Aaron Johnson
Biografi
AARON JOHNSON (f. 1975) er en internasjonalt anerkjent kunstner kjent for malerier med drømmeaktig atmosfære. Johnson har hatt utstillinger i flere av verdens viktigste kunstbyer, inkludert New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Brussel, København, Oslo, Shanghai, Hongkong og Seoul. Hans arbeider har også vært utstilt ved prestisjetunge institusjoner som Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) i New York, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art og Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.
Johnson ble født og oppvokst i St. Paul, Minnesota, og startet Johnson sin karriere med en bachelorgrad i molekylær- og cellebiologi fra University of Arizona. I 1999 flyttet han til New York for å forfølge drømmen om å bli kunstner. Han fullførte en Master of Fine Arts ved det anerkjente Hunter College i 2005, der han allerede som student ble oppdaget av gallerister. Hans første separatutstilling i 2004 ble omtalt i The New York Times, mens hans andre separatutstilling fikk omfattende ros fra den innflytelsesrike kunstkritikeren Roberta Smith, som også anmeldte hans utstilling i 2008. Samme år som han fullførte sin MFA, ble tre av hans tegninger innlemmet i den permanente samlingen til Museum of Modern Art i New York.
Mellom 2010 og 2018 var Johnson aktiv i Skandinavia, hvor han stilte ut hos Galleri Poulsen og Galleri Brandstrup. I 2012 ble han tildelt et oppdrag for Comfort Hotel Grand Central i Oslo, hvor tre store malerier fortsatt er utstilt i dag.
Johnsons kunstnerskap kjennetegnes av eteriske figurer som smelter sammen med flytende fargefelt, og skaper en drømmeaktig atmosfære. Johnson bruker teknikker med utvannet akrylmaling for å oppnå spontane og uforutsigbare komposisjoner, som ofte utforsker temaer knyttet til kosmiske og naturlige krefter, samt forbindelsen mellom alt levende.
Johnson har siden hatt internasjonal suksess med separatutstillinger ved gallerier som Almine Rech (Brussel, Paris, Shanghai), Ross + Kramer Gallery (New York), Over The Influence (Los Angeles), Gana Art (Seoul), AishoNanzuka (Hongkong), Galleri Poulsen (København) og Galleri Brandstrup (Oslo). Hans verk er del av permanente samlinger ved blant annet Museum of Modern Art i New York, Weisman Foundation i Los Angeles og Coleccion Solo i Madrid.
I 2023, etter 25 år i New York, flyttet Johnson til Los Angeles. Her henter han inspirasjon fra byens pulserende kunstscene og den omkringliggende naturen, som spiller en sentral rolle i hans nyeste verk.
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Separatutstilling (utvalg) | ||
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2023 | Day Is Night, Almine Rech, Shanghai, Kina | |
2023 | Project Room, Almine Rech, Paris, Frankrike | |
2022 | It’s Good To Be Here, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea | |
2021 | Me and You in the Cosmic Stew, Over the Influence, Hong Kong | |
2021 | Other Earths, Almine Rech, Brussel, Belgia | |
2020 | Green Dreamer, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea | |
2020 | Cosmic Devotion, Over The Influence, Los Angeles, CA | |
2019 | Staring at the Sun, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Danmark | |
2018 | New Paintings, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY | |
2017 | Gone Fishin’ Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY | |
2015 | Pisockophilia, Stux + Haller Gallery, New York, NY | |
2015 | ¡Eso Si Que Es!, Arts and Leisure Gallery, New York, NY | |
2013 | Sock Paintings, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Danmark | |
2012 | Liberty Chomp, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Danmark | |
2011 | Freedom from Want, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2010 | Scars and Stripes, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Danmark | |
2010 | Don’t Be Scared, You’re Supposed to Be, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC | |
2008 | Star-Crossed, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2008 | Where the Buffalo Roam, Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Danmark | |
2007 | Love Songs for Demons, Mogadishni, Aarhus, Danmark | |
2007 | Hellhound Rodeo, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY | |
2007 | Hellhound Rodeo, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY | |
2005 | Fiend Club Lounge, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY | |
2005 | Bubblin’ Crude, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
Gruppeutstilling (utvalg) | ||
2022 | House Parté 2: The Final Salé, curated by Carlye Packer, Palm Springs, CA | |
2022 | September To Remember, Gana Art, Seoul | |
2021 | Light, Miles McEnery, New York, NY | |
2021 | Salon de Peinture, Almine Rech, New York, NY | |
2021 | Un Hiver a Paris, Almine Rech, Paris, France | |
2021 | Inner Worlds, Ramp Gallery, London | |
2021 | Potent, Harpers, East Hampton, NY | |
2020 | Painting Someone, Almine Rech, Shanghai | |
2020 | Rise and Shine, Over The Influence, Hong Kong | |
2020 | Stranger Things, Ramp Gallery, London | |
2020 | 1988 Gallery Anthony, Chicago | |
2020 | Chronicles, Gallery Droste, Wuppertal, Tyskland | |
2020 | The Stranger Things, Ramp Gallery, London | |
2019 | In Heaven Everything is Fine, Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York, NY | |
2018 | Chum Chum Rubby Dubby, AishoNanzuka Gallery, Hong Kong | |
2018 | Sieben, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT | |
2018 | This Wild Parade, Spring/Break Show, New York, NY | |
2017 | Summer Breaks, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY | |
2017 | GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY | |
