Jordan Geiger

Jordan Geiger is an artist, musician, hospice volunteer, and practitioner in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Born and raised in Boonville, Missouri, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) for two years, studying under Juan Ormaza and Paul Sebben, among others. He left Kansas City to study sociology at the University of Kansas under David Norman Smith before setting off on tour as the keyboard player of The Appleseed Cast. Geiger spent the next 20 years touring and releasing records as a musician, making his own music with collaborators under the names Minus Story and Hospital Ships as well as playing/recording/touring with Shearwater, Old Canes, John Congleton & the Nighty Night, Thor & Friends, Nasturtium, and Mien. Geiger returned to finish his Bachelor of Fine Arts at KCAI in 2019, graduating in 2021 from the fiber department, then earned his certificate as a Certified Nurse Assistant at Austin Community College in Texas in 2022. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in visual art from WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Geiger took refuge as a Buddhist with Lama Lena (Yeshe Kaytup) in 2020 and studied meditation with Pema Khandro through the Buddhist Studies Institute in 2023. He has worked as a patient companion, bereavement companion, and art therapy volunteer through Hospice Austin and BJC Home Care since 2017.