Living and working in the deciduous forests of Michigan, Jaclyn Gordyan is an artist and sculptor. Gordyan has been a practicing artist since 1999 and holds a BFA with summa cum laude distinction from Columbus College of Art and Design. Her areas of focus included fine art, design, and art history. Despite having only recently started exhibiting her work and sharing her practice beyond her studio, Gordyan quickly gained recognition, including securing an international artist residency in 2024, acceptance into an NYC artist group she exhibits with, having her work in international publications such as Studio Visit Magazine and Arts to Hearts Project: Studio Visit, and being shortlisted for an international Emerging Female Artist Award in 2023.Gordyan believes that the human connection to nature is ancestral. Through her work, she recognizes this primal connection as she is stirred by humans as a species and the distracting world we’ve created for ourselves. She sees the natural world as a place worth our attention. As a result of these influences, she continually experiments with processes, mediums, and concepts as the nature of the work itself takes on a life of its own, not remaining static but ever-evolving.Gordyan has worked in various mediums, including oils, ceramics, raku, woven textures, acrylic, graphite, and photography. Her work has grown from realism into an abstract and sculpture breadth, where she integrates natural-found materials and the classical techniques she’s practiced over her career.Her work is informed by Abstract Minimalism, Art Informel, Gestural Abstraction, and the natural world. She studied under renowned multidisciplinary artist Ty Nathan Clark and is influenced by artists such as Lee Krasner, Andy Goldsworthy, Mary Oliver, Brene Brown, Yuval Noah Harari, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Leonardo Drew, El Antasui, and Ibrahim Mahama.Jaclyn has exhibited and published her work internationally and across the U.S. in places such as New York City, Chicago, L.A., Michigan and Newfoundland. Her work supports global reforestation through a non-profit partnership promoting natural diversity and supporting ecosystems for future generations. She hopes to continue to experience new locations through artist residencies as her work is infused with new qualities that strengthen her vision and impact.