Gordon was born April 19, 1977 in
George Town, Grand Cayman.
In February 1999 Gordon had his first
exhibition with the Caymanian Art organization, “Native Son’s” and
displayed a range of works employing the mixed media of oil and pastels.
In April 1999 the National Gallery
challenged Gordon to design the exterior of a vehicle during the annual
“Cayfest” art exhibition. Armed with brilliant oil paints and the
knowledge of graffiti, Gordon’s painting was hailed as “magnificent” and
“a masterpiece” by onlookers. The car has since been on display at
various functions for the National Gallery and the annual festival.
At the beginning of 2002 Gordon was
employed with the Cayman islands Marine Institute as their Art
instructor. It was while he was at the Institute Gordon took on the
monumental task of illustrating the past and “present” history of the
Cayman Islands on the walls of the school, and with the assistance of
his students it was completed in 4 months.
December of 2002 brought with it one
of Gordon’s greatest accomplishments to date as he was named recipient
of The Cayman National Cultural Foundation’s “ Artistic Endeavour
Award”, being honoured with demonstrating great potential in his field
of art.
At the beginning of 2003 Gordon was
commissioned to paint a mural on the outer wall of the Martins Creative
Empowerment youth Centre. Gordon has also created murals on “The Mango
Tree restaurant”, “The Globe Bar”, The Macro Matrix”, “The SDA Church in
Newlands”, and several private commissioned murals within homes.
During 2003 Gordon spent six months
developing his skills in fine arts at the University of Superior Art in
Cuba.
The Westin Casuarina Hotel was home to
Gordon’s acclaimed solo exhibition in September 2005. He also exhibited
in the Cayman Islands Museum, The Visual Arts Society, Art@theGovernors
and the McCoy Prize competition.
Gordon has undoubtedly made an impressive move into
the world of fine art, and has firmly established his artistic roots in
its core.
