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Justin Sterling (b. 1992) born and raised in Houston, Texas - New York City-based visual artist that began his practice as a painter and sculptor. Justin later found interest in a broader range of mediums and later received his Masters in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts from Parsons. His chosen medium is the city, that he appropriates to create a poetic storytelling relationship with the urban and domestic, which in turn becomes a catalyst for social, political, and environmental discourse and activism. Sterling has shown work at BRIC in Brooklyn, NY; Foundation Francois Schneider in Wattwiller, France; CampoBase in Turin, Italy, Our Neon Foe Gallery in Sydney, Australia; Panopoly Performance Lab in Brooklyn, NY; 1980 Performance Space New York, New York; University of Rochester in Rochester, NY; and the Australian American Association (AAA) in New York, NY.
Education:
2018 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, https://www.artandtheoryprogram.org/, New York
2017 Graduate Masters of Fine Arts Major, The New School: Parsons School of Design, New York
2015 Graduate Bachelor of Arts Major, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
2014 Independent Study and Art History Research, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy
2010 Graduate Lamar High School, Texas Arrowhead Scholar, Houston, Texas
Exhibition History:
2019 Parsons School for Design, In The Historical Present: Trumpet Perfomance, New York, NY
2019 The Old Stone House, No More Water: Duo Exhibition w/ Tahir Carl Karmali, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Olympia Project, Broken Windows: Solo Exhibition, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2019 CampoBase LPS, Curatorial Fundraiser, Group Exhibition, Turin, Italy
2019 1980 Performance Space, Black Power Naps, Trumpet Performance, East Village, New York
2018 Panopoly Performance Lab, Duo Performance w/ Ayana Evans, Williamsburg, New York
2018 Highline Park, Elia Alba’s Supper Club: Intimacy, Chelsea, New York
2018 Foley Gallery, American Australian Association, Group Exhibition, Lower East Side, New York
2018 François Schneider Foundation, Contemporary Talents 7th Edition, Finalist, Wattwiller, France
2018 Pfizer Building, Bric-a-Brac: Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Pfizer Building, Re: Art Show, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Project 308 Gallery, How To Be A Respectable Junkie: Group Exhibition, Buffalo, New York
2018 SUNY Geneseo, Addiction: Art and Photography, Group Exhibition, Geneseo, New York
2018 Freight Gallery, Images of Power: Solo Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
2017 Eric Firestone Gallery, ArtCritical Benefit: Group Exhibition, NoHo, New York
2017 Axom Gallery, Addiction: Art and Photography: Group Exhibition, Rochester, New York
2017 BRIC, OPEN (C)ALL TRUTH: Group Exhibition, Downtown Brooklyn, New York
2017 University of Rochester, Addiction: Art and Photography, Group Exhibition, Rochester, New York
2017 Our Neon Foe Gallery, A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch, Solo Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2017 Westbeth Gallery, Second Nature: Group Exhibition, West Village, New York
2017 15 Orchard Gallery, Wait What? Yes. Collective, Group Exhibition, Lower East Side, New York
2016 Gold Wing Gallery, The Choices We Make, Group Exhibition, Washington Heights, New York
2016 25E 13th Gallery, Two By Two, Group Exhibition, Greenwich Village, New York
2016 Castle FitzJohns Gallery, Group Exhibition, Lower East Side, New York
2015 UT: San Antonio Gallery, Berlin Wall Exhibition, Group Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
2014 LaBelle Gallerie, Group Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana
2014 Underground Artist Collective, Group Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
2013 University of Texas at San Antonio Spring 13’ Student Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
Grants and Opportunities:
2017 Joan Sutherland Fund Grant, Research History, Colonialism (Indigenous), Sydney, Australia
2017 Parsons Travel Grant, Research History, Colonialism (Aristocracy), London, England
2015 University of Texas San Antonio, Research History, Berlin Study Abroad, Berlin and Istanbul
2014 Urbino University Study Abroad Program sponsored by UTSA, 24 cities in Italy
(including Paris, Amsterdam, and Ghent)
Past Residencies:
2014 University of Urbino, COLFA Artist-in-residence, (3-months), Urbino, Italy
2017 Carriageworks with Tony Albert (2-months), Sydney, Australia
2019 CampoBase: Symposium w/ Ginevra Ludovici (10-days) Turin, Rome, and Venice, Italy
Press:
Hyperallergic - The Layered Metaphors of Broken Windows by Seph Rodney (solo show)
https://hyperallergic.com/507144/the-layered-metaphors-of-broken-windows/
LivingLifeFearless (LLF) - Justin Sterling: “Broken Windows” | The Olympia Project (solo performance)
https://livinglifefearless.co/2019/photos/justin-sterling-broken-windows-the-olympia-project/
Bklyner - No More Water: Artists Explore Injustice, Displacement, And Climate Change (duo show)
https://bklyner.com/no-more-water-artists-explore-injustice-displacement-and-climate-change/
Rochester City Newspaper - ‘NARTCAN’ addresses the pain and oblivion of addiction by Rebecca Rafferty
https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/pervasive-pain-and-oblivion/Content?oid=5017150
Publications:
ArtCritical.com - The Threshold of Perception: Ad Reinhardt’s Blue Paintings
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/11/10/threshold-perception-ad-reinhardts-blue-paintings/
ArtCritical.com - Between the Ancestors and the Living: Nari Ward at New Museum
http://www.artcritical.com/2019/05/05/justin-sterling-on-nari-ward/
