Bio
Jordan Putt is a photographer and educator based in Atlanta, Georgia, whose work responds to issues of place, identity, and community. He earned a BA in Psychology from Northern Arizona University in 2014, and an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2020. His work has been exhibited in the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson; Filter Space, Chicago; House of Lucie, Los Angeles; and Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago; among others. He was a 2022 recipient of the Research and Development Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and a 2020 finalist for Duke University’s Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Award.
Contact
Currently based in Atlanta, GA.
For all editorial, commercial, or print inquiries, please contact: Jordankputt@gmail.com
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Education
2020 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Columbia College Chicago
2014 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ
Minors: Photography and Spanish
Grants and Fellowships
2023-2025 Artist-In-Studio Residency, The Creatives Project, Atlanta, GA
2022 Project Creosote - New Works Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
2022 Research and development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
2021 Project Creosote stART to Heal Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
2020 Finalist, Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Award, Duke Center for Documentary Studies
2020 Honorable Mention, PHMuseum 2020 Grant, Photographic Museum of Humanity
2020 Albert P. Weisman Award, Columbia College Chicago
2019 Lya Dym Rosenblum Grant, Columbia College Chicago
2019 Short List, Lucie Foundation Photo Made Scholarship
2019 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Award
2018 Lya Dym Rosenblum Grant, Columbia College Chicago
2018 Graduate Full-Tuition Fellowship, Columbia College Chicago
2017 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
Solo Exhibition
2019 Field Book, C33 Gallery Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL, October 2-October 30
Group Exhibitions
2023 Back on the Shelf, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, Illinois, Juror: Paul D’Amato, Honorable Mention
2021 Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL, Curators: Dawoud Bey, Bethany Collins, Kelli Connell, Brendan Fernandes, Kate Sierzputowski, Sheridan Tucker Anderson, Allison Peters Quinn.
2020 Representing the West: A New Frontier, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
2019 The Qualities of Light: A View From The Archive, The Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, Juror: Rebecca Senf
2019 On the Block, House of Lucie, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Alexandra Hedison, Michael Hawley, and Shelley DeSoto
2019 SPE Midwest Student/Member Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Brook Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Juror: Alejandro Cartagena
2019 The Universal, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, IL, Juror: Gregory Harris
2019 Context 2019, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, IL, Juror: Ariel Pate
2019 Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Chicago, IL, Juror: Natasha Egan
2018 Arizona Biennial 2018, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Juror: Rebecca Hart
2018 Summer 2018 Show, The Curated Fridge, Napa, California, Juror: Ann Jastrab
Publications
2021 “Life on the Periphery of Rapid Urban Expansion” Phmuseum.com, Written by Laurence Cornet, March 24, 2021. Link
2020 “The Risk Universities Can’t Not Take,” The Atlantic, Written by Charles Fishman, Edited by Emily Jan, October 1, 2020, Link
2020 ““Field Book” by Photographer Jordan Putt,” Booooooom.com, April 04, 2020, Link
2019 JRNL Issue 3 Winter 2020, Fotofilmic, Editor: Joanna Milter, Dec 18, 2019, Link
2019 “Jordan Putt,” Aint-Bad, August 22, 2019, Link
2019 “Jordan Putt Meditates to find a connection between human beings and territory,” C41 Magazine, April 29, 2019, Link
2019 “FotoFirst - Jordan Putt Creates Work Inspired by His Job as a Land Surveyor,” Fotoroom, April 24, 2019, Link
2018 “Issue Fourteen,” Incandescent A Color Film Zine, August 2018
Panels and Lectures
2020 Photos At Zoom: Approaches to Documentary
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Lecturer: Jordan Putt, Link
2020 Photos At Zoom: Landscape and Place
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Lecturer: Jordan Putt, Link
2020 Behind The Lens: Mark Klett
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Moderator: Jordan Putt, Link
2019 “The City, Unfolding on Foot,” Columbia College Chicago,
Panelists: Jordan Putt, Levi Shand, Dylan Yarbrough
Guest Respondent: Clarissa Bonet