Born in Wichita, Kansas, Gary Justis earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1979.
He has developed his work professionally in the area of sculpture, printmaking, and photography for the last 39 years.
He lived and worked in Chicago from 1977 to 1999.
He currently resides in Bloomington Illinois where he continues his work in sculpture, printmaking, experimental photography, and writing.
He holds a Professorship at Illinois State University.
He has exhibited work at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, New York; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.
He has also exhibited work in numerous exhibitions at private galleries in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.
His work is included in various collections throughout the country; most notably: The Museum of Modern Art Library; The New York City Library (Special Collections); The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Artist’s Books Collections; The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and JP Morgan Chase, New York.
