EZRA JOHNSON
Back to ArtistsEZRA JOHNSON
born Wenatchee, WA, in 1975
EDUCATION:
1997
San Francisco Art Institute
1998
Exchange to Central Saint Martins in London
2000
California College of Arts and Crafts, BFA
2006
Hunter College, MFA
Lives and works in New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009
A Gentlemen's Painter Among Bohemians, New Galerie de France, Paris
2007
Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
Galeria Glance, Torino, Italy
What Visions Burn, Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2006
What Visions Burn/What Birds Remember if They Do Remember, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010
CPH PIX, Animated Screen, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fe Eight International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Video Art: Replay, Part 2. Everyday Imaginary, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Fresh From Chelsea, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2009
55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2007
Extremes and In Betweens, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY, Curated by Joshua Altman
AniMotion, Galleri F15, Oslo, Norway, Curated by Elisabeth Byre
Titled/Untitled, Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York, NY, Curated byCraig Hensala and Simon Watson of Scenic
Warhol & ..., Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown 2007/08 Fellows, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2006
School Days, Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Plane Space Gallery, New York, NY
Salad Days, Artists Space, New York, NY
Happy Endings, Kingfisher Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
2003
All That Was Not Then, Year Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2007
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, "An Unlikely Coupling," The Times (UK), August 14 w
Danbrot, Shana Nys, "Motion Pictures: Ezra Johnson," Art Review, March
Tumlir, Jan , "Ezra Johnson: About the Exhibition," Hammer Projects Website (http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/124/), UCLA Hammer Museum
"Visual Arts: Animation—Ezra Johnson," Flavorpill, Issue # 343, January 3
2006
"Ezra Johnson at Nicole Klagsbrun", The New Yorker, December 20
"On The Town: Video", The New York Sun, December 19
AWARDS:
2008-2009
Residency, Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, New York, NY
2006-2007
Residency, Fine Arts Work Center Residency, Provincetown, MA