Justin T. Cole
3572 Wesley St.
Culver City, CA 90232
justincolestudio@gmail.com
HYPERLINK "http://www.justincolestudio.com" www.justincolestudio.com
EDUCATION
MFA 2005 Photography UCLA
BFA 2003 General Fine Arts Maryland Institute College of Art
Magna Cum Laude
Centre Pour l’Art et le Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
Maryland Institute College of Art Honors Program
RESIDENCIES
2022 Samband Islenskra Myndlistarmanna, Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 Los Angeles Goes Live, LACE, Hollywood, CA
2009 Engagement Party, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Faculty Development Grant, Otis College of Art and Design
2020 Faculty Development Grant, Otis College of Art and Design
2019 Research Grant, Otis College of Art and Design
2017 Faculty Development Grant, Otis College of Art and Design
2005 Hoyt Scholarship, UCLA
2004 Graduate Fellowship, UCLA
2003 Graduate Fellowship, UCLA
2002 Traveling Scholarship to Aix-en-Provence, MICA
2001 Merit Award Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Tuning, council_st., Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Sound of America, CSULA, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Sound of America, Leroy’s, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Suite Sixteen and Tocqueville Photograms, Pepin Moore Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Historical Impulse, Pepin Moore Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Constituent Parts, with York Chang, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Performance with Todd Gray, Document, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Frame Rate, with Harry Dodge, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Jaela, SIM, Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2021 Nomad, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, CA
2015 RSVP Los Angeles, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA (Catalog)
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Another Cats Show, 356 S. Mission, Los Angeles, CA
Material Object, Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Monument to Rebellion, Bergen Assembly, Bergen, Norway (In collaboration with Alejandra + Aeron) (Catalog—Monday
Begins on Saturday)
Suddenness + Certainty, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Burrito Deluxe, Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Sunday at 4, California State University Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
Going Public—Telling It As It Is?, ENPAP/Consonni, Bilbao, Spain
Affective Turns?, organized by Phil Chang, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Goes Live, Pacific Standard Time, LACE, Hollywood, CA
2011 Pepin Moore at LA Print: Edition 2, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
StudioSound, The Studio Museum Harlem
Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things, Cerritos College Art Gallery (Catalog)
Pepin Moore at Art Los Angeles Contemporary, The Barker Hanger, Santa Monica
2010 Vinyl Mandala, Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA (Curator)
Second Story, Pepin Moore Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Art & Music Festival, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Covers, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Letter, 2219 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Chef’s Theory, curated by Maha Saab, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
MOCA Contemporaries’ Night of Urban Retreat, Presented by AIGA, Solair Residence, Los Angeles, CA
Engagement Party, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome to the Neighborhood, Tight Space, Santa Ana, CA
2008 General Electric, curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, The Project, Los Angeles, CA
We, curated by Jen Liu, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fall In, Fall Out, Fall Down, Get Ready!, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
Whatcha See is Whatcha Get…, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA (Curator)
600, 2219 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007 En La Cumbre, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Cali in CPH, Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collisions, The Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (with OJO)
Passin’ Thru The New Amazing, LA><Art, Culver City, CA
You Are My, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Fair Trade, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Good Times for Never, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA
Where, Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, CA (as Los Cremators)
We All, Us Three, ESL Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Lots, Current Space, Baltimore, MD
2005 Drive Bye and ReLAX, Upspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing Rules, Glu Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Character Traits, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Summer @ Bank, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Supersonic, LA Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA
2004 Magic Show, Curated by Brian Bress, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Defiance, Presented by the Prop, Udi Aloni Space, New York, NY
Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
BFA Thesis Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist’s Space, New York, NY
2002 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD (Best in Show)
Exposition, Centre Pour l’Art et le Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
2001 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Video and DVD Call, Artist’s Space, New York, NY
LECTURES
2023 Artist Talk, Islands Photography Course taught by David Kelley, USC, CA
2022 Artist Talk, SIM, Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Constituent Parts Gallery Talk with Sven Spieker, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Artist Talk, Black and White Photography, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Conversation with Charles Gaines and Nikki Pressley, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2014 Material Object Gallery Talk with York Chang, Gina Osterloh, and Phil Chang and moderated by Jonathan Griffin, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 OJO Artist Talk, James Welling Senior Studio, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2018 Covers, The Bloke, Pasadena, CA
2014 Material Object, Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Happening, LACE Annual Benefit Auction, LACE, Hollywood, CA
2010 Vinyl Mandala, Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Whatcha See is Whatcha Get…, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA (Curator)
PUBLICATIONS
Cole, J. (2021). An Ambient Giant Steps. Stimulus Progression Records #25.
Cole, J. (2019). Diversity, Democracy and Critique. Otis College of Art and Design.
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Tumlir, Jan. Giant Steps. Stimulus Progression Records #25. 2020.
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