1958 Born in Essen
1978-79 Studio on the North Sea island of Föhr
1978-82 Stays in Florence and Siena
1980-85 Studied free painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Ellen Neumann and Anatol Herzfeld as well as Joseph Beuys and Johannes Stüttgen in conjunction with the F.I.U.
1981-82 Spokesperson for the students in the Academy Senate
The first manifestos are created at the beginning of the 80s. Objective: to rebel against the prevailing view that painting is dead. The manifestos serve as the basis for a series of portraits with which Oliver Jordan redefines realism in painting from 1980-1986
1982 Studio in Florence
1982-86 Start of the large cycles: Lost and Found in Blue, Big City Blues, Blues & Rock'n Roll
1984 Study trip to Algeria, including Tipasa, Oran and Algiers. Beginning of a comprehensive cycle on Albert Camus and the Mediterranean
Since 1983 regular exhibitions in galleries, museums, art associations as well as one-man shows and presentations at national and international art fairs. Numerous books, catalogs, publications in newspapers, films and television reports document his work
Last exhibitions since 2014:
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin "Industrial Landscapes" (book: Dumont Verlag, 154 p.)
LVR-LandesMuseum, Bonn, Oliver Jordan - Malerei als Revolte, Hommage an das Licht, die Schönheit und Camus. (Book: Kehrer Verlag, 160 p.)
Galerie Seippel, Cologne, The Poetry of Reality.
Groninger Museum, "The Myth of the Electricguitar " (book: Museumsverlag, 100 p.), 2015.
Galerie Seippel, Cologne, "Fallen out of time", 2016.
Siegburg City Museum, "Oliver Jordan - Singers, Songwriters & Poets", 2017.
Kulturkirche Buchforst, "Moments - Homage to Heinrich Böll", 2017.
"Devastation" on the occasion of the World Climate Summit in Katowice/Upper Silesia, 2018.

Lives and works in Cologne and Port-Blanc (France)