EDUCATION
2011 MFA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2004 BA, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2004 Minor, History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018–Present Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2013–Present Head of Glass Program, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2014–18 Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2013–14 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2011–13 Adjunct Instructor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2009–11 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (courses taught: Intermediate Glass [Instructor of Record], Fall 2009-Spring 2011)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant for Matt Szosz and Anna Mlasowski, Stanwood, WA.
2015 Pilchuck Glass School, Artist Assistant for Mona Hatoum, Stanwood, WA.
2014 Pilchuck Glass School, Artist Assistant for Richard Whiteley and Heike Brachlow, Stanwood, WA.
2014 Pilchuck Glass School, Hot Studio Coordinator, Stanwood, WA.
2012 Pilchuck Glass School, Casting Studio Coordinator, Stanwood, WA.
2012 Pilchuck Glass School, Glass Studio Technician, Stanwood, WA.
2012 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant for Norman Courtney, Stanwood, WA.
2006-8 Martin Janecky Art, Artist and Teaching Assistant, Prague, Czech Republic.
2006 Penland School of Crafts, Glass Studio Technician, Penland, NC.
2004-8 Randy Strong Glass, Artist Assistant, Berkley, CA.
2004-7 Laboratory Glass Apparatus, Studio Assistant/Fabricator, Berkeley, CA.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
AT&T Corporate Collection, Dallas, TX
Kunstpalast Museum, Helmut Hentrich Glass Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Arts, Millville, New Jersey
Pilchuck Glass School Print Collection, Seattle, WA
The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
The Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
The Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
The University of Texas at Arlington, Art + Art History Department, Arlington, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Liquid, Rope, Coil, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2011
2017 Considerations and Ants, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway
2016 What is Known is Unknown, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Light of Other Days, West TX A&M, Canyon, TX
2014 Décadence, Berlin Glas e.V., Berlin, Germany
2013 Mesophase, Ro2 Art: Downtown Project Space, Dallas, TX
2012 A Study of Motion and Gesture, PEEL Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 Glass Calligraphy, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
SOLO PERFORMANCES
2022 Shaking the Shadow, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Ft. Worth, TX
2016 The Pursuit of Happiness, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Ft. Worth, TX (June 25 – September 11)
2020 Culture Hole II, online (curated by Jeff Gibbons and Greg Ruppe)
2020 Faculty Biennial XVII, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington TX
2019 Re:Introductions, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX
2019 Meditation/Mediation, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Momentum, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (curated by Alli Hoag, Head of the Glass program at Bowling Green University)
2017 Texas Glass, Nave Museum, Victoria, TX, (curated by Eric Hess)
2017 Glass Video, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, (curated by Charlotte Potter, glass curator at the Chrysler Museum of Fine Arts)
2016 Emancipation, Corning Gallery, Corning, NY, (curated by Yuka Otani)
2016 InLight, 1708 Gallery and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA (juried by Alex Baker, former Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and associate curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art)
2015 COExist, Gaffer District and Arts Council Gallery, Corning, NY (2 person exhibition)
2014 Taos International Biennial, David Anthony Fine Art, Taos, NM (juried by Tina Oldknow, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, Herb Babcock, Stephanie Grilli)
2014 48 TIMER FESTIVAL on NØRREBRO, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, Denmark,(curated by Michael Mazurek)
2014 A Pack of Camels, A Zippo, and a Bottle of Jack, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden, (curated by Michael Mazurek)
2013 Objectified, Ro2 Art: Downtown Project Space, Dallas, TX
2013 NOFEST, .pdfazing digital media exhibition, Sophia, Bulgaria (Juried)
2013 Aurora, Outdoor Digital Media and Light Exhibition, Dallas, TX (Juried)
2013 Texas Art Now, Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
2012 Award Recipient Exhibition (from Seeing, Seeing), Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (curated by Felice Frankel)
2012 Master’s of Glass, the 2nd Generation, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX (Curated by Patricia Meadows)
2011 Thesis Exhibition, The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2011 Seeing Seeing, Capturing a Moment, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, (juried by Felice Frankel)
2010 Texas/Oklahoma Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX, (juried by Janis Goodman)
2010 Sustenance, 337 Singleton Blvd, Dallas, TX (Curated by Stephen Lapthisophon)
2010 It Began With Experiments, Audible Gallery at the Experimental Sound Stage, Chicago, IL (Curated by Darryl Lauster and Stephen Lapthisophon)
