 (b. 1980) is known for his thought-provoking works in a wide range of media, including video, sculpture, installation, photography, and performance. Pulling intuitively from the world of advertising, the internet, and the technology industry, he produces ambitious and enigmatic narratives that frequently revolve around a series of invented, animated characters. Through his art, Wolfson probes difficult, often controversial topics and themes that underlie American culture and contemporary society.

Wolfson was born in New York. In 2003 he received his BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. The artist joined David Zwirner in 2013 and has presented solo exhibitions of his work at the gallery in New York in 2014, 2016, and 2018. In 2020, 

 marked Wolfson’s fourth solo exhibition with David Zwirner. A concurrent installation of the works was on view at Sadie Coles HQ, London.

, a new virtual reality installation by the artist, premiered at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel. Wolfson’s first solo exhibition in Australia opened in December 2023 at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, with the world premiere of his work 

Solo exhibitions of the artist’s work were presented in 2022 at the Brant Foundation, New York; and Kunsthaus Bregenz. In 2018, the inaugural London presentation of Jordan Wolfson’s 

 took place in the Tanks at Tate Modern. The work features a sculptural figure of a boy suspended by chains and references the racism of the characters Huck Finn and Howdy Doody, as well as the 

 magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman. Also in 2018, The Broad in Los Angeles presented Wolfson’s

 and the Zabludowicz Collection in London presented

. In 2016, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam hosted a two-part survey of the artist’s work, 

, the most comprehensive survey of his work to date, was organized by the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent and presented in 2013.

Other institutions that have hosted solo presentations of Wolfson’s work include the Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2019); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2018); Pond Society, New Century Art Foundation, Shanghai (2017); Cleveland Museum of Art (2015); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2012); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2012); Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2011); CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2009); Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York (2008); Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy (2007); and the Kunsthalle Zürich (2004). In 2014 a selection of Wolfson's video work was shown at the McLellan Galleries in Glasgow as part of the 6th Glasgow International.

Work by Wolfson is held in public collections worldwide, including the Art Institute of Chicago; The Broad, Los Angeles; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy; Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy; Fonds national d’art contemporain (FNAC), France; LUMA Foundation, Zurich; Magasin III Museum and Foundation for Contemporary Art, Stockholm; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent; Tate, United Kingdom; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Jordan Wolfson, 2023, National Gallery of Australia. Photo by Karlee Holland. Courtesy National Gallery of Australia

Edited by Thomas D. Trummer. Texts by Simon Denny, Anne Imhof, Thomas D. Trummer, and Jordan Wolfson

Insights into the practice of an artist who employs the full spectrum of cutting-edge technology for his provocative works 

Jordan Wolfson is a boundary-pusher and provocateur who draws his motifs from sources including the gaming industry, internet clips, comic strips, and facial recognition software. In his artworks, he interrogates the contemporary conditions of art, technology, and mass media. This catalogue explores his practice through a dense sequence of images and texts, offering points of entry into a body of work that is deliberately confrontational—one that immerses the audience in intense, often unsettling situations. 

Cover of the book Jordan Wolfson published by Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2026

Jordan Wolfson

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