Jordan Sokol
Artist Jordan Sokol was born in Queens, NY. He began his artistic training at age 14 when he was accepted into the Palm Beach County High School for the Arts in West Palm Beach, FL. After graduating, he enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute and later began classical training at the Florence Academy of Art.
During those years he received several scholarships and awards, including one from the Art Renewal Center in 2006. As a student he began teaching in the Florence Academy's drawing program and landscape workshops. Currently Jordan is a principle instructor in the Florence Academy's painting program and his paintings and drawings are in private collections throughout Europe and the United States.
Sokol's work has been shown internationally; selected shows include:
2009
Galeria Paradigma, Florence, Italy
Galeria Ormolu, Pamplona, Spain
Vasa Konsthall, Immortal Works, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cami Gallery, Contemporary Florentine Realism, Florence, Italy
Ann Long Fine Art, Jura Bedic, Jordan Sokol, Sofia Alethe, Charleston, SC
Corsini Stables, Florence Academy Alumni Exhibition, Florence, Italy
Cloister of Santa Maria degli Angeli, New Realism, Florence, Italy
2008
WH Patterson Gallery, London, England
2007
Villa Pacchiani , La reazione del Vero, Pisa, Italy
The Brigham Galleries, Nantucket, MA
Corsini Stables, Florence Academy Alumni Exhibition, Florence, Italy
WH Patterson Gallery, London, England
Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2006
Solomon Gallery, Italian Realism, Dublin, Ireland
For additional information and art by Jordan Sokol, please visit his web site: www.jordansokol.com.
Artist's Statement
I'm interested in painting as a means of suggestion, using a traditional approach to nature to trigger our associative connection to the people, places and things around us. We build a collective memory with the world through the stories, myths and emotions we attach to our everyday surroundings. My paintings are a projection of my collective memory, meant to trigger that of the viewers.
I'm interested in painting as a means of suggestion, using a traditional approach to nature to trigger our associative connection to the people, places and things around us. We build a collective memory with the world through the stories, myths and emotions we attach to our everyday surroundings. My paintings are a projection of my collective memory, meant to trigger that of the viewers.