Jordan Baseman received a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an MA from Goldsmith's College, University of London. Baseman is currently the Reader in Time Based Media at Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London, and is also a Lecturer at the Royal College of Art Sculpture School.

He has a long history of carrying out projects in collaboration with various public institutions. These have included residencies and commissions for: Arts Council England, Papworth Hospital (Heart and Lung Transplant Unit), Cambridge, The Science Museum, London, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Grizedale Arts, London Arts, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Camden Arts Centre, The Serpentine Gallery, Book Works, National Sculpture Factory (Cork, Ireland), British School at Rome, the Wellcome Trust, London, Monash University, (Melbourne Australia), University of Tasmania, (Hobart, Australia) and The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Jordan Baseman has received grants from the Arts Humanities Research Council, the British Council, the Henry Moore Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and London Arts Board. He has exhibited around the world, including solo shows at Matt's Gallery London, Manchester Museum, Manchester and the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle.

Perfume Disco Coma, 2008
The Bridge, 2008
Nature's Great Experiment, 2007
Jump!, 2007