Jordan Sears (b. 1993) is an oil painter based in Oklahoma whose work navigates the intersection of image, memory, and materiality. Drawing from an archive of found imagery, she explores the tension between representation and abstraction, manipulating color, texture, and atmosphere to push painting beyond a representational tool and into a space that challenges perception.
Her work has been exhibited at galleries such as Vulpes Bastille and United Colors Gallery, with recent placements at Painters Painting Paintings. Continuously expanding the possibilities of image-based painting, Sears investigates how material and technique shape and transform the visual experience.
Jordan Sear’s work explores the tension between image, memory, and materiality. Drawing from both personal and cultural archives, he manipulates color, texture, and atmosphere to fragment and disrupt perception. Through this process, his work exposes the inherent instability of images, revealing their fragility and impermanence.
Cropped and obscured, the compositions resist full clarity, engaging the viewer in a process of searching, misrecognition, and reinterpretation. Thin layers of paint and softened edges create a sense of distance—images that hover between presence and disappearance.
Rooted in self-consciousness, Sear’s paintings reflect the liminal space between visibility and obscurity, recognition and uncertainty. By blurring the boundaries between surface, illusion, and material presence, he invites the viewer to reconsider what they see, what they remember, and what remains just beyond reach.