Jaclyn Gordyan Nature Artist, Sculptor & Tree Planter.

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Jaclyn Gordyan Nature Artist, Sculptor & Tree Planter.

I'm a sculptural nature artist. Global shipping on prints and originals. Our connection to nature is ancestral.

There are connections we recognize easily- beauty, nutrients and life. But what interests me is what happens when we pay attention to the small moments. How if you pause to notice them, nature can be a powerfully grounding force. My artist process is equal parts foraging, collection and preservation as it is creation. I often travel to locations to discover and collect organic material. Once I hav

e it in the studio, I begin my preservation through drying, resins and hardeners where needed. It’s a slow process that allows me to meditate on what parts of this piece drew me to it and deserve to be on display. My art is an invitation to linger on the unexpected, understated and textural moments in nature. While my work reimagines these moments, it aim is to spark a curiosity within viewers. "I've never seen that kind of movement within bark before", 'The way that lichen climbs is something I've never noticed.' This curiosity creates space to consider how they could see nature themselves with a new lens. And that new lens is powerful in an ever distracting world. Because it's hard to feel awe and be anxious about the next item on your to-do list. It's difficult to be in a mindset of discovery and be thinking about something that happened yesterday. I hope to connect others to how tapping into nature can bring them into the present. And to see how grounding taking a few moments to notice can be.

02/02/2026

Standing With The Cliffs
2026
72 x 48”

Ocean water, ink, acrylic, salt, graphite on canvas

A commissioned work heading for Chicago. Resurfacing a practice I developed in Newfoundland. Foraged water from Maine and Delaware where the clients have deep connections. A person piece for many reasons, very excited to have access to this practice again. Feels like coming home.

01/29/2026

This 6 foot commissioned piece is finally complete. I’ve sent to the couple who purchased it and their response made my soul ease.

Sometimes a reminder of connection is a bit of hope in a what feels like a world of division.

Full piece share coming soon…

01/16/2026

Studio hiatus has begun. But not before nearly finishing a very large commission bound for Chicago. A few details 🤍😊

12/14/2025

Sense Of Home
2024
74 x 14 x 13”

On view now through January 5th, 2026
76 N Huron St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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A part of my “What Remains” body of work. Expressed in deep grief, this work taps into how all we can hold of our loved ones are memories, and even those erode over time.

12/04/2025

Opening tomorrow 12/5, 5-7pm
Show runs through 1/8

Anything but New Materials is exhibiting a number of my works from my “What Remains” body of work. An intensely personal and grief built body that I am immensely proud of.

It’s an exhibition that pushes artists to rethink their relationship with materials and process. Much of my practice centers on what’s already been shaped by the world: objects left behind, natural fragments, and materials marked by time. Repurposing them feels like a conversation with their previous life, an act of remembering, recontextualizing, and returning them to meaning.

Because what we repurpose is often what ends up revealing us.

12/02/2025

Thrilled to spotlight another one of our recent residency artists helping build this dream: Audrey Cha. She’s an artist who invites an open dialogue with open curiosity. As we start shaping plans for 2026, it’s artists like her who make the future feel exciting. Stay tuned , there’s so much ahead.

Based in Montreal, Audrey’s practice moves with softness and depth. Her paintings explore connection, solitude, and the quiet inner landscapes we often overlook. Working with fluid acrylics, watercolor, and natural materials, she builds intuitive abstractions that feel both tender and expansive.

What struck me most was the intentionality she brought into the residency. Audrey arrived with a clear desire to shift her palette, to push herself into new minimal territory, and she committed to that exploration with full presence. The work she made here reflects that courageous stretch.

Grateful to have her open depth of conversation, clarity and gentle rigor woven into the early chapters of this residency project!
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11/30/2025

Honored to spotlight one of our latest residency artists helping build this dream: Francis Beaty. As we look ahead to shaping what’s coming in 2026, it’s a gift to have artists of her caliber in the fold. Stay tuned, there’s so much we’re building behind the scenes.

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A multidisciplinary installation artist now based in Philadelphia, Francis Beaty brings decades of exhibitions, public art projects, and a long list of international residencies to her practice. Her work blurs architecture, daily life, and poetic abstraction, inviting viewers into spaces where recognition and mystery coexist.

I first met Francis during an international residency we shared, and her consistent, motivating drive stayed with me. Watching her commit fully to her process, day after day, across unfamiliar landscapes, was deeply inspiring. That same energy carried into her time here.

Francis also gifted the property an installation, a piece future artists will be able to live with, move through, and be inspired by. It’s a gesture that extends her practice beyond the residency itself, becoming part of the ecosystem we’re building here.

Grateful to have her vision, presence, and creative rigor shaping this next chapter.
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11/06/2025

No hook. Just work.

This piece continues to lead me new places. It’s undergone at least 5x more layers since this. We’ll see how far we can travel together.

09/18/2025

Uncertainty. A place we avoid.

We crave closure, clarity—the clean line of an answer. Yet it keeps surfacing in the studio, asking to be sat with. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s also where something new begins to stir.

Listening closely. Trying to catch the edge of something unnamed. There are 25+ works in motion, yet my craving is only for what hasn’t begun. I’m following threads I once would have cut short—just to call something “complete.”

Here, the unfinished and unanswered reign.
It’s foggy. It’s magical. And in this place, uncertainty is the only certainty.

Address

76 N Huron St
Ypsilanti, MI
48197

Website

https://www.jaclyngordyan.com/

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