Born: 1984, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2007
Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy 2005
Selected Exhibitions
5790projects, Group Show, Beacon Arts Building and Artist Studios,
Los Angeles, CA 2013
Featuring works by Etienne Zack, Natalie Labriola, Justin John Greene, Finishing School and Emily Silver
The Oldest of Rainbows, Group Show, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA 2013
(Forthcoming.) Featuring works by Molly Larkey, Bari Ziperstein, Spencer Douglass, Natalie Labriola and Justin John Greene. Curated by Justin John Greene
The Subterraneans, The artists behind LA’s artist-run spaces, Group Show,
The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 2012
Westscape, Group Show, Untitled Art Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2011
You Oughta Be In Pictures, Solo Exhibition, Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA 2011
An exhibition of a single installation that utilized sculpture and video to place the viewer into a theatrical narrative. The show employed distorted tropes of old Hollywood in a parodical self-portrait.
Collective Show Los Angeles 2011, Los Angeles, CA 2011
An artist-organized exhibition of contemporary art groups recently established in Los Angeles.
Swap Thing, Group Show, WPA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010
E'clepsydre, Group Show, HBC, Berlin, Germany 2010
Avant Odd, Solo Exhibition, Em & Co. Los Angeles, CA 2010
A solo exhibition showcasing selections from an ongoing drawing series entitled, “Fashion Drawings.”
Within Every Man There Are 2 Men, Group Show, The Ark, Los Angeles, CA 2009
An exhibition featuring paintings by Leo Hertz and Justin John Greene.
Wild West Lineage, Performance, Flower Shop, Chicago IL, 2007
A live performance featuring a three-piece band and an ensemble cast interacting with and destroying sculptural props, in a dramatization of the story of how my parents met.
Sunny Side Up, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL 2007
An artist-curated group show within the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Undergraduate Exhibition.
Explore Your World, Group Show, Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center,
Chicago IL 2006
An exhibition of narrative paintings featuring works by Isak Applin, Carl Baratta, Justin John Greene, Kate Gronner, David Ingenthron, Carmen Price, Jeremy Somer, Jessica Williams, and Nate Wolf.
Curatorial Projects
Actual Size Los Angeles, Co-Director and Founder, Los Angeles, CA 2010-2013
Actual Size Los Angeles, is collaboratively run by Lee Foley, Corrie Siegel and Justin John Greene. Actual Size is located at 741 New High Street in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Opened in April 2010, Actual Size has hosted over thirty exhibitions/curatorial interventions and has worked with over a hundred artists. Actual Size collaborates with established and emerging artists to encourage situations that activate the exhibition and engage the public. Projects curated by Actual Size have been profiled in the L.A. Times, Art Forum, Mousse Magazine, and Flash Art International.
The Oldest of Rainbows, Group Show, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA 2013
(Forthcoming.) A self-curated exhibition featuring works by Molly Larkey, Bari Ziperstein, Spencer Douglass, Natalie Labriola and Justin John Greene.
For this exhibition I gathered the works of five artist, as well as selections from a darwing series of my own to create a cirtical diolag around the idea of orignal beauty.
You Oughta Be In Pictures, Solo Exhibition, Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA 2011
An exhibition of a single installation that utilized sculpture and video to place the viewer into a theatrical narrative. The show employed distorted tropes of old Hollywood in a parodical self-portrait.
Interviews
“Artist Interview: Justin John Greene,” Beautiful Decay, By Easton Miller, April 17, 2012, http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/04/17/artist-interview-justin-john-greene/
Awards
Franz Hugo Memorial Schoarship, 2007
SAIC Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003 - 2007
SAIC Incentive Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2003 – 2007
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