Solo Shows
2023
Cross/Currents, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
2022
Chroma Chord, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
2021
Double Take, Paintings & Photographs by Erick Johnson, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT (Curated by Mara Williams)
2018
(Inside) Out: New Work by Erick Johnson, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
2016
Streets for Evermore, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
2015
Colorvane, IUCA+D Gallery, Indiana University, Columbus, IN
2012
New Work, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2010
Parallelogram Paintings, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2000
Erick Johnson, Recent Paintings and Drawings, Salena Gallery,
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Taming Abstraction, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
Disrupting the Grid: Selections from the Kentler Flat Files, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Group Show, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
2023
The Hills Have Eyes, LABspace Hillsdale, NY
Lines and Colors, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Selections from the Flat File, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
2022
Rotating/Axis, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
Holiday, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY
Invisible Attraction, Church of the Heavenly Rest Gallery, NYC
Mountain High, Valley Low, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Spring Selections, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
Soho Art History Walk Pt 1, CITYarts, NYC
2021
Odd Couple, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
Winter Selections, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
2020
10 X Relay, Indiana University J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program Gallery, Columbus, IN
Walls of Smalls, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
Drawing Challenge VII, Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC (online exhibit)
2019
Holiday, LABspace gallery, Hillsdale, NY
Dreams that Money can Buy, Avalance Art Space, Gt. Barrington, MA
Hillsdale, LABspace gallery, Hillsdale, NY
10 X Relay, University of Tennessee Downtown gallery, Knoxville, TN
You Are Not Alone, Casimir Effect, (Chashama space) 1022 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Double Vision: Artists who Instagram, The Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY (co-curated with Janice Caswell)
2018
Casheesh 2018, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Erick Johnson/Malcolm Wright, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, The Barn at 28 Main St. Walpole NH
Matereality, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA (curated by Sue Muskat & Phil Knoll)
2017
2017 Casheesh, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Double Vision: Artists who Instagram, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY (co-curated with Janice Caswell)
Taconic North, LABspace Gallery, NY
2016
Machines of Paint and Other Materials, 72 Front Street, Brooklyn NY
Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York
Sideshow Nation IV: Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Warmth of Winter, (curated by Dee Shapiro) National Arts Club, NY
2015
2023
Cross/Currents, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
2022
Chroma Chord, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
2021
Double Take, Paintings & Photographs by Erick Johnson, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT (Curated by Mara Williams)
2018
(Inside) Out: New Work by Erick Johnson, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
2016
Streets for Evermore, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
2015
Colorvane, IUCA+D Gallery, Indiana University, Columbus, IN
2012
New Work, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2010
Parallelogram Paintings, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2000
Erick Johnson, Recent Paintings and Drawings, Salena Gallery,
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Taming Abstraction, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
Disrupting the Grid: Selections from the Kentler Flat Files, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Group Show, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
2023
The Hills Have Eyes, LABspace Hillsdale, NY
Lines and Colors, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Selections from the Flat File, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
2022
Rotating/Axis, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
Holiday, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY
Invisible Attraction, Church of the Heavenly Rest Gallery, NYC
Mountain High, Valley Low, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Spring Selections, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
Soho Art History Walk Pt 1, CITYarts, NYC
2021
Odd Couple, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
Winter Selections, Furnace: Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT
2020
10 X Relay, Indiana University J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program Gallery, Columbus, IN
Walls of Smalls, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC
Drawing Challenge VII, Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC (online exhibit)
2019
Holiday, LABspace gallery, Hillsdale, NY
Dreams that Money can Buy, Avalance Art Space, Gt. Barrington, MA
Hillsdale, LABspace gallery, Hillsdale, NY
10 X Relay, University of Tennessee Downtown gallery, Knoxville, TN
You Are Not Alone, Casimir Effect, (Chashama space) 1022 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Double Vision: Artists who Instagram, The Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY (co-curated with Janice Caswell)
2018
Casheesh 2018, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Erick Johnson/Malcolm Wright, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, The Barn at 28 Main St. Walpole NH
Matereality, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA (curated by Sue Muskat & Phil Knoll)
2017
2017 Casheesh, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Double Vision: Artists who Instagram, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY (co-curated with Janice Caswell)
