BIOGRAPHY
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1977
• Born Chicago, IL
2000
• Columbia College, Chicago, IL, BA
2004-5
• School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
• Lives and works in New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
• Smoke and Mirrors, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
• The Dead Lecturer: Laboratory, Dojo, and Performance Space, The Powerhouse, Memphis, TN
2008
• The Dead Lecturer, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Sharpening My Oyster Knife, Magdeburger Kunstmuseum, Magdeburg, Germany
• I Hope I'm Funny, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
• moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
• Dark Matters, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
• Young, Gifted and Black, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
• Stay Black and Die, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago, IL
• The Production of Escapism, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2004
• Solo project booth, moniquemeloche gallery, LISTE The Young Art Fair in Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2003
• The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago IL
2002
• 12x12: New Artist/New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• New Work, G.R. N'NNamdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
• Manumission Papers, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
• Across the Divide: Reconsidering the Other, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Matthew Chambers, Brendan Fowler, Rashid Johnson, Jason Kraus, Rental Gallery, New York, NY
2008
• 30 Americans, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
• Zero Zone, Tracy Williams Ltd., Curated by David Hunt
• Summer Mixtape Volume One: The Get Smart Edition, Exit Art, New York, NY
• Defining a Moment: 25 New York Artists, House of Campari, New York, NY, Curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic
• Ah, Decadence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Lisa Wainwright
• Recent Acquisitions: Focus on Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2007
• For the Love of the Game: Race and Sports, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, Curated by Franklin Sirmans and Rehema Barber
• Look Into The Rays..., (in collaboration with Rob Davis and Mike Langlois), moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago, IL
• Color Line, Luanda Triennial, Luanda, Angola, Curated by Odili Donald Odita; travels to: CIEL, Centre international d'exposition de Larouche, Canada, (Fall 2007); University of South Africa Art Gallery, UNISA, Pretoria, (Spring 2008)
• Projet Est-Ouest, Espace 72, Dison, Verviers, Belgium, Curated by Claude Degueldre
• MCA Exposed:Defining Moments in Photography, 1967-2007, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006
• Look Into the Rays of the New Solar Sun Rising, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• Scarecrow, Postmasters, New York, NY. Curated by David Hunt
• NAPOLI PRESENTE Posizioni e Prospettive dell-Arte Contemporarea, PAN Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
• Wish, COCA Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
• *Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, San Diego Museum of Art and Museum of Photographic Arts, CA, Curated by Coco Fusco
• *Crossings: 10 artists from Kaohsiung & Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center (July), Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Co-curated by Greg Knight & Tseng Fangling
• Prague International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
• In Search of a Continuous Present, MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Lynne Warren
• Not Too Loose and Not Too Tight, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2004
• *Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Curated by Coco Fusco
• A Perfect Union...More or Less, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Hamza Walker
• About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
• Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
• The Perfect Number, 404contemporanea, Naples, Italy
2003
• *Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, ICP, New York, NY, Curated by Coco Fusco
• *The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Curated by Olukemi Ilesanmi
• A Century of Collection: African American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curated by Daniel Schulman
2002
• Manumission Papers, Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV
• Cut, Pulled, Colored, and Burnt, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, Curated by Michael Rooks
2001
• *Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, Curated by Thelma Golden
• Bastard (son of hot sauce), Law Office, Chicago IL
• Musings: Contemporizing Tradition, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL, Curated by Kathryn Hixson and Nathan Mason
2000
• A Decade of Acquisitions, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1999
• Seeing In the Dark, G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI
• New Artists, Old Techniques, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
* Catalogue
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
• Biggers, Sanford, "Rashid Johnson,” BOMB, Spring
• Sansone, Valentina, "Art, Reality, and a Bag,” Flash Art, January
• Van Rhoon, Peter, "Rashid Johnson,” CODE Magazine, March
2008
• Karafin, Amy, "Rashid Johnson”, ARTnews, May
• Cotter, Holland, "The Topic is Race; the Art is Fearless”, The New York Times, March 30
• Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review: Rashid Johnon, The Dead Lecturer”, The New York Times, March 28
