Jordan Baseman



Films


Biography

Jordan Baseman is a visual artist and filmmaker. He received a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an MA from Goldsmith's College, University of London. Baseman is currently Reader in Time Based Media, Head of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art.

Jordan Baseman’s films have featured in international exhibitions and film festivals including: 53rd Venice Biennale, Los Angeles Animation Festival (where he won Best Film in the Dangerous Experiments category), San Francisco Short Film Festival, Melbourne Underground Film Festival (where he won Best International Short Film), Tatton Park Biennial, Gstaad Film Festival, Oaxaca International Film Festival, Lone Star International Film Festival (where he won Best Short Film), Fargo International Film Festival (where he won Best Experimental Film) Kansas City International Film Festival (where he won Best Experimental Short Film) and London Short Film Festival.

Jordan Baseman has received grants from: Arts and Humanities Research Council in 2006; Wellcome Trust Arts Award in 2007, 2010 and 2011; Arts Council England Grants for the Arts Award in 2009, 2011 and 2012; the Henry Moore Foundation in 2009 and British Council in 2007. In 2003, Baseman was the Henry Moore Sculpture Fellow at the British School at Rome and in 2011 was a Visiting Fellow at St. John’s College, University of Oxford and Artist in Residence at Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo. In 2013, Baseman was Artist in Residence at YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Azerbaijan and in 2014 Baseman was Artist in Residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska.

Jordan Baseman is represented by Matt’s Gallery London.


Filmography

Green Lady, 2011
The Last Walk, 2010
Blue Movie, 2009
Perfume Disco Coma, 2008
The Bridge, 2008
Nature's Great Experiment, 2007
Jump!, 2007