Text by Senior Curator Rebecca Matalon, Bruce Hainley and Kyle Dancewicz.

Jordan Strafer (b. 1990, Miami) is a New York-based artist working primarily in video. She received her BFA from The New School in 2016 and her MFA from Bard College in 2019. Strafer’s work has been included in group exhibitions at SculptureCenter, New York (2020); Red Tracy, Copenhagen, (2020–21); The New Museum, New York (2021); Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin (2021); and Ludwig Forum, Aachen (2023). Strafer’s video, PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER (2022), was presented as part of the Currents section of the 60th New York Film Festival in 2022. Solo presentations of her work include PUNCHLINE at Participant Inc, New York in 2022, LOOPHOLE at Secession, Vienna, and MERCY NO NO at Heidi, Berlin in 2023.

Bruce Hainley edited Gary Indiana’s Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1985–1988 and is the author of, mostly recently, Really, No Biggie. He teaches at Rice University.