JUSTIN KORVER | RESUME

EDUCATION

2016 MFA, Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture from the University of Texas at San Antonio
2013 BA, Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture from Hope College, Holland, MI
2011 New York Center for Arts and Media Studies, Bethel University, New York, NY (fall semester)

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023 The Chase, grayDUCK Gallery, Autin, TX (Two-person exhibition with Brittany Ham)
2022 BUCK., Commercial_Gallery, Detroit, MI
2022 BUCK, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2021 The Hunt, 5&J Gallery, Charles Adams Studio Projects, Lubbock, TX (Two-person exhibition with Brittany Ham)
2020 What We See, What We Know, Clamp Light Studio and Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Two-person exhibition with Alyssa Richards)
2019 A Needle & An Arrow, Gallery 100, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX
2018 Boys with Feelings and Girls Without Them, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Two-person exhibition with Brittany Ham)
2018 The House Closest to My Body, Dock Space, San Antonio, TX
2017 The difference between a weed and a flower is seeing, Flax Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 The Expressive Mark & Other Ideas I Stole from Painting, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2016 Accessories of Modern Men, Terminal 136 San Antonio, TX
2014 Domesticity, Grindstone Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Two-person exhibition with Jenna Wright)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2023 MASCS: Masculinity Reimagined, Morlan Gallery at Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
2022 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2021 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2020 Chalk It Up, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2020 Red dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2019 Untitled (Open Space), Icosa Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 Group Hug, Mantle Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2019 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2019 Sound of Hope, Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX
2018 Then There Is Us: Art in the time of Surveillance, UTSA Main Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX (4-person exhibition)
2018 Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2018 San Antonio Sculpture, Dock Space, San Antonio, TX
2018 CAM Current Flavor, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2018 Thread, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Curated by Alana Coats)
2018 Common Currents, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2017 SNARE, Rudolph Blume Fine Art, Houston, TX
2017 Chalk It Up, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2017 Double Entendre, San Antonio College, Visual Arts Center Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2017 Crossing Borders postcard show and fundraiser for RAICES, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2017 Gendered: An Inclusive Art Show, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC
2017 CAM Wow, Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX
2017 Abiding Softness, Parchman & Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
2017 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2017 CAM Current Flavor, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2016 Concrete December, Concrete Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2016 Sports In Art, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
2016 Summer Film Festival, Habitual Spaces, Kingsbury, TX
2016 Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2016 32nd Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2016 A Plastic Practice: The Still Life in Contemporary Art, Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX
2015 Dérive, High Wire Arts Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2015 Texas Artist Connection, Carver Community Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX
2015 31st Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2015 Just for Show, High Wire Arts Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2015 In an Expanded Field, UTSA Ceramics and Sculpture Graduate Building, San Antonio, TX
2015 Contemporary Art in Suburbia/Suburbia in Contemporary Art, UTSA Ceramics and Sculpture Graduate Building, San Antonio, TX
2015 Collegiate Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX
2014 Material Matters, WoCA Projects, Fort Worth, TX (curated by Erin Cluley, Director of Erin Cluley Gallery)
2014 Grand Opening, Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX
2014 {____ +____}, (____ + ____}, {____ + ____}: A Collage Show, Scene Metrospace, Lansing, MI (curated by Michelle Word, Acting Director of Education at The MSU Broad Art Museum)
2014 52nd Annual National Exhibition, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
2014 A Show Titled, Like Symbol, Like Prince High Wire Arts Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2014 Untitled (Public Display), Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2014 30th Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2014 Collegiate Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX
2014 Slap and Tickle, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
2014 New Sculpture, Northeast Lakeview College Gallery, Universal City, TX
2013 College Expo, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013 River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO (Juried by Jerry Saltz)
2013 Collective Bargaining, Senior Thesis Show DePree Gallery, Holland, MI
2012 Juried Student Show, De Pree Gallery, Holland, MI
2012 Y, Harris Building, Site:Lab, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 All Last Night & Most of Today, N.Y.C.A.M.S Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Andrea Hill, director of gallery relations at Paddle8)
2011 Praxis, Site:Lab, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Michigan Land of Riches Former Public Museum, Site:Lab, Grand Rapids, MI

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2020 Critical Reflections, Embodiments, and Disruptions (Reflexiones, Personificaciones, y Rupturas Críticas), Clamp Light Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2020 Resolution, Clamp Light Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2018 Friendly Neighborhood Abstraction, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2018 Creature Feature, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2018 Holly Veselka: Ancient Sunlight, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2018 Jeremiah Teutsch: Two Heads Are Better Than One, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Suzy Gonzalez: Both | And, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Daniela Cavazos Madrigal: The Things They Carried, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Charlie Kitchen: The Other Side of the Sky, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Anthony Rundblade: Cloak Dagger Parallel Meridians , Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Dave Swensen: Fountains, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Wesley Harvey: Pretty Hurts, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2017 Eden Collins: She Had Options, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2016 Brittany Ham: New Surfaces, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2016 Laura Blair Boden: Thresholds, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
2016 A Plastic Practice: The Still Life in Contemporary Art, Co-curated with Kallie Pfeiffer, Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Rockland Woods, Bremerton, Washington (January 9th-30th, 2023)
Casa Lü, Parque Hundido, Mexico City, Mexico (Canceled due to COVID-19 June 26th - July 10th, 2020)
Casa Lü, Tlalpan Centro, Mexico City, Mexico (July 1st-31st, 2019)
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Residency through Blue Star Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (October 8th, 2018- January 3rd, 2019)

GRANTS & AWARDS

2023 Individual Artists Project Grant, Department of Arts and Culture for the City of San Antonio, TX, Grand total award amount: 5,000
2022 Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Grand total award amount: 9,300
2021- Present U. S. Department of Education Grant, PI: Karen Burgard Co-PI: Elizabeth Krimbill, Katherine Espinoza, Melissa Jozwiak, Kimberly Stephenson Senior Personnel: Michelle Janysek (Program Evaluator) CULTIVAR: Communities Uplifting Learners Through Imagination And Vibrant artistic reflections. Grand total award amount: 3,346,265
2021 Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Grand total award amount: 6,400
2021 Individual Artists Project Grant, Department of Arts and Culture for the City of San Antonio, TX, Grand total award amount: 5,000
2020 Corona Arts Relief Program, Luminaria, San Antonio, TX, Grand total award amount: 500
2019 Summer Research Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
2019 LLA Faculty Research Grant, Department of Language, Literature, and Arts at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
2018 Summer Research Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
2018 Juror's Pick at Artspace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX (juried by Christina Rees)
2014-16 Art Presidential Fellowship Fund, University of Texas at San Antonio
2014-16 Peggy and Richard Valvert Endowed Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio
2014-15 Art Guys Endowed Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio
2014 1st Place Award at 30th Student Art Exhibition, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
2013 Presidential Assistance Fellowship, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
2013 Herman Miller Award, Hope College, Holland, MI
2013 Jon F. Kay Award, Hope College, Holland, MI
2012 Co-Winner of the Van Wylen Library Altered Book Awards, Hope College, Holland, MI
2011-12 Kruizenga Scholarship, Hope College, Holland, MI
2011-12 Stanley Harrington Art Award, Hope College, Holland, MI
2009-13 Distinguished Artist Award, Hope College, Holland, MI

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

2023 The American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Paper Presentation, Cultivating arts integration in urban schools focusing on students' and communitites' identity construction, Katherine Espinoza, Karen Burgard, Melissa Jozwiak, Karen Kohler, Kimberly Stephenson, Elizabeth Krimbill, and Justin Korver, Chicago, IL, April 13th-16th
2023 The American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Panel Discussion, Community and university partnerships designed to support campus arts integration, Elizabeth Krimbill, Katherine Espinoza, Karen Kohler, Justin Korver, Karen Burgard, Kimberly Stephenson, and Melissa Jozwiak, Chicago, IL, April 13th-16th
2023 The University of Wisconsin- La Crosse, Artist Talk: Justin Korver: Place, Camp, and Sympoiesis, La Crosse, WI, March 29th
2023 Transylvania University, Panel Discussion MASCS: Masculinity Reimaged: Justin Korver, John Paul Morabito, and Josh Porter, Lexington, KY, January 12th
2022 Say Sí, Artist Talk & Foam Sculpture Workshop, San Antonio, TX, August 15, 16, 24, and 25th
2022 University of Texas at San Antonio, Artist Talk: Jimmy James Canales, Megan Harrison, and Justin Korver, San Antonio, TX, April 22nd
2021 Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Moderator for Panel Discussion "Personal as Political: Anthony Francis, Suzy González, and Joe Harjo," San Antonio, TX, March 22nd
2020 Stephen F. Austin State University, Artist Talk "Finding and Responding to Source Material," and Mold Making Demonstration, Nacogdoches TX, November 12th
2019 Southwest School of Art, Artist Talk"The impact of Place on my artistic practice," Professionalism class, Justin Korver and Xavier Gilmore, San Antonio, TX, October 30th
2019 Contemporary at Blue Star, Artist Talk "The Impact of Place on My Artistic Practice," Berlin Brunch, Justin Korver and Ryan Takaba, San Antonio, TX, March 9th
2017 2nd Annual Texas A&M University-San Antonio Graduate and Undergraduate English Conference, Panel Presentation "Clothing as Class & Sexual Identity," Identity and Ideology in the Arts, Naomi Williams, Christopher Martinez, Justin Korver, and Garcia Zapata, San Antonio, TX, February 3rd
2014 Mid-America College Art Association "Justin Korver: Constructions," Next Generation of Artists, Sarah Fox, Justin Korver, Kallie Pfieffer, San Antonio, TX, October 22-25