Taconic North, LABspace Gallery, NY
2016
Machines of Paint and Other Materials, 72 Front Street, Brooklyn NY
Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York
Sideshow Nation IV: Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Warmth of Winter, (curated by Dee Shapiro) National Arts Club, NY
2015
Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Above and Below I-20, Howard Payne University, Brownwood, TX
Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Exquisite, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
Prime Matter Sweden, Teckningmuseet, Laholm, Sweden
Panorama, No. Six Depot, West Stockbridge, MA
Out of Bounds, Neptune Fine Art, Washington DC
Diamonds & Doughnuts, Geoff Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Prime Matter, Senaspace, New York, NY
Large & Small, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Jenkins, Mark, In the Galleries: Artworks serve as gateways to private worlds, Washington Post, May 31st, 2024
Martucci, Anna, The Hills are Alive" Mainstreet Magazine, July 2023
Summer Selections, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Paperazzi III, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Casheesh 2013, Geoff Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Interior Space: Small Scale Abstract Painting, Salena Gallery, LI Univ, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Paperazzi III, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Casheesh 2013, Geoff Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Interior Space: Small Scale Abstract Painting, Salena Gallery, LI Univ, Brooklyn, NY
Playforms, Woodland Gallery, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
Unhinged, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Eleven@7D, Studio7D, New York, NY
Paperazzi II, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Abstract Gambol, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
Graphomania, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Speakers, 111 Front Street Space, Brooklyn, NY
Casheesh 6, Geoff Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2011
Double Vision, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Casheesh Now!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2010
Casheesh 4, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Casheesh 3, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2009
Casheesh Two!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
The Great Impression, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Endless Summer, Denise Bibro Gallery, Platform Space, NYC
Linked, Heskin Contemporary, NYC (curated by Jennifer Riley)
2008
Entr'acte, Bush Antiques, New Orleans, LA
It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, Andrea Meislin Gallery, NYC
2007
Aqua Art Fair, Heskin Contemporary, Miami, FL
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2006
Exquisite Abstraction, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selections from the Cultural Corridor, Storefront Artist Project, Pittsfield, MA
2005
NY Loves LV, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV (curated by Lisa Stefanelli)
Radical Vaudeville, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2004
Six, Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Weather is Holding, UBS Gallery, Bard College, Red Hook, NY
Finesse, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Band of Abstraction, Van Brunt Gallery, NYC (curated by Joe Fyfe)
2002
Scratch, Arena Gallery, NYC
Jump, The Painting Center, NYC (curated by Ross Neher)
Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Tract: Systemic Sprawl, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC (curated by Amanda Trager & Courtney J. Martin)
Barometer, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC
2001
Layered, Anita Friedman Fine Art, NYC
Minimal to Excess, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
Fall Forward, Sylvia Heisel, NYC (curated by Jeff Bailey)
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Affinities, Anita Friedman Fine Art, NYC
Waiting List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
The Hard & the Soft, Thomas Korzelius Gallery, NYC (curated by Claire Jervert)
Drawing: Line, Skill, Imagination, The Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, NYC
2000
Meat Market Art Fair, Arena @ Feed, NYC
Dissolving Images, Manhattan Marymount College Gallery, NYC
Twice Born: Beauty, Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Location, Brooklynarts.com, Curated by Renee Riccardo
To Detail, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Line, Arena@ Feed Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Useful Indiscretions, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Grants & Fellowships
2020 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2004 Artist in Residence, St. Mary’s College, MD
2001 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
1988 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
1982 Foreign Study Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art/ Lacoste, France
Other Pierogi Flat Files, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Kentler Drawing Center Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Education
M.F.A. Milton Avery School for the Arts, Bard College
B.A. Empire State College
Selected Bibliography
Unhinged, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Eleven@7D, Studio7D, New York, NY
Paperazzi II, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnitowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Abstract Gambol, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
Graphomania, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Speakers, 111 Front Street Space, Brooklyn, NY
Casheesh 6, Geoff Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2011
Double Vision, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Casheesh Now!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2010
Casheesh 4, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Casheesh 3, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2009
Casheesh Two!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
The Great Impression, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Endless Summer, Denise Bibro Gallery, Platform Space, NYC
Linked, Heskin Contemporary, NYC (curated by Jennifer Riley)
