The Fall 2025 Graduate Art guest lecture series, organized by Kelly Akashi and Richard Hawkins.

Jack Bankowsky presents Jordan Wolfson

This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are not required.

See the full Fall 2025 Seminar schedule here.

Jordan Wolfson (b. 1980) is known for his thought-provoking and unsettling works across various media. While he began as a video artist, his recent practice spans animatronics, robotics, virtual reality, holography, digital animation, and innovative wall-based sculptures. Filtering the languages of online and broadcast media through digital and mechanical technologies, he crafts enigmatic narratives that explore uncomfortable social and existential topics. Contrasting physical, virtual, and imaginary realms, he examines the projection of internal impulses onto constructed selves and scenarios. As part of a generation that redefined artistic possibilities through emerging digital media, he uses technology to probe difficult, often controversial themes underlying American culture and contemporary society, offering a raw and immersive exploration of human vulnerabilities.

Wolfson lives and works in Los Angeles. He earned a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 and received the Frieze Foundation’s Cartier Award in 2009. Major exhibitions include Ecce Homo/le Poseur (S.M.A.K., 2013), MANIC/LOVE/TRUTH/LOVE (Stedelijk Museum, 2016), Jordan Wolfson (Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2022), and Body Sculpture (National Gallery of Australia Canberra, 2023).

Image: Installation view, Jordan Wolfson, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, 16 July - 9 October 2022.
Photo by: Markus Tretter.

Support for this series is generously provided by the following: Jack Shear, Brenda R. Potter, Brendan Dugan, Lisson Gallery, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Sprüth Magers, BLUM, Hannah Hoffman, Alan Hergott, and David Kordansky.

ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio that provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres—film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.