Justin Mezzapelli
Artist member since 2022
Whitby, ON
Justin Mezzapelli is an interdisciplinary artist whose curiosity intersects poetics, repetition, domesticity, and queer identity. He honours visual evidence of patience and the passage of time as a method of invitation, while choosing to engage with what we might disregard as mundane, irrelevant things of everyday life. Working with pointillist ink illustration, his images suggest the influence of close attention, and often reference art historical material sourced from public domains. Mezzapelli's practice seeks overall to remind, to slow down, and to archive. He holds a BFA in Integrated Media from OCAD University, Toronto.
Inside the Studio
Q+A
During my breaks, I tend to ...
Take night walks around the neighbourhood.
Why is art important to you?
Sometimes, it's just nice to be taken away by the senses.
Favourite movie
Death Becomes Her
What artists do you admire right now?
Laurie Anderson and Andy Warhol.
Favourite book
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Favourite medium
The one that perfectly suits the idea, whatever that may end up being.
Select Past Exhibitions
Press
2022
2022
Education
2020
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