Jordan Weber is a Des Moines, Iowa–based regenerative land sculptor and environmental activist who works at the cross-section of social justice and environmental racism. Most recently, Weber was commissioned by the Walker Art Center to create a regenerative urban farm in north Minneapolis called Prototype for Poetry vs Rhetoric, which acts as a countertactic to industrial violence upon biodiverse lands and racially diverse communities. The project was produced in collaboration with north Minneapolis community members before, during, and after the height of the George Floyd protests in late May 2020.

He is currently in residence at Harvard University as the inaugural LOEB/ArtLab Fellow and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri. Weber’s two-year project residency centers on social and environmental justice, incarceration, and trauma-informed healing, with a specific focus on the Close the Workhouse campaign—a collaborative project that is dedicated to the closure of St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution (better known locally as the Workhouse). Previous awards and fellowships include the Joan Mitchell Award for Sculptors, the Creative Capital Award, the A Blade of Grass Fellowship, and the African American Leadership Forum award.