justinsomjen@gmail.com
Education
MFA Sculpture, 2019, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
BFA Photography, 2014, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Spines, Wil Aballe, Vancouver
2017 Style Life, Gallery 44 Members Gallery, Toronto
2015 In the Middle of Things, Warner Gallery, Toronto
2015 Placing Light, Index Gallery, Vancouver
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 A Seance In Between, Mojo Supermarket, New York City
2022 A Domestic Art Fair, La Vallée, Brussels
2022 Cendar, Gallerie Zotto, Brussels
2022 The Problem with Tricksters, Curated by Rachel Magnan and Clement Hebert, After Howl, Brussels
2021 Gather Like Dust, Curated by Medusa Offspace and Box22, Antwerp
2019 Expo Citrouille, Curated by Calaboose, Online Exhibition on Ofluxo
2019 David, The Cop, (site specific project) with Stefan Cantante, Cafe Strange, Antwerp
2018 Cybernetics, Curated by Grey93 and Uma Vespaziani, 165 Geary, Toronto
2017 Flash Forward/Flash Back, Magenta Foundation, Toronto
2017 Laundry Room Pt. 2: Clay, curated by Jess Carroll and Brian Rideout, Toronto
2017 Perplexities: Space, Form and Image, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver
2017 Obsolescence, Truck Contemporary Art, Calgary
2016 Agree to Disagree, Sweet Pup Studios, Vancouver
2015 Objects Are Larger Than They Appear, Ununhuitun, Montréal
2015 Holding Space, Espace Fibres, Montréal
2014 Cue Depth, Ryerson Artspace, Toronto
2014 Maximum Exposure, Ryerson University, Toronto
2013 Space Matters, BDRM Gallery, Toronto
2013 Capstone, Toronto Laser Services, Toronto
2013 Space Case, Index Gallery, Vancouver
2013 Night Visions, Chinatown Night Market, Projected Installation, Vancouver
Auctions and Fundraisers
2018 SNAP! Live Auction, The AIDS Committee of Toronto
2018 Salon 44, Gallery 44: Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
2017 Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto
2017 Art Attack, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
2017 Salon 44, Gallery 44: Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
2017 SNAP! Live Auction, The AIDS Committee of Toronto
2016 Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto
2016 Salon 44, Gallery 44: Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
Awards and Grants
2022 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2019 Prize of the Academia Belgica, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2017 Emerging Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2017 Flash Forward Competition Winner, Magenta Foundation
2016 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Publications/Press
2025 Spines, Exhibiton Review by Elliott Ramsey, Cmagazine
2025 Spines, Vancouver, Art Viewer
2022 The Problem with Tricksters, Brussels, Tzvetnik
2022 The Problem with Tricksters, Brussels, KUBAPARIS
2018 Trinity Review, University of Toronto creative literary publication, Toronto
2017 Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, Toronto
2016 Agree to Disagree, Exhibition Publication, Vancouver
2015 LAUGH, Royal College of Art Journal, London
2014 “The Mobile Artist”, Function Magazine, Toronto
2014 Function Magazine, Toronto
2013 Function Magazine, Toronto
Artist Talks
2025 Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver artist talk, Wil Aballe, Vancouver
2022 Breakfast B. Reading Series, reading organized by Julia Dahee Hong, Online
2017 Flash Forward/Flash Back artist talk, Ryerson Image Centre for Nuit Blanche, Toronto
2017 Obsolescence, Truck Contemporary Art in Calgary, Calgary
Collections
TD Canada Trust
Private Collections
I would like to thank the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.