Chris Johanson
b. 1968
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon


Solo Exhibitions
 
2009Chris Johanson - Jean Dubuffet, Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Chris Johanson: CONTINUALITY,
 
2008Chris Johanson: Totalities, Deitch Projects, New York
Chris Johanson, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
 
2007The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Chris Johanson, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
APEX: Chris Johanson, Portland Art Museum, Portland
 
2006I 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
 
2005Chris Johanson: SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL, Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels
 
2004Problem Does Not Compute, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
 
2003The 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
 
2002Now is Now, Deitch Projects, New York
Many Ways, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
 
2001Relationistism About Brownness, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago
Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
 
2000Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud), Purple Institute, Paris, France
The Ourselves Festival, Alleged Fine Arts, New York
 
1998All on Different Trips, Four Walls, San Francisco
SWP, Alleged Fine Arts, New York
 
1997Ourlandia, Scene/Escena, San Francisco
 
1995The Universe, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Sorry, Figure 5, San Francisco
 
1994Fantasy Island (Life Span), Kiki, San Francisco
 
1990Pictures and Words, Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco

Group Exhibitions
 
2010Final San Francisco Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
 
2009A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste (on view in 395 & 389 Valencia), Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
15 Years of New Image Art, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
 
2007In 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
Peaceable Kingdom, Marella Gallery, Milan
 
2004Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Lo-Gressive Living, The Approach, London
 
200317 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
 
2002Whitney Biennial , Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
 
2001Widely 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
 
1999Scopic, 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
 
1998Alter-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
 
1997Me, 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
 
1996Guy, Four Walls, San Francisco
Necessary Evil Kneivel, Alleged Fine Arts, New York
Shred Sled Symposium, The Thread Waxing Space, New York
 
1995The 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
 
1994Combine Effort , Figure 5, San Francisco
 
1993The T-Shirt Show, Works Gallery, San Jose, California
 
1991Chain Reaction, San Francisco Art Comission Gallery, San Francisco
 
1990The Flower Show, Emmanuel Ratnisky Found Objects, San Francisco