Jordan Penland is a Half Black, Half Ecuadorian artist from Los Angeles, CA. He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Literature. He predominantly works with watercolor markers on paper to create brightly colored, highly abstract, and occasionally psychedelic drawings with a strong doodle aesthetic. He contrasts this seemingly cartoonish style by rooting his content in aspects of his personhood that he normally finds so difficult to share with others. When he isn’t busy screaming at a piece of paper trying to turn it into art, he is gathering rainwater for reasons he is almost ready to reveal. 
 
Interested in prints? Collaborating? Commissions? Partaking in a 5 person ritual to ensure Anzilthorp the Demon Who Only Tells Half Truths remains dormant for another millennia? Email at jordancpenland@gmail.com

Publications: 

Rigorous Magazine, The Politicization of Winston Bishop, August 2020

Love Your Rebellion, Amalgamate, November 2020

Juste Milieu, Sunset, December 2020

OkayCoolMagazine, Willful Descent, January 2021, 

Curious Publishing, Forever Yours, My Lord, March 2021
SHELBY x Studios, What a View, April 2021

Fuck Your Dreams Zine, Diplodocus Serenade, May 2021 

The Pandemic Post, Sacrifice, June 2021

Kalu Mala Zine, Please Listen, August 2021 

Kalu Mala Zine, Prima Materia, August 2021

The MidWest Mixed Beyond Borders Conference, Multiple, August 2021

Muchacha Fanzine, Did You Know, Did You Know, Did You Know?, August 2021

 

Another Spring Zine, Nausea #1, TBD 
Voyager Zine, Orbital Hop, TBD 

Stellium Literary Magazine, Never Not Always Looking, TBD

Bee Infinite Publishing, Emily Rages Against Her Machine, TBD

Interwoven Zine, End of the World, TBD