The visual power and cultural uses of blood are central to my practice, which includes painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and public programming. I use animal blood as a primary material to consider corporeality, spirituality, and regeneration. Through a preservation technique I developed, the blood permanently retains its natural colors, patterns, and textures. When lit, the works become translucent and luminous, reflecting the many layers suspended throughout the resin and revealing the blood's visceral properties and energy. The work also expands into more politically engaged series created with donated human blood provided by members of the LGBTQI+ community. Here, blood carries the presence of its donors, confronting stigma while advocating for fair blood donation policies and equality.

JORDAN EAGLES (b. 1977) is an artist who has been exploring the aesthetics and ethics of blood as an artistic medium since the late 1990s. He lives and works in New York City.

Eagles' works are held in numerous private and public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Princeton University Art Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Addison Gallery of American Art, Everson Museum of Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Exhibitions, installations and public programs include the Getty (Los Angeles, CA), High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA), The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA), Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY), Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ), Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Alabama), The High Line (New York, NY) and Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, CA). Eagles collaborated with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on NYC Blood Sure and—in partnership with GMHC and FCB Health—is a co-founder of Blood Equality.