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