Ryan Johnson (artist)

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Ryan Johnson
Young man in an art studio, in front of a large drawing and art clippings taped to the wall.
Ryan Johnson in his Brooklyn studio, 2009
Born1978 (age 47–48)
Karachi, Pakistan
Known forSculpture

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]

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

  • 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

  • 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

  1. "Ryan Johnson - Artist - Saatchi Gallery". www.saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 2023-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. Rosenberg, Karen (2012-12-06). "Ryan Johnson: 'Self Storage'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  4. "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
  5. “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