Clay Maxwell Jordan is a photographer who has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. He is a 2019 MacDowell fellow and currently resides in Athens, Georgia. His first monograph, “Nothing’s Coming Soon,” was published in February of 2019 by Fall Line Press.
EDUCATION
2013
MFA, Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1998
BA, Psychology, Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2019
Artist Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (3.18 -5.3)
Artist Residency, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA (2.26 - 3.10)
2018
The Independent Photographer Award, Second Prize. (Juror: Ostkreuz Photo-Agency)
FotoFilmic Solo IV, Runner Up. (Jurors: Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb)
FotoFilmic Solo V, Runner Up. (Juror: Joel Sternfeld)
2017
Artist Residency, Taleamor Park, La Porte, Indiana (7.1 – 7.31)
2015
Emerge Fellowship Award, Midwest Center for Photography Wichita, KS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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.)
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
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
2014
The Deposits, Collaboration with Leon Johnson, Blackbridge Gallery, Milledgeville, GA
Lyndon House Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2013
Solo Exhibition, Transmission, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Nothing’s Coming Soon, Monograph comprised of 59 color photo plates, Fall Line Press, 2019, Atlanta, GA (essay by Alexander Nemerov)
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
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
LECTURES
2019
Artist Lecture, Vanderbilt University
Artist Lecture, University of Louisville
2017
Visiting Critic, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2014
Visiting Artist, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA
2013
Visiting Critic, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Visiting Critic/Artist, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
2011
Visiting Critic, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA