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Rindon Johnson

{{short description|American artist and writer (born 1990)}}

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Rindon Johnson (born 1990, California) is an American artist and writer.{{Cite web|url=http://bhqfu.org/class/the-annihilation-of-time-and-space-image-literacy-in-the-21st-century|title=BHQFU {{!}} The Annihilation of Time and Space: Image Literacy in the 21st Century|last=NoFavorite|website=BHQFU|language=en|access-date=2017-12-13}} Johnson has based his work on language and its slippery nature. He uses animal hides, animation, virtual reality, wood and vaseline to consider capital accumulation and the systemic violences that maintain it.{{cite web | url=https://artreview.com/artist-rindon-johnson-power-of-language/ | title='The Most Liberatory Thing We've Got': How Artist Rindon Johnson Uses the Power of Language }}{{cite web | url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/habitats-humanity-rindon-johnsons-playlist-60129/ | title=Habitats and Humanity: Rindon Johnson's Playlist | date=September 21, 2018 }} Johnson has exhibited and performed internationally, and is a published author.{{cite web | url=https://www.maxgoelitz.com/en/artists/58-rindon-johnson/ | title=Artist: Rindon johnson }} He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Berlin, Germany.{{Cite news|url=https://www.out.com/art-books/2017/3/02/artist-poet-rindon-johnson-need-speed-during-time-global-disillusionment|title=Artist & Poet Rindon Johnson on the Need For Speed During a Time of Global Disillusionment|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en}}

Early life and education

Johnson was born in the unceded territory of the Ohlone peoples,{{cite web | url=https://cejce.berkeley.edu/ohloneland | title=Ohlone Land | Centers for Educational Justice & Community Engagement }} in San Francisco, CA in 1990.{{cite web | url=https://www.maxgoelitz.com/en/artists/58-rindon-johnson/ | title=Artist: Rindon johnson }} He graduated from New York University and received his MFA from Bard College in 2018.{{cite web | url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/first-look-rindon-johnson-63551/ | title=First Look: Rindon Johnson | date=September 2018 }}

Work

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Johnson is the author of several books including The Law of Large Numbers, published by SculptureCenter, Chisenhale Gallery and Inpatient Press in 2021, the chapbook, No One Sleeps Better Than White People, published by Inpatient Press, and the virtual reality e-book, Meet Me in the Corner.{{Cite web|url=http://inpatientpress.bigcartel.com/product/nobody-sleeps-better-than-white-people-by-rin-johnson|title=NOBODY SLEEPS BETTER THAN WHITE PEOPLE by Rin Johnson|last=Press|first=Inpatient|website=Inpatient Press|access-date=2017-12-13}} In 2017, Johnson collaborated with multidisciplinary artist Ser Serpas on Shade the King, a book of stream-of-consciousness-inspired poems by Johnson and abstract drawings by Serpas, published by Capricious.{{cite web | url=https://capriciousfoundation.org/publications/shade-the-king | title=Shade the King | Capricious }}

Rindon Johnson participated in the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia curated by Adriano Pedrosa. In September 2024, Johnson will present his largest solo exhibition to date at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China.{{cite web | url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/588010/launch-of-2024-program-complex-geographies/ | title=Launch of 2024 program: Complex Geographies - Announcements - e-flux }} His work has been shown internationally, including solo presentations at Albertinum, Dresden (2022), SculptureCenter in New York (2021), and the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf (2019).{{cite web | url=https://www.maxgoelitz.com/en/artists/58-rindon-johnson/ | title=Artist: Rindon johnson }}{{cite web | url=https://ghebaly.com/work/rindon-johnson/ | title=François Ghebaly › Rindon Johnson }}

