Künstler Jordan Madlon

Jordan Madlon


Jordan Madlon works at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and drawing. Using forms crafted from materials such as wood, textile, and aluminum, he develops a distinctive visual language that explores the relationship between color, line, and space. He studied at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Saint-Étienne and at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. In 2017, Madlon received the Kunstart? Prize from the Fondation François Schneider, and in 2021 he was awarded the Woodcut Advancement Prize by the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen. He has been a fellow of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation and completed a residency in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

His work is represented in numerous international collections, including the Fondation François Schneider, FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand), the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, and the Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg. Jordan Madlon currently lives and works in Mannheim.

Carolin HeelAgent of Jordan Madlon

Artworks

Vita

Jordan Madlon lives and works in Mannheim (DE)

* Born in 1989 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe

Education

2014 – 2016

Postgraduate studies | State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (DE)

2008 – 2014

École Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Saint-Étienne (FR)

Awards

2023

Prize of the Artists' Association Baden-Württemberg

2021

Holzschnitt-Förderpreis | Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen (DE)

2019

Artistes en Résidence | Residency Clermont-Ferrand (FR)

Stipendium für Bildende Künste | Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation (DE)

2017

Prix Kunstart? | Fondation François Schneider | Wattwiller (FR)

Solo Exhibitions

2021

Diagrammatisch | Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen (DE)

GLOSE | Goeben | Berlin (DE)

2019

former la langue | COHERENT | Brussels (BE)

un amour si grand qu’il nie son objet | Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation | Stuttgart (DE)

2018

élément(s) de langage(s) | art Karlsruhe | via Fondation CCFA | Karlsruhe (DE)

seine Zunge im ZRaum halten | V8 Platform for New Art | Karlsruhe (DE)

2016

sous couvert de peinture | La Vitrine Galerie Jean Brolly | Paris (FR)

2015

Der Wonne Lust Sc/nitt | Kunstverein Letschebach | Karlsruhe (DE)

2014

La syntaxe mise à nue par ses célibataires | Même | Cuba Libre | Saint-Étienne (FR)

Group Exhibitions

2025

Mannheim Abstrakt | Mannheim Art Association | Mannheim (DE)

2024

Lions Art | Alte Schildkrötfabrik | Mannheim (DE)

Deltabeben | Wilhelm Hack Museum | Ludwigshafen (DE)

Sitting in a tin can | Galerie Peripherie | Tübingen (DE)

2023

Sieste Jaune | Galerie Romero Paprocki | Paris (FR)

Künstlerbund Förderpreis 2023 | AKKU | Stuttgart (DE)

2022

c’est beau | c’est loin | Galerie Jeune Création | Romainville (FR)

Burden Painting | LAUBE Karlsruhe (DE) (with Rémy Hysbergue)

For real?! | Kunstverein Reutlingen (DE)

We proudly present | Kunstraum Riehen | REGIONALE22 (CH)

2021

65e Salon de Montrouge | Montrouge (FR)

zig zag | Kunstverein Bad Dürkheim (DE)

Après l’école: biennale Art Press des jungen Künstler | Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Saint-Étienne (FR)

Give me a reason | Initiative Sebastian Volz | Villa Gellerstraße | Karlsruhe (DE)

V8 Plattform für neue Kunst | Karlsruhe (DE)

2019

du caractère de la nuance [volume 2] (with Julie Digard) | Luis Leu | Karlsruhe (DE)

2018

forme manquée [volume 1] (with Julie Digard) | Galerie B+ | Lyon (FR)

Clinamen | Villa Gellerstraße | Karlsruhe (DE)

Open Garage°4 | Independent Exhibition Program | Karlsruhe (DE)

2017

Cornelis (with Jana de Jonge) | Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (DE)

Around Etel Adna’s Poetry | Espace Despalles | Paris (FR)

Kunstartpreis | Fondation François Schneider | Wattwiller (FR)

Jeune Création °67 | Thaddaeus Ropac | Pantin (FR)

Höhenluft #13 | Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe Ettlingen (DE)

Künstlermesse | Regional Council Karlsruhe (DE)

3 (with Daniela Prochaska and Moritz Siegler) | Orgelfabrik Karlsruhe (DE)

Memberships

seit 2022

Member of the Artists' Association Baden-Württemberg (DE)