My Story Artist · Vancouver Island, Canada
About
Jordan Fritz is a Canadian artist working in abstraction with oil paint and natural materials gathered around his studio on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
He trained in health sciences, and an interest in wellness led him to ask what health truly meant for him. The answer was a life that felt alive, built around the things he loves. That question took him through coaching freestyle skiing, community development, graphic design and e-commerce before it brought him to painting.
Over the past six years he has built his practice through exhibitions, residencies and mentorship. Since his first show in 2020 he has held four solo exhibitions, completed nine artist residencies with hotels, studios, community organizations and a Canadian clothing brand, and painted live for audiences across Victoria and Vancouver.
His paintings are held in private collections in Canada, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the Cayman Islands.
Curriculum vitae
Exhibitions, residencies and collaborations
Solo exhibitions
- Solo exhibition, Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC
- Transformation, Lab Studio, Victoria, BC
- Coming Home, Parkside Hotel & Spa, Victoria, BC
- Impressions of the Natural World, Parkside Hotel & Spa, Victoria, BC
Group exhibitions
- The Giving Ocean, StorytellART, Lab Studio, Victoria, BC
- Small Works, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
- Small Works, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
- Art Sea Gallery, Sidney, BC
- Small Works, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
- Esquimalt Art Gallery, Esquimalt, BC
- Beginnings, Coast Collective Art Centre, Colwood, BC
Residencies
- Middle Beach Lodge, Tofino, BC
- Delta Hotels Ocean Pointe, Victoria, BC
- Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC
- Lab Studio, Victoria, BC
- Fairfield Gonzales Community Association, Victoria, BC (juried)
- Parkside Hotel & Spa, Victoria, BC
- Casa Lü, Mexico City (selected)
- Parkside Hotel & Spa, Victoria, BC
- ANIÁN, in-store residency, Victoria and Vancouver, BC
Commissions and collaborations
- Hansenbilt, five works for a permanent installation
- Raymond James, lobby installation
- ANIÁN, artist collaboration, exhibitions and live painting
- Arc’teryx, 30 × 12 ft mural, Victoria, BC
Live painting and events
- Paint-In, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (TD Artist Guide, 2021)
- Live painting, Church & State Wines, Vancouver Island
- Nature & Nurture, workshop, Victoria, BC
- Live paint-in, ANIÁN, Victoria, BC
- Live painting, ANIÁN, Vancouver, BC
Press
- YAM Magazine, work featured in a Lorri McCrackin Designs interior
Education and mentorship
- Mentorship with painter Charlie Easton
- Workshop with Jed Dorsey, Federation of Canadian Artists
- Web Art and Design, OCAD University Continuing Studies, Toronto, ON
- BHSc (Honours), Western University, London, ON
Collections
Private collections in Canada, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the Cayman Islands.
