Education 2023 MFA - Photography - Indiana University - Bloomington, IN 2020 BFA - Photography - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA 2015 AAS - Photography and Imaging - Community College of Baltimore County - Baltimore, MDSolo Exhibitions 2023
Those Left Behind - Aurora PhotoCenter - Indianapolis, IN
2022
Those Left Behind - Lotus Education & Arts Foundation - Bloomington, IN
Group Exhibitions 2023
Portfolio 2023 Exhibition - Atlanta Photography Group - Atlanta, GA
LensCulture Discoveries - Photo London - London, United Kingdom
MFA Thesis Exhibition - Grunwald Gallery of Art - Bloomington, IN
Photographic Practices Today: MFA Perspectives - SRO Photo Gallery - Lubbock, TX
#NewVisions2023: A Student Show - Texas Photographic Society - Online
UNDERGROUND Exhibition - One Drop Collective - Bloomington, IN
Arts-based Wellness in Healthcare - Eskenazi Museum of Art, IU Health Bloomington Hospital -
Bloomington, IN
Illuminate: Bloomington Emerging Artists - John Waldron Arts Center - Bloomington, IN
2022
OD Photo Prize 2022 - Open Doors Gallery - London, United Kingdom
44th Annual Whitewater Valley Art Exhibition - Indiana University East Galleries - Richmond, IN
Incadaqués 2022 International Photography Festival - Incadaqués Festival - Girona, Catalonia, Spain
29th Annual Juried Art Exhibit - Jasper Community Arts Thyen-Clark Cultural Center - Jasper, IN
Master Pieces - Manifest Gallery - Cincinnati, OH
UnBound11! - Candela Gallery - Richman, VA
The Abstract Image: International Juried Photography Exhibition - Praxis Photo Arts Center - Minneapolis, MN
I'll Be There: An Exhibition about Love - Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center - Solomons, MD
Strange Paradise: A Window into Surrealism - Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center - Solomons, MD
National Society of Art and Letters Competition and Exhibition 2022 - FAR Center for Contemporary Arts -
Bloomington, IN
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Regional Showcase Exhibition - Manifest Gallery - Cincinnati, OH
Witness | Recover | Persist: Practicing Survival in Global Art History Art Exhibition - Washington University in
St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
2022 Black Creativity Juried Exhibition - Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, IL
2021
The 2021 Still Life Exhibition - Lenscratch - Online
Photography Exhibition - The In Art Gallery - Online
Alumni Exhibition - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
2020
Emerging Vision: Biennial Student Show - Colorado Photographic Arts Center - Denver, CO
20/20 Vision, Senior Exhibition of the Class of 2020 - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
Senior Show 2020 - Light Grey Art Lab - Online
2019
The Adventure of the Photographer Exhibition - Pingyao International Photography Festival - Pingyao, Shanxi,
China
Black History Month Show - Lancaster Public Art - Lancaster, PA
Much Obliged Exhibition - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
2018
All the World's a Stage Exhibition - Pingyao International Photography Festival - Pingyao, Shanxi, China
Not A Fish Exhibition - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
2017
International Exchange Exhibition - Keimyung University - Daegu, South Korea
Governor's Awards for the Arts - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
Selected Artworks from the BFA Program - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
2016
Bizarre Nature - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
Contemporary Barcodes - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
Selected Artworks from the BFA Program - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
Awards/Grants/Scholarships 2023
Travel Award - College of Arts and Sciences - Indiana University Bloomington - Bloomington, IN
CAHI Graduate Award in Support of Research and Creativity Activity - College of Arts & Humanities
Institute - Indiana University Bloomington - Bloomington, IN
Invited: Chico Review - Charcoal Book Club - Pray, MT
First Place Single Image Award - LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2023 - LensCulture
2022
Grant-in-Aid Award for Master of Fine Arts Projects - Indiana University, University Graduate School -
Bloomington, IN
Della Fricke Art Fellowship - Indiana University, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design -
Bloomington, IN
The Chancellor's Purchase Award - 44th Annual Whitewater Vallery Art Exhibition - Indiana University
East Galleries - Richmond, IN
Emerging Artist Grant - Bloomington Arts Commission - Bloomington, IN
First Place Juror Award - I'llBe There: An Exhibition about Love - Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center - Solomon, MD
Reva Shiner Memorial Award - National Society of Arts and Letters Competition and Exhibition 2022 -
Bloomington, IN
2021 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship - Indiana University, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design - Bloomington, IN Third Place Award - Photography Exhibition - The In Art Gallery - Online 2020 Best in Show Award - 2020 Emerging Vision: Biennial Student Show - Colorado Photographic Arts Center - Denver, CO John Beck Scholarship Award in Photography - Indiana University, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design - Bloomington, INPress“Lensculture’s Art Photography Awards 2023 – in Pictures.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 16 Feb. 2023.
Ksander, Yaël. “Photography MFA Carney Wins Lensculture Award.” Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, 15 Feb. 2023.
Ksander, Yaël. “Navigating grief: MFA photographer Justin Carney’s `Those Left Behind’.’” Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Eskenzai School News, 1 Dec. 2022.
Smithson, Aline. “The 2021 Lenscratch Student Prize: 26 to Watch.” LENSCRATCH, Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily, 10 July 2021.Smithson, Aline. “Highlights from the Month of Photography Denver Reviews.” LENSCRATCH, Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily, 24 Mar. 2021.“Alumnus Justin Carney '20 Featured in Portrait Magazine Monograph - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design: PCA&D.” Pennsylvania College of Art & Design | PCA&D, 11 Jan. 2021.
“Two PCA&D Students Featured in Lancaster City Black History Month Exhibition - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design: PCA&D.” Pennsylvania College of Art & Design | PCA&D, 30 June 2020. Publications 2023
Manifest Exhibition Annual, Season 18 - Manifest Gallery
2022
UNBOUND11! Catalog - Candela Books
2020 Portrait Magazine, Issue 11 - Alex Coghe Portrait Magazine, Issue 10 - Alex Coghe 20/20 Vision: The Senior Exhibition of the Class of 2020 - Pennysylvania College of Art & Design 2019 A Matter of Being - Quiet Pages Press
2016 Creative Challenge 2016 - Keimyung University Revised 05/25/2022