Biography
Justin Squier is a mixed media artist and native of Colorado. Growing up in the western high desert instilled in him a reverence for history and provided a visual landscape of rugged character. Squier learned the value of work early and eventually found a love for the unique aesthetics of labor processes. Through an admiration for vintage automobiles, he learned how to weld and manipulate materials. He then went on to receive his BFA from Colorado Mesa University with an emphasis on sculpture. He currently resides and creates in Grand Junction Colorado with his wife and two hound dogs.
Statement
I am creating with the time of former people. Honoring their history by transforming the objects they discarded or left behind. Through a visual tension of differing materials and the re-utilization of aged items, I am celebrating an overlooked legacy. The patinas, damages, and character of the found objects, tell the stories of precious time given from a limited life; The giving of this time is sacred. The moments spent viewing my artwork is giving the same gift of time and therefore bonding the present to the past. Through my work, I want the viewer to contemplate their own time, labor, use, and value.
