J. K. Lavin is a visual artist whose photographic practice considers memory, self-portraiture, and the measurement and perception of time. Experimentation with randomness and chance is an important dimension of her work. Lavin received a Master of Arts, Photography at California State University at Fullerton, CA following studies at The Visual Studies Workshop, The Center of the Eye and a Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, MN. She has had numerous solo exhibitions including Photo London 2024 and the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts. Her work has been exhibited in the US and internationally, including the Museo De La Naturaleza De Cantabria; Milan Photo Fair and Fotofever. She was selected as a Critical Mass Finalist in 2020 and as a Fresh finalist by Klompching Gallery in 2019. Lavin’s photographs have been published in various online and print magazines including The London Times, British Journal of Photography, The Eye of Photography, Plaster Magazine, FAD Magazine, The Boston Globe, Diffusion, Analog Forever and Lenscratch. Her work is held in public and private collections. She lives and works in Venice, California, USA.