RECOGNITIONS IN PRINT AND MEDIA

2023 MASC: Masculinity Reimagined, Josh Porter, Graduate Thesis Exhibition Catalogue
2022 “7 Questions with Artist Justin Korver,” Department of Arts & Culture, City of San Antonio, Jun 23rd
2022 "Local Contemporary Art Exhibit Features Work From Artists Around the World," Great Day SA, CBS KENS 5, March 24th
2022 “German Return: Exhibition at Blue Star Contemporary highlight artists from its Berlin Residency Program,” Marco Aquino, San Antonio Current, March 23rd
2022 "Contemporary Art Month is Back," Kathleen Petty, San Antonio Magazine, March 4th
2020 “Blue Star Contemporary Announces the Next Round of Berlin Residents,” Kelly Nelson, San Antonio Current, March 10th
2020 "Chalk It Up Adapts for Pandemic Life in Its 25th Year," Kathleen Petty, San Antonio Magazine, October 5th
2019 "Palo Alto College is Hosting San Antonio Artist Justin Korver for a Talk About His Solo Exhibition ‘An Arrow and a Needle’," Kelly Merka Nelson, San Antonio Current, October 31st
2019 “Studio Visits: Iowa Transplant Justin Korver on Tweaking Gender Stereotypes and Finding His Way as a Fabricator,” Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, September 12th
2019 "Clamp Light Studios' Artist to Illuminate Brick with Its Latest Pop-Up Exhibition,” Kelly Merka Nelson, San Antonio Current, July 26
2019 "Three Free Art Events to Check Out This Second Saturday," Kelly Merka Nelson, San Antonio Current, July 11
2019 "18 Ways to Make the Most of Contemporary Art Month and Second Saturday," Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current March 7th
2019 BE Magazine #26, “No Fear of Rococo,” Valeria Schulte-Fischedick, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, January 8th
2018 "Art Professor Helps Students Find Their Place in the World," Miguel Garcia, The Mesquite, December 6th
2018 "Top Five: June 21, 2018 with Megan Solis," Brandon Zech and special guest Megan Solis, Glass Tire, June 21st
2018 "San Antonio Artist Team Up to Tackle Gender Stereotypes, Identity Performance," James Courtney, San Antonio Current, May 9th
2018 "Contemporary Group Show Tells Narratives with Just Needle and Thread," James Courtney, San Antonio Current, March 7th
2017 "Modernism at Flax Studio," Katrina Clements, The Paisano
2017 "Artpace Celebrates 14th Annual Chalk It Up Festival," James Courtney, San Antonio Current
2017 "Artist Justin Korver Subverts Notions of Masculinity in 'The Expressive Mark and Other Ideas I Stole from Painting'," Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, May 31st
2017 Friend of the Artist (FOA), Quarterly Arts Publication, Summer Edition
2016 "How Do You View Gender? ‘Gendered’ Takes a Look," Barbara Schreiber, The Charlotte Observer
2016 "A Midsummer Night’s Screen: Explore the Summer Solstice Film Festival at Habitable Spaces," Abby Mangel, San Antonio Current, June 13th
2016 “10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend," Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, May 5th

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

College Art Association
International Sculpture Center
American Educational Research Association

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2022-Present | Senior Lecturer of Art at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
2016-22 | Lecturer of Art at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
2015-14 | Instructor of Record at the University of Texas at San Antonio
2014 | Teaching Practicum at the University of Texas at San Antonio

