Jordan Rountree began his visual art training at the Ateliers du Carrousel programme in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. After studying life drawing and traditional artmaking techniques, his initiation into performance matured from working under the artist practices of Jasmin Blasco and Cyprien Gaillard; he later performed in Terence Koh’s “Adansonias” (2008) at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.
In 2015, Rountree established a studio practice in Los Angeles, where he uses Surrealist literary techniques to produce multidisciplinary works, primarily in the mediums of text, radio art, woodcuts, and performance. Rountree's imagery and audio recordings depict scenes of tempestuous lovers, solitary figures disappearing into nature, and nocturnal revelers seeking solace in music, all drawn from the artist’s own life and memory. He treats language as a material with which to sculpt reality: carved into wood or incarnated in live performance.
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Jordan RountreeA dream of transformation/Threshold moment, 2024Woodcut on paper
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Jordan RountreeHell Mouth, 2023Live performance, sound and video installation
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Jordan RountreeFalling Man, 2019Live performance, sound and video installation
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Jordan RountreeBaby, 2022Live performance, sound and video installation
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Jordan RountreeA figure awakens and emerges from the cave in time to see the sun set over the mountains, 2024Woodcut on paper
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Jordan Rountree
Beau Geste! N° 1 2024Paper, 56 pagesRead more
Publisher: Baert Gallery
ISBN: 979-8-9890001-5-9
Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 in -
Jordan Rountree
CHTHONIC ARCHIVE N° 3, Orpheus at the Movies 2023Soft cover, 33 pagesRead more
Publisher: Baert Gallery
ISBN: 979-8-98900001-2-8
Dimensions: 11 x 18 in | 27.9 x 45.7 cm -
Jordan Rountree
CHTHONIC ARCHIVE N° 2, Falling Man 2023Soft cover, 47 pagesRead more
Publisher: Baert Gallery
ISBN: 979-8-98900001-1-1
Dimensions: 11 x 18 in | 27.9 x 45.7 cm -
Jordan Rountree
CHTHONIC ARCHIVE N° 1, Epic Fail 2023Soft cover, 43 pagesRead more
Publisher: Baert Gallery
ISBN: 979-8-98900001-0-4
Dimensions: 11 x 18 in | 27.9 x 45.7 cm