2008
Entr'acte, Bush Antiques, New Orleans, LA
It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, Andrea Meislin Gallery, NYC
2007
Aqua Art Fair, Heskin Contemporary, Miami, FL
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2006
Exquisite Abstraction, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selections from the Cultural Corridor, Storefront Artist Project, Pittsfield, MA
2005
NY Loves LV, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV (curated by Lisa Stefanelli)
Radical Vaudeville, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2004
Six, Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Weather is Holding, UBS Gallery, Bard College, Red Hook, NY
Finesse, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Band of Abstraction, Van Brunt Gallery, NYC (curated by Joe Fyfe)
2002
Scratch, Arena Gallery, NYC
Jump, The Painting Center, NYC (curated by Ross Neher)
Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Tract: Systemic Sprawl, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC (curated by Amanda Trager & Courtney J. Martin)
Barometer, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC
2001
Layered, Anita Friedman Fine Art, NYC
Minimal to Excess, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
Fall Forward, Sylvia Heisel, NYC (curated by Jeff Bailey)
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Affinities, Anita Friedman Fine Art, NYC
Waiting List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
The Hard & the Soft, Thomas Korzelius Gallery, NYC (curated by Claire Jervert)
Drawing: Line, Skill, Imagination, The Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, NYC
2000
Meat Market Art Fair, Arena @ Feed, NYC
Dissolving Images, Manhattan Marymount College Gallery, NYC
Twice Born: Beauty, Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Location, Brooklynarts.com, Curated by Renee Riccardo
To Detail, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Line, Arena@ Feed Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Useful Indiscretions, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Grants & Fellowships
2020 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2004 Artist in Residence, St. Mary’s College, MD
2001 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
1988 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
1982 Foreign Study Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art/ Lacoste, France
Other Pierogi Flat Files, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Kentler Drawing Center Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Education
M.F.A. Milton Avery School for the Arts, Bard College
B.A. Empire State College
Selected Bibliography
Jenkins, Mark, In the Galleries: Artworks serve as gateways to private worlds, Washington Post, May 31st, 2024
Martucci, Anna, The Hills are Alive" Mainstreet Magazine, July 2023
Jenkins, Mark, "Erick Johnson: Streets for Evermore," Washington Post, March 18, 2016
Jenkins, Mark, "Painting Out of Bounds," Washington Post, November 9, 2014
Young, Geoff, "Divide and Conquer: Erick Johnson's New Work," Catalog Essay 2012
Gover, Karen, "Erick Johnson, Parallelogram Paintings at Heskin Contemporary" Artcritical.com, February, 2010
Riley, Jennifer, Parallelogram Paintings. Heskin Contemporary. 2010
Fox, Catherine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Smart 'Exquisite Abstraction' Show Satisfies," December 31, 2006
Wolf, D.A., Artonthemark.com, "Review: Exquisite Abstraction Lives up to its Name," December 3rd, 2006
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, “Jump,” New York Times, November 15, 2002
Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, “Jump Factor,” The New York Observer, November 18, 2002
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, “Tract: Systemic Sprawl,” New York Times, June 28, 2002
Schmerler, Sarah, “Tract: systemic sprawl,” Art Review, Time Out New York, July 11-18, 2002
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, “The Hard & the Soft,” The New York Times, May 18, 2001
Turner, Grady P., The Hard & the Soft, Catalog Essay, April, 2001
The Open Studio Press, Catalog 32, curated by Jessica Morgan, February 2001
Bancroft, Shelly, “Twice Born: Beauty,” Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, September 8, 2000
Hill, Shawn, “Liking What We See,” Bay Windows, October 19, 2000
Laster, Paul, “Brooklyn Spice,” Artnet.com Magazine, June 29, 2000
Cotter, Holland, Art Review, The New York Times, May 12, 2000
Brennan, Michael, Painters Journal, Artnet.com Magazine, April 27, 2000
Brock, Hovey, “Flow: The Work Of Erick Johnson,” Catalog Essay, New York 2000
Jenkins, Mark, "Painting Out of Bounds," Washington Post, November 9, 2014
Young, Geoff, "Divide and Conquer: Erick Johnson's New Work," Catalog Essay 2012
Gover, Karen, "Erick Johnson, Parallelogram Paintings at Heskin Contemporary" Artcritical.com, February, 2010
Riley, Jennifer, Parallelogram Paintings. Heskin Contemporary. 2010
Fox, Catherine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Smart 'Exquisite Abstraction' Show Satisfies," December 31, 2006
Wolf, D.A., Artonthemark.com, "Review: Exquisite Abstraction Lives up to its Name," December 3rd, 2006
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, “Jump,” New York Times, November 15, 2002
Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, “Jump Factor,” The New York Observer, November 18, 2002
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, “Tract: Systemic Sprawl,” New York Times, June 28, 2002
Schmerler, Sarah, “Tract: systemic sprawl,” Art Review, Time Out New York, July 11-18, 2002
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, “The Hard & the Soft,” The New York Times, May 18, 2001
Turner, Grady P., The Hard & the Soft, Catalog Essay, April, 2001
The Open Studio Press, Catalog 32, curated by Jessica Morgan, February 2001
Bancroft, Shelly, “Twice Born: Beauty,” Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, September 8, 2000
Hill, Shawn, “Liking What We See,” Bay Windows, October 19, 2000
Laster, Paul, “Brooklyn Spice,” Artnet.com Magazine, June 29, 2000
Cotter, Holland, Art Review, The New York Times, May 12, 2000
Brennan, Michael, Painters Journal, Artnet.com Magazine, April 27, 2000
Brock, Hovey, “Flow: The Work Of Erick Johnson,” Catalog Essay, New York 2000
