Ann Duk Hee Jordan Ann Duk Hee Jordan is a Korean-German artist born in 1978. With previous careers spanning freediving and occupational therapy, they pursued a BA at the Weissensee Kunsthochschule in Berlin in 2009, then completed their MA at Olafur Eliasson’s Institute for Spatial Experiments in 2012. Transience, transformation, and ecology are central themes in their work. Their practice includes drawings, hand-built robots, edible landscapes, sculpture, public art, film and sound.
Their sculptures are intended to draw the viewer into the present and open a dialogue between natural phenomena, philosophy and art. Often created in collaboration with scientists, marine biologists and ecologists, They asks questions that encourage a change of perspective, shifting the focus away from humans towards the entire ecology.
Recent solo exhibitions, group shows and performances include (A)I Will Tell You, You Tell Me, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany (2024); The End is Where We Start From, KunstHausWien, Vienna, Austria (2024); Snailing (Slippy Slimy Slug Slut), Canal Projects, New York, USA (2024); I will always weather with you, The Bass, Miami, USA (2023-2024); I must alter myself into a life-form which can exist on this planet, HEK, Basel, Switzerland; 1.5 Grad, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; Soft and Weak like Water, Gwangju Biennale, Korea (2023); Brakfesten / La Grande Bouffe with Pauline Doutreluingne, Baltic Art Center and Public Art Agency Stockholm, Gotland, Sweden (2022); Sweden Artificial Biotopes: Lehmbruck, Kolbe, Mies van der Rohe and Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany (2022); Sex Ecologies, Kunsthall Trondheim and The Seed Box, Trondheim, Norway (2021); Overview Effect, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia (2021); The Worm: Terrestrial, Fantastic and Wet, Urania, Berlin, Germany (2021); Making Kin 3.0, KIOSK, Ghent, Belgium, (2020); Ziggy goes Wild, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany (2019).