Meet the Artist

Justin

Mezzapelli

Film & Video

“I think a question is often more valuable than an answer.”

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Justin works in multi-media, interested in subtlety, contrast and the transcendence of story-telling. From drawing to film and video, much of his work explores the connectivity of nature and the body, at times to question the condition of masculinity/femininity in visual and social culture. Justin produces his films alongside creative partner and artist, Brigitte Sampogna. Often inhabiting realms of the absurd, they ponder eccentricities in human behaviour, banality, and domesticity. Justin and Brigitte continue to examine an intersection of the natural environment and suburban/rural spaces, using ‘the home’ and its contents as references to psychological processes and shifts in time. Together they focus on writing stories that beg more questions than they intend to answer.   
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Integrated Media
Major Completed, 2020

Art Direction Cinematography Writing Directing Photography Illustration

2020, Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF)
Oshawa, Ontario
2020, Festival of the Body
OCAD University, Toronto
2020, William F. White Equipment Rental Prize
OCAD University
2020, Blue Ant Media Award
OCAD University
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