Jordan Martins is a visual artist, curator, and educator. He received his MFA in visual arts from the Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil. He is a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and North Park University. Martins is executive director of Comfort Station, a multidisciplinary art space in Chicago.

His visual work is based in collage processes, including painting, photography, video, and installation, and he has exhibited nationally and internationally. His work has been featured in exhibitions at Goldfinch, The Mission, Evanston Art Center, LVL3, The Franklin, The Museu de Arte da Bahia, Zeitgeist, and Experimental Sound Studio. He was a resident in the Chicago Artists Coalition’s HATCH program in 2013. Martins is co-director of the Perto da Lá <> Close to There, a multidisciplinary project with international artists in Salvador, Brazil, and Chicago.