Justin Curfman + Feeding Fingers

Justin Curfman is a multi-disciplinary artist, composer, and language professional who explores diverse forms of creative expression. A polyglot fluent in Italian, English, and German, he works as a teacher, translator, interpreter, and cultural liaison.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Justin began playing guitar and piano at age six and soon developed a passion for languages, literature, the arts, cinema, and music composition. In 2006, he founded the band Feeding Fingers, known for blending dark-wave, indie rock, avant-garde, electro, jazz, punk, and world music into a distinctive, genre-defying sound. Their albums include Wound in Wall (2006), Baby Teeth (2009), Detach Me from My Head (2010), The Occupant (2013), Attend (2015), Do Owe Harm (2018), Camille (2020), I Won’t Eat the Horror (2021), and Against the Roses (2024). Justin has toured the U.S. and Europe with the group, performing alongside acts like Nitzer Ebb, David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets), and IAMX.

Beyond the band, Justin composes music for film, theater, video games, television, and advertising. He has scored his own award-winning stop-motion short films, including Tephrasect (2004), now studied in Canadian universities. His theatrical compositions include the award-winning ballet Camille (2020) for Naples’ Teatro Bellini. Other credits include Dust Box (2012), Regissören (2011), Beloved Beast (2018), Pillow Party Massacre (2023), the video game Perception (2017), and TV projects like Ghost Adventures and BrainPop, as well as international ad campaigns for brands such as Kooples Paris with Vincent Cassel and Tina Kunakey.

Justin is also an author of five books and graphic novels, including Catalog of Absurdity (2003), Expiration Date: A Graphic Novel (2005), Fragments from Tephra (2011), TICKS: The Illustrated Storybook (2012), and Wrecker: A Novel (2012), with contributions to avant-garde and speculative fiction journals.

As a visual artist, he exhibits paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations that explore the human condition, the subconscious, and metaphysical themes.

He has lived in Germany and Italy for over fourteen years, currently residing in Naples, where he continues his work as a language teacher, cultural mediator, and certified pedagogue (BFD/Lebenshilfe) supporting individuals with cognitive, physical, and linguistic disabilities. He is now working on Feeding Fingers’ next album while pursuing other creative projects.