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


Solo Exhibitions
2009
Chris Johanson - Jean Dubuffet, Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Chris Johanson: CONTINUALITY,
2008
Chris Johanson: Totalities, Deitch Projects, New York
Chris Johanson, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
2007
The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Chris Johanson, 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
2005
Chris Johanson: SOLO SHOW SOLO SOUL, Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels
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
2010
Final San Francisco Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
2009
A 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
2007
In 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
2004
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Lo-Gressive Living, The Approach, London
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
2002
Whitney Biennial , Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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