Ryan Johnson (born 1978) is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] His sculptures are "made from a variety of materials, among them wood, medical casting tape and sheet metal,"[2] and they have been described as having "strange spatial compressions, surreal displacements and quasi-Futurist illusions of movement."[3]
Ryan Johnson | |
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 Ryan Johnson in his Brooklyn studio, 2009 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 47–48) |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Johnson grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia, and graduated from Jakarta International School.[4][5] He holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Columbia University. His work has been featured in exhibitions at MoMA PS1 in New York, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (now the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House), and the Saatchi Gallery in London (among others).
Selected solo exhibitions
edit- 2017 Life Study, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
- 2012 Self Storage, Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
- 2010 Description of a Struggle, Sikkema Jenkins and Co., New York, NY
- 2008 Watchman, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
- 2007 Ambien Eyes, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
- 2005 Modern Human Animal, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
Selected group exhibitions
edit- 2018 Visitors from Shallow Space, Fresh Window, Brooklyn, NY
- 2017 Cupid Angling, John H. Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
- 2016 Fort Greene, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Venus LA, Los Angeles, CA
- Life Study, EDDYSROOM, Greenpoint, NY
- 2015 Under Foundations, curated by Jess Wilcox, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
- Eagles II, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain
- 2014 Forever, Metropolitan Art Society, Beirut, Lebanon
- Imaginary Portraits, curated by Dodie Kazanjian, Gallery Met, New York, NY
- Pale Fire, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
- 2013 High, Low, and In Between, with Ryan Johnson, Johannes VanDerBeek, and Sara VanDerBeek, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
- 2012 Pewter Wings, Golden Horns, Stone Veils, GRIMM Gallery, The Netherlands
- 2010 NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition, Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
- 2009 Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
- 2008 Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
- Imaginary Thing, curated by Peter Eleey, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
- 2007 BRAIN FORM, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
- Capricci (possibilities of other worlds), Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
- MASH, The Helena, New York, NY
- 2006 2006 Untitled (For H.C. Westermann), curated by Michael Rooks, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
- Metaphysics of Youth, curated by Luigi Fassi and Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Artenova-Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy
- Turn the Beat Around, Sikkema Jenkins and Co., New York, NY
- Ionesco's Friends, curated by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
- 2005 Greater New York P.S.1, Queens, NY
- Who is the Protagonist? curated by Ohad Meromi, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
- 2004 Pattern Playback, curated by Silvia Cubina, The Moore Space, Miami, FL
- Four-Ply, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- Hung, Drawn, and Quartered, curated by Miriam Katzeff, Team Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003 Pantone, curated by David Hunt, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY
- Burnt Orange, Heresy Space 101, Brooklyn, NY
References
edit- ↑ "Ryan Johnson - Artist - Saatchi Gallery". www.saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Rosenberg, Karen (2012-12-06). "Ryan Johnson: 'Self Storage'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "UPS and Ogilvy on Apparent Rip-Off: No Similarities Here! Who's Ryan Johnson?" FastCo Design, August 2010 http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662181/ups-and-ogilvy-on-apparent-rip-off-no-similarities-here-whos-ryan-johnson
- ↑ “Ryan Johnson on How His New Works Reflect the angst of Early Adulthood,” Video on Artinfo.com, November 2012 http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/837071/video-ryan-johnson-on-how-his-new-works-reflect-the-angst-of
External links
edit- Interview with Ryan Johnson 2012 lodownmagazine.com
- Official Website: ryanjohnsonstudio.com
- Ryan Johnson on ArtFacts.net
- Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
- Ryan Johnson on ArtNet.com
- Ryan Johnson at Frieze: FriezeArtFair.com