Biography
Justin Carey is a photographic artist interested in ideas of memory, self-discovery, and the social and environmental determinants of identity, whose expressive work invites the viewer into a discussion of these universal themes. In 2023 he curated a collection of night photography, published in the book Night Moods by Shutter Hub Editions, and was named as a resident artist at New Art Exchange, Nottingham. Work from his project ‘Life Before COVID Was Ticking Along…’ was shown at FORMAT photography festival in 2021 and published in the book The Travelling World Is Not Arriving in the same year. His work has been featured on the Photo Ethics Podcast and in The Week. He is based in Birmingham, UK.
Exhibitions
Solo
2018 - Reaching Out Into The Dark: An Exploration of Urban Solitude. studio1.1 gallery, London, UK.
Group (selected)
2023 - NAE Open 2023. New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK.
2022 - Postcards From Great Britain. Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge, UK.
2021 - Ikon for Artists. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
2021 - The Travelling World Is Not Arriving. FORMAT21 Photography Festival, ROOM 18 [online].
2020 - Postcards From Great Britain. Hotel Lion d’Or, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
2018 - Shutter Hub Open Exhibition 2018. 5&33 Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2018 - Shutter Hub Open Exhibition 2018: Photomonth East London International Photography Festival. Old Truman Brewery, London, UK.
2016 - Shutter Hub Open Exhibition 2016. Hot Numbers, Cambridge, UK.
2015 - ArtGemini Prize 2015, Finalists exhibition. Menier Gallery, London, UK.
2015 - Shutter Hub Open 2015. St Bride Foundation, London, UK.
2014 - Place. Salt & Pegram, London, UK
2014 - Shutter Hub Open Exhibition 2014. Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire, UK.
2013 - Perth National Photographic Competition. Perth Royal Show, Western Australia.
Publications
2024 - Night Moods. Artist book, curated for Shutter Hub Editions.
2022 - WerkHaus Zine Issue #3. WorkHorse Collective.
2022 - ROAD TRIP. Artist book, Shutter Hub Editions.
2021 - Yearbook 2021. Artist book, Shutter Hub Editions.
2021 - The Travelling World Is Not Arriving, artist book, ReFramed Network. More information here.
Presentations & Media
2023 - Making Time. PhotoPhone Podcast [online].
2022 - On Documenting & Exhibiting Vulnerability. Photography Ethics Symposium, Redeye.
2022 - Visual Erasure and the Rise of Advocacy. The State of Cultural Diversity in British Photography, De Montfort University/BCVA [recording].
2020 - Justin Carey: On solitude and collaboration. The Photo Ethics Podcast, Photography Ethics Centre [online].
2020 - Close Up: Reaching Out Into the Dark - Justin Carey. Shutter Hub [online].
2019 - Justin Carey - Reaching Out Into The Dark. Source Magazine Graduate Photography Online 2019. Source Magazine [online].
2017 - The Beauty Lurking at Night. The Week [online].
Curatorial Projects
2023 - Night Moods. Shutter Hub.
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2023 - RESIDE. New Art Exchange, Nottingham.
2023 - Writing Beyond The Frame. Developing Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England.
2020 - Midlands COVID-19 Project. Birmingham City University & ReFramed.
Education
2019 - MA Photography, Falmouth University.