My artistic practice has been motivated by an urge to account for unreliable visual experiences— measured through photography, interpreted through the language of painting, and formed in mixed media. For this body of work, I have sought to create a viewing experience that is also unreliable: one that wavers between being animate and still, camouflaged and seen, simulated and factual, permanent and temporary.
Education
2010 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA BFA with Honors in Painting and Drawing
2007 Seminole Community College, Sanford, FL AA, Fine Arts
2006 Salzburg Global Seminar, Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria
Awards & Honors
2016 Published Artist, Petrichor Fine Art Press, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Presidential Merit Award, Highest GPA in the College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Commencement Speaker Nominee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Steve Jaffe Prize for Drawing, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
First Prize, Emerge: A Juried Student Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Hamilton Hall Public Art Initiative, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Viola Foulke Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008 George R. Bunker Memorial Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 – 2010 Dean’s List, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Presidential Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
2016 ArtTable Members’ Artist Talk, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Alumni Artists’ Talk, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 – 2016 Artist in residence with anticipated publishing, Petrichor Fine Art Press, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Visiting Artist/Lecture, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Exhibitions
Solo
2013 Makeshift: Works by Justin Rubich, Gallery 8A, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Dream On: A Senior Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 819, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Two-person
2016 New Urban Optics: Anthony Torcasio & Justin Rubich, Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Curator: REVOLVD
Group
2017 Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
Paper Work, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Alex Conner
Collective Action, 990 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, Petrichor Press (Booth A11), The Tunnel, New York, NY
Reinterpreting Landscape and Nature, InLiquid at Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Barbara Harberger
New Urban Optics, presented by Revolvd, Sidney Kimmel Center for Radiation Oncology, Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
InLiquid Benefit V.16, Ice Box, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
2015 The Woodmere Annual: 74th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA Curators: the Dufala Brothers
InLiquid Benefit, v.15, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Vox X: Present Tense, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA Curators: Matthew Brannon and Howie Chen
InLiquid Benefit, v.14, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Works in Progress, Studio 6A, 319 N 11th, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Shame on Uarts, Hamilton Hall Public Art Initiative, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
InLiquid Benefit, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA
Omega Point: Outward, My House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bambi Biennial, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Curators: Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon
Emerge: A Juried Student Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Eye-Chart for Broad Street, Hamilton Hall Public Art Initiative, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Pair Off , Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Co-curator
