Justin first picked up a camera in the second grade at elementary school. Since that time, his charismatic view of the world captured on old-school film and digital sensors of photography has transported him to exhibitions and experiences around the world. - David Shank
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+20 years, I have created bridges between our complex, fabricated world and the more complex, natural world. Often starting as sketches, I am pleased when the end photographs resemble the initial lines and squiggles without the constraints of reality intervening. Like fleeting documentary photographs, these creations exist briefly —once recorded by the camera or exposed on film, they are deconstructed or molded into something new.
EDUCATION
The University of New Mexico Master of Fine Arts, Photography
Indiana University Bachelor of Fine Arts; Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Photography. Minor, Art History
GRANTS, HONORS, AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 The Writer’s House, Residency, Oakhurst, CA
2021 “Examining the Coast,” Grant to capture drone footage and photography
2020 “Hey Codependent, it’s Me Your Creator,” monograph of photographic plates
2017 First Place Recipient, “Meaningful Places,” Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
2015 CVG Show, Guest Lecturer and Participating Artist, Bremerton, Washington
2014 Review Santa Fe Participant, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 Atelier Boba Residency, Paris, France
2013 Recipient, Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship, Indianapolis Arts Council, Indianapolis, Indiana
2011 Environmental Portraiture work featured in “The Wall Street Journal,” online
2010 Guest Lecturer, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky
2008 Illustrator, ‘Dream Power.’ A children’s book by Dr. Ora Pescovitz
2006 First Place recipient, Contemporary Biennial, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 Brooks Fellowship, David Hilliard + Jonathan Singer Workshop, Anderson Ranch, Colorado
2005 Guest lecturer, Donggang Photo Festival, Yeongwol, South Korea
2004 Graduate research and development grant, University of New Mexico
2002 Henry Radford Hope Teaching Assistantship, Bloomington, Indiana
2002 Midwest Society for Photographic Education competition, First Place. Grand Rapids, Michigan
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS
2023 The Gulf, Florida (details and exhibition pending)
2020 Hour of the Wolf, CCIC Indianapolis, Indiana
2019 “A Place to Think,” Saks Fifth Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana
2017 “Meaningful Places,” Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
2017 “Gateway to Imagination,” National juried show, Farmington Museum, New Mexico
2017 "Make America Create Again," COCA Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2016 “Opening the Drawer,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2015 “Choose Your Own Adventure,” Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
2014 ‘Exposure,’ Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, Colorado
2014 IUCA+D Design Center, Columbus, Indiana
2013 “Out of Our Minds!” show with artist Alison Carey, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2013 “Chicago Project- Exhibition V,” Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2013 “I Like Photographing People… Actually, Just This One Person,” CCIC Indianapolis, Indiana
2012 “Optical Portrait Stories,” Porter Gallery, New York, New York
2012 “TURF,” Indianapolis, Indiana
2011 "Down the Well, Under the Lighthouse," Caladan Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2011 "NEXT," Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Chicago, Illinois
2010 “Photography Invitational,” Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky
2010 “On Other Planets,” Christopher West Presents, Indianapolis, Indiana
2009 "Although the Walls are Closing in," Pictura Gallery, Bloomington
2008 WFYI TV 20 and NPR Production of "Dreamtime," Featured Artist
2006 “Contemporary Biennial,” Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
2006 “Playhouse Archives,” Exhibition, The Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Artificial Environments,” solo exhibition, Pingyao Photo Festival, China
2003 “Arrival,” Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003 “Purging Curiosities,” SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
2002 Student/Faculty Show, ‘Life is Serious, but Art is Fun,’ Bloomington, Indiana
SELECTED PHOTO WORK
2023 MultiPronged LLC Seattle, Washington
2019-2013 Photographer/ Photo editor, Regent, Zulily, E-commerce co., Seattle, Washington
2013-2010 Assistant Photographer and Editor, KingShots, Indianapolis, Indiana
2007-2006 Assistant, Cook Studio, Mariana Cook (Photographic Artist) Manhattan, New York
2004 Assistant Photography Lab Supervisor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
2003 Assistant Lab Coordinator, Indiana University
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
The Art Institute Media Arts Faculty
2013-08 Adv. Principles of Photography, Lighting, Adv. Lighting, Photo Criticism, Editorial Photography, Portraiture, Intro to Photo
The International Center of Photography
2007-06 Teaching Assistant: Advanced Black and White Photography (darkroom), Editorial Photography, Advanced Fashion Photography, Corporate/Stock Photography
The University of New Mexico
2006-03 Instructor of Record: Introduction to Digital Photography, Color Photography, B/W Darkroom
Indiana University Henry Hope School of Fine Arts
2003-02 Assisted tenured faculty with advanced and intermediate photography classes
Archival prints are available in editions 1, 3, or 7.
They are printed on archival inkjet paper, gelatin-silver B&W, or Type-c chromogenic
2023-1999 Justin Chase Lane ©
A Magical Realist romantic adventure beginning in Garden City, Singapore, then traveling across five continents. This novel focuses on the dynamism of two young women born during the global pandemic: Singaporean zoo curator and workaholic Nayla Nix and Alaskan MIT exchange student Chloe Quandt. Nayla’s naïvety with relationships and Chloe’s intoxicating geekiness color their scathing conversations, escapades, and intimacies.
After a puzzling incident at her Nobel laureate father’s factory, Nix travels the globe on an eco-terrorist crusade, saving Earth’s dwindling species from avarice.
This book is for everyone who believes nature should be protected and delights in learning about the vast cosmos—and the cosmos within each of us.
100% of my profits will be gifted to habitat conservation worldwide.
