Recent Work
Fall Studies
Pyrric Turn
Godspeed
Vespers
Lantern Room
Crux
Portal
Exhibitions
Info
b. Kentucky
Lives and works in Los Angeles.
Education
MFA, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
BFA, Murray State University, Murray, KY, 2013
Yale University School of Art, Norfolk, CT, 2012
Residencies
MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, 2021
The Lighthouse Works, Fisher's Island, NY, 2018
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME, 2013
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2013
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
Jordie Oetken: Hippocrene, No Moon LA, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
In Tandem: Zachary Fabri & Jordie Oetken, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
Crux, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Insularity, Curris Gallery, Murray, KY, 2013
Grants & Honors
Emerging Voices Award, nominated by Catherine Opie, Los Angeles Center for Photography, 2023
Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellowship, MacDowell, 2022
Pollock-Krasner Grant, MacDowell, 2021
Individual Artist Grant, Cann Serrat, Barcelona, Spain, 2021
Art Council Award, UCLA, 2017
Department Excellence Award, UCLA, 2017
Photography Area Award, UCLA, 2017
Graduate Division Award, UCLA, 2017
D’Arcy Hayman Award, UCLA, 2015
Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, 2015
Luke Oas Alumni Award, Murray State University, 2013
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University, 2012
Hope, Endeavor, and Achievement Award, Murray State University, 2013
Breazeale Fellowship, Murray State University, 2013
Marie Holton Memorial Fellowship, Murray State University, 2013
Clara M. Eagle Award of Excellence, Murray State University, 2012
Lectures & Programs
Reed College, Artist Lecture, Portland, OR, 2026
UCLA Summer Art Institute, Artist Lecture, Los Angeles, CA, 2024
CalArts, Artist Lecture & Graduate Studio Visits, Valencia, CA, 2023
DevMynd, Lecture: “Photography & Social Media within Fragile Ecosystems”, Chicago, IL 2023
Cal State Long Beach, Visiting Critic, Adv. Photography, Long Beach, CA, 2021
Campbell Hall, Artist Lecture, Los Angeles, CA 2021
University of Louisville, Artist Lecture and Visiting Graduate Critic, Louisville, KY, 2020
UCSD, Artist Lecture, San Diego CA, 2020
The Cooper Union, Visiting Critic, Adv Photography, New York, NY, Feb 2020
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Artist Lecture, Brunswick, ME, Feb 2020
Bowdoin College, Visiting Critic, Adv Video, Brunswick, ME, Feb 2020
UCLA, Visiting Critic, Adv Photography, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 2020
New York Film Academy, Artist Lecture, Los Angeles, CA 2019
Selected Group Exhibitions
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA 2023
Storm Before the Calm, curated by Michael Selenske, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, 2022
When in Athens, The Humid, Athens, GA, 2021
Palm Photo, East Photographic Gallery, London, UK, 2020
Island Bunkers, Ferguson Museum, Fisher’s Island, NY, 2020
Salon, curated by Lolita Cros, The Wing, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
The Vision Board, curated by Elizabeth Valdez, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
Alligator, Partial Shade at Club Lake, Huntsville, TX, 2018
From Earth, AR Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Photographers of Fisher's Island, 1940s to Date, Ferguson Museum, FI, NY, 2018
Belt Friction, curated by Arden Surdam, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Natural / Unnatural, Gowanus Swim Society, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
UCLA MFA Preview, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
J1, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA, 2015
Post-Photography: Beyond the Print, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014
From the Heartland, Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, 2014
The Last Brucennial, BHQF, New York, NY, 2014
Paducah Photo International, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, 2013
Yale + Norfolk, Ajaia Gallery, Norfolk, CT, 2012
Press
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, “Editor’s Picks: Jordie Oetken at No Moon LA,” 2022
KCRW Art Insider, “Top 3 this week: Jordie Oetken at No Moon LA,” 2022
Los Angeles Magazine, “Storm Before the Calm Brings Climate Change Dystopia,” 2022
KCRW Art Insider, “Jordie Oetken: On Digging Holes,” 2022
KCRW Art Insider, “Bodily Interventions That Lead to Collectivity,” 2022
Bibliography
Document Journal, 2020
The Wing, Salon Catalogue 2020
The Hammer Museum, Graphite Magazine 2020
The Pinch Journal, feature, 2020
Artillery Magazine, “Jordie Oetken: Crux,” 2018
Artillery Magazine, “Belt Fricton”, 2018
Myself Magazine, Germany, 2018
IGNANT, “The Poetic Visual Language of Jordie Oetken,” 2017
WeVux, 2017
Ambit Magazine London, Issue 222, 2016
Notations Poetry Magazine, cover, 2013