CLASSES TAUGHT

SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE

2020-Present | Board Chair of Contemporary Art Month
Organizing CAM in San Antonio including the CAM perennial exhibition. As the board chair, I organize the monthly board meeting by forming the agenda, and I play a major role in setting organizational strategy.
2019-20 | Co-director of Clamp Light Artists Studio & Gallery
As a collective, we oversee all functions of the gallery including curation, preparatory work, and publicity of our exhibitions.
2018-20 | Contemporary Art Month board of directors
Organizing CAM in San Antonio including the CAM perennial.
2016-18 | Co-Director of Hello Studio
Amada Claire Miller and I oversaw all functions of the gallery including curation, preparatory work, and publicity of our exhibitions.
2014 | Luminaria Volunteer
My duties included working directly with curators and artists in setting up artwork, selling merchandise, and providing the public with more information about artworks being shown.

SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT

2021-Present | Department Advisory Committee
We provided the department chair with feedback on strategic and budgetary decisions in our department's effort to create greater transparency and shared governance.
2019- Present | Creative Arts and Performance Studies Committee
Our department is interdisciplinary, and we have worked to develop music, art, and creative writing in our department. We've done this by developing events and creating an interdisciplinary minor.
2021-22 | Annual Faculty Evaluation Committee
We reviewed and assessed our colleagues’ annual review packets. We provided scores and narratives on teaching, service, and research. Our evaluations are then passed to the department chair and college dean.
2018-21 | Strategic Planning Committee
We have developed a mission and vision statement, goals, and a five-year plan for the development of our department.
2019-20 | Core Evaluation Committee
We evaluated student artifacts to see how effective our teaching of the creative core was in meeting the state-mandated core component areas.
2018 | Faculty Evaluation Committee Form Revision Committee
We redesigned the evaluation form used in the annual evaluation process. My particular focus on this committee was to develop a form that included creative scholarship as a valued form of research, teaching, and service.
2017-18 | Adjunct Search Committee
I have served on three search committees to hire art instructors to teach art appreciation and drawing classes.

SERVICE TO COLLEGE

2023 | College of Arts and Sciences Strategic Planning Committee
We collated feedback from faculty in the department and drafted our college’s description, mission, vision, and goals which will guide the development of a five-year plan.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2020- Present | University Campus Art and Grounds Aesthetics Committee
We are focusing on ways to improve the university's art collection and beautify the grounds. I am the only professional artist and art faculty that serves on this committee.
2020-22 | University Common Experience Committee
We selected the common read for students' first semester. We collected suggestions for books, narrowed down the list to six books to read completely, and then selected a book.
2018-22 | Rainbow P.A.W.S. (Pride At Work and School)
We have advocated for LGBTQ+ individuals on our campus. I have assisted in running training for our safe space program where faculty and staff receive basic training about inclusion and sensitivity to the LGBTQ+ community.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2016 | Art Handler with Southwest School of Art
Worked directly with the curator, Mary Mikel Stump to execute her vision,
2015-16 | Associate Educator at Artpace
Responsibilities include leading tours through exhibition spaces, community outreach events, and art activities.
2015 | Volunteer Coordinator for Luminaria
I organized volunteers from local colleges, universities, and the community to work with artists in the realization of the Luminaria projects and information booths.
2015 | Summer Graduate Intern at Artpace
I worked in the education department running programming with a variety of ages, developing curriculum, and promotional design.
2015-16 | Art handler with Art Not Art
I worked with Nate Cassie and Ethel Shipton to handle, pack, and transport a variety of artworks.
2014-16 | Studio Assistant to Associate Professor Libby Rowe
I Scheduled her calendar, submitted applications for exhibitions, built her website, and helped in organizing her tenure application packet.
2012-13 | Sculpture Studio Assistant
My duties included maintaining the sculpture studios and ensuring safety during open studio hours.
2012 | Studio Assistant to Associate Professor Katherine Sullivan
My tasks included general studio maintenance and documenting student work.
2012 | Teaching Assistant to Associate Professor Stephanie Milanowski
My responsibilities included weekly critiques, assisting students in the execution of projects, and documenting student work.
2011 | Studio Assistant to Phoebe Washburn
My responsibilities included maintaining the studio, coordinating the transportation of artworks, and assisting in the production of artworks.