Ryan Johnson (born 1978) is a visual artist based in

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. His

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

s are "made from a variety of materials, among them wood, medical casting tape and sheet metal," and they have been described as having "strange spatial compressions, surreal displacements and quasi-

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illusions of movement." Johnson grew up in

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, and graduated from

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.“Ryan Johnson on How His New Works Reflect the angst of Early Adulthood,” Video on ''Artinfo.com'', November 2012 http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/837071/video-ryan-johnson-on-how-his-new-works-reflect-the-angst-of He holds a BFA from

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and an MFA from

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. His work has been featured in exhibitions at

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in New York, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (now the

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), and the

Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the ...

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(among others).

Solo exhibitions

2017 ''Life Study'', Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY 2012 ''Self Storage'', Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY 2010 ''Description of a Struggle'', Sikkema Jenkins and Co., New York, NY 2008 ''Watchman, Guild & Greyshkul'', New York, NY 2007 ''Ambien Eyes'', Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy 2005 ''Modern Human Animal'', LFL Gallery, New York, NY

Selected group exhibitions

2018 ''Visitors from Shallow Space'', Fresh Window, Brooklyn, NY 2017 ''Cupid Angling'', John H. Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 2016 ''Fort Greene'', curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Venus LA, Los Angeles, CA ''Life Study'', EDDYSROOM, Greenpoint, NY 2015 ''Under Foundations'', curated by Jess Wilcox, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY ''Eagles II'', Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain 2014 ''Forever'', Metropolitan Art Society, Beirut, Lebanon ''Imaginary Portraits'', curated by Dodie Kazanjian, Gallery Met, New York, NY ''Pale Fire'', Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY 2013 ''High, Low, and In Between'', with Ryan Johnson, Johannes VanDerBeek, and Sara VanDerBeek, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO 2012 ''Pewter Wings, Golden Horns, Stone Veils'', GRIMM Gallery, The Netherlands 2010 ''NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition'', Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art, New York, NY 2009 ''Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture'', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK ''On From Here'', Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY 2008 ''Without Walls'', Museum 52, New York, NY
''Imaginary Thing'', curated by Peter Eleey,

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, Aspen, CO 2007 ''BRAIN FORM'', Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
''Capricci (possibilities of other worlds)'', Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
''MASH'', The Helena, New York, NY 2006 ''2006 Untitled (For H.C. Westermann)'', curated by Michael Rooks, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
''Metaphysics of Youth'', curated by Luigi Fassi and Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Artenova-Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy
''Turn the Beat Around'', Sikkema Jenkins and Co., New York, NY
''Ionesco's Friends'', curated by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy 2005 ''Greater New York P.S.1'', Queens, NY
''Who is the Protagonist?'' curated by Ohad Meromi, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY 2004 ''Pattern Playback'', curated by Silvia Cubina, The Moore Space, Miami, FL
''Four-Ply'', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
''Hung, Drawn, and Quartered'', curated by Miriam Katzeff, Team Gallery, New York, NY 2003 ''Pantone'', curated by David Hunt, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY
''Burnt Orange'', Heresy Space 101, Brooklyn, NY

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

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