2018

  • Andrew Alexander. “Photographer Clay Jordan Warns Nothing’s Coming Soon”, Arts Atl (blog), 10.29.2018

  • “Clay Jordan and the Buddhist Philosophy that Tells Us about Life and Pain”, C41 Magazine online, 7.9.2018

2017

  • Felicia Feaster, “Atlanta Photography Group Juried Exhibition”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA, November 16th, 2015.

  • Stanley Bloom, “The Emotional Scenes of Clay Jordan”, Velvet Eyes (blog), 11.12.2017

2016

  • “Q&A with Clay Jordan”, Atlanta Photography Group (blog), Atlanta, GA, March 22nd, 2016.

LECTURES

2024

  • Artist Lecture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2020

  • Artist Lecture, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

2019

  • Artist Lecture, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

  • Artist Lecture, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

  • Artist Lecture & Visiting Critic, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • Artist Lecture, University of Louisville, KY

  • Artist Lecture & Visiting Critic, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

  • Artist Lecture & book signing, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • Artist Lecture & book signing, Fathom Library, Providence, RI

2018            

  • Artist Lecture & book signing, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

2017            

  • Visiting Critic, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2014            

  • Visiting Artist, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA