lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah
EDUCATION
2016
MFA Sculpture Intermedia
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2014
BFA Sculpture Intermedia
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
CURATORIAL
2023
NADA: Paradise Palace X Office Space @ NADA New York City, New York
2017-2018
PERMADEATH @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, Utah ( also assisted as a Collaborator)
2011
a priori @ Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, Utah
PROJECTS
2023
(upcoming) SUPREME CLIENTELEMENTAL (AAYYZEMM-AATT) never ready to wear, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (in collaboration with Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, Patrick Winfield Vogel and Alexsa Durrans as HAZE MAT)
2020
UNDERNEATH (short film)
Artistic Collaborator with Tanja London
2017-2018
PERMADEATH @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, Utah
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
(upcoming) TBD @ Office Space Burbank, Burbank, California
2019
A farewell to images @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, Utah
2017
|human| @ Nox Contemporary, SLC, Utah
…the future is the past is the future is… @ Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT
The Fountain of Youth @ Bountiful-Davis Art Center, SLC, UT
2016
AUTOMATIC PROCESSING PITFALLS @ 156 W Utopia Avenue, SLC, UT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
(upcoming) NADA: Paradice Palase X Office Space, NADA New York City, New York
(upcoming) University of Utah Alumni Exhibition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2022
(upcoming) 14c Art Fair at The Armory, Jersey City, New Jersey
2020
Please touch the art @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, Utah
From Before to Now @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, Utah
35 x 35 @ Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT
2019
Plein Air @ Bountiful-Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
WB’s @ The Monarch, Bountiful, UT
2018
Statewide Competition @ Bountiful-Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
Rendevous @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, UT
2017
|human| @ The Wrong Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Liquid Collaboration @ Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, UT
Group Exhibition @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, UT
Utah Ties @ Central Utah Art Center, SLC, UT
Huge Art Benefit Art Show for Communidades Unidas @ Mestizo Institute of
Culture & Arts, SLC, UT
2016
35 x 35 @ Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT
Statewide Competition @ Bountiful-Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
This is Not a Test @ Miri Gallery, South Salt Lake, UT
Warnock Residency Group Show @ Miri Gallery, South Salt Lake, UT
Unfamiliar Alliances @ Sculpture Club Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, UT
Dear Mr. Vernon, MFA Group Show @ Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, UT
2015
Digitally Infused @ University of Utah Modern Dance Department, SLC, UT
New Year’s Eve @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, UT
Coordinates @ the Gateway, SLC, UT
Utah Ties @ Central Utah Art Center, SLC, UT
MFA Group Show @ Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, UT
2014
MFA Group Show @ Sugar Space, SLC, UT
HumanUfactoY(ng) Workstyles (with J. Morgan Puett) @ School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Annual Student Exhibition @ Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, UT
Utah Ties @ Central Utah Art Center, SLC, UT
Emergent Event #3 @ Warnock Residency with Morgan J. Puett, SLC, UT
Emergent Event #2 @ Warnock Residency with Morgan J. Puett, SLC, UT
Emergent Event #1 @ Warnock Residency with Morgan J. Puett, SLC, UT
2013
Artist Spotlight @ Studio for Living Art, SLC, UT
Group Show @ Pebbles and Twigs, SLC, UT
Traces @ Art Department, University of Utah, SLC, UT
Alt Show 2013 @ Felt Building, SLC, UT
AWARDS
2019
Best in Show, Plein Air, Bountiful-Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
2017
Artist in Residence, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, UT
2015
Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards Nominee
University of Utah, SLC, UT
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-Current: Assistant Director, Office Space Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2015-Current: Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Classes Taught: VFX (After Effects, Premiere Pro), Conceptual Practices in Sculpture, Introduction to Video and New Media, Art Action and the Environment
2007-2017: Archives/OER/Media Technician, Salt Lake Community College, UT
2012-2013: Woodshop Technician, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2012: Artist assistant to Rainer Ganahl (painting) (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Walker, Zoi. Utahn’s can ‘touch the art” Saturday at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. (The Salt Lake Tribune, https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2020/07/17/utahns-can-touch-art/)
Pierce, Scott D. An exhibit of Utah’s top artists under age of 35 is ‘waiting, unappreciated,’ thanks to COVID-19. (The Salt Lake Tribune, https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2020/05/03/an-exhibit-utahs-top/)
Mortensen, Scott. Goodnight 2017: UMOCA’s 2018 Galleries. (City Weekly, https://www.slugmag.com/art-fashion/goodnight-2017-umocas-2018-galleries/)
Oliphant, Haley. PERMADEATH is More Than a Game, February 2, 2018. (The Daily Utah Chronicle, University of Utah Newspaper, http://dailyutahchronicle. com/2018/02/02/permadeath-is-more-than-a-game/)
Renshaw, Scott. Social Skills, January 24, 2018. (City Weekly, https://www.cityweekly. net/utah/social-skills/Content?oid=7449481)
Mortensen, Scott. Amy Jorgensen and Justin Watson: Artists in Dialogue, October 5, 2017. (SLUG Magazine, https://www.slugmag.com/art-fashion/amy-jorgensen-jus-tin-watson-artists-dialogue/)
Rossiter, Shawn. The Degradation of Justin Watson, September 15, 2017. (15 Bytes, http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/the-degradation-of-justin-watson/)
Nikolai, Tabitha. Watching Another: Notes on a Place and a Moment, September 6, 2016 (15 Bytes, http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/watching-another-notes-on-a-place-and-a-moment-in-artists-of-utahs-35×35/)
Hurtado, Laura. Ties That Bind: Discussing CUAC’s Utah Ties Exhibit, April 6, 2015. (15 Bytes, http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/ties-that-bind-discussing-cuacs-utah-ties-exhibit/)
The Daily Utah Chronicle, University of Utah Newspaper, Feb 5, 2013. Vol. 122, No. 98.
McIntire, Jake. A Priori, University of Utah College of Fine Arts Blog: The Finer Points, November 19, 2012 (http://thefinerpointscfa.com/blog/2012/11/19/a-priori)
Thomspon, Dale. A Priori Exhibit, November 5, 2012. (15 Bytes,http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/a-prior-sculpture-exhibit-at-gittins-gal-lery/)hibition-u-of-u-gittins-gallery/)