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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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2009
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The Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant
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2011 |
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Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2011 |
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Simen Johan: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Pollock Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (solo) |
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2011 |
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Beautiful Vagabonds: Birds in Contemporary Photography, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
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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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2010 |
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Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, 21c Museum, Louisville, KY (solo) |
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2010 |
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Dead or Alive: Nature Revisited, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY |
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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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All for Art! The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada (Catalogue) |
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2007 |
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The Digital Portrait, Clamp Art, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada |
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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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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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2005 |
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The Children’s House, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI |
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2005 |
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In Focus: Contemporary Photography from the Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC |
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2004 |
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Pool Party, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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The Picture of Innocence: Children in Modern Photography, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN |
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2004 |
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Dreamweavers, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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Beginning Here: 101 Ways, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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The Beauty of Darkness, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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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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2003 |
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Simen Johan, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway and Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, Norway (solo) |
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2003 |
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Only Skin Deep, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Niños, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain |
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2002 |
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Role Play in Self-Portrait Photography, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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New Acquisitions, Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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2002 |
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Into the Woods, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Situated Realities, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD and Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN |
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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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2001 |
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Chelsea Rising, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA |
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2001 |
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In a New York State of Mind, Embassy of Sweden, Washington, DC |
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2001 |
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Go Fish, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO |
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2000 |
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And Nothing Was to Be Trusted, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 |
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And Nothing Was to Be Trusted, Benham Studio Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo |
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1999 |
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Simen Johan, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand (solo) |
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1999 |
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Recent Works, Cortland Jessup Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1999 |
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Artists of Our Times III, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Self Portraits, Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1996 |
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Simen Johan, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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Simen Johan, Galleri Lava, Stockholm, Sweden (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
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21C Museum, Louisville, KY
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Art and Learning Center & Union Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts, Denmark
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Norsk Museum for Fotografi, Preus Fotomuseum, Norway
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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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