Justin Terry

Justin Terry's abstract paintings envelope the viewer, encouraging them to get lost in the movements within his expressive and energetic work. Born in Nashville, Tennessee and currently living and working in Brooklyn, Terry's paintings draw on the legacy of Lyrical Abstraction, building on their understanding of the musicality in painterly strokes. Through a thoroughly organic artistic process, Terry creates his mesmerizing abstractions based on spontaneity and intuition, which allow his paintings to develop a lyrical sensibility. Encouraging the viewer to become engrossed in his multiple colors, patterns and compositions, Terry explains, "I find the same type of pleasure through the act of looking, as I do when I listen to music that I love. What I want to do with these abstracts, is to give someone that sense of enjoyment, akin to listening to a song or musical composition, through seeing."

MFA Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
MS Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design, and Architecture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
BFA Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1997

Seeking Space, The Active Space, New York, NY, 2014.
Lifted Space, Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY, 2014.
Vibrant Intersections, 443 PAS, New York, NY, 2012
Bid to Save the Earth, Christie’s, New York, NY, 2012
July 18 & 19, 2009, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2011
Hush the Static, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2010
2 Paintings, Flying Solo Exhibition Series, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN, 2009-10
Art in Open Spaces, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2009
Daily, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2009