Justin Storms (born 1981 in

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) is an American artist and musician.

Art

Storms' work primarily revolves around a post-apocalyptic whaling

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which he refers to as a "Whaletopia." Stylistically his work is airy and serene with gritty themes dealing with:

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global warming In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...

extinction Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

, war,

death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

whaling Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution. It was practiced as an organized industry ...

mysticism Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in u ...

, and

maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

. His work has been compared to Hieronymus Bosch and Géricault. Justin Storms has exhibited in museums, art fairs, and galleries worldwide. A few being

The Drawing Center The Drawing Center is a Manhattan, New York, museum and a nonprofit exhibition space that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. History The Drawing Center was founded by former assistant curator of drawings at ...

, Preview Berlin, Arthouse at the Jones Center for The New American Talent 23 exhibition in Austin,

Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...

, Loop Gallery in Berlin, Stolenspace Gallery in London, and Parker's Box in Brooklyn. In 2008 Justin Storms graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art and attended the Triangle Artist Workshop in Brooklyn, NY. In 2008 he was invited to attend the University of Berlin's "Karl Hofer Gesellschaft," where he exhibited work for the emerging art fair: "Preview Berlin" which was held at the historic

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. In 2009, he was awarded Switzerland's "AKKU" residency, located outside of Zurich from 2009-2010. He was commissioned to press 50 copies of the "Whaletopian Coloring Book" by AKKU. In 2010 he was invited to attend the Triangle International Residency in Brooklyn, NY.

Music

Wailin Storms formed by Justin Storms in Corpus Christi, Texas which later settled in Durham, NC. The band is a mix of doom-punk and swampy rock. After two EPs — 2011’s Bone Colored Moon and 2014’s Shiver — the band issued their debut LP, "One Foot In The Flesh Grave" on Magic Bullet Records in 2015. Their 2nd full length album "Sick City" was released in 2017 and was recorded by Kevin Ratterman and Ann Gauthier at La La Land in Louisville KY on the polish label Antena Kryzku. Their song "Irene Garza" was featured o
NPR's All Songs Considered
and featured in Decibel Magazine,

Cvlt Nation CVLT Nation is an international online magazine established by Sean Reveron and Meghan MacRae in 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Founded primarily as an independent clothing brand inspired by crust punk and extreme metal, its articles and music p ...

Invisible Oranges ''Invisible Oranges'' is an American online music magazine dedicated to heavy metal news, band interviews and album reviews. It was founded by Cosmo Lee in September 2006 shortly after emigrating from San Francisco, California, United States t ...

, and other outlets. Their 3rd album "Rattle" was recorded by J. Robbins and is expected to be released in Spring of 2020. The record will released on Gilead Media in North America and Antena Kryzku in Europe.

Press

Storms' work has appeared in

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

, Cabinet Magazine, Baltimore City Paper, Glasstire, Art Fag City, Locus Art Magazine, and Zurich's: Tages Anzeiger Oberland.tagesanzeiger.ch
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References

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