Johnson has written for a number of online and print art publications such as The Brooklyn Rail,{{Cite web|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2017/12/artseen/Tools-Weapons|title=Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon|website=The Brooklyn Rail|date=December 13, 2017 |access-date=2017-12-13}} Cultured Magazine,{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturedmag.com/rindon-johnson-artist-crush/|title=Rindon Johnson Interviews Her Favorite Artists Including Ser Serpas|website=www.culturedmag.com|language=English|access-date=2017-12-13}} Hyperallergic,{{cite web | url=https://hyperallergic.com/tag/rindon-johnson/ | title=Rindon Johnson Archives | date=July 29, 2021 }} and Artforum{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/contributors/name=rindon-johnson|title=artforum.com / contributors|website=artforum.com|language=English|access-date=2017-12-13}} and has lectured on art and theory at Bruce High Quality Foundation University, Princeton,{{cite web | url=https://arts.princeton.edu/academics/visual-arts/visual-arts-people/ | title=Visual Arts Faculty & Visiting Artists }} UdK Berlin{{cite web | url=https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/research/graduate-school/fellows/rindon-johnson/ | title=Rindon Johnson – Universität der Künste Berlin }} and UCLA.{{cite web | url=https://www.art.ucla.edu/areas-of-study/new-genres/ | title=New Genres : UCLA Department of Art }}

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Best Synthetic Answer, (forthcoming) Rockbund Museum - Shanghai, China, 2024{{cite web | url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/588010/launch-of-2024-program-complex-geographies/ | title=Launch of 2024 program: Complex Geographies - Announcements - e-flux }}
  • Five, Max Goelitz, Berlin, Germany, 2023-24{{cite web | url=https://www.maxgoelitz.com/en/exhibitions/43-five-rindon-johnson/ | title=Five | rindon johnson | 13 September 2023 - 13 January 2024 }}
  • Andromache Freya Rocket Suki Nomad Pete Kimmy Z River Chloe Ali Robert Maple Tigger Theodosia Martha Nate, COMA Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2023https://comagallery.com/exhibition/andromache-freya-rocket-suki-nomad-pete-kimmy-z-river-chloe-ali-robert-maple-tigger-theodosia-martha-nate/
  • The Bells Pursuing One Another, Albertinum, Dresden, Germany, 2022{{cite web | url=https://albertinum.skd.museum/en/ausstellungen/ernst-rietschel-kunstpreis-fuer-skulptur-2022-rindon-johnson/ | title=Albertinum: Ernst-Rietschel-Kunstpreis für Skulptur 2022 Rindon Johnson }}
  • Cuvier, Francois Ghebaly, New York, New York, New York, USA, 2022https://ghebaly.com/
  • Law of Large Numbers: Our Bodies, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York, USA, 2021{{cite web | url=https://www.sculpture-center.org/exhibitions/12972/law-of-large-numbers-our-bodies#:~:text=Law%20of%20Large%20Numbers%3A%20Our%20Bodies%2C%20Rindon%20Johnson%27s%20first%20solo,lobby%2C%20and%20outdoor%20courtyard%20spaces | title=Rindon Johnson: Law of Large Numbers: Our Bodies }}
  • Law of Large Numbers: Our Selves, Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2021{{cite web | url=https://chisenhale.org.uk/exhibition/rindon-johnson/ | title=Johnson }}
  • The Valley of the Moon, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2021{{cite web | url=https://ghebaly.com/work/rindon-johnson-the-valley-of-the-moon/ | title=François Ghebaly › Rindon Johnson }}
  • Circumscribe, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2019https://jsfoundation.art/exhibitions/rindon-johnson-circumscribe/
  • Well, Covered, AALA Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://artlosangelesfair.com/exhibitor/716|title=Art Los Angeles Contemporary|website=artlosangelesfair.com|access-date=2018-01-02}}
  • A Din, A Hand, Beacon Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconsacramento.com/consent/|title=Consent: May 22 – May 27|website=The Beacon Project|language=English|access-date=2018-01-02}}
  • Existential Hangover, The Guest Room IRL at The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, Texas, USA, 2017{{cite web | url=https://artviewer.org/somethings-come-between-us-at-songs-for-presidents/ | title=Something's Come Between Us at Songs for Presidents – Art Viewer | date=November 5, 2017 }}