• Baker, R.C., "Best in Show: Rashid Johnson, The Dead Lecturer”, The Village Voice, March 18
• Carlin, T.J., "Art Review: Rashid Johnson, The Dead Lecturer," Time Out New York, March 12
• Schultz, Charlie, “A Look at Rashid Johnson,” ArtSlant.com, March 9
• “Medium Cool ,” Time Out New York, March 5
• “Openings: Rashid Johnson,” AM New York, February 29-March 2
2007
• Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review: 'The Color Line,'" The New York Times, July 27
• Graves, Jen, "White People Love Him: The Intergalactic Art of Rashid Johnson," The Stranger, July 17
2005
• Mojica, Jason, "Pan/Sonic," TimeOut Chicago, December 15-29
• Weber, Heather, "Pan/Sonic," Northern Illinois University Art Gallery Brochure, Chicago, IL
• Agliottone, Marianna, "Review: Rashid Johnson, Young Gifted and Black," www.exibart.com, December 15
• 'Lessane, Patricia Williams, "Reviews: Rashid Johnson Stay Black and Die," TimeOut Chicago, October 6-13
• Artner, Alan, "Review: Rashid Johnson at Monique Meloche Gallery," Chicago Tribune, September 30
• Connors, Thomas, "Made in Taiwan (and Chicago)," TimeOut Chicago, Issue No. 24, Aug 11-18
• Nance, Kevin, "East Meets West," Chicago Sun Times, Aug 2
• McCullough, Bridgette R, "Reviews: Things Fall Apart," TimeOut Chicago, Issue 6, April 7-14
• "Rebirth of the Cool: Interview with Rashid Johnson," Savoy Magazine, April
• Laster, Paul, "Interview, Franklin Sirmans," www.artkrush.com, March 23
2004
• Camper, Fred, "Artists' 'Perfect Union' a view to a complex world," Chicago Tribune, December 17
• "Goings on in Photography: Chicago," New Yorker Magazine, October
• Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, London: Corcoran Museum of Art and Merrell Publishers
• Büsing, Nicole and Heiko Klaas, "Marktberichte: Die LISTE 04-The Young Art Fair in Basel," Kunstmarkt.com, June 18
• Workman, Michael, "Breakout Artists: Chicago's next generation of image makers," NEWCITY Chicago, May 6, (cover)
• DeGenevieve, Barbara, "Interview with Rashid Johnson," Fnews, April (http://fnewsmagazine.com/2004-apr/current/2004-apr/pages/p18.html)
• Brunetti, John, "The Rise and Fall of a Proper Negro," Dialogue, Jan/Feb
2003
• Mosedale, Mike, "The Pugilist's Cock Ring: Undressing the Manly Art of Boxing at the Walker Art Center," City Pages, August 13
• Anonymous, "Exhibit: Art and the Sweet Science," Newsweek Interactive, (http://www.msnbc.com/modules/newsweek/arts/)
• Sellnow, Greg,"Put Up Your Dukes and Step Into 'The Squared Circle," Post-Bulletin, July 26
• Abbe, Mary, "Ring Cycle," Star Tribune, July 11
• LaBrie, Cara, "Art Has Ring to It," Pioneer Press, July 6
• Heuer, Megan, "Punchy Statements," Art News, Summer
• "Walker Art Center," Tema Celeste, May/June
• Nguyen, Jan, "emerging vision," Gravity Magazine, Columbia College, Chicago, Spring
2002
• Schleifer, Kriten Brooke, "Interview: Rashid Johnson," Mouth to Mouth, Vol 1 No 1, Fall
• Schleifer, Kristen Brooke, "Rashid Johnson," Art On Paper, Vol.6,No.5 May-June
• Weinstein, Michael, "Museum of Contemporary Art," New City
• Shawver, D.B., "Prominence of artists makes exhibit important," Charleston Daily Mail, Jan. 26
2001
• Waxman, Lori, "Freestyle," New Art Examiner, November-December
• Camper, Fred, "The Accidental Emancipator," CS, October
• Robinson, Walter, ""'Freestyle,' at Studio Museum," artnet.com, April 13
• Brady, Linda, "Shadow Boxer," UR Chicago, Aug 13-Sept 9
• Valdez, Sarah, "Freestyling," Art in America, September
• Lenoir, Lisa, "On View," Chicago Sun-Times, July
• Brockington, Horace, "Freestyle: Studio Museum in Harlem," NY ARTS, June
• Plagens, Peter, "Harlem Goes 'Freestyle,'" Newsweek, May 14
• Cotter, Holland, "A Full Studio Museum Show with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn," The New York Times, May 11
• "The New Masters," VIBE, May
• "New Kids on the Block," Museums New York, Spring
2000
• Fuller, Janet Rausa, "Thirteen Rising Stars," Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 8
• Eskin, Leah, "What Would You Take From A Burning Building?" Chicago Tribune Magazine, June 17, (photo)
• Johnson, Ken, "Art in Review: National Black Fine Art Show," The New York Times, February 4, (photo)
1999
• Weinstein, Michael, "Hands On," New City, May
• "G.R. N'Namdi Gallery presents Norman Lewis and Rashid Johnson," Chicago Defender, April 22
LECTURES
2005
• LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL
2004-5
• Visiting Artist Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2003
• "Minority Report: The State of the Arts Outside of the American Ethnic Mainstream," Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
• "The Darker Muse: Black Chicago and Creative Suggestion," Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
2002
• "12x12: New Artist/New Work," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2000
• Kreft Center Gallery, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI
• Dallas African American Museum, Dallas, TX
AWARDS
1998
• Albert P. Weisman Grant
• Presidential Purchase Award for Photography, Columbia College
1997
• Presidential Purchase Award for Photography, Columbia College
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
• Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
• Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
• Smith College, Northampton, MA
• Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
• Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
• The Progressive Corporation, Shaker Heights, OH
• LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL
• Eileen Harris-Norton, Santa Monica, CA
• Speyer Family Collection, New York, NY
