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, marking the beginning of a career in animation.
Jordan's work has appeared at CADAF Miami and 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. Other notable projects include directing short personal films and working on commissioned projects ranging from Linda McCartney's vegan food company to visualizing Rico Nasty's perspective on adulthood in collaboration with Google.
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 Zucchini and Cezar.
You can contact her at 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
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
2019 // Nasdaq
2018 // Stash
2017 // Variety Magazine Nov 2017
2015 // Creativity Online // Culture Scene
2014 // Communication Arts Magazine // Design Taxi // Tin House // Bust Magazine
2013 // Fubiz // Creative Review // Girl Crush // IMVDb // 1.4 // Motionographer //Creative Review
2012 //Aritzia // Dragonframe Blog //Boooooooom // visualMAG // Citylikeyou
2011 // Scoutmob // Style Weekly