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Simen Johan (Norwegian, 1973)
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Simen Johan
Untitled #131 (llama), From the series Until the Kingdom Comes 2005
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Simen Johan
Untitled #133 (Moose), From the series Until the Kingdom Comes 2006
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Simen Johan
Untitled #140 2007
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Biography |
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1973 |
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Born in Kirkenes, Norway |
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1992 |
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Degree in Photography, Video, and Film, Lugnetskolan, Falun, Sweden |
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1995 |
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BFA in Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, NH |
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2002 |
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New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship |
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Collections: Art and Learning Center & Union Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts, Denmark; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Norsk Museum for Fotografi, Preus Fotomuseum, Norway; 21C Museum, Louisville, KY; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA |
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Exhibitions |
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2011 |
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Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, Frist Center, Nashville, TN (solo) |
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2010 |
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Simen Johan, Pollock Gallery, South. Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas (solo) |
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2009 |
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Until the Kingdom Comes, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2009 |
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Extended Family: Contemporary Connections, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY |
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2008 |
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Presumed Innocence, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, MA (Catalogue) |
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2008 |
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Pubertet, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway, Curated by Tone Lyngstad Nyaas |
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2008 |
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Simen Johan: Evidence of Things Unseen, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI (solo) |
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2007 |
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Lost in the Woods, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (solo) |
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2007 |
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New Acquisitions, 21C Museum, Louisville, KY (solo) |
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2007 |
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Photographic Culture, CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada (solo) |
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2007 |
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All for Art! The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada (Catalogue) |
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2006 |
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Until the Kingdom Comes, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2006 |
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Creepy Crawlies, Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, Australia (solo) |
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2006 |
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Drawn, Exposed, & Impressed, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (solo) |
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2006 |
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New to View: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (solo) |
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2005 |
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Breeding Ground, Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway (solo) |
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2005 |
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Simen Johan, M.K. Ciurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania (solo) |
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2005 |
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Picturing Eden, George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY (solo) |
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2005 |
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Acting out: The Invented Melodrama in Contemporary Photography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (solo) |
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2005 |
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Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA and The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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Simen Johan, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (solo) |
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2004 |
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Simen Johan, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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2004 |
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Breeding Ground, Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Photography Reborn, Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Ramapo, NJ (solo) |
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2004 |
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Changeling, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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2003 |
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Breeding Ground, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2002 |
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Evidence of Things Unseen, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2001 |
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Room to Play, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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Literature |
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2002 |
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Rexer, Lyle ed. Simen Johan: Room to Play. Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe, NM |
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