2009 Stimulate, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 Emerging Texas Artists, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2007 SOFA Chicago, represented by Micaela Gallery, Chicago, IL
JURIED PUBLISHED EXHIBITIONS
2016 New Glass Review 37, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York (juried by artist Geoff Isles, artist Silvia Levinson, Tina Oldknow (Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass), and Charlotte Potter (director of the Chrysler Museum of Art, glass studio Norfolk, VA))
2015 New Glass Review 36, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York (juried by artist Beth Lipman, Tina Oldknow (Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass), Angus M. Powers (Chair of Sculpture, Area Head Glass, and Associate Professor of Glass at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University), and artist/designer Laura de Santillana))
2014 New Glass Review 35, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York (Juried by Paul Haigh, principal, HAIGH Architects + Designers, Greenwich, Connecticut; Tina Oldknow, (senior curator of modern and contemporary glass, The Corning Museum of Glass); Caroline Prisse, (director, Van Tetterode Glass Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), and James Yood, (director, New Arts Journalism M.A. Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
2013 New Glass Review 34, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York (Juried by Hank Murta Adams, (artist and glass studio creative director, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, New Jersey); Jeroen Maes, (artistic coordinator and curator, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium); Tina Oldknow, (curator of modern glass, The Corning Museum of Glass); and Jutta-Annette Page, (curator of glass and decorative arts, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio))
2011 New Glass Review 32, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York (Juried by Diane Charbonneau, (curator of contemporary decorative arts, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada); Richard Harned, (director, Ohio State University Glass Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio); Mark Zirpel, (assistant professor, Dale Chihuly Endowed Chair of Glass, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington); and Tina Oldknow, (curator of modern glass, The Corning Museum of Glass.)
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES -
(Apophenia Underground: comprised of Justin Ginsberg and Jeff Gibbons)
EXHIBITIONS
2014 Solo Exhibition, Upside Down B, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2013 Group Exhibition, Amarillo Entropy, The Power Station, Dallas, TX
AWARDS
2015 Dallas Observer, Masterminds Art Award, Dallas, TX
2013 Award, “Best New Art Movement of 2013”, Dallas Observer, Dallas, TX
CO-CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2014 Group Exhibition, Bildungsroman, Main Street Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 Group Exhibition, Negative Capabilities, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Sheer Speed, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Nothing Lasts, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Performance Artifacts, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, SHAPE, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, WHAT R U WAITING 4 ME 2 SAY, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Expected Development, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, 60 Second Steinbeck’s, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Turbomeca, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Performance, Now and Then, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Brush Muscle, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Crane, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Cast Off, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Foe da International Artist Only, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, (In)between, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014 Solo Exhibition, Just Can’t But Help, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Solo Exhibition, American Redoubt, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Solo Exhibition, Zimmerplatz, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Solo Exhibition, Compliance, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Solo Exhibition, She Was Long Gone, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Solo Exhibition, 99 poem(s), Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Group Exhibition, Oligotokous, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2013 Solo Exhibition, Sprawl, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
OTHER COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2022 A Shifted Perspective, The Frye Museum, WA, (curatorial and attention lab workshop in collaboration with Anna Riley)
AWARDS
AWARDS/GRANTS
2022-2025 Co-Principle Investigator, REU grant, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA
2021 Awardee, Faculty Supplemental Grant, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2020 McDowell Center’s Supplemental Faculty Research Grant, for International Research The University of Texas at Arlington, TX
2020 Wright Accolade Award, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2019 Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Scholarship, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2019 Awardee, Faculty Supplemental Grant, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2019 Wright Accolade Award, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2018 Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA
2018 McDowell Center’s Supplemental Faculty Research Grant, for International Research The University of Texas at Arlington, TX
2017 Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, NY, NY
2017 Outstanding Teachers Award, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2017 Dean's Accolade Endowment Mentoring Award, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2017 McDowell Center’s Supplemental Faculty Research Grant, for International Research The University of Texas at Arlington, TX
2016 Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Nominated for the Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2016 Outstanding Service Award, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2015 Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Nominated for the Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2015 Teaching Award, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2015 Outstanding Service Award, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2014 Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA
2014 McDowell Center’s Supplemental Faculty Research Grant, for International Research The University of Texas at Arlington, TX
2013 Scholarship, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2013 Research Travel Grant awarded by the Vice President of Research at The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2011 Award, Honorable mention, Seeing Seeing, juried exhibition, awarded by Felice Frankel, New Haven, CT
2011 University Scholar, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2009 Excellence Award for Graduate Research/Creative Activity, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS
CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, PANELS
2022 “Utilizing Unusual Properties of Glass, Metals, and Ceramics in Contemporary Works” Trailblazing Frontiers in Contemporary Glass, presenter, Glass Art Association Canada International Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, June 17-19 (juried)
2022 “Blown Away” Trailblazing Frontiers in Contemporary Glass, panelist, Glass Art Association Canada International Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, June 11-19 (juried)
2021 “Creating Accessible Spaces: a Conversation for Glass Studios,” Glass Art Society Community Conversations, online, October 13 (invited)
2021 “The Politics of Attention III: A Handbook for the Attention Liberation Movement” Friends of Attention, presenter and contributor, Eugene O’Neil Center, Waterford, CT
August 9 – August 15 (invited)
2020 “The Politics of Attention II: Self and Others in a Shared World” Friends of Attention, presenter, Online, May 1 – September 15. (invited)
2020 “Politics of Attention”, Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland April 29 – June 3 (invited) (canceled due to COVID)
2019 “Attention and Community” Issues in Glass Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, presenter, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at Urban Glass, New York, NY, October 25-27 (juried)
2019 “Blown Away”, Issues in Glass Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, panelist, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at Urban Glass, New York, NY, October 12-14. (invited)
2019 “The Politics of Attention: Art, Time, Technology and Action” Attention Lab, presenter, Mildred’s Lane, Narrowsberg, PA, September 7-14. (invited)
2019 “Vitreogrsphy” Texchange, presenter, Southern Graphics Council International, Arlington, TX March 6-9. (juried)
2018 “Practices of Attention”, Sao Paulo Biennial, presenter Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 29 – May 3 (invited)
2017 “Subverting a Mandatory Arbitrary System of Rules” Issues in Glass Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, presenter, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at Urban Glass, New York, NY, October 12-14. (juried)
2017 “How Professors Stay Current to Changing Art Scenes”, Issues in Glass Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, presenter, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at Urban Glass, New York, NY, October 12-14. (invited)
2015 “Approaches to Glass Education for Undergraduates and Graduates” The Confluences of Art-Making Disciplines with Glass, presenter, Southeastern College Art Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 23. (juried)
2015 “Emerging Artist Presentation” International Glass Art Society Conference, San Jose, CA, June 4 (juried)
2014 “An Artistic Method: Two Non-Traditional Approaches to Glass” Exceptionally Hard and Soft Meeting, presenter, DESY Particle Accelerator, Hamburg, Germany, June 28. (invited)
2013 “Utilizing Abandoned Real Estate to develop Artistic Growth”, TREC Associate Leadership Council, Dallas, TX October 12. (invited)
LECTURES
2017 Artist Lecture, Royal College of Art, London, England
2016 Artist Lecture, Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
2015 Artist Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2015 Artist Lecture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2015 Artist Lecture, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
2015 Artist Lecture, West TX A&M, Canyon, TX
2014 “Artist Presentation: Process”, PechaKucha, Ft. Worth Modern Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, TX, April 22.
