2018
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2014
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2007
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2005
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2002
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Chris Johanson works extensively in painting, drawing, and sculpture to create tuned-in portrayals of the world whose insights ring loud and clear. He combines text-and-image to allude to the human need for balance and harmony and point out the positive and negative aspects of city life. His work is included in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, NY among others. The artist is represented by the Altman Siegel Gallery in SF and Mitchell-Innes & Nash in NY.

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Born 1968 in San Jose, California.
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
Navigation, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan

2023
Chris Johanson, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
Living In A World Of Holes With The Hole Makers, with Johanna Jackson, Jack Hanley Gallery East Hampton, East Hampton, NY

2022
The Chimes We Find, with Johanna Jackson, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA

2021
Considering Unknown Know With What Is, And, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Subject Matter, Unblivion, Peace Train of Thought How I Figured Out How to Have a Show in 2021, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland

2019
Paintings, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018
Ruminations Meditations and The Homeostasis, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA

2017
Worms, Birds, People and Air: The Art of Oh No and Dissociative Thinking, Soccer Club Club at Drag City, Chicago, IL
The Middle Riddle, Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, collaboration with Johanna Jackson
Possibilities, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Infused Paper, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016
Imperfect Reality with Figures and Challenging Abstraction, The Conversation, Berlin, Germany
House of Escaping Forms, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (collaboration with Johanna Jackson)

2015
Chris Johanson and Joanna Jackson, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Chris Johanson, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, New York

2014
Chris Johanson, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Continuity Escapes Me (My Selfishness in Los Angeles), Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Denmark
I was a double, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York

2013
Within the River of Mind, LA MoCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Considering, Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
(almost) Free-Formed, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida

2012
Windows, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY

2011
Alright Alright, Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
This, This, This, That, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA

2010
1991 to 2010 - I Was There, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Not a waste of..., George Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Backwards Towards Forwards, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
The sound of energy in space, the space of energy in life, Schunck, Heerlen, The Netherlands

2009
Chris Johanson - Jean Dubuffet, Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Continuality, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

2008
Totalities, Deitch Projects, New York, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco (catalogue)
Conclusions on Boundaries (collaboration with Johanna Jackson), Art of this Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2007
Art Unlimited, Art Basel 38 (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Galerie Georg Kargl and Gallerie Nicolai Wallner), Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
APEX: Chris Johanson, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Peaceable Kingdom (collaboration with Johanna Jackson), Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Paradise Library (collaboration with Johanna Jackson), Le Meridien Hotel, San Francisco, CA

2006
I Can Feel It (Co-Exist In Modern Death): Alright Yeah!, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Landscapes, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
I am in this weird area now, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2004
SOLO SHOW, SOLO SOUL, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL (traveled to Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2005)
Problem Does Not Compute, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
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, CA
This is where you are, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

2002
Now is Now, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Many Ways, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Relationistism About Brownness, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2000
The Ourselves Festival, Alleged Fine Arts, New York , NY
Le Nuage Brun (The Brown Cloud), Purple Institute/Alleged, Paris, France

1998
All On Different Trips, Four Walls, San Francisco “SWP”, Alleged Fine Arts, New York, NY

1997
Everylandia, Scene/Escena, San Francisco, CA

1995
The Universe, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sorry, Figure 5, San Francisco, CA

1994
Fantasy Island (Life Span), Kiki, San Francisco, CA

1990
Pictures and Words, Emmanuel Radnitzky Found Objects, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Opening the Mountain, curated by Natasha Boas and Asha McGee, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA
Sky In The Pot, Pot In The Sky, Unanswered Questions, Why Why Why?, Two person exhibition with Johanna Jackson, 3110NZ by LDH kitchen, Tokyo, Japan
About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, 3110NZ by LDH kitchen, Tokyo, Japan Warm Invitations: Benefit Exhibition for Contemporary Art Library, Misako & Rosen, Los Angeles, CA
30 Years of NIA, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
All Killer No Filler, One Trick Pony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chair +, 1599fdt, San Francisco, CA

