About
Primary Advisor
Gu Xiong
Secondary Advisor
Gareth James
Tertiary Advisor
Ignacio Adriasola
Research
Amanda Kachadoorian Jordi (b. 1995, California) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines ambiguous identity through migration, bureaucratic systems, and shifting cultural environments. Raised in San Diego and of Mexican, German, and Armenian descent, she draws on personal and global contexts to explore the emotional and psychological complexities of movement, belonging, and in-betweenness.
Originally trained as a painter, Jordi began by creating large-scale oil paintings of surreal, hybridized botanicals, each form tied to plants, flowers, and landscapes connected to specific people and places. These works developed into a metaphorical language for layered histories and the intertwined identities of their inhabitants. Her practice has since expanded to integrate mixed media, sculpture, and photography, often working with unconventional materials such as poured concrete, bureaucratic documents, and living plants, which she combines through poetic, collage-based processes.
Awards
Achievements
New American Paintings Journal, West Coast Issue #163 (2023)
The City of San Diego’s Commission for Arts and Culture Collection (2021)
Bread&Salt, Artist-In-Residence, Barrio Logan, California (2019)
City of Chula Vista Performing and Visual Arts Grant – PVAG (2019)
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
“Uprooted”, Ahoi Galerie, Altstadt Luzern, Switzerland (2024)
“Botanical Hybridity of San Diego’s Multicultural History”, Oceanside Museum of Art, California (2021)