2017 | The Cannonball Run, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark | |
2017 | Birds of the Audubon, 101 Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA | |
2016 | Summer Mixer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY | |
2016 | The Fourth Wall, Booth Gallery, New York, NY | |
2016 | Pretty Creepy, Booth Gallery, New York, NY | |
2015 | Walk in my Shoes, Mass MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA | |
2015 | Hot Slice, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
2015 | Blaze of Glory, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark | |
2015 | Viewer Discretion…The Children of Bataille, Stux + Haller Gallery, New York, NY | |
2015 | Heathen Fundamentalist,; An Ode to Philip Guston, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY | |
2015 | Static Cling 2, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY | |
2015 | Free Market Economy, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY | |
2014 | The Halloween Show, Gitler and ______, NY, NY | |
2014 | Burning Bright: Tiger, Tiger, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2014 | Heat, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark. | |
2014 | Awkward Phase, Pop Up curated by Jeremy Willis, Brooklyn, NY | |
2014 | If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind? Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2013 | Hello Nasty, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY | |
2013 | The Wild Bunch, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark. | |
2013 | Die Wunderkammer, The Lodge, New York, NY | |
2013 | One Hundred Little Deaths, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY. | |
2012 | Exquisite Corpses, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | |
2012 | Like Comment Share, American University Art Museum Katzen Center, Washington DC | |
2012 | The Dirty Double Dozen, Freight and Volume, New York, NY | |
2012 | Piping Down the Valleys Wild, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2012 | Drawn to You, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark | |
2011 | Good Intentions, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
2011 | You Are Free, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, WUK Werkstaetten und Kulturhaus, Wien, Østerrike | |
2011 | Facemaker, Royal T, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Kathy Grayson | |
2011 | Sick!, Misc. Project, New York, NY | |
2011 | Bitches Brew, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark | |
2011 | Volta New York, represented by Galeria Mito, New York, NY | |
2011 | Desires, Nightmares, Dreams 2. Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Libanon | |
2010 | Run and Tell That: New Work from New York, SU Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY | |
2010 | Big Picture, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY | |
2010 | Dawn Frasch, Aaron Johnson, Wes Lang, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norge | |
2010 | The Irrascible Assholes, Gallery Poulsen, København, Danmark. | |
2010 | Bushwick Schlacht, Fortress to Solitude, Brooklyn, New York | |
2010 | You Are Free, The Tape Club, Berlin, Tyskland | |
2010 | Inflection, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY | |
2010 | The Antidote, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY | |
2010 | The Rise and Fall of Excess Culture, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2009 | Ridykeulouse Hits Bottom, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY | |
2009 | Desires, Nightmares, Dreams. The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Libanon | |
2009 | Low Blow: and Other Species of Confusion, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2009 | Octo Pusses, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
2009 | Tales of Wonder and Woe, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY | |
2008 | Grotesque Histories, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
2008 | From Head to Toe, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2008 | Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY | |
2007 | Size Matters Part One: XS- Recent Small Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY;(2008) Knoxville Museum of Contemporary Art, Knoxville TN | |
2007 | Size Matters Part Two: XXL- Recent Large Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY | |
2007 | Irrational Exuberance, Maddox Art, London, England | |
2006 | Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY | |
2006 | Six Degrees of Separation, Stux Gallery, New York, NY | |
2005 | New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun, Østerrike | |
2005 | Kiss Me Long and Hard, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY | |
2005 | Go Figure! JET Art Works, Washington DC | |
2005 | MFA Thesis Exhibition XXV, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY | |
2005 | Group Show, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
2004 | On-Site - A Site-Specific Group Show, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
2004 | New American Talent- The 19th Exhibition, Art House Texas, Austin, TX, curated by Jerry Saltz | |
2004 | Surface Tension, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
2004 | A Sense of Place, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO | |
2003 | Tits and Art 3, GV-AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
2003 | Dirty Old Toy Box, Fluxcore Art Space, Brooklyn, NY | |
2003 | Love, Art, and War, Altman Gallery, New York, NY | |
2002 | Launch, Fluxcore Art Space, Brooklyn, NY | |
2002 | Memetics, Meme Project, New York, NY |