Over the past decade, Jordan Wolfson has become known for works in a wide range of media, including video, sculpture, installation, photography, and performance. Pulling intuitively from the worlds of advertising, the Internet, and the technology industries, Wolfson produces ambitious and enigmatic narratives, frequently revolving around a series of invented, animated characters. His recent work Female figure (2014), an animatronic sculpture of a life-sized, curvaceous and scantily clad woman dancing before a mirror, was developed in close collaboration with a special effects studio typically engaged by major Hollywood productions. Covered in dirt and wearing a Halloween witch mask, she belongs neither to that world of make-believe nor to the ostensibly real one.

The subject of solo shows at institutions including the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent (2013); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2012); Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2011); and the Kunsthalle Zürich (2004), Wolfson has exhibited at the David Zwirner gallery in New York since 2013.

In 2009, Wolfson received the prestigious Cartier Award from the Frieze Foundation, and his work is held in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Born in New York in 1980, the artist lives and works in New York and Los Angeles.

The Graduate Seminar at ArtCenter College of Design is a forum for graduate students, members of the ArtCenter community and the general public to enter into dialog with internationally recognized artists, critics and art historians. The Seminar—a core component of Art Center’s Graduate Art program—takes place Tuesday evenings throughout the Fall and Spring terms. Admission is free and open to the general public.

Graduate Art at ArtCenter College of Design 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.

Photo: Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin