Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Chris Johanson

Biography

Chris Johanson

Born 1968
Lives and works in Portland Oregon

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY (upcoming)

2011
Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden

2010
“1991 to 2010 - I Was There,” Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
“Not a waste of...,” George Kargl, Vienna
“Backwards Towards Forwards,” Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
“The sound of energy in space, the space of energy in life”, Schunck, Heerlen, The Netherlands.

2009
Chris Johanson - Jean Dubuffet, Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium “Continuality,” Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

2008
“Totalities,” Deitch Projects, New York (cat.) Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Conclusions on Boundaries (collaboration with Johanna Jackson),” Art of this Gallery, Minneapolis

2007
Art Unlimited, Art Basel 38 (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Galerie Georg Kargl and Gallerie Nicolai Wallner), Basel, Switzerland
Chris Johanson, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
APEX: Chris Johanson, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Peaceable Kingdom,” (with Johanna Jackson), Marella Gallery, Milan (cat.)
“Paradise Library” (collaboration with Johanna Jackson), Le Meridien Hotel, San Francisco, CA

2006
“I Can Feel It (Co-Exist In Modern Death): Alright Yeah!,” Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Contemporary Landscapes,” Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
“I am in this weird area now,” Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005
“SOLO SHOW, SOLO SOUL,” Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2004
“SOLO SHOW, SOLO SOUL,” Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Problem Does Not Compute,” The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France

2003
“The More You Think About It, The More You Think About It and Keep Thinking About It More,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“This is where you are,” Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

2002
“Now is Now,” Deitch Projects, New York, NY (cat.)
“Many Ways,” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

2001
“Relationistism About Brownness,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000
“The Ourselves Festival,” Alleged Fine Arts, New York, NY
“Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud),” Purple Institute/Alleged, Paris, France

1998
“All On Different Trips,” Four Walls, San Francisco “SWP,” Alleged Fine Arts, New York, NY

1997
“Everylandia,” Scene/Escena, San Francisco, CA

1995
“The Universe,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Sorry,” Figure 5, San Francisco, CA

1994
“Fantasy Island (Life Span),” Kiki, San Francisco, CA

1990
“Pictures and Words,” Emmanuel Radnitzky Found Objects, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
Dialogue of Hands, Glasgow International 2012, Glasgow, UK

2011
"Katherine Bernhardt, Alfred Jensen, Chris Johanson, Chris Martin, Andrew Masullo, and Judith Scott', Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY

2010
“75 Years of Looking Forward,” 75th Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
“Aktualität eines Mediums – Nader Ahriman bis Chen Zhen,” Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
“Draw,” Museo De La Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Final San Francisco Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Disorder Disorder, Penrith Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia

2009
“Kunstfehler – Fehlerkunst,” Halle 14 Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
“A New York Minute,” DepartFoundation, Rome, Italy
“Nothing is permanent,” de Elektriciteitscentrale, Brussels, Belgium
“LEARN TO READ ART: A History of Printed Matter (1976-2009),” P.S.1 MoMA, Queens, NY
“Failed Art / The Art of Failure,” ACC Galerie, Weimar,
“A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
15 Years of New Image Art, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Impossible Instruments/Future Flags,” Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
“Songs from the Treetops,” group show curated by Harrell Fletcher, PDX Contemporary, Portland, OR
The North County Invitational, Cals Pharmacy, Portland, OR
“Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2008
"10 Year Anniversary Show," China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
“Lots Of Things Like That,” apexart, New York, NY (cat.)
“Whatever’s whatever,” The Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece
“Dark Milk,” MILK Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Impossible Instruments Future Flags,” Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
“Poster Renaissance 2,” New Image Art, West Hollywood, CA
“Menagerie: Animals and Nature,” Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
“Dropped Frames,” Elk Gallery, New York
“Second Nature,” Coordinated by Galerie Nosbaum and Reding, Parc Heintz, Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Centre d’art contemporain, Comaine departemental de Chamarande, France

