April 4 - May 2, 2025
Tara Downs, New York
Link to gallery website
Press Release by Emily Wattlington
Justin Chance is showing at Tara Downs again; it is his second show with the gallery. It is a show that nods obliquely to things that happen again and again. Is the repetition cumulative, with tragedy upon tragedy until eventually, presumably, reaching a tipping point? Or does the redundancy have more of a numbing effect, rendering it all banal?
- Emily Wattlington



Hour, 2024-2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, silk, cotton, dye, 24 × 83 in / 61 × 210.8 cm


Untitled (Mirrored Clock), 2025
Clock, oil on aluminum, mirrored glass, colored pencil, matte board, double sided tape, sealing varnish, spring clips, AA battery, 14 inch diameter

Untitled (Mirrored Clock), 2025
Clock, oil on aluminum, mirrored glass, colored pencil, matte board, double sided tape, sealing varnish, spring clips, AA battery, 14 inch diameter


Dystopia, 2023-2025
Colored pencil on paper, 53 3/4 × 69 in / 136.5 × 175.3 cm (Framed) 48 × 63 in / 121.9 × 160 cm (Unframed)




Shock, 2024-2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, dye,, 42 × 52 in / 106.7 × 132.1 cm


Screen, 2024-2025. Quilted wet and needle felted wool, dye, dye marker, 51 × 72 in / 129.5 × 182.9 cm


MEMORY!, 2024-2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, silk, cotton, wax resist, dye, 45 × 58 in / 114.3 × 147.3 cm


Untitled (Mirrored Clock), 2025
Clock, oil on aluminum, mirrored glass, colored pencil, matte board, double sided tape, sealing varnish, spring clips, AA battery, 14 inch diameter

Days, Weeks, 2024 - 2025 and Shock, 2024 - 2025

Quilted wet and needle felted wool, dye, 35 × 52 in / 88.9 × 132.1 cm



Shock, 2024-2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, dye, 48 x 55 in / 121.9 x 139.7 cm

Shock (Diagram/Depiction of Blunt Force Trauma), 2023
Colored pencil on paper, 16 3/4 × 19 1/4 in / 42.5 × 48.9 cm (Framed) 9.5 × 12 in / 24.1 × 30.5 cm (Unframed)

Shock (Diagram/Depiction of Blunt Force Trauma), 2023
Colored pencil on paper, 16 3/4 × 19 1/4 in / 42.5 × 48.9 cm (Framed) 9.5 × 12 in / 24.1 × 30.5 cm (Unframed)

Shock (Diagram/Depiction of Blunt Force Trauma), 2023
Colored pencil on paper, 16 3/4 × 19 1/4 in / 42.5 × 48.9 cm (Framed) 9.5 × 12 in / 24.1 × 30.5 cm (Unframed)


Police Shootings, Mass Murder, Cult Massacre, Religious Scandal, 2024-2025
Embroidery on dyed silk, 23 × 19 in




Surprise, 2023-2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, silk, cotton, dye, dye marker, 62 × 69 in / 157.5 × 175.3 cm

Surprise, 2023-2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, silk, cotton, dye, dye marker, 62 × 69 in / 157.5 × 175.3 c

The Minutes, 2025
Quilted wet and needle felted wool, dye, dye marker, 45 1/2 × 52 in / 115.6 × 132.1 cm
