"GLORY BE THE QUEERS"

Following an autobiographical trajectory, the talk examines a cumulative body of work which challenges the bounds of a medium deeply rooted in tradition through the visual study and application of queer theory. Queer camp sensibilities, DIY Mid-Century inspired aesthetics, and optimism appropriated from Space Age era propaganda are investigated as conduits for cultivating authenticity in the labor of futuring.

Justin Quaid Grubb is from Bloomington, IN. He earned his BFA in Ceramics from the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University Indianapolis in 2019 and in 2021 he earned an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design. From 2021-23 Grubb worked as Ceramics Faculty and Lab Coordinator at the University of West Florida. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Stetson University in DeLand, FL. Since relocating to Florida in 2021, Grubb has exhibited across the south from Dothan, AL to Tampa, FL, with solo exhibitions at Good Children Gallery in New Orleans, LA and TAG (The Art Gallery) at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.