2007
“Pierogi Flatfilling – an interactive curatorial project,” ArtNews Projects, Berlin, Germany
“Silly Adults,” Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative,” Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK(cat.) Euphorion – Art from San Francisco, Pierogi Leipzig
“The Incomplete,” Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
“A Collaboration,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Kinky Sex (Makes The World Go ‘Round),” Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
In the Fullness of Time: Celebrating Twenty Years, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
“Fractured Figure,” Deste Foundation, Athens (cat.)
“Oliver Twist”, Rental Gallery, New York
“Sound Zero-Kunst and Muzik vom Pop bis zur Street Art,” Kunstforum Halle, Vienna

2006
Untitled (for H.C. Westermann), The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (cat.)
“Fundstuke und Transit,” Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Johnen and Schottle, Cologne, Germany
“This talk we have, this talk we have had, this talk we have/have had,” David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
New Works, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
“Have New Yes,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
“Since 2000 – Printmaking Now,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
“Panic Room – Works for the Dakis Joannou Collection,” DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece (Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Kathy Grayson)(cat.)
“Five Humans Share Thoughts, People Respond,” ANTISOCIAL, Vancouver, Canada
“Happiness/Berlin Biennale,” 4th Berlin Biennial, Gagosian Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Curated by Martin Germann)
“Monuments for the USA,” CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco White Columns, New York, NY (cat.)
“DO NOT STACK,” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
“State Of The Nation,” Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Golden State,” Paulson Press, Berkeley, CA

2005
“Nach Rokytnik,” MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wein, Vienna, Austria
“The Early Show,” White Columns, New York Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey (cat.)
“Waters and Watercolours,” Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
“Good Timing,” Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
“Looking at Words,” Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis MN
“Stoners vs. Drunks,” Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
“Casual-Imagastic Jo Jackson Chris Johanson,” Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
“Curb Appeal,” Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
“Different Wave Lengths,” Tina Kim Fine Art, New York, NY
“SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL 2,” Baronian-Francey, Brussels
Frac Haute-Normandy, Normandy, France

2004

“Between Art and Life; The Contemporary Art and Sculpture Collection,” San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
"Beautiful Losers: Contemporary At and Street Culture,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (cat.)
“Lo-Gressive Living,” The Approach, London, UK
“Majority Whip,” White Box, New York
“Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, CCA Wattis; Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA (Cat.)
“With us against reality, or against us!,” Gallerie S.E., Bergen, Norway
“Color Wheel Oblivion,” Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (cat.) “Freedom Frenzy,” Reading Frenzy, Portland
“The Optimistic Mood,” Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, Sunderland UK
“I Love Music,” Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, California
“Initial Encounters,” The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York
“SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL,” Vedanta Gallery, Chicago Il
“Dog Show,” Curated By Angelique Groh, North Spring Street Gallery, Los Angeles

2003
“17 Reasons,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
“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(cat.)
Somer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Taqueria Cancun,” Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, January 10-February 1, 2003
“Flipping the Bird,” Box Populi, Philadelphia, January 8-February 2, 2003
“Dirt Wizards,” Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., New York
“Strange Glue,” Ratio 3, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
“Beam Me Up,” New Image Arts, West Hollywood, California
Group show, Anne de Villepoix, Paris
“Forward/4words,” Rovigo Cen Ser., Rovigo Italy, curated by Guido Bartorelli & Alfredo Siglo
“American Art Today: Faces and Figures,” The Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, Florida curated by Roni Feinstein and Dhalia Morgan
“Pretty Gritty,” The Institute of Unpopular Culture, Rayko Photo, Film Arts Foundation and Luggage Store Present at Rayko Photo, San Francisco

2002
“Worm Hole 2,” Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands (cat.)
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (cat.)

2001
“Widely Unknown,” Deitch Projects, New York, NY
“Summertime Reunion,” Cat Haus, San Francisco, CA
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison
Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“East Meets West,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Hammond Museum, North Salem,
“The Sensational Line,” Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver “Untitled 2001,” Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
“Jess Hillard: an undying fascination for all animals, especially the cute ones,” San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco
“The Portrait Show,” New Image Arts, West Hollywood, California “Paperview,” Galerie Espacio Minimo, Madrid
“Western,” Studio Z, San Francisco
“The Red Man Show,” Adobe Books, San Francisco
“Synesthesia,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco
“TEXT/TYPE,” curated by Cynthia Connelly, Martin Sprouse’s flat, San
Francisco
2000 “Pot O’ Gold,” Patrizia Outore Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Rare, New York Collector’s Choice, Exit Art, New York
“Utopia,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
“Deterritorialization of Process,” Artist Space, San Francisco
“Extra (Super) Meta,” Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco “Welcome to Our Community Everyone Here Loves God,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, California
“Move Five Text,” New Image Arts (at Bergamot Station), Santa Monica “Blurring The Line,” RARE, New York New Langton Arts’ 16th Annual Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
1999 “Scopic,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose
“Coup d’Etat,” Alleged Fine Arts, New York
“Survivalists,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco
“The Levels,” La Pandaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
“Museum Pieces,” De Young Museum, San Francisco
“On Paper,” Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Paper,” Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
“Off The Hook,” Luggage Store, San Francisco
Rick Farr, Rich Jacobs, Chris Johanson, Alicia McCarthy, New Image Arts, Los
Angeles
1998 “Alter-Nativity,” The Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco
“Move 2,” New Image Arts, Los Angeles
“He Swam Down, Away,” Audiello Fine Arts, New York
“The Mind Harvest Series,” La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
Selections Summer ’98, The Drawing Center, New York
“Stuck,” ESP, San Francisco, Adobe Books, San Francisco
“SAP,” Lanai Motel, San Francisco
Whipper Snapper Nerd Silent Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
1997 “Me, Myself and I,” Timithy Higbee Gallery
“The Independents,” Alleged Fine Arts, New York
“Oddity,” Minna Gallery, San Francisco Mission Community Art Show, Starcleaners, San Francisco
“Switch Stance,” San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco
Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
“Waverforms, Skate(board)ing in the Urban Forest,” Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz Tobin Yelland and Chris Johanson, Cafe Nidal, San Francisco
Book Shop, Scene/Escena, San Francisco
1996 “Guy,” Four Walls, San Francisco
“Necessary Evil Kneivel,” Alleged Fine Arts, New York
“Shred Sled Symposium,” The Thread Waxing Space, New York
“Tropical Sunrise,” Poker Face, Portland
Erin Courtney and Chris Johanson, Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco
Chris Johanson, Mary Nicholson, Tobin Yelland, Alleged Productions, New York
1995 “The Finale,” Figure 5, San Francisco
“The New Millennium 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, UK
“Special Friends,” Adobe Book Shop, San Francisco
“Big ‘N’ Easy,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1994 “Combine Effort,” Figure 5, San Francisco
The Shooting Gallery, Club 1015, San Francisco
The Works T-Shirt Auction, Works, San Jose, California
1992 Curated By Rob Trains, Cafe Picarro, San Francisco
1991 “Chain Reaction,” San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco
Curated by Rob Trains, All You Knead Cafe, San Francisco
1990 “The Flower Show,” Emmanuel Radnitzky Found Objects, San Francisco


Selected Bibliography
2010 Nelson, Arty. Chris Johanson: Totalities, Deitch Projects, New York
2009 Nickas, Bob, Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting. Phaidon
Press, London,
2006 Hammer Projects 1999-2009, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2008 Second Nature. Catalogue for Second Nature, Galerie Nosbaum and Reding, Luxemborg, 2008. pp. 94-99.
Johanson, Chris and Johanna. The Peaceable Kingdom, Nieves, Zurich 2008
2007 Rose, Aaron, Sean Kennerly and Jack Hanley. Please Listen I Have Something To Tell You About What Is by Chris Johanson. Bologna: Diamani Editore
Miller, Ken; Revisionaries: A Decade of Art in Tokion. Pp 76-77. Abrams
Image, New York Hengst, Cliff and Scott Hewicker; Good Times: Bad Trips. Pp
128-129. San Francisco
Peaceable Kingdom, with Johanna Jackson, Nieves, Zurich
2006 a limited edition book by Chris Johanson, Alleged Press and Damiani Editore
Freeborn, John. Big Kids, Little Kids. pp. 76-77. Nested Group, Exton
Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: the Paintings and Early Objects of H.C.
Westerman. pp102-103. Catalogue for the Exhibition. The Contemorary
Museum of Honolulu, Honolulu
Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper. Catalogue for
the Exhibition. Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
I Am Glad For You That You Exist, Nieves, Zurich 2006

2005 EVN Sammlung 95–05, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne
9th International Istanbul Biennial, ed. Deniz Ünsal, Foundation for Culture and
Arts Istanbul
Live Through This: New York In The Year 2005, eds. Jeffrey Deitch, Kathy
Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York
Curated By Chris Johanson, L’IMPRIMANTE
Richer, Francesca and Rosenzweig, Matthew; No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists.
page 189. D.A.P.
Young, Sleek and Full of Hell. Draggo Arts and Communication S.R.I., Rome
Vitamin D: New Perspectives on Drawing. pp 154-157. Phaidon Press, London
2004 Rose, Aaron. Chris Johanson. New York: Deitch Projects
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, eds. Aaron Rose and
Christian Strike, Iconoclast Productions, LLC 2004-2005
Cliver, Sean; Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art. Pp. 224-225. Ginko Press,
Corte Madera
Color Wheel Oblivion, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Baja to Vancouver: the West Coast and Contemporary Art. Catalogue for the
Exhibition Baja to Vancouver: the West Coast and Contemporary Art. CCA
Wattis Institute, San Francisco
Fourteen Hills: the SFSU Review, Spring/ Summer 2004. cover and pp.199
2003 McGinness, Ryan; Sponsorship: the Fine Art of Corporate Sponsorship/
Corporate Sponsorship of Fine Art. PP 97-102. Exhibition Catalogue for
“Sponsorship” at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles
Bloemink, Barbara and Vicky A. Clark. Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a
New Generation. P 170. D.A.P., New York, Exhibition Catalogue for
Negotiating Identity for a New Generation.
2002 SECA Art Award: John Bankston, Andrea Higgins, Chris Johanson, Will Rogan,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Fletcher, Harrell. Harrell Fletcher and Chris Johanson; Plants, Animals and
People Live on a Place Called Earth, that’s in a Place Called the Solar System,
that’s in a Place Called the Milky Way, that’s in a Place Called the Universe.
Creativity Explored, (Possible with a grant from The Creative Work Fund).
Whitney Biennial 2002. Pp 120-121. Catalogue for the Exhibition Whitney
Biennial 2002, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Jess Hilliard, Hi There, Tender Feelings, Portland
2001 Sun Power Is Why, Xeroxbook, ed. Chris Johanson, Baronian_Francey,
Bruxelles, Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Christophe Daviet-
Thery, Paris
2000 Johanson, Chris; You Are There. Alleged Press, (solo book)
Johanson, Chris, “Who is Laughing at Me?,” cover and pp.199-200, Fourteen
Hills: the SFSU Review, Spring/ Summer 2004.
1997 Bills Liquors, self published xerox You, self published xerox
1996 Life is a Major Blast, published with Alleged Press, xerox Magazines, Periodicals,
and Articles
2009 Garfield,Joey, Juxtapoz, june, San Francisco
2008 O’Neil-Butler, Lauren, Art Forum, December, New York
2007 Kathy Grayson, The Journal, entry no. 20, New York
Tokion, Creativity Now 2007, January, New York
Get Lost, New Museum, New York
2006 Nelson,Arty, “He Walks the Line”, L.A. Times, June 9-15, Los Angeles
Robecchi, Michele, Contemporary, no. 83, London
Fowler, Brendan, Art Forum, March, 2006 New York
2005 ANP Quarterly, issue 3, Costa Mesa, California, Jo Jackson and Chris Johanson
interview each other
Slap, May Issue 154, San Francisco
2004 Fourteen Hills: the SFSU Review, Spring/ Summer
2004. cover and pp.199-200
Relax, issue 87, Tokyo
Arkitip, issue 22, Los Angeles, interview
Deamer, Julie, a-n Magazine, June, Newcastle
Filter, fall issue, Los Angeles
Bail, issue 3, Chicago
Kenneth, Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, March 22nd, San Francisco
Transworld Skateboarding, September, Oceanside, California
2003 Richardson, issue A3, New York, collaborative piece with Jo Jackson, pp. 32-39