Selected Collaborative Exhibitions

  • Lifes, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2022{{cite web | url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2022/lifes | title=Lifes | Hammer Museum | date=February 16, 2022 }}
  • Unlock the Gates! Span the Mouth!, Sophie Tappenier, Vienna, Austria, 2022{{cite web | url=https://www.sophietappeiner.com/exhibition/rindon-johnson-jordan-loeppky-kolesnik/ | title=Rindon Johnson & Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik }}
  • This End The Sun, New Museum, New York, New York, USA, 2021{{cite web | url=https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/this-end-the-sun | title=This End the Sun }}
  • A Cultivated Life, King’s Leap, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2018{{cite web | url=https://www.kingsleapfinearts.com/exhibitions | title=Exhibitions - King's Leap }}
  • Or Else the Women Play the Game, Stellar Projects, New York, New York, USA, 2018https://artguide.artforum.com/uploads/guide.004/id26624/press_release.pdf

Selected group exhibitions

  • Stranieri Ovunque / Foreigners Everywhere, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2024{{cite web | url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/biennale-arte-2024-stranieri-ovunque-foreigners-everywhere | title=Biennale Arte 2024 | Biennale Arte 2024: Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere | date=January 31, 2024 }}
  • Poetics of Encryption, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, 2024{{cite web | url=https://www.kw-berlin.de/en/poetics-of-encryption-exhibition-24/ | title=Poetics of Encryption Exhibition 24 | date=November 28, 2023 }}
  • Some of It Falls from the Belt and Lands on the Walkway Beside the Conveyor, Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands, 2022{{cite web | url=https://vleeshal.nl/archive/some-of-it-falls-from-the-belt-and-lands-on-the-walkway-beside-the-conveyor | title=Some of It Falls from the Belt and Lands on the Walkway Beside the Conveyor | date=July 11, 2022 }}
  • Quiet as it's Kept, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, New York, USA, 2022{{cite web | url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2022-biennial | title=Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept }}
  • Get Rid of Yourself, Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria, 2020{{cite web | url=https://www.sophietappeiner.com/exhibition/curated-by/#:~:text=Get%20Rid%20of%20Yourself%20brings,betraying%20its%20very%20own%20forms | title=Get Rid of Yourself }}
  • Materia Medica, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2020{{cite web | url=https://ghebaly.com/work/materia-medica/ | title=François Ghebaly › Materia Medica }}
  • Searching the Sky for Rain, SculptureCenter, New York, New York, USA, 2019{{cite web | url=https://www.sculpture-center.org/exhibitions/12484/searching-the-sky-for-rain | title=Searching the Sky for Rain }}
  • Radical Reading Room, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, USA, 2019{{cite web | url=https://www.studiomuseum.org/exhibitions/radical-reading-room | title=Radical Reading Room }}
  • Nobody Promised You Tomorrow, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2019{{cite web | url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/stonewall | title=Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall }}
  • TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE, Literaturhaus, Berlin, Germany, 2018{{cite web | url=https://www.literaturhaus-berlin.de/archiv/touching-from-a-distance | title=Literaturhaus Berlin | Touching from a Distance }}
  • States of Play: Roleplaying Reality, FACT, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2018https://cdn.fact.co.uk/uploads/documents/States-of-Play-Roleplay-Reality-Gallery-Guide.pdf?v=1551182774#:~:text=States%20of%20Play%3A%20Roleplay%20Reality%20considers%20how%20roleplay%20%E2%80%94found%20in,'real%20world'%20have%20collided.
  • New Black Portraitures, curated by Aria Dean, Rhizome, Online, 2017https://newblackportraitures.rhizome.org/
  • NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2017{{cite web | url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition_post/i-hate-men-and-cattle/ | title=I Hate Men and Cattle | NGV }}
  • The Unframed World, HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste), Basel, Switzerland, 2017https://www.merianverlag.ch/en/produkt/kunst/die-ungerahmte-welt/dd8273dc-b0fc-4f85-b179-6330d3621036.html

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