Justin Cole

EDUCATION

MFA 2005 Photography UCLA

BFA 2003 General Fine Arts Maryland Institute College of Art

· Magna Cum Laude

2002 Centre Pour l’Art et le Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

· Maryland Institute College of Art Honors Program

GRANTS AND AWARDS

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

TEACHING

2008-Present  Adjunct Faculty, Art History Dept., West Los Angeles College

2008                 Guest Lecturer, Humanities Dept., Antioch University, Los Angeles

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

General Electric, curated by Lia Trinka-Browner, The Project, Los Angeles, CA

We, curated by Jen Liu, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (as Ojo)

Whatcha See is Whatcha Get…, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA (Curator)

2007

Cali in CPH, Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark

Passin’ Thru The New Amazing, LAX Art, Culver City, CA (as Ojo)

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 (as Ojo)

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