Pencil Fight, issue 1, Portland, interview, pp. 38-44
Berger, Jamie, San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, San Francisco
Wilson, Michael, Frieze, issue 79, London
Sheets, Hilarie M., “The Dude Is New Age And He’s Proud of It”, April 20,
New York Times, New York
Loyal, number 7, with Jo Jackson, Stockholm
2002 Pierogi Press, Number 9, New York, cover Image
Helfand, Glen, “The Mission School”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, April
10-16, San Francisco
Levin, The Village Voice, December 11-17, New York
Visiophile, Alleged Press, interview, Los Angeles
Relax, issue 67, Tokyo
Sutherland, Meagan, Paper, November, New York
Tokion, issue 29, interview, New York
Cotter, Holland, “Whitney Biennial”, New York Times, March 8th, New York
Smith, Roberta, “The Armory Show, Grown Up and in Love With Color”, New
York Times, February 22, New York
Johnson, Ken, November 22, New York Times, New York
Worm Hole, Issue 2, Rotterdam, Holland
2001 Knight, Christopher, “Life in the Big City”, Los Angeles Times, June 15th,
LosAngeles
Bridge, summer/spring, Chicago, cover image Relax, issue 52, Tokyo
Free and Easy, vol.4 no. 35, Tokyo Strength, April, Cincinnati
Loehr, Cindy, New Art Examiner, May/June, Chicago
Yood, James, tema celeste, March-April, Milan
Golonu, Berin, Art Papers, May/June, Atlanta, Georgia
Visiophile, Alleged Press, Los Angeles
Massimiliano, Gioni, Flash Art, no. 216, Milan
Powers, Bill, Black Book, summer issue, Los Angeles
Whitely, Mark, “I Like to See It: The 2001 Untitled Event” Slap Magazine,
September, San Francisco
2000 Smith, Roberta, The New York Times, April 7th, New York
Camper Fred, “Musicians at Play”, Chicago Reader, January, Chicago
Vice, volume 7 no. 3, New York
Tokion, issue 17, Tokyo
Mahoney, Robert, “Deterritorialization of Process”, Time Out New York, March
9-16, New York
Levin, The Village Voice, December 11-17, New York
Golonu, Berin, “‘Scopic: Magnify the Times’ at the San Jose Institute of
Contemporary Art”, February
Frank, Peter, “S.F. Drawing Show, The Happiness Show”, L.A. Times, June 9-15,
Los Angeles
Paper, December, New York
Mall Punk, Issue 1, San Francisco
Brutus, 11/15, Tokyo
1999 The Organizers of This Publication Take No Responsibility for the Contents
herein, San Francisco, cover image
1998 Baker, Kenneth, “Jarring Street Scenes In Johanson’s ‘Trips’”, Date Book, San
Francisco Chronicle, September 10th, San Francisco
Freedman, Marcy, SF Weekly, September 2-8, San Francisco
Pedersen, Victoria, “Street Life”, August, New York
Roche, Harry, “Critic’s Choice: Art”, San Francisco Bay Guardian, September
11th, San Francisco
Turd Filled Donut, issue 4, San Francisco
Stafford, Amy, “Crowd Control”, Surface Magazine,
Hirschfeld, Sasha, “Stop for a Minute”, Dazed and Confused, issue 59, London
ZYZZYVA, fall issue, San Francisco
BARK, issue 6, San Francisco1998
The New Yorker, August 17th, New York
Schwendener, Martha, “Selections Summer ’98”, Time Out New York, July 23-
30, New York
Great God Pan, number 11, Hermosa Beach, California
Skateboarder, Summer issue, San Juan Capistrano, California
1997 Paper Magazine, “guest room with a view”, October, New York
Baker, Kenneth, “Quick-Draw Artists and Tender Hearts”, San Francisco
Chronicle, June 13, San Francisco
Finkel, Jori, East Bay Express, December 12, Berkeley, California 1996
Aint Nothin Like Fuckin Moonshine, issue 11, San Francisco
Brower, Steven and Gall, John, “Skateboard Art”, Print, Nov.-Dec., Rockville,
Maryland
Kabat, Jennifer, aiga, “Skateboard Graphics, Not Ready For Prime Time”, Vol
14 no 2, New York 1995
Porges, Maria, Art Issues, September-October, Los Angeles
Aint Nothin Like Fuckin Moonshine, issue 10, San Francisco
Bonetti, David, San Francisco Examiner, July 14th, San Francisco




