A graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Johanna Jordan has studied illustration, advertising design, painting, sculpture, bronze casting and acetylene and heliarc welding.

Her works are in private collections throughout the United States and Europe and public collections such as Frank Hodsoll, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C.; Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA; the University of California at Irvine and the Holly Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA.

Large-scale, outdoor sculpture commissions include: ARGO Systems Center, Sunnyvale, CA; Shoreline Technology Park, Mountain View, CA; Independence Corporate Center, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Bayside Business Park, Fremont, CA; Orchard Bayshore Center, San Jose, CA; Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and the Waterbridge Project, San Diego, CA.

Her sculpture has also been selected to be seen in the Warner Brothers' films: Mame, Terminal Man and La Femme Nikita.