2023
Piano Sale Going on Somewhere, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
Drum and Flag, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Crafting Radicality: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Old Friends/New Friends, curated by Natasha Boas and Josefin Lundahl, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
physical spiritual gesture, G Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Group Shoe 3, curated by Mario Ayala, House of Seiko, San Francisco, CA
Storage Wars, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Una broma es una cosa seria, Museo Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain House of Dreamers, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Walk Against the Wind, Micki Meng and Parker Gallery, New York, NY
Dynamics of Flow, The Carnegie, Covington, KY

2022
For the Birds, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York, NY
MIMA Museum Reload, MIMA, Brussels, Belgium
The Power of Pablo, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA

2021
Lost Weekend, Yvon Lambert & Galerie Allen, Paris, France
Bitter Cherry, Bleeding Heart, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
For the Birds, Harper’s East Hampton, East Hampton, NY
Nature Morte, The Hole, Soho, NY
People Get Ready: Figuration in Contemporary Art, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2020
Perpetual Dawn, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Indie Folk: New Art from the Pacific Northwest, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
Patch, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Prints in the 21st Century, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2019
PAPER VIEW, The Hole, New York, NY
In The Hot Seat, KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY

2018
NOW & THEN: Beautiful Losers, Alleged Gallery & the 90s Lower East Side, curated by Aaron Rose, The Hole, New York, NY
Six Degrees of Seperation: Prints from KU and Beyond, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning at the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Way Bay, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Digging for Diamonds in the Disco, Club Rhubarb, New York, NY

2017
La mère la mer, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco (2017-2018)
ILLEGAL, The Luggage Store, San Francisco
We Construct Marvels, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (collaboration with Johanna Jackson)
10th Anniversary, GALLERY TARGET, Tokyo, Japan
ART OBJECTS FOR WILD BEASTS, Association Shop + Gallery, Portland, OR
Epochal Aeration: Or, The Slow Hand, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
New Modernism, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland
HOW ARE YOU DOING?, General Public Collective, Indianapolis, IN
The Human Form, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Converge 45, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (forthcoming)

2016
A Question/Some Mild Anxiety/The Results, Demo Gallery, Austin, TX
Outside, curated by Matthew Higgs, Karma, Amagansett, NY
Will and Be Going To, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
Aftermodernism, Nicole Ripka Gallery, Water Mill, NY
The Secret Staircase, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
Future Developments, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Architecture of Life, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

2015
AMETRIA, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Watercolour, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Slam Section, curated by Leo Fitzpatrick, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden
Magic Mountain, MCA Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
A blur, a beautiful blurry blur, curated by Giti Nourbakhsch, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
Words, words, words, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2014
Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
I was a double, Tang Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Chris Johanson | Johanna Jackson, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA
Running, Changing, Ending, 20@20, Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation, Geyserville, CA
ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND, Mission School: Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Alicia
McCarthy, Barry McGee, and Ruby Neri, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY

2015
Magic Mountain, MCASB Satellite, Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara

2014
Particular Pictures, Suzanne Geiss Gallery, NY

2013
AftermodernisM: Works on Paper, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Asad Faulwell / Chris Martin, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Acharya Vyakul, Chris Johanson, Chris Corales, Adams and Ollman, Portland
ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND: Mission School, 1990/Now , San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (traveled to Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY 2014)
My Crippled Friend, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
Project Los Altos: SFMoMA in Silicon Valley, Los Altos, CA
More Love: Art, Politics, and Sharing since the 1990’s, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
(Almost) Free-Formed/: Chris Johanson, Barry McGee, and Laurie Reid in Collaboration, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Dialogue of Hands, Glasgow International 2012, Glasgow, UK, April 20th – May 7th

2010
75 Years of Looking Forward: 75th Anniversary Show, SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA
Aktualität eines Mediums – Nader Ahriman bis Chen Zhen, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Draw, Museo De La Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Final San Francisco Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Disorder Disorder, Penrith Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia

2009
A New York Minute, Depart Foundation, Rome, Italy
Nothing is permanent, de Elektriciteitscentrale, Brussels, Belgium
LEARN TO READ ART: A History of Printed Matter (1976-2009), P.S.1 MoMA, Queens, NY
Failed Art / The Art of Failure, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
15 Years of New Image Art, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Impossible Instruments/Future Flags, Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Songs from the Treetops, PDX Contemporary, Portland, OR
Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
10 Year Anniversary Show, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Lots Of Things Like That, apexart, New York, NY
Whatever’s whatever, The Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece
Dark Milk, MILK Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
Impossible Instruments Future Flags, Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Poster Renaissance 2, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Menagerie: Animals and Nature, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Dropped Frames, Elk Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Pierogi Flatfilling – an interactive curatorial project, ArtNews Projects, Berlin, Germany
Silly Adults, Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
Euphorion – Art from San Francisco, Pierogi Leipzig, Germany
The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
A Collaboration, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Kinky Sex (Makes The World Go ‘Round), Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In the Fullness of Time: Celebrating Twenty Years, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Oliver Twist, Rental Gallery, New York, NY
Sound Zero-Kunst and Muzik vom Pop bis zur Street Art, Kunstforum Halle, Vienna, Austria

2006
Untitled (for H.C. Westermann), The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Fundstuke und Transit, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany (traveled to Johnen and Schottle, Cologne, Germany, 2006)
This talk we have, this talk we have had, this talk we have/have had, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Works, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Have New Yes, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Since 2000 – Printmaking Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Panic Room – Works for the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece
Five Humans Share Thoughts, People Respond, ANTISOCIAL, Vancouver, Canada
Happiness/Berlin Biennale, 4th Berlin Biennial, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco White Columns, New York, NY
DO NOT STACK, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
State Of The Nation, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Golden State, Paulson Bott Press, Berkeley, CA

2005
Nach Rokytnik, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wein, Vienna, Austria
The Early Show, White Columns, New York
Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
Waters and Watercolours, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Good Timing, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Stoners vs. Drunks, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
Casual-Imagastic Jo Jackson Chris Johanson, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
Curb Appeal, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Different Wave Lengths, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York, NY
Frac Haute-Normandy, Normandy, France

2004
Between Art and Life; The Contemporary Art and Sculpture Collection, SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary At and Street Culture, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (traveled to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, 2005)
Lo-Gressive Living, The Approach, London, UK
Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2004; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2004; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, 2004)
With us against reality, or against us!, Gallerie S.E., Bergen, Norway
Color Wheel Oblivion, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Freedom Frenzy, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
The Optimistic Mood, Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
I Love Music, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
Initial Encounters, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Dog Show, North Spring Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2003
17 Reasons, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Comic Release, The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (traveled to The Center for Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA; The University of North Texas Gallery, Denton, TX; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Taqueria Cancun, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Flipping the Bird, Box Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Dirt Wizards, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., New York, NY
Strange Glue, Ratio 3, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Beam Me Up, New Image Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Forward/4words, Rovigo Cen Ser., Rovigo, Italy
American Art Today: Faces and Figures, The Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, FL
Pretty Gritty, The Institute of Unpopular Culture, Rayko Photo, Film Arts Foundation and Luggage Store TPresent at Rayko Photo, San Francisco, CA

2002
Worm Hole 2, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2001
Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Summertime Reunion, Cat Haus, San Francisco, CA
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
East Meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Hammond Museum, North Salem, MA
The Sensational Line, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver
Untitled 2001, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
Jess Hillard: an undying fascination for all animals, especially the cute ones, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Portrait Show, New Image Arts, Los Angeles, CA
"Paperview”, Galerie Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
Western, Studio Z, San Francisco, CA
The Red Man Show, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
Synesthesia, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
TEXT/TYPE, Martin Sprouse's flat, San Francisco, CA

