Why Justin Faunce matters
Justin Faunce is a name that surfaces in American contemporary art commentary primarily through a single, well-documented moment: a reported 12,000 US dollar sale of a work at the Armory Show in New York around 2004, before he had held a solo show. Beyond that anecdote and a listed 1999 BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the public record on Faunce is thin. This profile exists to document, transparently, what can and cannot currently be confirmed about the artist, rather than to assert a market position the record does not support.
- Media
- Painting
- Education
- BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999 (single alumni-listing source, not independently corroborated)
By the numbers
- None identifiedDocumented auction recordNo public auction sale located as of 2026-07-16
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Biography
Public sources place Faunce's formal training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where an alumni listing credits him with a BFA completed in 1999. The same listing credits him with a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, though it does not give a year, and states that he was reviewed in Art News as part of a feature on "Top 10 Trends in Contemporary Art," again without a date or accessible text. A 2005 Our Town (New York) article describes him as an emerging painter with no solo show to date and reports that he sold a work for 12,000 US dollars at the Armory Show, an event the article situates in the prior year, implying the 2004 edition, though it does not state the year outright.
No obituary, gallery statement, or art-press notice reporting a death for anyone named Justin Faunce could be located as of 2026-07-16, and no independent confirmation of his birth date, birthplace, current gallery representation, or ongoing practice could be found either. Given the absence of any death record, the most defensible working assumption is that he is living, but this could not be independently corroborated and should be treated as unconfirmed. Multiple unrelated professionals also share the name Justin Faunce, and none of their records were used in preparing this profile.
Critical reception
Coverage of Faunce in accessible sources is limited to two brief mentions: an unspecified, undated feature in Art News described as covering "Top 10 Trends in Contemporary Art," and the 2005 Our Town piece that used his early Armory Show sale as an example of rising prices for emerging painters. Neither source is available in full text in this research, and no named critic's exact wording about his work could be verified, so no direct quotation is reproduced here.
Market
No auction sale by Justin Faunce could be identified in public auction records as of 2026-07-16, so no auction high, price trend, or sale history can be reported for him. The single documented price point is not an auction result but a reported primary-market sale of 12,000 US dollars for a work at the Armory Show, an art fair, around 2004, cited by Our Town. That figure describes fair or gallery pricing rather than a resale, and it should not be read as an auction benchmark.
Selected exhibitions
| Years | Exhibition | Venues |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 (reported) | The Armory Show | New York |
Awards and honors
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship (year undocumented)
Authentication and provenance
No catalogue raisonne.
No catalogue raisonne, estate, or authentication program has been identified in public sources for this name. Any claim of a catalogue raisonne or formal authentication process should be treated as unconfirmed until independently verified.
Primary reference: https://www.gsarts.org/visual-arts-graduates
What collectors should know
The public record on Justin Faunce is unusually sparse for a name that appears in market commentary, and several basic facts, including exact birth date, current gallery representation, and any auction history, remain unconfirmed. No catalogue raisonne or authentication body has been identified for this name. Collectors considering any work attributed to Justin Faunce should independently verify authorship, provenance, and current representation before transacting, given how little of the public record could be corroborated here.
Further reading and resources
Data current as of 2026-07-16.
