Born: 1987, London, England
Lives and works in: Melbourne, Australia
2012–2014 MFA, Painting, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2007–2011 BFA, Fine Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
2009 Certificate in Contemporary Art Theory, Portland Art Institute, Portland, USA
2024 Tracing Echoes, Arcadia Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia
2022 The Shape of Silence, Lumen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2020 Between the Lines, Northstar Art Space, New York, USA
2025 New Forms, Veritas Art Fair, London, UK
2023 Surface Tensions, Atelier 9, Berlin, Germany
2021 Material Memory, Horizon Collective, San Francisco, USA
2024 Finalist, Global Emerging Artist Prize, London, UK
2022 Recipient, Melbourne Arts Development Grant, Australia
2020 Winner, North American Contemporary Painting Award, USA
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Fjordhaven Arts Centre, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 Residency Program, The Lighthouse Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
Museum of Contemporary Art Melbourne, Australia
City of Reykjavík Art Collection, Iceland
The Stanton Corporate Collection, New York, USA
2024 Morgan Lee, “Jordan Avery Explores the Poetics of Absence”, ArtReview Asia, Issue 18.
2023 Review of The Shape of Silence, Sydney Cultural Times, Sydney, Australia.
2021 Catalogue essay by Dr. Fiona Caldwell, Material Memory, Horizon Collective, San Francisco, USA.
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Francesco Clemente
Biography
Francesco Clemente is a leading figure of the Italian Transavanguardia movement, known for his nomadic lifestyle and dreamlike, figurative works that bridge Western and Eastern traditions. Born in Naples, Italy, in 1952, Clemente initially studied architecture at the Sapienza University of Rome before turning to art. In the 1970s, he began traveling extensively to India, establishing a studio in Madras (Chennai), which profoundly shaped his aesthetic. He moved to New York City in 1981, where he became a central figure in the vibrant downtown art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. He continues to divide his time between New York, Italy, and India.