Curated Exhibits
2009 Vaguely Paperly, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago IL
2008 Every Picture Tells A Story...Or Is At Least A Picture, Small A Projects, Curated with Johanna Jackson, Portland Oregon
2007 Music and Rhythm, Jack Hanley Gallery Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles 2006 SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL 3, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
2005 SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL 2, Baronian-Francey, Brussels, Frac Haute-Normandy, Normandy, France
2004 SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago

Film Festivals
2003 Cut and Paste Skateboarding Art and Film Festival, Iowa City, IA
2001 Hi Mom Film Festival, Chapel Hill, NC 2000
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, San Francisco, CA

Artist Exhibitions

Katherine Bernhardt, Alfred Jensen, Chris Johanson, Chris Martin, Andrew Masullo, Judith Scott - June 30 - August 5, 2011

Artist Images

JUSTINE KURLAND
"Donner Pass," 2008
C-print
50 by 40 in. 127 by 101.6 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Astride Mama Burro, Now Dead," 2007
C-print
40 by 50 in. 101.6 by 127 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Doyle, CA: Cuervo saying it won't come and to quit so we can drive to the gas station and buy more wine," 2007
C-print
40 by 50 in. 101.6 by 127 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Casper on the Back Porch," 2008
C-print
19 by 14 1/2 in. 48.3 by 36.8 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Counting Hoppers," 2008
C-print
30 by 40 in. 76.2 by 101.6 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Ghost Town CSX," 2007
C-print
14 1/2 by 19 in. 36.8 by 48.3 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Hemp Bracelet For Spanging," 2008
C-print
30 by 40 in. 76.2 by 101.6 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Keddie Wye," 2007
C-print
24 by 31 1/2 in. 61 by 80 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Land of the Lost," 2008
C-print
19 by 23 in. 48.3 by 58.4 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Portrait of a Hobo," 2007
C-print
31 1/2 by 24 in. 80 by 61 cm.


JUSTINE KURLAND
"Prospecting the South Fork of the Platte River," 2008
C-print
19 by 23 in. 48.3 by 58.4 cm.


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Heads
2009
Acrylic on found wood
24 by 23 in. 61 by 58.4 cm.


Do Whatever You Want
2007-2010
Acrylic on Found wood
46 by 48 in. 116.8 by 121.9 cm.


Untitled (Sun)
2009
Acrylic on found wood
44 5/8 by 36 7/8 in. 113.3 by 93.7 cm.


Installation view, Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2002


Installation view, APEX: Chris Johanson
Portland Art Museum
2007


Installation view, Art Unlimited
Art Basel 38, Switzerland
2007


Installation view, The sound of energy in space, the space of energy in life
Schunck, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2010


Installation view, All On Different Trips
Four Walls, San Francisco
1998


Installation view, Totalities
Deitch Projects, New York
2008


Norbert Schwontkowski, Dorian Gray, 2011, oil on canvas


Untitled
2010-11
Acrylic on wood
60 1/2 by 46 3/4 by 1 in. 153.7 by 118.7 by 2.5 cm.


Untitled
2007-11
Acrylic on wood
43 3/8 by 60 1/2 by 3 in. 110.2 by 153.7 by 7.6 cm.


Untitled
2008
Acrylic and latex paint on found wood
2 panels overall: 95 1/2 by 83 in. 242.6 by 210.8 cm.