These butterflies, containing the artist’s signature hand painted spots, represent self-expression and the joyfulness of the human spirit. Each piece merges entomology with curiosity, exploring themes of metamorphosis, transformation and evolution. Sook seeks to bring a fresh perspective on how we can celebrate Black history.
By using creativity to showcase alternate possibilities, Sook explores what can come from expressing one’s self without the confines of depicting what is considered to be traditional Black art. He aims to highlight the importance of creating without limitations, encouraging artists and community members alike to think boundlessly.
Each butterfly carries a message: a reflection of the past, a celebration of the present, and an invitation to explore a new horizon.
Jordan Sook—
Jordan Sook is a contemporary mixed media artist who works in sculpture, installation and painting. Canada. His work focuses on the recontextualization and understanding of the environment around us through use of familiarity and readymade objects. The artist invites us to view the world from a subjective innocence as he takes advantage of colour, texture, form and scale to converse on a western human experience enveloped in commercialism and sociopolitical stimulus. Earning his diploma in Advertising & Business Marketing at Georgian College in 2015 he slowly transitioned into his artistic career in 2017. He has since exhibited works at the Power Plant Gallery, MacLaren Art Centre and Art Gallery of Ontario.
Shifting his attention towards public installation, Sook has begun creating large-scale works within Canada and internationally notably “The Degradation of Luxury” Netherlands (2024) “ The Irrefutable Truth of Our Existence”, Toronto (2022) with the Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Transit Commission, “High Street”, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver (2020) with Lift CO. Jordan continues to weave his formal education into his artistic practice partnering on projects with notable brands such as: Nike, Uniqlo, Arc’teryx and more , to widen his practice into unconventional mediums.
Jordan is currently living and working in Toronto, Canada. Sook has recently been awarded the Emerging Artist/Designer award for his piece “Things I find Unimaginable” for the 2023 DesignTO festival. He currently undertakes the international commemorative commission at Canada’s newest point of entry, acknowledging the history of Underground Railroad for the new Gordie Howe International Bridge (Windsor/Detroit) set for completion fall 2025.
