UCLA graduate passionate about Writing, Art, Music, & Literature

Jordan R.

Adobe Photoshop

EDUCATION 2019 BA. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Design| Media Art AWARDS/ HONORS/ SELECTED WORKS & EXHIBITIONS 2021 des pair books, “Ash Fork”, Winter Quarterly (Short Story) 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, International Narrative Short Films, Supporting Actor in “Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time” 2019 BBC 6 - 6 Music Recommends, “Better Now”, selected by Mary Anne Hobbs 2018 Vimeo Staff Pick, “Scales of St. Michael” ISC (International Songwriting Competition), Finalist, “Springtime in New York” 2016 BBC 6, 6 Music Recommends, “Roses”, selected by Gilles Peterson 2015 DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Mirror Touch” DMA Senior Exhibition, EDA, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 201 3 “UV/UG” DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Dean’s Honor List, University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Scholarship Recognition Award, University of California, Los Angeles ($17,069) SELECTED PRESS AND INTERVIEWS 2019 Drew Penner, “Flaunt Premiere, Jordan Raf ‘Peony’”, Flaunt Magazine, March 22nd Jonathan Robles, “Jordan Raf ponders what is good & evil on his new album ‘Heaven’”, Variance Magazine, March 15th 2018 Steffanee Wang, “Jordan Raf tests the limits of his body in new “Scales of St. Michael” video”, The Fader, August 2nd Rasheed Tulay, “Jordan Raf reveals the grueling visual for “Scales of St. Michael” video”, Earmilk, August 15th Lyndy Stout, “Tortured Artists”, onepointfour, August 28th 2017 Amileah Sutliff, “Premiere: Jordan Raf’s Intoxicating New Single”, Vinyl Me

Art History

AWARDS/ HONORS/ SELECTED WORKS & EXHIBITIONS 2021 des pair books, “Ash Fork”, Winter Quarterly (Short Story) 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, International Narrative Short Films, Supporting Actor in “Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time” 2019 BBC 6 - 6 Music Recommends, “Better Now”, selected by Mary Anne Hobbs 2018 Vimeo Staff Pick, “Scales of St. Michael” ISC (International Songwriting Competition), Finalist, “Springtime in New York” 2016 BBC 6, 6 Music Recommends, “Roses”, selected by Gilles Peterson 2015 DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Mirror Touch” DMA Senior Exhibition, EDA, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 201 3 “UV/UG” DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Dean’s Honor List, University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Scholarship Recognition Award, University of California, Los Angeles ($17,069) LANGUAGES Japanese (intermediate to expert proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking) Spanish (elementary proficiency in reading and speaking) Hebrew (elementary proficiency in reading) Farsi (elementary proficiency in speaking) REFERENCES Noa Kaplan Annenberg Fellow, USC [email protected] 510-421-6668 Kim Calder Teaching Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of English [email protected] 310-721-4696 Chandler McWilliams Director of Conditional Studio, University of California, Los Angeles [email protected] 323-790-9365

Elementary (K-6th)

I taught at PS155 in East Harlem as a STEM teacher to 4th and 5th graders for one year. I had my own classroom of 25+ students but also ran a homework help hour for children as young as 1st grade to kids up to 6th grade.

Painting

I have been painting every since I was a child. I have taken lessons all my life, and my father is an accomplished painter himself. I graduated UCLA with a BA where I took Color Theory, Form, and multiple other classes that deal with the fundamentals of painting taught by some of the most successful contemporary artists of the 20th and 21st century. I was taught by Vasa Mihich in my freshman year of college, who was Josef Albers student previously. I have shown art in galleries in both LA and New York. If you would like to see a link to my portfolio website, please don't be afraid to ask.

Philosophy

AWARDS/ HONORS/ SELECTED WORKS & EXHIBITIONS 2021 des pair books, “Ash Fork”, Winter Quarterly (Short Story) 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, International Narrative Short Films, “Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time” 2019 BBC 6 - 6 Music Recommends, “Better Now”, selected by Mary Anne Hobbs 2018 Vimeo Staff Pick, “Scales of St. Michael” ISC (International Songwriting Competition), Finalist, “Springtime in New York” 2016 BBC 6, 6 Music Recommends, “Roses”, selected by Gilles Peterson 2015 DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Mirror Touch” DMA Senior Exhibition, EDA, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 201 3 “UV/UG” DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Dean’s Honor List, University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Scholarship Recognition Award, University of California, Los Angeles ($17,069) SELECTED PRESS AND INTERVIEWS 2019 Drew Penner, “Flaunt Premiere, Jordan Raf ‘Peony’”, Flaunt Magazine, March 22nd Jonathan Robles, “Jordan Raf ponders what is good & evil on his new album ‘Heaven’”, Variance Magazine, March 15th 2018 Steffanee Wang, “Jordan Raf tests the limits of his body in new “Scales of St. Michael” video”, The Fader, August 2nd Rasheed Tulay, “Jordan Raf reveals the grueling visual for “Scales of St. Michael” video”, Earmilk, August 15th Lyndy Stout, “Tortured Artists”, onepointfour, August 28th 2017 Amileah Sutliff, “Premiere: Jordan Raf’s Intoxicating New Single”, Vinyl Me Please. Magazine, July 6th 2016 Emily Manning, “Meet Jordan Raf, the rising L.A. star crafting experimental R&B out of personal darkness”, i-D, Vice, August 17th Morgan Lee, “L.A. singer Jordan Raf drops Valentine’s Day Track ‘Duvet’”, Fact Mag, February 14th Zara Golden, “Jordan Raf Loves And Hates And Loves To Hate Hollywood”, The Fader, May 12th Collin Robinson, “Jordan Raf – “Frame” (Stereogum Premiere)”, Stereogum, June 28th Zara Golden, “Jordan Raf Announces Debut A

Writing

AWARDS/ HONORS/ SELECTED WORKS & EXHIBITIONS 2021 des pair books, “Ash Fork”, Winter Quarterly (Short Story) 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, International Narrative Short Films, Supporting Actor in “Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time” 2019 BBC 6 - 6 Music Recommends, “Better Now”, selected by Mary Anne Hobbs 2018 Vimeo Staff Pick, “Scales of St. Michael” ISC (International Songwriting Competition), Finalist, “Springtime in New York” 2016 BBC 6, 6 Music Recommends, “Roses”, selected by Gilles Peterson 2015 DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Mirror Touch” DMA Senior Exhibition, EDA, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 201 3 “UV/UG” DMA Undergraduate Exhibition, faculty curated and application only, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Dean’s Honor List, University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Scholarship Recognition Award, University of California, Los Angeles ($17,069) SELECTED PRESS AND INTERVIEWS 2019 Drew Penner, “Flaunt Premiere, Jordan Raf ‘Peony’”, Flaunt Magazine, March 22nd Jonathan Robles, “Jordan Raf ponders what is good & evil on his new album ‘Heaven’”, Variance Magazine, March 15th 2018 Steffanee Wang, “Jordan Raf tests the limits of his body in new “Scales of St. Michael” video”, The Fader, August 2nd Rasheed Tulay, “Jordan Raf reveals the grueling visual for “Scales of St. Michael” video”, Earmilk, August 15th Lyndy Stout, “Tortured Artists”, onepointfour, August 28th 2017 Amileah Sutliff, “Premiere: Jordan Raf’s Intoxicating New Single”, Vinyl Me Please. Magazine, July 6th 2016 Emily Manning, “Meet Jordan Raf, the rising L.A. star crafting expe