J. K. Lavin is an artist whose photographic practice considers memory, self-portraiture and the measurement of time. Duration, as well as experimentation with randomness and chance, is an important dimension of her work.

Lavin received a Master's Degree of Art in Photography from California State University at Fullerton, CA. She also studied photography at The Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York and the  Center of the Eye in Aspen, Colorado.

J. K. Lavin was selected as a Critical Mass Finalist in 2020 and also as a Fresh finalist by Klompching Gallery in 2019.  She has had numerous solo exhibitions including The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA. Her work has been included in juried exhibitions across the US and she has exhibited in Europe. Her photographs have been published in various on-line and print magazines.  Lavin’s work is held in public collections.

She is based in Venice, CA.  Her decision to move there years ago was based on a coin toss.