Welcome
I'm Kel Jordan
Kel Jordan is a Ventura-based emerging artist exploring the tension between control and intuition—where doubt becomes courage and hope becomes tangible. Through experimental mixed-media work, she explores the female experience, drawing from Southern California culture while revealing the scars, memories, and complexities of a life shaped by disability and the ongoing practice of letting go.
Her pieces often begin with pours of prayers, marks of pain, and scars of a life lived—allowing intuition, imperfection, and emotion to become part of the finished work.
Kel picked up a paintbrush in the summer of 2024 for the first time since childhood. Since then, her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums and has received recognition along the West Coast.
Her upcoming collection features abstract paintings ripped apart and sewn back together, their scars intentionally visible, then reimagined as resilient California wildflowers—beautiful, complex, and stronger because of what they have endured.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Feb-April 2026 | Solo Show, The Calm & The Wild, Spice-Topia, Ventura, CA
2010 | Solo Show, Travel Through Europe, Anne’s Wine Shop, Costa Mesa, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
September 2026 | Group Show, ArtWalk Ventura, Ventura, CA
Aug 2026 | Group Show, PAVC, Ventura Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA
March-May 2026 | Group Show, Before The Fall, Dama Gallery Ventura, CA
March-May 2026 | Group Show, Members Juried Show, Buenaventura Art Center, Ventura, CA
Feb-April 2026 | Solo Show, The Calm & The Wild, Spice-Topia, Ventura, CA
Feb 2026 | Group Show, Buenaventura Art Association Members, SpiceTopia, Ventura, CA, Ventura, CA
Dec-March 2025-2026 | Group Show, 16th Art About Agriculture Exhibition, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
Dec 2025 | Group Show, Opulent Mobility, Los Angeles Makery, CA
Dec 2025 | Group Show, Holiday Reflections, Buenaventura Art Center, Ventura, CA
Dec 2025 | Group Show, Small Image Holiday Show, Harbor Gallery, Ventura, CA
Nov-Jan 2025-2026 | Group Show, Buenaventura Art Association Members, SpiceTopia, Ventura, CA
July-Sept 2025 | Group Show, Buenaventura Art Association Members, SpiceTopia, Ventura, CA
Aug 2025 | Group Show, PAVC, Ventura Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA
Aug 2025 | Group Show, Professional Arts, Ventura Fair Grounds, Ventura, CA
July 2025 | Group Show, Grayscale: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
July 2025 | Group Show, Summer Blues, Buenaventura Art Center, Ventura, CA
July 2025 | Group Show, Plein Air, Harbor Gallery, Ventura, CA
EDUCATION
2002-2005 Brooks Institute of Photography, BA in Videography + Film Production
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026: Art Show Judge: Westlake Village Art Guild, Open Show
2026: Masterclass for Creatives, Emily Jeffords, Making Art Work
20+ Years as professional photographer in California and Oregon.
PRESS
Meet Kel Jordan, Bold Journey - Dec 2nd, 2025
https://boldjourney.com/meet-kel-jordan/
Meet Kellianne Jordan, Canvas Rebel - June 19th, 2025
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-kellianne-jordan/
AWARDS
2026: 1st Place, Buenaventura Art Association Juried Show
2026: 2nd Place, Buenaventura Art Association Juried Show
2025: Honorable Mention Award, Professional Arts Ventura County Fair
2025: Honorable Mention Award, Tera Arna, 15th Abstract 2025 International Juried Art Competition