TORONTO / SCREENING
Tuesday September 23, 2025, 7PM
Into The Night: Yonge Street Shorts (1975 – 1978), presented by Gallery 44 & VTape
Baby Dolls, by Rodney Werden (1978)
Tuesday Sept 23, 2025, at 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Join Gallery 44 Curator Sameen Mahboubi, Artist-in-Residence Jordan King and filmmaker Janis Cole for a screening of three short films at The Commons @ 401’s Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space (401 Richmond St. West, 4th Floor, Toronto), as part of my year-long residency at Gallery 44.
Cream Soda (1975) Directors Janis Cole & Holly Dale. 11 mins
Minimum Charge No Cover (1976) Directors Janis Cole & Holly Dale. 9 mins.
Baby Dolls (1978) Director Rodney Werden. 19 mins.
Following the screening, stay for a panel discussion with Gallery 44 Curator Sameen Mahboubi, filmmaker Janis Cole and I.
ONLINE SCREENING
Still: Sleep. (2025.
Premiering September 2025:
SLEEP
Performance, digital video. Jordan King. (2025) 7 min, 22 seconds.
Sleep is a video work which records a performance created in June 2025, through an artist-in-residence research creation period initiated by York University’s Creative Entanglement Collaboratory. The work will be viewable online as of mid September 2025.
More information available The Creative Entanglement Collaboratory Website, launching late September, 2025
TORONTO / BOOK/ZINE LAUNCH + EXHIBITION
Book Launch + Exhibition: October 2025
SEEN THROUGH RED co-presented with Art Metropole, opening October 16, 2025
“Seen Through Red is an exhibition and publishing project by Jordan King, consisting of three distinct book works published by Art Metropole and an exhibition in Art Metropole’s project space. Drawing upon archival material in her personal collection, King presents Polaroids, photographs, ephemera, and press clippings from the years 2000–2006, facilitating an exploration of personal histories of photography and trans visual agency.”
Seen Through Red will be released in 2025, published by Art Metropole.
Publications include:
Artist Book, Original Ephemera Edition. 12” X 12” 50 page hand-bound and hand-assembled book, which will be displayed as an exhibited item in Art Metropole’s gallery space from Oct 2025 to Dec 2025, curated by Dallas Fellini. An original artwork in the form of a handbound book, featuring archival photographs, archival newsprint, and handwritten text. The Seen Through Red Original Ephemera Edition features a laser-cut red transparent acrylic cover and O-Ring binding in a handcrafted storage box
Special Edition, 9” X 9”, 24 pages. A special edition handbound book of photographs and printed text. Each features a laser-cut red transparent acrylic cover and O-Ring binding in a handcrafted storage box. Edition of 3.
Zine: Seen Through Red. 5” X 8”, 36 pages. A risograph printed booklet featuring reproductions of nightlife posters and flyers (2001–2003) and archival photographs. Accompanied by essays from Jordan King and Dallas Fellini. Edition of 100.
Pre-order through Art Metropole
TORONTO / EXHIBITION
Exhibition: December 2025
DOUBLE NEGATIVE, Gallery 44 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Toronto
I will exhibit a large format photo series titled “ Double Negative “ in the Gallery 44 vitrines from December 2025 - January 2026*. The series is being developed as part of my residency period at Gallery 44, during which I have documented a new performance work using medium format analogue film photography. I will utilize the Gallery 44 dark room to create the photo prints which will be exhibited in this series. Double Negative explores visual access points to my performance, staged in a gallery setting, with both the documentation and embodiment key components of my artistic research.
Photo Negative #2. 2025. (6cm X 6cm film negative)