Untitled © 2025 by Jordan Zayas Kelly is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0


EDUCATION
2025               M.A. in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2020-2022    B.A. in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
                        Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
AWARDS
2025               Gilbert Bayes Trust Award, Royal College of Art
2021               Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant for Artists with Disabilities, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2019               David Gibian-Rosewater Traveling Fellow, Cornell University
2019               Edith Adams and Walter King Stone Memorial Prize, Cornell University
2022               David R. Bean Prize in Fine Arts, Rome Italy, Cornell University

GROUP SHOWS AND COMMISSIONED PROJECTS
2025               Experiments Carved from Time, BLEUR Gallery and Harlesden High Street, London, UK
2025               Islands in the City, Gallery OCA and Royal Over-Seas League, London, UK
2025               RCA2025: School of Arts & Humanities Show (Don’t Touch, Do Tell), Royal College of Art, London, UK
2025               Love Letter, Rusha & Co.,Los Angeles, CA
2025               I’m in Love with the Metaphysical, Three Rooms, London, UK
2025               London Fashion Week, Central Saint Martins MA, London, UK
2024               Festus, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2024               ¡Ahora Sí!, New York Boricua New York, NY
2022               Festus, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2022               grOH!, Muralist and Lead Designer, Baltimore, MD   
2022               MOSS album by Maya Hawke, Lead Visual Artist for Vinyl Album Artwork, New York, NY
2022               Annual Student Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY
2019               Don’t Tell Anyone, I’m Seeing This Guy, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2019               Bodily Insomnia, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2018               I See You, Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY     
2017               Rembrandt Symposium, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY  


TALKS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
2025               Without Shape Without Form (Podcast), London, UK
2025               RCA BLK Artist Talk with Laura Facey, Royal College of Art (Moderator), London, UK

COLLECTIONS
The Barnes Contemporary, Paris, FR                                                                                                                             
Private Collection, New York, NY                                                                                                                                

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

¡Ahora Sí! New York Boricua, Art Plugged, Bricks Magazine, British Vogue, Clarion, Dazed (Digital), Flash Art International, Office Magazine YourLuxury Africa, Ruscha & Co., 10 Magazine, and 52 Walker (David Zwirner) .