Justin Storms
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1981 Corpus Christi, Texas,  United States |
Justin Storms (born 1981 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American artist and musician.
Art
Storms' work primarily revolves around a post-apocalyptic whaling Dystopia which he refers to as a "Whaletopia." Stylistically his work is airy and serene with gritty themes dealing with: overpopulation, global warming, extinction, war, death, whaling, mysticism, sex, and maritime history. His work has been compared to Hieronymus Bosch and Géricault.
Justin Storms has exhibited in museums, art fairs, and galleries worldwide. A few being The Drawing Center,[1] Preview Berlin,[2] Arthouse at the Jones Center for The New American Talent 23 exhibition in Austin, Walters Art Museum, Loop Gallery in Berlin,[3] Stolenspace Gallery in London,[4] and Parker's Box in Brooklyn.[5]
In 2008 Justin Storms graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art and attended the Triangle Artist Workshop in Brooklyn, NY.[6] In 2008 he was invited to attend the University of Berlin's "Karl Hofer Gesellschaft,"[7] where he exhibited work for the emerging art fair: "Preview Berlin" which was held at the historic Berlin Tempelhof Airport. In 2009, he was awarded Switzerland's "AKKU" residency,[8] located outside of Zurich from 2009-2010. He was commissioned to press 50 copies of the "Whaletopian Coloring Book" by AKKU. In 2010 he was invited to attend the Triangle International Residency in Brooklyn, NY.
Music
Originally formed in Corpus Christi, Texas, WAILIN STORMS are now based in Durham, North Carolina. Their sound is justly a mix of doom-punk and swampy rock, as elements of their prior and current surroundings. After two successful EPs — 2011’s Bone Colored Moon and 2014’s Shiver — the band issues their debut LP, One Foot In The Flesh Grave on Magic Bullet Records in 2016.
"Corpus-Christi-by-way-of-Durham’s Wailin Storms aren’t the sort of band I expect Magic Bullet records to put out. The label’s specialty is searing metallic hardcore. While there’s some metal and hardcore in the Wailin Storms sound, it mostly simmers. There’s strength in simmering: one cooks a lobster by slowly raising the heat. “Ribcage Fireplace,” like most of the other songs on the band’s upcoming debut One Foot in the Flesh Grave is a slow burner, all mounting percussion and overdriven blues chords. Just when it reaches a fever-pitch, it ends. Wailin Storms don’t overstay their welcome. The way vocalist Justin Storms caws over the din reminds me of the two most recent Wovenhand records."
- Invisible Oranges - Joseph Schafer
Press
Storms' work has appeared in The New Yorker,[9] Cabinet Magazine,[10] Baltimore City Paper,[11] Glasstire,[12] Art Fag City,[13] Locus Art Magazine,[14] and Zurich's: Tages Anzeiger Oberland.[15]