2000
Pot O’ Gold, Patrizia Outore Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Collector's Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY
Utopia, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Deterritorialization of Process, Artist Space, San Francisco, CA
Extra (Super) Meta, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Welcome to Our Community Everyone Here Loves God, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Move Five Text, New Image Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Blurring The Line, RARE, New York, NY
New Langton Arts' 16th Annual Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999
Scopic, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Coup d’Etat, Alleged Fine Arts, New York, NY
Survivalists, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
The Levels, La Pandaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
Museum Pieces, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
On Paper, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Paper, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
Off The Hook, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Rick Farr, Rich Jacobs, Chris Johanson, Alicia McCarthy, New Image Arts, Los Angeles, CA

1998
Alter-Nativity, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Move 2, New Image Arts, Los Angeles, CA
He Swam Down, Away, Audiello Fine Arts, New York, NY
The Mind Harvest Series, La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
Selections Summer ’98, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Stuck, ESP, San Francisco, CA
SAP, Lanai Motel, San Francisco, CA

1997
Me, Myself and I, Timothy Higbee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Independents, Alleged Fine Arts, New York, CA
Oddity, Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mission Community Art Show, Starcleaners, San Francisco, CA
Switch Stance, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Waverforms, Skate(board)ing in the Urban Forest, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Tobin Yelland and Chris Johanson, Cafe Nidal, San Francisco, CA
Book Shop, Scene/Escena, San Francisco, CA

1996
Guy, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
Necessary Evil Kneivel, Alleged Fine Arts, New York, NY
Shred Sled Symposium, The Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Tropical Sunrise, Poker Face, Portland, OR
Erin Courtney and Chris Johanson, Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chris Johanson, Mary Nicholson, Tobin Yelland, Alleged Productions, New York, NY

1995
The Finale, Figure 5, San Francisco, CA
The New Millennium Degenerate Art Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Wild Side, L.A.C.E., San Francisco, CA
Dysfunctional, an exhibition of Skateboard Art and Design, Blue Note Gallery, London, UK
Special Friends, Adobe Book Shop, San Francisco, CA
Big ‘N’ Easy, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1994
Combine Effort, Figure 5, San Francisco, CA
The Shooting Gallery, Club 1015, San Francisco, CA

1992
Curated By Rob Trains, Cafe Picarro, San Francisco, CA

1991
Chain Reaction, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
All You Knead Cafe, San Francisco, CA

1990
The Flower Show, Emmanuel Radnitzky Found Objects, San Francisco, CA

AWARDS
2002
SECA Art Award, SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA

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THIS USE OF TIME WITH ITS GIFTS I DO NOT YET KNOW

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NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU WANT

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MOVING TOWARD/SEE YOU LATER

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LETTING GRAVITY TELL ME WHERE TO GO

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FROM HERE TO HERE WITH WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN

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BEING IN MY LIFE #8

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ABSTRACT ART WITH COSMIC NARRATIVE

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DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE (Perceptions #3)

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EXCELLENT PERCEPTIONS #1

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FOREVER IS BOTH WAYS FOR ALL TIME (Perceptions #2)

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PERCEPTIONS #1

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PERCEPTIONS #4

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PERCEPTIONS #5

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PERCEPTIONS #6

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #1)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #2)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #3)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #4)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #5)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #6)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #7)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #8)

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PERCEPTIONS (Perceptions #9)

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CIRCULAR ENERGY IS REAL

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HUMAN, (FUTURE TRIPPING ON IT BECAUSE OF THE MACHINE PEOPLE AND HOW IT MAKES YOU THINK SO SO MUCH)

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TOMORROW IS ALRIGHT

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EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE OF THE SUN

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I AM GLAD THAT I WENT TO CENTER

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THE MAIN CONCEPT OF THIS CONCEPTUAL ART IS THAT PEACE IS SQUARE

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MORE AWAITS ME THERE BUT RIGHT NOW I'M JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH HERE

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THIS IS A PICTURE OF SPACE

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TWO DIMENSIONAL PRINT OF CASUAL POST-POST-MODERN SCULPTURE

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YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW SOMETHING BEFORE WE START ON THE SECOND HALF OF TODAY'S SESSION