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Jordan Verdes (b. 1996) is a London-based painter with a meticulous approach to painting materials and processes. His research into painting’s materiality has led to works being stripped down to their essential parts and viewing them as constituents. These elements are scrutinised with a particular focus on identifying what is used and where they come from. Fascinated by earth and metal pigments, Verdes collects and hand-processes samples from nature, refining them into usable pigments in his work, and with contributions from friends, artists and other pigment collectors/researchers. Themes explore the relationship between the handmade and manufactured, material traceability, and ethical concerns regarding sustainability and the origins of pigments.

Verdes graduated with a First Class, BA(Hons) in Fine Art from Arts University Bournemouth in 2019, and currently works as a Studio Supervisor at The Slade School of Fine Art, in London. Verdes regularly shows work in London exhibitions, including a group show at the Saatchi Gallery in 2022, and was part of an international group show in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, earlier this year.