EZRA JOHNSON

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Untitled , 2012 Oil on canvas, printed fabric and wood 48 x 37 inches
Untitled, 2012
Oil on canvas, printed fabric and wood
48 x 37 inches

EZRA 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