The Modern Institute

The Modern Institute

Chris Johanson

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Born 1968, San Jose; Lives in Portland

Forthcoming and Current Exhibitions

2012

'Dialogue of Hands', East Gymnasium, City of Glasgow College, Glasgow (Group, 20/04—07/05/2012. Curated by Three Blows (Glasgow International Visual Art Festival))

2011

'SECA Art Award', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (Group, 09/12/2011—03/04/2012. Performance by Sun Foot and curating music for event)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

'Alright, Alright', Malmö Konsthall, Malmö

Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

2010

'The sound of energy in space, the space of energy on life', Schunck Glaspaleis, Herleen, Netherlands

'Not a waste of …', Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria

2009

Baronian Francey, Brussels

'Continuality', Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson college, Davidson, NC

2008

Dietch Projects, New York

Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

'Conclusions on Boundaries', Art of this Gallery, Minneapolis (collaboration with Johanna Jackson)

2007

'APEX: CHRIS JOHANSON', Portland Art Museum, Portland

'Art Unlimited', Art|38|Basel, Basel (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd and Galleri Nicolai Wallner)

'Peaceable Kingdom', Marella Gallery, Milan (with Jo Jackson)

2006

'I am in this weird area now', Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

'I Can Feel It (Co-Exist In Modern Death): Alright Yeah!', Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles

2005

'Solo Show, Solo Soul 2', Baronian Francey, Brussels

2004

'‘Problem Does Not Compute’', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico

'Solo Show, Solo Soul 2', Vedanta Gallery, Chicago

2003

Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna

SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

'SECA Award Show', MOMA, San Francisco

2002

Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles

2001

Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver

Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum

Vedanta Gallery, Chicago

Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago

2000

'Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud)', Purple Institute, Paris

'The Ourselves Festival', Alleged Fine Arts, New York

1998

'All on Different Trips', Four Walls, San Francisco

'SWP', Alleged Fine Arts, New York

1997

'Ourlandia', Scene/Escena, San Francisco

1995

'Sorry', Figure 5, San Francisco

'The Universe', Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

1994

'Fantasy Island (Life Span)', Kiki, San Francisco

1990

'Pictures and Words', Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

'SECA Art Award', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (Performance by Sun Foot and curating music for event)

Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (Musée les Jacobins, Curated by Anne Pontégnie)

'Art Parcours Night', Art 42 Basel, Basel (Chris Johanson performs with his band ‘Sun Foot‘)

'NY Minute Moscow', Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow

'Chris Johanson, Charley Harper & Matt Keegan', Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

2009

'15 Years of New Image Art', New Image Arts, Los Angeles

'1999-10 Year Anniversary Show', China Art Objects, Los Angeles

'A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste', Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

'Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

'Instruments/Future Flags', Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon

'New York Minute', Depart Foundation, Rome

'Songs from the Treetops', PDX Contemporary, Portland, OR (curated by Harrell Fletcher)

'The North County Invitational', Cals Pharmacy, Portland, Or

2008

'Dark Milk', MILK CONTEMPORARY, Copenhagen, Denmark

'Dropped Frames', Elk Gallery, New York

'Impossible Instruments Future Flags', Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon

'Lots Of Things Like That', Apex Art, New York

'Menagerie: Animals and Nature', Jack Hanley Gallery, New York

'Poster Renaissance 2', New Image Art, West Hollywood, California

'Second Nature', Parc Heintz, Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Coordinated by Galerie Nosbaum and Reding)

'Whateverʼs whatever', The hydra school project, Hydra, Greece

2007

'The Incomplete', Chelsea Art Museum, New York

'Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative', Thomas Gane Gallery, London

2006

'Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection', DESTE Foundation, Athens

'SINCE 2000: Printmaking now', Museum of Modern Art, New York

'this talk we have, this talk we have had, this talk we have/have had', David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles

2005

Istanbul Biennale, Turkey

Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles

'Monuments for the USA', CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco

'Solo Show, Solo Soul', Baronian Francey, Brussels (project by Chris Johanson)

'Stoners vs. Drunks', Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

'The Early Show', White Columns, New York

2004

Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris

'Beautiful Losers', Cincinnati Center for the Arts, Cincinatti

'Group Show', Anne de Villepoix, Paris

'Lo-Gressive Living: Works on Paper from the San Francisco Bay Area', The Approach, London

'Recent Acquisitions', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

2003

SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

'Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art', Seattle Art Museum, Seattle

'Comic Release', The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania traveling to The Center for Contemporary Art

'Flipping the Bird', Vox Populi, Phildelphia

'Taqueria Cancun', Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston

2002

Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

'Now is Now', Deitch Projects, New York

2001

Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison

Hammond Museum, North Salem

'East Meets West', Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

'Jess Hilliard: an undying fascination for all animals, especially the cute ones', San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco

'The Portrait Show', New Image Arts, Los Angeles

'The Sensational Line', Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

'Untitled 2001', Spiral, Tokyo

'Widely Unknown', Deitch Projects, New York

2000

Rare, New York

Collectors Choice, Exit Art

Liste 2000, Basel

'Deterritorialization of Process', Artist Space, San Francisco

'Extra', (Super)Meta’, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens

'Pot O’Gold', Patrizia Outore Gallery, Melbourne

'Utopia', Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

1999

Liste 99, Basel

New Image Arts, Los Angeles

'Coup d’Etat', Alleged Fine Arts, New York

'Museum Pieces', De Young Museum, San Francisco

'On Paper', Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen

'Scopic', San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose

'Survivalists', Southern Exposure, San Francisco

'The Levels', La Panaderia, Mexico City

1998

Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco

'Alter-Nativity', The Jewish Museum, San Francisco

'He Swam Down, Away', Audiello Fine Arts, New York

'Move 2', New Image Arts, Los Angeles

'Selections Summer 98', The Drawing Center, New York

'The Mind Harvest Series', La Panaderia, Mexico City

1997

'Bay Area Now', Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

'Me, Myself, and I', Timithy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco

'Mission Community Art Show', Starcleaners, San Francisco

'Oddity', 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco

'Switch Stance', San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco

'The Independents', Alleged Fine Arts, New York

'Waveforms, Skate(board)ing the Urban Forest', Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History

1996

'Guy', Four Walls, San Francisco

'Necessary Evil Kneivel', Alleged Fine Arts, New York

'Shred Sled Symposium', The Thread Waxing Space, New York

1995

'Dysfunctional, an exhibition of Skateboard Art and Design', Blue Note Gallery, London

'Special Friends', Adobe Book Shop, San Francisco

'The Finale', Figure 5, San Francisco

'The New Millenium Degenerate Art Show', The Lab, San Francisco

'Wild Side', L.A.C.E., San Francisco

1994

'Combine Effort', Figure 5, San Francisco

1993

'The T-Shirt Show', Works Gallery, San Jose

1991

'Chain Reaction', San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco

1990

'The Flower Show', Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco