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BIO / BIBLIOGRAPHY / PRESS RELEASES
Chris Johanson
| BORN | 1968
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon |
Forthcoming/Current Exhibitions
| 2007 |
'Art Unlimited' (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd and Galleri Nicolai Wallner), Art|38|Basel, Basel, 13/06/07-17/06/07 (solo)
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2007 |
'APEX: CHRIS JOHANSON', Portland Art Museum, Portland
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| 2006 |
'I Can Feel It (Co-Exist In Modern Death): Alright Yeah!', Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
'I am in this weird area now', Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
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| 2005 |
'Solo Show, Solo Soul 2', Baronian-Francey Gallery
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| 2004 |
'Solo Show, Solo Soul 2', Baronian-Francey Gallery
'Solo Show, Solo Soul', Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Modern Institute, Glasgow Scotland
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| 2003 |
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
SFMOMA, SECA Award Show, San Francisco, California
Galerie Georg Kargl,Vienna Austria
SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| 2002 |
Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, California
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| 2001 |
Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
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| 2000 |
'The Ourselves Festival', Alleged Fine Arts, New York, New York
'Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud)', Purple Institute, Paris
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| 1998 |
'All on Different Trips', Four Walls, San Francisco, California
'SWP', Alleged Fine Arts, New York, New York
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| 1997 |
'Ourlandia', Scene/Escena, San Francisco, California
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| 1995 |
'The Universe', Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
'Sorry', Figure 5, San Francisco, California
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| 1994 |
'Fantasy Island (Life Span)', Kiki, San Francisco, California
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| 1990 |
'Pictures and Words', Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco, California
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2007 |
'Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative', Thomas Gane Gallery, London
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| 2006 |
'this talk we have, this talk we have had, this talk we have/have had', David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
'SINCE 2000: Printmaking now', Museum of Modern Art, New York
'Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection', DESTE Foundation, Athens
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| 2005 |
'The Early Show', White Columns, New York
Istanbul Biennale, Turkey
'Solo Show Solo Soul', project by Chris Johanson, Baronian Francey & FRAC Haute-Normandie
'Stoners vs. Drunks', Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
'Monuments for the USA', CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco
Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
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2004 |
'Recent Acquisitions', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris
Group Show, Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
'Lo-Gressive Living: Works on Paper from the San Francisco Bay Area', The Approach, London
'Beautiful Losers', Cincinnati Center for the Arts, Cincinatti; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico, Italy
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2003 |
'Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art', Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington Traveling to Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Colombia, and CCA Wattis Institute for the Arts, San Francisco, California
'Comic Release', The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania traveling to The Center for Contemporary Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, The University of North Texas Gallery, Denton, Texas, and Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
'Flipping the Bird', Vox Populi, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
'Taqueria Cancun', Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
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2002 |
'Now is Now', Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
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2001 |
'Widely Unknown', Deitch Projects, New York, New York
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
'East Meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York
'The Sensational Line', Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Denver, Colorado
'Untitled 2001', Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
'Jess Hilliard: an undying fascination for all animals, especially the cute ones', San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
'The Portrait Show', New Image Arts, Los Angeles, California
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2000 |
'Pot O’Gold', Patrizia Outore Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Rare, New York, New York
Collectors Choice, Exit Art, New York, New York
'Utopia', Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
Liste 2000, Basel, Switzerland
'Deterritorialization of Process', Artist Space, San Francisco, California
Extra(Super)Meta', Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, 'San Francisco, California
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1999 |
'Scopic', San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
'Coup d’Etat', Alleged Fine Arts, New York, New York
'Survivalists', Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
'The Levels', La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
'Museum Pieces', De Young Museum, San Francisco, California
'On Paper',Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Liste 99, Basel, Switzerland
New Image Arts, Los Angeles, California
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1998 |
'Alter-Nativity', The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California
Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, California
'Move 2', New Image Arts, Los Angeles, California
'He Swam Down, Away',Audiello Fine Arts, New York, New York
'The Mind Harvest Series', La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
'Selections Summer 98', The Drawing Center, New York, New York
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1997 |
'Me, Myself, and I', Timithy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, California
'The Independents', Alleged Fine Arts, New York, New York
'Oddity', 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, California
'Mission Community Art Show', Starcleaners, San Francisco, California
'Switch Stance', San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
'Bay Area Now', Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
'Waveforms, Skate(board)ing the Urban Forest', Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
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1996 |
'Guy', Four Walls, San Francisco, California
'Necessary Evil Kneivel', Alleged Fine Arts, New York, New York
'Shred Sled Symposium', The Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
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1995 |
'The Finale', Figure 5, San Francisco, California
'The New Millenium Degenerate Art Show', The Lab, San Francisco
'Wild Side', L.A.C.E., San Francisco
'Dysfunctional, an exhibition of Skateboard Art and Design', Blue Note Gallery, London, England
'Special Friends', Adobe Book Shop, San Francisco, California
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1994 |
'Combine Effort', Figure 5, San Francisco, California
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1993 |
'The T-Shirt Show', Works Gallery, San Jose, California
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1991 |
'Chain Reaction', San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
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1990 |
'The Flower Show', Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco, California
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Film Festivals
| 2000 |
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, New York
Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, San Francisco, California
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