AARON JOHNSON

Born 1975, St. Paul, Minnesota

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2005 MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY.

1999 Pratt institute, Brooklyn, NY.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

(forthcoming) Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC. 

 

2008

Star Crossed, Stux Gallery, New York, NY                                                                         

Where the Buffalo Roam, Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007

Love Songs for Demons, Mogadishni, Aarhus, Denmark

Hellbound Rodeo, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

2005

Fiend Club Lounge, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

2004

Bubblin’ Crude, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

Inflection, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY.

The Antidote, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY.

The Rise and Fall of Excess Culture, Stux Gallery, New York, NY. 

 

2009

Ridykeulouse Hits Bottom, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY.

Desires, Nightmares, Dreams.  The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon.

Low Blow: and Other Species of Confusion, Stux Gallery, New York, NY. 

Octo Pusses, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA. 

Tales of Wonder and Woe, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY. 

 

2008

Grotesque Histories, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Size Matters Part One: XS – Recent Small Scale Paintings, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN

From Head to Toe, Stux Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Size Matters Part One: XS – Recent Small Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for

 Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY

Size Matters Part Two: XXL – Recent Large Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for

Contemporary Art , Peekskill, NY

Irrational Exuberance, Maddox Art, London, England

2006

Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

Six Degrees of Separation, Stux Gallery, New York, NY

2005

New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun,

Austria

Kiss Me Long and Hard, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

Go Figure!, JET Art Works, Washington D.C.

MFA Thesis Exhibition XXV, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

Group Show, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004

On-Site – A Site-Specific Group Show, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY

New American Talent – The 19^th Exhibition, Art House Texas, Austin, TX, curated 

by Jerry Saltz

Surface Tension, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY

A Sense of Place, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2003

Tits and Art 3, GV-AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Dirty Old Toy Box, Fluxcore Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

Love, Art, and War, Altman Gallery, New York, NY

2002

Launch, Fluxcore Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

Memetics, Meme Project, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pedersen, Anja Moller. “Bonnie og Clyde I Farver.” Aarhus.nu, 12/2007

Sumpter, Helen. “Irrational Exuberance.” Time Out London, 11/5/2007

Chambers, Christopher Hart. “Grilling Up the Hellhound Rodeo.” dArt International, v.10 #2, 2007

Amir, Yaella. Exhibition Review. Beautiful Decay, Issue T. 8/2007

Baker, R.C. “Best in Show.” The Village Voice. 6/5/2007

Dressler, Christiane. “New York Kitzely Heraus, Was Du In Dir Hast.” Welt, 10/13/2007

Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review.” The New York Times. 11/4/2005

Baker, R.C. “Voice Choices.” The Village Voice. 10/26/2005

Exhibition Catalog: “New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition.” Published by Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun, Austria. 2005.

Animal Magazine Issue 6: Instincts. Fall 2005.

New American Paintings, 55^th edition The Open Studio Press, 2005.

Buck, Louisa. “The Other Fairs.” The Art Newspaper, Art Basel/Miami Beach Daily. 12/2/2004

Polgar, Robi. “New American Talent – The 19^th Exhibition.” The Austin Chronicle. 8/6/2004

Van Ryzin, J.C. “Curator Weaver New Craftiness into ‘New American Talent’.” Austin 360, 7/1/2004

Cotter, Holland. “Politics that Makes Peace with the Beauty of Objects.” The New York Times, 6/18/2004.

Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices.” The Village Voice. 6/15/2004

Exhibition catalogue “New American Talent – The 19^th Exhibition”, Arthouse Texas, 2004.

Pratt Publications “Two Years After”. Gateway. Volume 13, Number 12. 2/17/2003

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA), Peekskill, NY

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA