Jordan Cocker

Kiowa, Tongan

Jordan is from the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma on the Kiowa Comanche Apache Reservation and the Kingdom of Tonga. She has a master of Museum and Heritage Practice from Victoria University of Wellington. As well as a Bachelor of Design from Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. Jordan is an artist, culture bearer and advocate for Native Women. Over the years, Cocker’s artwork and research has navigated the intersections between Native people and social, political, and historic climates through a female lens. Jordan’s artwork has been exhibited at local, national and international institutions including the Auckland Art Museum, New Zealand Architecture Week, The Jacobson House, and the Prague Quadrennial. She is a Project coordinator of the Indigenous 20 Something project and works to create healing pathways for Indigenous people in her generation through ancestral knowledge collaboration. "We are the latest version of our ancestors. Our generation deserves to have the tools to lead healthy dignified lives." -Jordan Cocker