JORDAN LUCKOW

LOCATED IN THE SMALL [BUT MIGHTY] WALL GALLERY (3rd floor)

Artist Bio

Jordan Luckow of Sioux City, IA is a recent graduate from Iowa State University. While at Iowa State he received his bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts focusing on printmaking, and painting.  Jordan currently is a full-time designer at Lincoln Center Hy-Vee Floral in Ames, where he continues to create and find inspiration arranging flowers. In his downtown he continues to make art, publishing a book, and is participating in Art Festivals and shows.

Artist Statement

Words of rap artist, Lil Wayne “I didn’t set out to be different. I set out to be me and people thought it was different.” Art celebrates one person’s differences and makes them accessible to the world. Acrylic and ink provide the medium for Jordan Luckow to express his uniqueness to the world.

Each of Jordan’s pieces reflects the different steps he takes in the journey of life. His non-traditional content contains metaphors that represent what he was going through, feeling, or experiencing at the time. For example Jordan uses a cacti in most of his pieces as a metaphor for himself, defensive, prick-ish, yet beautiful, strong, and continuously growing. Jordan plays the role of “You can hurt me, but you cant kill me” just like a cactus.

The art comes alive when someone views it and they begin to see the world in a nontraditional way. Although Jordan doesn’t set out for his art to be different, he does set out to be himself.