Bio
2022
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Joanna Bellamy Jordan is a Black - American multi-disciplinary fiber artist and designer. She received her BA from San Jose State University (2010) in Creative Arts emphasizing Film (wardrobe) and Journalism. In 2012, Bellamy Jordan studied abroad in Qinghuangdao, China, to teach English to sophomores and juniors at European and American College. Bellamy Jordan then moved to New York to receive her Masters of Professional Studies in Fashion Marketing from Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (2015). Most recently, she completed her MFA at Savannah College Of Art and Design in the Fall of 2022. Currently, she is living in Jersey City and working in New York. Bellamy Jordans' artistic practice is shaped by her experiences growing up in a deeply religious household, she has an affinity for investigating family lineage and lost roots through observation of religious customs. Her mission is to tell stories of becoming unbound from obstacles. Through the cyclical nature of love, loss, and rebirth through fiber arts.
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Semper Discens .” Is latin for always learning. |
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I weave and sew a variety of fiber textures into the installation. The work itself becomes a form of meditative prayer, worship, and release.
My emotions speak through my work; in moments, I can be fully bound and quiet, struggling to find my voice. In other moments, I am entirely open and vulnerable, willing to express the most distressing or effervescent emotion through the work. It is an ode to the ancestors and pays homage to the obstacles they overcame and the spiritual practice of finding truth and joy amid the pain. |
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