Bio/Resume
Justin Garcia, Born Houstonian, is a time architect, influenced by the timeless connection between art and science studied by DaVinci. His lifelong fascination with aging and how change occurs over time led him to undergo a deep self-psychoanalysis through the abstraction of his first seven series spanning over a decade.
All of Garcia’s earlier works are pieces of a larger puzzle. To analyze, document, and assemble this puzzle, he took two years away from the art scene, several months of which he spent isolated in central Mexico. There, he mapped and constructed a theoretical model that captures the intersection of experience, awareness, and control across time and subject matter (Humanity’s Sustainable Infinite (HSI)).
In late 2015, he announced the completion and publication of his first book, One Ton Goldfish: In Search of the Tangible Dream, a retrospective of his seven series in which Garcia’s personal truth carried some universal meaning that lead to the creation of his theoretical model and latest works. After using his art as a way to explore how the constant stream of receiving and projecting information changes objects over time, Garcia began delving into the human psyche’s perception of time through the concept of an aging wall.
“Walls of Time,” his eighth and most recent series, focuses on the complexity of time and the human perception of it through the simplicity of aging walls as architectural structures representing reality.
Since his latest Series, Garcia has been invited and featured at the Venice Biennale, Art Basel, Seattle art fair, and the Florence Biennale that honored the centennial of Leonardo Da Vinci in that years exhibition. There he was also a guest lecture on the topic of art and science, and awarded the Medici medal for his exhibition of "Walls of Time" and science theory. “Walls of Time,” his eighth and most recent series, focuses on the complexity of time and the human perception of it through the simplicity of aging walls as architectural structures representing reality.
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Solo
Selected Exhibits
2021 New Works: Study of Time Through Human Perception, One Park Place, Houston TX
2019 Humanity’s Sustainable Infinite, Glade Cultural Center, Woodlands, TX
2017 Time Machine: Through the Walls of a Time Traveler, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX
2016 Walls of Time: Down the Rabbit Hole and Back, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
STOP – listen and collaborate!, Pop-Up Museum in conjunction with The History of Houston’s Musical Soul, 6th Annual Houston History Alliance Conference, MATCH Box 3, Houston, TX
It’s About Time, Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX
2015 A Night at the Edmont, Grant Gordon Foundation Fundraiser, Edmont, 1634 Westheimer, Houston, TX
2014 One Ton Goldfish: In Search of the Tangible Dream; Book Launch and Exhibition – 7: Unlayered, Silver
Street Studios, Houston, TX
2012 Reflection, Wade Wilson Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Introduction, Wade Wilson Art Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2011 Introducing Justin Garcia, Wade Wilson Art Gallery, Houston TX
2010 New Works, Tipping Point, Houston, TX
New Works, McWhorter Fine Art Gallery, Houston TX
2009 New Works, Muir Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Introducing Justin Garcia, Lampros Gallery, Woodlands, TX
Group
Selected Exhibits
2021 Inspirational, The Influence of Place, ART1307 Cult. Inst. at Museo Ercolanense Portici- Napoli Italy; Curated by Cynthia Penna
Unbroken: Cross Currents and Contemporary Time, Art Emerge Gallery, Los Angeles CA; Curated by Jennifer Chi, phd
2019 Spectrum, Art Basel, Miami, FL
Liquid n Lights installation, TX Contemporary, Houston, TX
Seattle Art Fair, Phylogeny Contemporary Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ars Et Ingenium, XII Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Group; Dr. Melanie Zefferino
Personal Structures, European Cultural Centre Biennale Arte, Venice, Italy
2017 Los Latinos de Tejas Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA), Lubbock, TX, Group;
Curated by Linda Cullum
Colore, Winter Street Studio, Houston TX, Group; Curated by Serrano Gallery
Assistants League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston TX, Group; Curator: Sally Sprout, Juror: Jose Esparza Chong Cuy
2016 Artist of Sawyer Yards, Silver Street Studios, Houston TX, Group; Curator/Juror: Clint Willour
Black and White, Mixed Emotion, Houston TX, Three Person Exhibition:
Joe Aker, Justin Garcia, Al Heilman; Curated by Paula Siegel
Ten-ants, Serrano Gallery, Houston, TX, Group, Curated by Valentina Atkinson
2015 Dos Amigos Nuevamente, Adickes Studio, Houston TX, Two-Person Exhibition: David Adickes & Justin Garcia
2013 Tres Impasto, Wade Wilson Art Gallery, Houston, TX; Three-Person Exhibition: Hans de Bruijn, Justin Garcia, & Tomas Glass
30th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston TX; Juror: Diane Barber
2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX; Wade Wilson Art Gallery
Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston TX; Wade Wilson Art Gallery
Art Houston, Wade Wilson Art Gallery; Two-Person Exhibition: Justin Garcia & Winston Mascareenahs
29th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston TX; Juror: Wade Wilson
Deux Amis, Sculpturworx Studio, Houston TX; Two-Person Exhibition: David Adickes & Justin Garcia
Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX; Wade Wilson Art Gallery
Spectrum, FotoFest, Hardy Nance Street Studios, Houston TX
2011 Houston Contemporary Art Fair, Wade Wilson Art Gallery stall, Houston, TX
On the Edge of New: New Paintings by New Artists, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, TX
Art on Loan, City Hall, City of Houston, TX
2010 Black and White, McWhorter Gallery, Houston, TX
Artists for Haiti, Laura Rathe Gallery, Houston, TX
Continuum, in conjunction with FotoFest Biennial 2010, Hardy Nance Street Studios, Houston, TX
2009 Blow Up Houston, Aerosol Warfare Gallery, Houston, TX
Installations
Selected
2020 Discovery Juniper, (96”x720”’), Juniper Capital, Houston, TX
2019 Revealing Vulnerability, (288”x180”’), Private Collection, Houston, TX
2019 Close Encounters, (Limited Run Print), The Hilton America’s Hotel Group, Houston, TX
2018 Reflections of Growth, (108” x180”), Children’s Assessment Center, Houston TX; Public Collection
2018 5 Centuries, 5 (40” x55”), The Independence, Austin, TX; Public Collection
2017 Margins of Time, (60” x120”), Charles Schwab Corp, Austin, TX; Corporate Collection
2016 Study of Chronos and Kairos, (51”x90”), Residential, Houston, TX; Private Collection/Installation
2015 Emerald and International Klein Blue, 2 (35"x45"), Vista Energy, Houston, TX; Corporate Collection
2014 Ultramarine Violet Abyss 1 and 2, 2 (72"x144"), Residential, Houston, TX; Private Collection/Installation
2014 Vast, (40”x96”), Chevron International Corporation, Washington, DC; Selected as solo artist to represent the Americas, Corporate Commission
2012 Under Basin and A Drift in Time, 2 (40”x60”), The Westin Hotel, Houston, TX; Public art commission
2010 Trails and Gander, 2 (36”x72”), St. Luke’s Hospital -The Vintage, Houston, TX; Public art commission
2009 Emotions, 6 (2’x5’), Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX; Public Art Installation
Recognition
Selected
2019 Medici Award
2017 Top 5 Exhibits in Texas, GlassTire
2016 The Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2014 Top 10 Painters in Houston, Houston Press Editorial Board
2013 Best Artist, Houston Press Editorial Board
Top 100 Creatives, Houston Press
Publication
Selected
2015 One Ton Goldfish: In Search of the Tangible Dream, Le Rêveur Publications; First edition, April 9,