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Jordan Danger Named Artist in Residence for the City of Ottawa

Award-winning artist Jordan Danger has been named the 2024 Artist in Residence in Government for the City of Ottawa. Over the next 12-16 months, Jordan will work with the Waste Department to provide creative solutions on topics such as upcycling, waste reduction, and circular economies. With nearly 20 years of experience in the Ottawa Valley, Jordan’s work spans clay, sculpture, murals, and painting.

Jordan has received numerous accolades, including Best Sculpture at the Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Juried Exhibition (2020 and 2024), and has had two solo exhibitions in City of Ottawa galleries. As a regular art educator, Jordan champions the importance of integrating art into all aspects of society, emphasizing the shift to STEAM—where the arts are seen as a key skill for humanity’s future. Learn more at www.dangercreative.com.

BIOGRAPHY

Jordan Danger is an award-winning Canadian artist whose diverse talents encompass ceramics, sculpture, painting, writing, and teaching.

Her artistic journey began at the age of 18 as a Key Animator with Amberwood Studios, laying a foundation in illustration, animation, and commercial art that continues to influence her multifaceted practice. She became enamoured with with ceramics about ten years ago, and grew into an avid sculptor, as well.

Identifying as an LGBTTQ artist living with an invisible disability, Jordan's work explores the idea of intersections, delving into the interplay between art and craft. She employs a variety of media, often blending them to create pieces in a way not before seen.

Jordan has had two solo exhibitions with municipal galleries, with a third scheduled for summer 2025. She has also been represented at exhibitions with the Ottawa Art Gallery, Cline House Gallery, and W Gallerie; she is also an ongoing exhibitor with galleries in Kanata and Carleton Place, Ontario.

Jordan was awarded Best Sculpture in both 2021 and 2024 at the Annual Juried Exhibition of the Ottawa Potters Guild. Currently, she is engaged in a year-long role as the Artist in Residence in Government for the City of Ottawa where she is working with repurposed materials and diverted waste public art projects.

Looking ahead, Jordan continues to expand her practice and repertoire, finding ways to integrate traditional and repurposed materials into her works.

WINNER,

Best Sculptural Work, 2024

Ottawa Guild of Potters juried exhibition

WINNER,

Best Sculptural Work, 2020

Ottawa Guild of Potters juried exhibition

 

Kanata Civic Art Gallery

Manotick Arts Association

Associations

Craft Ontario

Ottawa Guild of Potters

Ottawa Arts Council

MODERN FUEL GALLERY

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

For decades now, despite an organically shifting focus on subject matter and media, I have had one constant mantra: art should be everywhere. Much of my work is meant to challenge the viewer’s concept of art versus craft, function versus decoration, ornament versus statement.

I like to create art that is accessible. Even when the message is grand, the piece should feel comfortable and approachable. I invite the viewer into a conversation and exploration, one they can take at their own pace.

GOALS

To ban the blank wall.

To make art accessible, inviting, and understandable.

To blur the line between commercial art, professional art, and craft.

To guide others through their relationship with art.

EDUCATION

Studied under:

  • Colette Beardall

  • Doug Moir

  • Susan Gold

  • Anne Chambers

  • Liz Hoffman

  • Lisa Skog

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

  • Ongoing representation at the Kanata Civic Art Gallery

  • 2024 Solo exhibition: “Electric Sheep”, Gallery 112, City of Ottawa Archives

  • 2023 Ottawa Guild of Potters, Capital Creates exhibit, Ottawa Art Gallery

  • 2023 National Capital Network of Sculptors Annual Exhibition, W Gallery

  • 2019 Ceramics Art + Perception issue #111: No Green Without Blue retrospective

  • 2018 Solo exhibition: “No Green Without Blue”, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON

  • 2017 Solo exhibition, Nepean Visual Arts Centre Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

  • 2016 Group show, Parkdale United Church, Ottawa, ON

  • 2015 Group exhibition, Nepean Visual Arts Centre Gallery, Ottawa, ON

  • 2012 Group exhibition, Art in the Park, Ottawa, ON

  • 2011 Group exhibition, West Carleton Arts Society, Carleton Place, ON

COLLECTIONS

  • Private collections, various, Ottawa ON

  • Youth Services Bureau, Ottawa ON

  • Ottawa Police Services, Ottawa ON

ACCOLADES

  • Best sculptural work award, Ottawa Guild of Potters, 2024 juried exhibition

  • Best sculptural award, Ottawa Guild of Potters, 2020 juried exhibition

  • Forty Under 40 Award, OBJ, 2017

  • Teaching Excellence Award, Algonquin College, 2015

  • Invited author, Ottawa Writer’s Festival, 2012

  • Invited author, Blog Out Loud Ottawa, 2011

  • Activism Award, LGBTTQ+ Youth, YSB, 2007

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