ABOUT ME
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Meet David Edward Johnson, Artist
STATEMENT
I am a mixed media visual artist with a focus on assemblage and collage.
I am most interested in exploring belief systems, the birth and death of the American Dream, the nature and validity of desire, as well as identity and loss on a personal level. Visually, my work lies at the intersection of the organic, the geometric, the iconic, the abstract, and the found. All of that takes shape into mostly large-scale assemblage pieces that hover in between mediums. I feel like my body of work can be encapsulated in three words :: abstraction, definition and deconstruction.
The rhythmic, the esoteric, the mystic, the poetic, and the intuitive drive my work. All of those shape my aesthetic and give my pieces backbone. The breadth of the sublime, the mist of inner spaces, and the intrinsically American are also found on my canvases. My long background as both a writer and designer roots the abstract work in language, both conceptual and visual.
BIOGRAPHY
I have shown solo at The Everson Museum of Art, had works appear in juried art shows across the US, have exclusive relationships with selected galleries, have exhibited in several cities with The Other Art Fair, had my work featured on the album art for multi-platinum-selling musical artist Andy Grammer, been chosen from over 100,000 artists to be featured in the Saatchi Art catalog, had my work published in multiple art magazines and publications, and was selected for inclusion in the London Art Biennale.
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SELECTED RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
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FREDERICK HOLMES AND COMPANY -- EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION FOR SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON STATE
I am thrilled to announce exclusive representation in Seattle and Washington State from Frederick Holmes and Company — @frederickholmesandcompany — Fred himself has been wonderful to talk to (a kindred spirit on a range of subjects) and the gallery represents the work of an amazing selection of modern and contemporary art including modern masters like Rosenquist, Calder, Miro, Chagall, Nevelson, Motherwell, Dine, Dali, Quirt, Vasarely, Dean, Downs, Picasso (and many others)… And the work of contemporary powerhouses like @carlosbarberena … @derekdavidbaron … @johnandroavendano … @420characters … @vincentkeele ... @tonyfitzpatrick ... @yuliakuznetsova0693 (to name just a few). I will be debuting selected pieces this fall from two exciting new bodies of work created with FH&C in mind. I’ll be sharing that work as the weeks progress, so watch this space and my website (link in bio). So chuffed and a huge thank you to @frederickholmesandcompany for reaching out!
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SOLO MUSEUM SHOW -- THE EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART
I am BEYOND thrilled to announce a 9 week solo museum exhibition at the esteemed Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. The museum's permanent collection of over 11,000 works contains so many of my true heroes from the art world... Rauschenberg... Frankenthaler... Held... Warhol... Kruger... Sherman... Wyeth... Trova... Spero... Guston... Basquiat... And SO many more. All housed in a brutalist classic building designed by legend I.M. Pei. So, it's a HUGE honor to show there for me.
I will be exhibiting my series NO ROSES IN DECEMBER, exploring memory and loss -- the 8 original works, plus a brand new, large-scale 5 foot by 6.5 foot assemblage creation on wood-cradled panel.
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SELECTED RECENT SHOWS
National Collage Society 40th Juried Show • MICA • Baltimore, MD
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, Fall 2024
Duo Show • Frederick Holmes and Company • Seattle, WA
The Sum Of Its Parts • Arthaus SYR • Syracuse, NY
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn • Spring 2024
Rodeo & Rebels • East Village, NY
PULP • Worchester, MA
National Collage Society 39th Juried Show • Kean University • Union, NJ
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn 2023 • Both Spring and Fall
Residency • Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus • Kolaj Institute
MvVO Ad Art Show • Brooklyn, NY
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn 2023 • Both Spring and Fall
Texas National 2023 • Nacogdoches, TX
Visionary Art Collective • Inside a Memory 2023 • Brooklyn, NY
The Other Art Fair Los Angeles 2022
The Other Art Fair Virtual International Edition 2021
The Other Art Fair Dallas 2021
London Art Biennale 2021
The Other Art Fair Virtual • International Edition
Thrive! • Art For The People Gallery • Austin, TX
Yippee-Kay-Yay Motherfucker • Si Gallery • Austin, TX
Luminosity • Cultural Center of Cape Cod • South Yarborough, MA
55th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition • Richardson Civic Art Society • Richardson, TX
74th Annual Juried Arts Show • Gilpin County Arts Association • Central City, CO
Group Art Show • Jones Gallery • Kansas City, MO
Shades of Green • Coppell Art Center • Coppell, TX
All Abstract • 311 Gallery • Raleigh, NC
Skies The Limit • Las Laguna Gallery • Laguna Beach, CA
Painting Through The Pandemic • Rhode Island Watercolor Society • Pawtucket, RI
Emerging Talent • Flanders • Raleigh, NC
Quintessence • Principia College • Elsah, IL