Born in 1968 in San Francisco, California
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
_ Chris Johanson: This, This, This, That, Altman Siegel gallery, San
Francisco, CA
_ Malmo Museum, Malmo, Sweden
2010
_ Backwards Towards Forward, Kavi Gipta Gallery, Chicago
_ Disordre Disorder, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu
Plains, USA
_ The sound of energy in space, the space of energy in life, Schunk,Heerlen
(NL)
_ Chris Johanson, 1991 - 2010 I was there, Nicolai Wallner Gallery, Denmark
2009
_ Chris Johanson-Jean Dubuffet, Baronian_Francey, Brussels
_ Continuality, Van Every/ Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson
2008
_ Totalities, Deitch Project, New York
_ Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
2007
_ Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
_ APEX: Chris Johanson, Portland Art Museum, Portland
2006
_ I 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
2004
_ Problem Does Not Compute, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
_ Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
2003
_ The 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
2002
_ Now is Now, Deitch Projects, New York
_ Many Ways, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
_ Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
2001
_ Relationistism About Brownness, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
_ Vedanta Gallery, Chicago
_ Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
_ Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000
_ Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud), Purple Institute, Paris, France
_ The Ourselves Festival, Alleged Fine Arts, New York
1998
_ All on Different Trips, Four Walls, San Francisco
_ SWP, Alleged Fine Arts, New York
1997
_ Ourlandia, Scene/Escena, San Francisco
1995
_ The Universe, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
_ Sorry, Figure 5, San Francisco
1994
_ Fantasy Island (Life Span), Kiki, San Francisco
1990
_ Pictures and Words, Emmanuel Ratnitsky Found Objects, San Francisco
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
_ In the gardens, group show curated by Misha Hollenbach, Utopian Slumps,
Melbourne, Australia
_ Le Printemps de Septembre à Toulouse, Festival de création
contemporaine, Toulouse
_ Chris Johanson, Alright Alright - Misaki Kawai ,Big Bubble, MalmÖ
Konsthall, MalmÖ, Sweden
_ Mitchell, Innes and Nash, New York, NY
_ Here/Now, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
_ Chris Johanson, Charley Harper & Matt Keegan, Altman Siegel, San
Francisco
_ American Gothic: Regionalist Portraiture from the Collection, Nelson Gallery
at UC Davis, Davis, CA
2010
_ "75 Years of looking", 75th Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, San Francisco
_ Aktualität eines Mediums – Nader Ahriman bis Chen Zhen, Galerie
Krinzinger, Vienna
_ Final San Francisco Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
_ Transfer/Sao Paulo, Brazilian Cultural Pavilion – Ibirapuera Park, Sao
Paulo
_ The Color of Black & White, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
2009
_ LEARN TO READ ART: A HISTORY OF PRINTED MATTER (1976-2009),
P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island
_ Kunstfehler – Fehlerkunst, Halle 14 Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
_ 15 Years of New Image Art, New Image Art, Los Angeles
_ New York Minute: 60 Artisti della scena newyorchese, MACRO, Roma
_ Nothing is permanent. Albert Baronian, profession: galeriste, La Centrale
Electrique,Centre Européen d'art contemporain, Bruxelles
_ A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste - Jack Hanley Gallery - San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA
_ LEARN TO READ ART: A History of Printed Matter (1976-2009), P.S.a
MoMA, Queens
_ Failed Art. The Art of Failure, ACC Galerie, Weimar
2008
_ Ruby Green Foundation - Ruby Green, Nashville, TN
_ Landscape Portrait Pattern - Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
_ Anniversary Exhibition - Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
_ Indian Winter - Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels
_ Lots of Things Like This - Apexart, New York City, NY
_ Ultramoderne - Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest
_ DRAW - Stolenspace Gallery, London
2007
_ In the Fullness of Time: Celebrating Twenty Years, The Luggage Store,
San Francisco, CA
_ Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
_ A collaboration, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
_ The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York _ The Incomplete
Incomplete, Kravets / Wehby Gallery, New York City, NY
_ Peaceable Kingdom, Marella Gallery, Milan
_ Fractured Figure, Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste
Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
_ Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin
_ Oliver Twist, Rental Gallery, New York City, NY
_ Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
_ Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
(England)
_ Panic Room, Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste
Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
2006
_ Do Not Stack, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
_ Sound Zero, kunst Meran, Meran
_ Fundstücke und Transit, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
_ Fundstücke und Transit, Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
_ New Works, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Chicago, IL
_ Having New Eyes, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2005
_ The Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Luckman
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
_ The Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum
of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
_ Different Wavelengths, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York City, NY
_ Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY
_ 9th İstanbul Biennial, International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
_ Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown's Enterprise GBE modern, New York
City, NY
_ Nach Rokytnik, Die Sammlung der EVN, Museum Moderner Kunst
Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna
_ Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Contemporary
Museum, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
_ GOOD TIMING, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
_ Monuments to the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San
Francisco, CA
_ Beautiful Losers, Contemporary Art and Street Culture - Orange County
Museum of Art, Newport Beach
_ DRONE, Vilma Gold, London
_ Waters and Watercolours, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
_ With us against reality, or against us!, Galleri S.E, Bergen
_ Solo Show Solo Soul, Baronian-Francey, Brussels
2004
_ Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Contemporary
Arts Center, Cincinnati
_ Lo-Gressive Living, The Approach, London
_ Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
_ Baja to Vancouver, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San
Francisco, CA
_ 200 Drawings: Annie Herron and Barry Blinderman Select from the
Pierogi Flatfile, University Galleries at Illinois State University, Normal, Il
_ Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Chicago, IL
_ Is One Thing Better Than Another? , Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
_ Majority Whip, White Box, New York City, NY
2003
_ 17 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
_ Fresh: Works on Paper, a Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, James Kelly -
Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
_ 4ever Young, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
_ Baja to Vancouver, The West Coast and Contemporary Art , Seattle Art
Museum, Seattle, WA
_ ... Butt Seriously, the Moore Space, Miami, FL
_ Uneasy Space, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2002
_ Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
_ Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
_ Something Anything, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, NY
_ Subject Matters, Kravets / Wehby Gallery, New York City, NY
2001
_ Widely 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
1999
_ Scopic, 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
1998
_ Alter-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
1997
_ Me, 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
1996
_ Guy, Four Walls, San Francisco
_ Necessary Evil Kneivel, Alleged Fine Arts, New York
_ Shred Sled Symposium, The Thread Waxing Space, New York
1995
_ The 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
1994
_ Combine Effort, Figure 5, San Francisco
1993
_ The T-Shirt Show, Works Gallery, San Jose, California
1991
_ Chain Reaction, San Francisco Art Comission Gallery, San Francisco
1990
_ The Flower Show, Emmanuel Ratnisky Found Objects, San Francisco