CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Spring 2020
University of North Texas
Museum Education Certification, Spring 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Spring 2017
University of North Texas
Summa Cum Laude
Associates of Art, Spring 2015
Collin County College
Experiences &
OpportunitES
Summer Teen Workshop, Kimbell Art Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas (Summer 2025)
Advanced Placement Portfolio Reader and Grader (Spring 2025)
Graphic Medicine Workshop, College of Pharmacy and the College of Public Health Gibson D. Lewis Library, Ft. Worth, TX (Feb 2025)
Adjunct Instructor/Foundations Course Lead, University of North Texas (2020-Onward)
Instructor of Record and lead for CVAD Foundations courses, assuring consistent understanding of curriculum, also mentors graduate and adjunct instructors who are faciliating lab periods
Represented Foundations Department in Curricular Symposium
Developed supplemental curriculum materials alongside CVAD Design Faculty
Museum/Professional Development Workshop Instructor (2020)
Remote Figure Drawing course with the Vero Beach Museum Art School, Vero Beach, FL, Fall 2020
Developed and conducted “Characterized Observation” Workshop for Dallas Art Educators through the Onstead Institute, Feb. 2020
Graduate Area Assistant at the Texas Fashion Collection, Spring 2020
Curatorial Internship, Texas Fashion Collection (2019-2020)
Contributed curatorial research, installation, and de-installation of “Bloom Men,” A show curated by Annette Becker. Presented at North Park Mall, Dallas, TX. May 2020
Assisted with condition reports and online digitization of the museum’s inventory.
Graduate & Documentation Assistant for archival photography of permanent collection
Adjunct Assistant Instructor, University of North Texas (2020-2021)
Instruction of varying Foundations courses for the College of Visual Arts and Design
Graduate Assistant Instructor, University of North Texas (2017-2020)
Instructor of Record in Figure Drawing I, 2018-2020
Drawing I & Drawing II, 2017-2019
Intern, Brick Haus Collective, Denton, TX (2017)
Artist collective space run by Abby Sherrill & Rachel Fischer
Select
ExhibitIONs/
Mentions
“In the Making: Exploring Process”, Paul Voertman Gallery, Denton, TX (2024)
Curated Alongside Meredith Cawley & Marcela Reyes, a showcase of student preparatory sketches and research
Digital Art Zine, “Queer Radiance” (2023)
Theme: Queer Resilience
Digital Art Zine, “Queer Radiance” (2022)
Theme: Queer Joy
“MONSTERS”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (2020)
#DigitalDreamTour, May 2020, Risenshinegallery (2020)
Heeding the Underbelly, a Solo Exhibition by Jordan Black, N. Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX (2020)
Digitally Archived Thesis Dissertation: (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1796258/)
60th Annual Voertman’s Competition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX (2020)
Juror Andrea Karnes, Senior Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Nominated for the Dedalus Foundation’s “Masters of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture” (2019)
Unlearned, Voertman Gallery, Denton, TX (2019)
Draft Motors, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX (2019)
Interlude 2, Voertman Gallery, Denton, TX (2019)
Harmonic Dissonance (2019)
UNT on the Square gallery. A collaborative show between the Sculpture Collective and the College of Music. Collaborated with composing student Matthew Wiggins (https://www.envisionartshow.com/magazine/abc-nevermind)
Interview with Voyage Dallas: Meet Jordan Black, http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-jordan-black/ (2018)
Diarchy: Governed by Two, An exhibition of Jordan Black and Traci O’Dwyer, The Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2018)
Graduate Invitational, Lightwell Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2018)
Senior Invitational, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2017)
Healing Arts Exhibition, Collective Art Show discussing Mental Health, Received Honorable Mention (2017)
Mirror: A Collection of Identities, Brick Haus Artist Collective, Denton, TX (2017)
The Sum of Us: A Figurative Collective, The Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2017)
Junior Invitational Showcase, Cora Stafford, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2016)
56th Annual Voertman’s Student Art Competition, UNT Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2016)
Watercolor Expo, New Semesters Preview, Lightwell Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2016)
Watercolor Collective Showcase, Cora Stafford, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (2016)