IAN JOHNSON
Born in Syracuse, NY 1979
Lives and Works in San Francisco
SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON SHOWS
2016 I Don't Mind, Field Work, Pittsburgh
2014 Stars That Shine Darkly, Park Life, San Francisco
2013 A Ghost Of A Chance, The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco
One Never Knows, FTC, Tokyo
Here and There, Integral 03, Taipei
2012 Straight Ahead, Park Life, San Francisco
2011 The Last Time It Was Gray (with Sadie Barnette), Park Life, San Francisco
2010 Of The Living Sky, Park Life, San Francisco
2009 Ian Johnson, White Walls, San Francisco
2008 Other Rooms, Other Songs, Park Life, San Francisco
2008 Ian Johnson and Albert Reyes, White Walls, San Francisco
2007 Moods In Free Time, Park Life, San Francisco
2004 Alone Together, Future Primitive, San Francisco
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Jazz & Love, Vielle Charité, Marseille, France
2015 Gatherings & Conversations, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
House Warming, Athen B. Gallery, Oakland
2014 Mini Mansion, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
Blue Note 75 Exposition / Sound & Graphics, Fort de Bruissin, Lyon
2013 Library, Creme de la creme, Tokyo
2012 Season Opener!, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
2010 Diverse Chorus, Scoop, Charleston, SC
100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco
2007 Cascading Piles of Debris, Ok Ok, Seattle
My Favorite Color, White Walls, San Francisco
2006 Clement Cement, 3131, San Francisco
2005 Flanuer, Punch Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Test Group, Fifty 24 SF, San Francisco
PUBLICATIONS
“I Know You're Somewhere”
Published by Gingko Press & Park Life, 2015
“Beauty Is A Rare Thing”
Published by Paper Museum Press, 2008
www.paper-museum.net
RESIDENCIES
2017 De Young Museum, Kimball Education Gallery, San Francisco
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 Moreu, David. "Ian Johnson. Unahistoria de arte, skate & jazz," Visual, #177, 1/16
2014 Grabowski, Jenne. "All That Jazz, Ian Johnson" Just Breathe Magazine, #3, 12/1
2010 Yenches, Dominick. "Of The Living Sky," Ollie, #134, 6/10
Whiteley, Mark. "Ian Johnson," Juxtapoz, #111, 4/10
2009 Le Goff, Guillaume. "A Little Bit Of Jazz," Clark, #34, 6/10
Maneiri, Mario. "Ian Johnson," Jazz Colours, #5, 5/10
ILLUSTRATION WORK
Apple
New York Times Magazine
San Francisco Chronicle
Sb Japan
Straight No Chaser
The New Yorker
Conde Nast India
Wax Poetics
Western Edition
FTC