About
Jordan Bruner is an artist and filmmaker whose work encompasses painting, print-making, ceramics and animated films. After receiving her BFA from the kinetic imaging department at VCU, she ventured to New York in 2007.
Jordan's work has appeared at CADAF Miami and has had installations commissioned by the MTA Arts and Design program in New York City. Her animated films have been screened at festivals worldwide, including Pictoplasma and The LA Film Festival.
She's worked with notable clients that include the New York Times, Eve Ensler, the Atlantic, and Warby Parker. In 2013, Jordan received the Art Directors Club Young Guns Award.
Jordan has shared her insights at conferences like Pictoplasma and Playgrounds while also mentoring MFA thesis students at the School of Visual Arts. In 2023, Jordan had her first solo painting show at Pairos Gallery in Richmond, VA.
Jordan returned to Richmond, VA, in 2019, where she lives with her husband Zack and dogs Zukini and Cezar.
Contact | jordanmbruner@gmail.com
Speaking + Teaching
VCU School of the Arts | Commencement Speaker | May 2023
VCU School of the Arts | Adjunct Professor, Animated Storytelling | Fall 2020
University of Indianapolis | January 2018
Pictoplasma NYC | November 2017
School of Visual Arts // NYC | July 2017
Playgrounds Festival | Amsterdam | November 2016
Solo Exhibitions
Wild Women in the Wild | Pairos Gallery | Richmond, VA | May 2023
Group Exhibitions
Collector’s Night | Visual Arts Center | Richmond, VA | 2024
Cabin Fever | 1708 Gallery | Richmond, VA | 2024
Grand Central Madison Station | MTA Arts and Design | NYC | 2023
Yungspace Gallery | NYC | 2020
Fulton Center | MTA Arts and Design | NYC | March 2020
CADAF | Miami | December 2019
ANNY Best of Fest AR Exhibit | NYC | 2019
ANNY Best of Fest AR Exhibit | NYC | 2018
Women Who Draw | University of Indianapolis | 2018
Then We Were Animating | Fine Arts Building Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | 2014
Selected Press
2024 | RVA Mag
2023 | MTA Arts + Design, VCU
2022 | NYTimes
2019 | Nasdaq
2018 | Stash
2017 | Variety Magazine Nov 2017
2015 | Creativity Online
2014 | Communication Arts Magazine | Design Taxi | Tin House | Stash
2013 | Fubiz | Girl Crush | IMVDb | 1.4 | Motionographer | Creative Review
2012 | Boooooooom | Citylikeyou
2011 | Style Weekly