2013 Artist Lecture, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2010 Artist Lecture, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
CRITIQUE
2017 Royal College of Art, London, England
2016 Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
2015 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2015 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2015 West TX A&M, Canyon, TX
2013 University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
WORKSHOPS
2021 “Attention Lab: Order of the Third Bird”, co-taught with Anna Riley, Mildred’s Lane, Narrowsburg, PA
2017 Materials Science: Glass, Ceramics, Metals, co-taught with Dr. Jane Cook, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2017 Materials Science: Glass, Ceramics, and Metals, co-taught with Dr. Jane Cook, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
2016 Visiting Artist Workshop, Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
FELLOWSHIPS/ ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2021 Fellowship, Mildred’s Lane, Millville, NJ (August 1 – August 8)
2020 Artist in Residence, Artscape, Gibraltar, Canada (canceled because of COVID)
2019 Artist in Residence, Artscape, Gibraltar, Canada (June- canceled because of flooding)
2018 Fellowship, Mildred’s Lane, Millville, NJ, (August 10 – 17)
2017 Artist in Residence, S12 Studio, Bergen, Norway (June 5 – August 8)
2016 Artist in Residence, Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan (September 26 – October 3)
2015 Artist in Residence, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (December 9 – 16)
2015 Fellowship, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ (June 3 – July 15)
2015 Artist in Residence, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (April 27 – May 31)
2015 Artist in Residence, West Texas A & M, Canyon, TX (April 2-9)
2014 Fellowship, Berlin Glass e.V. Berlin, Germany (June 1 – July 15)
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
PUBLISHED WRITINGS AS AN AUTHOR
“A new glassblowing reality show asks artists to give up control of their image, and might present a warped perspective on the field”, Glass Quarterly, August, 2018, https://urbanglass.org/glass/detail/opinion-an-artist-worries-about-the-unreality-of-the- planned-glassblowing-television-competition-blown-away
“Subverting an Arbitrary Mandatory System of Rules”, Issues in Glass Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium publication, Urban Glass, New York, NY, 2017
“Northern Outpost”, Glass Quarterly, Winter, 2017
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITION REVIEWS
Daniel, Diane, “Traver Gallery”, American Craft, August/September, 2018
Svoboda, Lubos, “Ve Stresu (Under Stress)”, Material Times, Volume 3, 2018
Hughes, Valerie, “Justin Ginsberg puts glass inquiries on display in Traver exhibit opening February 1”, Glass Quarterly, February 2018, https://urbanglass.org/glass/detail/justin- ginsberg-feb-18-traver-gallery-exhibit
Hernandez, Michael, “An Interview with artist Justin Ginsberg”, GASnews, Volume 28, issue 3, Fall 2017.
Porter, Stella, “Justin Ginsberg Challenges Complacency in S12 Residency”, Glass Quarterly, August 2, 2017 https://urbanglass.org/glass/detail/justin-ginsberg-navigates-the-complexities-of-daily-life-with-consideration
Canny, Sarah, “In an Experimental Mood, Traver features work by John Kiley and Justin Ginsberg”, Glass Quarterly, August 1, 2016 https://urbanglass.org/glass/detail/traver-gallery-exhibits-john-kiley-justin-ginsberg-and- lino-tagliapietra
Drury, John, “When the Endpoint is Process”, Glass Quarterly, number 141, Winter 2015-16.
Silbert, Susie, “4 Takeaways from the Glass Art Society 2015 Conference” http://craftcouncil.org/post/four-takeaways-2015-glass-art-society-conference
Thompson, Kim, “Fleeting beauty” Corning Museum of Glass, (blog) May 2015
Glass Quarterly: Hot Sheet. “PERFORMANCE: Justin Ginsberg Challenges the traditional in Berlin Residency”, June 24, 2014 http://www.urbanglass.org/glass/detail/justin-ginsberg-challenges-the-traditional-with-new-installation
Beniac, Clara, “How I learned to love glass at Berlin Glass e.V.” Art Connect Berlin (blog), December 19, 2013.
Paula Newton, “Performance Art is Back In!” Glasstire Magazine, August 5, 2013, http://glasstire.com/2013/08/05/performance-art-is-back-in-events-for-those-who-need-a-primer/
Peter Simek, “In Deep Ellum, Dallas’ Hottest Art Scene” D Magazine, July 2013
Escobedo, Lee, “Your Guide to 14 of Dallas’ Lesser-known Outlier Galleries” Dallas Observer(blog), July 15, 2013, http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2013/07/relativly_new_galleries_you_sh.php?page=all
Danielle Georgiou, “Stretching Glass to its Limits”, Art and Seek, June 6, 2013, http://artandseek.net/2013/06/06/stretching-glass-to-its-limits/
Kate Stuckenberg and Catherine Anspon, “In the Studio: Ascendant Visualists”, Papercity Magazine, May 2013.
Francis Giampietro, “Apophenia Underground’s Deep Ellum Windows” Glasstire Magazine, April 24, 2013, http://glasstire.com/2013/04/24/apophenia-undergrounds-deep- ellum-windows/
Duggan, Grace, “Opening: Justin Ginsberg’s ‘glass calligraphy’ debuts at Dallas gallery Saturday” Glass Quarterly(blog), February 17, 2011
Erin Starr White, “Sustenance 337 Singleton Blvd Dallas” Art Lies, A contemporary Art Journal issue 66, September 2010