Jordan Decker

Artist - Illustrator - Graphic Designer

Most of my art tends to lean to the autobiographical side, and when I was a kid, the nickname my dad had for me was “peanut” or sometimes “peanut butter” if he was feeling fancy. It felt appropriate that my practice be named after the moniker used most frequently to refer to me (after my real name of course). As a gender-fluid individual, I am in constant dialogue with the different versions of myself. The masculine, the feminine, my inner critic, and my inner child all present themselves throughout my art-making process, so "People" was chosen in lieu of "Person" to fully encapsulate the inner collaboration happening while I work. Additionally, with my interests in such a wide variety of mediums, "People" eases the pressure to have a recognizable stylistic through line in all my pieces, allowing me to experiment without feeling like I need to stick to a concrete "my style."

Shows and Exhibitions

2026 How do you throw a brick through the window… John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2026 Little Beasts: Insects and Blooms, The Local Seen Gallery, Plymouth MA

2025 How do you throw a brick through the window… Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston MA

2025 And Then There is The Never Ending Problem of Everything Else, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston MA

2024 SMFA Annual Art Sale, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston MA

2024 Slapstick, Monk Gallery, Boston MA

2024 SMFA Annual Print and Paper Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

2023 SMFA Annual Art Sale, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston MA

2023 SMFA Graphic Novel Club Art Show, Terrace Gallery, Boston MA

2023 Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, Boston University Fuller Building, Boston MA

2023 SMFA Annual Print and Paper Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

2023 SMFA SGA Show, Terrace Gallery, Boston MA

2022 Boston Arts Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA

2019 Donovan Art Studio Oil Painting Show, Town Hall Community Gallery, Stow MA

2019 Parker Charter Annual Arts and Crafts Show, F.W. Parker Charter Essential School, Devens MA

2019 Open Studio Show, Donovan Art Studio, Stow MA

2019 Landscape Painting, Fitchburg Museum of Art Community Gallery, Fitchburg MA