CHRIS JOHANSON

Born 1968

Lives and works in Portland, Oregon

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Chris Johanson: Totalities, Deitch Projects, New York

Chris Johanson, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

2007 Chris Johanson, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna

APEX: Chris Johanson, Portland Art Museum, Portland

2006 I Can Feel It (Co-Exist In Modern Death): Alright Yeah!, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles

Chris Johanson: Contemporary Landscapes, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago

Chris Johanson: I am in this weird area now, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

2005 Chris Johanson: SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL, Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels

2004 Problem Does Not Compute, The Modern Institute, Glasgow

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

This is where you are, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna

SECA Award Show, SFMOMA, San Francisco

2002 Now is Now, Deitch Projects, New York

Many Ways, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles

Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles

2001 Relationistism About Brownness, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Vedanta Gallery, Chicago

Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago

Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2000 Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud), Purple Institute, Paris, France

The Ourselves Festival, Alleged Fine Arts, New York

1998 All on Different Trips, Four Walls, San Francisco

SWP, Alleged Fine Arts, New York

1997 Ourlandia, Scene/Escena, San Francisco

1995 The Universe, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Sorry, Figure 5, San Francisco

1994 Fantasy Island (Life Span), Kiki, San Francisco

1990 Pictures and Words, Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco

Group Exhibitions

2009 A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste , Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

15 Years of New Image Art, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

2007 In the Fullness of Time: Celebrating Twenty Years, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York

a collaboration, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York

Peaceable Kingdom, Marella Gallery, Milan

2004 Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

Lo-Gressive Living, The Approach, London

2003 17 reasons, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Somer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Comic Release, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

Flipping the Bird, Vox Populi, Philadelphia

Taqueria Cancun, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston

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

Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2001 Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects, New York

Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

East meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York

The Sensational Line, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

Untitled 2001, Spiral, Tokyo

Jess Hilliard: an undying fascination for all animals, especially the cute ones, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco

The Portait Show, New Image Arts, Los Angeles

Paperview, Galerie Espacio Minimo, Madrid

2000 (extra)super[meta], Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

Welcome to Our Community Everyone Here Loves God, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Pot O'Gold, Patrizia Outore Gallery, Melbourne

Rare, New York

Collectors Choice, Exit Art, New York

Utopia, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

Deterritorialization of Process, Artist Space, San Francisco

1999 Scopic, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California

Coup d'Etat, Alleged Fine Arts, New York

Survivalists, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

The Levels, La Panaderia, Mexico City

Museum Pieces, De Young Museum, San Francisco

On Paper, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen

New Image Arts, Los Angeles

1998 Alter-Nativity, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco

Clarion Alley Mural Project, Clarion Alley, 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

Selections Summer 98, The Drawing Center, New York

1997 Me, Myself, and I, Timithy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco

The Independents, Alleged Fine Arts, New York

Oddity, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco

Mission Community Art Show, Starcleaners, San Francisco

Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

Waveforms, Skate(board)ing the Urban Forest, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz

1996 Guy, Four Walls, San Francisco

Necessary Evil Kneivel, Alleged Fine Arts, New York

Shred Sled Symposium, The Thread Waxing Space, New York

1995 The Finale, Figure 5, San Francisco

The New Millenium 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

Special Friends, Adobe Book Shop, San Francisco

1994 Combine Effort , Figure 5, San Francisco

1993 The T-Shirt Show, Works Gallery, San Jose, California

1991 Chain Reaction, San Francisco Art Comission Gallery, San Francisco

1990 The Flower Show, Emmanuel Ratnisky Found Objects, San Francisco

PERFORMANCES

2006 This Talk We Have, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS

2002 SECA Art Awards San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , San Francisco, Ca

PUBLICATIONS

Beautiful Losers, exhibition catalogue, 2004

Chris Johanson, Deitch Projects 2004

Arktrip Magazine, Death Issue, Limited edition of 1000 2004

Zing Magazine, Chris Johanson 2003

Artforum, _Best of 2002_, December 2002, page 110, Matthew Higgs

Art Scene, July/August 2002, page 20, Vol. 21 No. 11

Interview Magazine, July 2002, page 16, Dimitri Ehrlich

Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2002, page F29, Christopher Knight

Flash Art, May - June, 2002, page 125 - 126, Eungie Joo

Wormhole, number 2, 2002, page 69 - 76

Tokion, May - June 2002, page 56 - 57, interviewed by Adam Glickman and Aaron Rose

The San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 10 - 16, 2002, cover and page 31, Glen Helfand

New York Times, March 8, 2002, page E35 - E37, Holland Carter

Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2001, _Life in the Big City_, Calendar page F26, Christopher Knight

Black Book, Summer Issue, 2001

Tema Celeste, Spring/Summer, 2001

New Art Examiner, April 2001

Reader, Fred Camper, January 2001

New City, 2001

New York Times, April 7, 2000

Brutus, November,2000

L.A. Weekly, June 2000

Zero, May/June 2000

Cat, October 2000

Vice Magazine, volume7 number 3, 2000

Time Out, March 9-16, 2000, July 23-30 1996

Art Week, February, 2000

Go Culture Magazine, issue 5, 2000

Village Voice, February 23-29,2000

The Organizers of This Magazine Take No Responsibility

For The Contents Herein,

3 articles writen on my art in October 1998 issue,

did cover art for March 1999 issue

Cream Puff Magazine, December 1999

Bark, Number 6,1999

Dazed and Confused, October 1999

Graphics International, October 1999

ZYZZYVA, Fall 1999

Permanent Food, number 9, 1998

San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 1998

SF Weekly, September 1998

New Yorker, August 3, 1998

Surface, August, 1998

Paper, August, 1998

Los Angeles, April 16, 1998

East Bay Express, December 1997

Paper, October, 1997

San Francisco Examiner, June 1997

Communication Arts, January/February 1997

Print, November/December 1996

San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 11, 1996

American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1996 volume 14,

number 2

Art Issues, September/October 1995

San Francisco Examiner, September 1995

FILM FESTIVALS

2000 New York Underground Film Festival, New York, New York

2000 Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, San Francisco, California