Collectors Club 2024

Jordan Ann Craig


Introducing Jordan Ann Craig

We are thrilled to introduce our 2024 artist, Jordan Ann Craig (b.1992). Known for her large-scale paintings, Craig’s abstract compositions explore Northern Cheyenne material culture. Her work blends hard-edge painting aesthetics with Indigenous patterns, celebrating her Native ancestry while challenging the conventions of modern abstract painting and its links to both historic and contemporary Indigenous culture.

Craig’s research-driven practice begins in museum collections and archives, where she meticulously studies Indigenous objects, specifically Cheyenne beadwork, drawings, and textiles. Her geometric paintings are characterized by repeated triangles, squares, rectangles, and stripes—motifs emblematic of Northern Cheyenne design. Throughout her creative process, Craig contemplates both the individual and communal meanings inherent in these designs, intertwining her personal narratives with objects imbued with profound historical resonance. By bridging past, present, and future, she presents Indigenous design through a contemporary lens.

Craig received her BA in Studio Art and Psychology from Dartmouth College in 2015. Craig has had solo exhibitions at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, NM; School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM; The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland; Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Italy; Nearburg Gallery, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Hanover, NH; October Gallery, London, UK; and Barrows Rotunda, Dartmouth College, NH.

Her work is in the permanent collections of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Hood Museum of Art, Wichita Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Speed Art Museum, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM; IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA; School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM; A LAB, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Cork Printmakers, Ireland; Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM and Forge Collection, Taghkanic, NY.

Collectors Club 2024

JOIN THE COLLECTORS CLUB

For over three decades the Collectors Club has provided support for Tamarind’s students and educational programs. Tamarind’s collecting club invites those who are passionate about contemporary art and collaborative printmaking to take part in a seasoned program, introducing new knowledge and artists on the rise.

SAME NAME NEW CLUB

As we embark on a new collecting year, we will be taking a fresh approach to the Collectors Club. In this new model, we will be selecting artists on the rise. Over the next several months we will introduce the Collectors Club members to this year’s artist, Jordan Ann Craig. Though we are announcing our artist, the Collectors Club print will remain a secret. With only 50 Collectors Club spaces available this year, don’t wait to secure your spot. Open until December 31st, 2024.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS

  1. JOIN the club by adding the Collectors Club membership to your cart (please limit to one). At checkout you will be charged a membership fee of $1000, shipping is included ($100 shipping fee for international shipping). With your purchase, you’re officially in the club!
  2. You will receive your print in March 2025.
  3. Once you’re in the club you will receive a 20% discount code to apply to an additional purchase from our inventory (see exclusions below*). The discount code must be used by May 30, 2025.

*Your digital coupon is valid on any single purchase through May 30, 2025. Discount is taken at checkout. Some restrictions apply, including prints highlighted under Final Impressions and monotypes (unique impressions). Contact us at tamarind@unm.edu if you have questions.