About
Bruce Jordan is a figurative painter based in Sweden. Working in the tradition of the Old Masters, he paints contemporary Swedish life :its rituals, institutions and everyday spaces ; with particular attention to identity and belonging.
His current series, Hon är här, portrays Black Swedish women and girls within the traditions and routines of everyday Swedish life, from Midsommar and Lucia to the library and the laundry room.
Jordan trained first in contemporary jewellery, earning a BA in Visual Arts from Stellenbosch University and an MA from Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, and exhibiting internationally, including at Schmuck in Munich. He later trained as an upper-secondary art teacher at Umeå University and has worked in art education in Sweden for more than a decade.
Exhibitions
Forthcoming
Haningesalongen 2026, Haninge konsthall, (juried, 12 December 2026 – February 2027)
Solna Konsthall, Solna (planned autumn 2027)
Haninge kulturhus, foajén · 27 maj – 16 juni 2027
Contemporary jewellery
2008
Icons, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Inventions, Gold Museum, Cape Town
Depart, graduate exhibition, Stellenbosch University
2007
Schmuck 2007, Munich, Germany
Martina Dempf Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Turnov International Jewellery Symposium, Czech Republic
Design Indaba, Young Emerging Creatives, Cape Town
SRC Art and Photo Competition, Stellenbosch
2006
Art from the Heart, Artscape Theatre, Cape Town (with the Umoja dance musical)
Positive, Sun City, South Africa
B2 Collective, Stellenbosch
Jewellex Symposium, Johannesburg
2005
Beadazzled, Deco Lodge, Cape Town (self-curated; with invited artists Uta Goebel-Gross, Germany, and Jeff Mwazha of Street Wires, Zimbabwe)
Africa Adorned, Design Africa, Cape Town
Jewellery exhibition, Craft Council, Bus Factory, Johannesburg
Jewellex Symposium, Johannesburg
2004
Telephone Wire Design, College of Cape Town (with Martina Dempf and Beverly Price)
Ruth Prowse Restoration, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town
2003
Weird about Wire, Stellenbosch University (with Karin Kortenhorst)
Publications
PlatAfrica 2008 Platinum Awards, Anglo Platinum (2008)
Depart, Stellenbosch University graduate catalogue (2008)
New Horizons: Contemporary Jewellery from South Africa (2007)
Positive, exhibition catalogue, Sun International (2006)
Internationale Samenwerking (IS), January 2004
Weird about Wire, exhibition catalogue (2003), [online]