In our video, performance and multimedia work, we appropriate social customs and idioms – from the personal and idiosyncratic to the public and institutionalized – and employ these mediums for self-expression and social relation in ways designed to unpack their underlying ideology and reveal the shape they give to our lives, for better or worse. We also make work that is in dialogue with the community and the region where we are showing the work. Video is our essential medium and metaphor because it is the screen – whether a movie, television, or computer screen – that is our society’s great reifier of social identity and relations, reflecting and instructing us in who we are and what we do. By using the medium of the screen and by employing the tropes of “screen media,” like the movies, we set the perfect stage from which to encourage the re-examination of otherwise transparent and comfortable social structures.
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2012 | Center for Cultural Innovation, Investing in Artists grant |
| 2009 | The Hoff Foundation, Quarterly Artist Grant |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
| 2013 | 323 Projects, Los Angeles, CA, "JEFF&GORDON: Not at the Dinner Table" |
| 2012 | Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, "Used with Deceit" |
| Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, "Moment of Glory" | |
| 2011 | UC Riverside Sweeney Art Gallery, "Play Against" |
| 2010 | HAUS, Pasadena, CA, "JEFF&GORDON" |
| 2009 | Sea and Space, Los Angeles, CA, "The Conversation" |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Expo Arts Center, Long Beach, CA, “NOW" |
| Perform Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Rock and Eagle Shop, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2011 | D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA, “Open Document” |
| Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “TBA: A Group Video Exhibition in 7 Parts” | |
| Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA, “Video Showcase” | |
| Monorchid, Phoenix, AZ, and D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA, “S.O.S.” | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, “Shadowshop” | |
| Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, "Chain Letter" | |
| Sixpack Projects, Long Beach, CA, “BETA RELEASE” | |
| Trajector Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2010 | Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, “To Live and Draw in LA” |
| Irvine Valley College, Irvine CA, “Home” | |
| Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, “The OsCene 2010” | |
| 2009 | Expo Art Center, Long Beach, CA, “Long Beach Exposed” |
| 2008 | Kim Abeles Studio, LA Dept of Cultural Affairs, Pasadena Armory, “Campaign Trail” |
| Sea and Space, Los Angeles, CA, “The Audacity of Desperation” | |
| Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2013 |
NPR: All Things Considered, "Not at the Dinner Table turns voicemail into art" by Carolina Miranda – link |
| 2012 | OC Art Blog, "it is Happening – Now" by Tracy C. Teran – link |
| Santa Barbara News-Press, "Your Finest Hour: JEFF&GORDON Help People Create Their Dreams of Success" by Ted Mills | |
| 2011 | art:21 blog, "Chain Letter at Shoshana Wayne" by Lily Simonson – link |
| Huffington Post, "A Group Exhibition Featuring Sixteen Hundred Artists: Fact or Fiction" by Lisa Adams – link | |
| Juxtapoz, “BETA RELEASE” review by Amy Duran – link | |
| KPCC: The Madeleine Brand Show, "Riverside Art Exhibit Looks at Rich and Poor Divide" by Steven Cuevas – link | |
| Long Beach Gazette, “Long Beach Gallery Shows Process” by Jonathan Van Dyke | |
| 2010 | Flavorpill Los Angeles, “JEFF&GORDON” review by Heather Jeno Silva |
| The Long Beach District Weekly, “JEFF&GORDON” preview by Ellen Griley | |
| 2008 | KCET: Visiting ... With Huell Howser, “SoundWalk” by Huell Howser |