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Rashid Johnson Biography
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1997 |
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Presidential Purchase Award for Photography, Columbia College
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1998 |
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Presidential Purchase Award for Photography, Columbia College
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1998 |
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Received Albert P. Weisman Grant
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2000 |
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Columbia College, Chicago, IL, BA
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2004 - 2005 |
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School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Under Control curated but Ginger Gregg Duggan, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
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2008
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Made in Chicago: Photographs from the Bank of American LaSalle Collection, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
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2008
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Creswell Crags, Lisa Cooley, New York
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2008
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Ah, Decadence curated by Lisa Wainright, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL (August)
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2008
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Zero Zone curated by David Hunt, Tracey Williams, Ltd., NY
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2008
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Recent Acquisitions: Focus on Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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2008
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Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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2008
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The Dead Lecturer, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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Blackness, Magdeburger Kunstmuseum, Magdeburg, Germany
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2008
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404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
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2008
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moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago, IL
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2008
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annarumma 404, Naples, Italy (nov) (solo)
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2008
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The New Escapist Promised Land Garden and Recreation Center, moniquemeloche, Chicago (sept) (solo)
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2008
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Cosmic Slops, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (sept) (solo)
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2008
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Sharpening My Oyster Knife, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Germany (june) (solo)
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2007
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Projet Est-Ouest, Espace 72, Dison, Verviers, Belgium , Curated by Claude Degueldre
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2007
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MCA Exposed: Defining Moments in Photography, 1967-2007, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
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2007
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For the Love of the Game: Race and Sports, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture at the Wadsworth Athenaeum
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2007
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Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, Curated by Franklin Sirmans and Rehema Barber
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2007
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Look Into The Rays…, (in collaboration with Rob Davis and Mike Langlois), moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago, IL
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2007
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Color Line , Luanda Triennial, Luanda, Angola, Curated by Odili Donald Odita; travels to: Jack Shainman
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2007
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Gallery, New York, NY; CIEL, Centre international d'exposition de Larouche, Canada, (Fall 2007);
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2007
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University of South Africa Art Gallery, UNISA, Pretoria, (Spring 2008)
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2007
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404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy (solo)
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2007
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Dark Matters, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
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2006
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Look Into the Rays of the New Solar Sun Rising, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Scarecrow, Postmasters, New York, NY. Curated by David Hunt
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2006
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A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: colors, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Germany
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2005
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Young, Gifted and Black, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy (solo)
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2005
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Stay Black and Die, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2005
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The Production of Escapism, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN (solo)
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2005
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NAPOLI PRESENTE Posizioni e Prospettive dell-Arte Contemporarea, PAN Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
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2005
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Wish, COCA Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
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2005
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*Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, San Diego Museum of Art and Museum of
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2005
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Photographic Arts, CA, Curated by Coco Fusco
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2005
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*Crossings: 10 artists from Kaohsiung & Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center (July), Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Co-curated by Greg Knight & Tseng Fangling
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2005
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Prague International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
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2005
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In Search of a Continuous Present, MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Lynne Warren
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2005
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Not Too Loose and Not Too Tight, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
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2004
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*Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Curated by Coco Fusco
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2004
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A Perfect Union…More or Less, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Hamza Walker
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2004
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Solo project booth, moniquemeloche gallery, LISTE The Young Art Fair in Basel, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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2004
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Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
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2004
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Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2004
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The Perfect Number, 404contemporanea, Naples, Italy
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2003
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*Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, ICP, New York, NY, Curated by Coco Fusco
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2003
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*The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Curated by Olukemi Ilesanmi
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2003
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A Century of Collection: African American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Daniel Schulman
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2003
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The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago IL (solo)
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2002
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12x12: New Artist/New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2002
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New Work, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2002
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Manumission Papers, Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV
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2002
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Cut, Pulled, Colored, and Burnt, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, Curated by Michael Rooks
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2001
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*Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, Curated by Thelma Golden
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2001
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Bastard (son of hot sauce), Law Office, Chicago IL
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2001
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Musings: Contemporizing Tradition, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL, Curated by Kathryn Hixson and Nathan Mason
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2000
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A Decade of Acquisitions, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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2000
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Manumission Papers, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo)
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1999
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Seeing In the Dark, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI
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1999
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New Artists, Old Techniques, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
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