Contact/Inquiries: justusharris@gmail.com
BIO - Artist, Designer, Health Advocate
Justus Harris (they/them) is the epitome of what it means to combine disciplines to make a greater impact in the world. They are a bio-artist, technologist, designer, and health advocate. Their international practice has taken them to Château du Feÿ in France to collaborate with leading scientists on topics around spirituality, the Kennedy Center as a Citizen Artists Fellow, and Berlin as a European Commission Recipient. As an educator, Justus focuses on public speaking and facilitation, including features at TEDx and Stanford Medicine X.
“My practice is one of self-experimentation focusing on reframing the precarious embodied experience using technology, health data collection, image production and sculpture to present queer crip futures.
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 14, soon after coming out. I quickly realized the stigma around being queer and disabled. My practice creates paths in the worlds of fine arts and healthcare by expressing what it’s like to be alive in a body constantly alternating between joy and trauma impacted by the social, ecological, and environmental determinants of health.”