Ian Johnson

Ian Johnson

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

About Ian Johnson

IAN JOHNSON (b. 1969, UK) studied at Jacob Kramer College of Art, Leeds and Goldsmiths College, London, where he graduated with a BA (hons) Fine Art degree in 1991. During this period he was awarded an Erasmus Travel Scholarship to study at L'Ecole de Beaux Arts, Montpellier, France, as well as receive a Young Artist's Work Scholarship for the Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy. In addition to numerous awards and grants, Ian was a recipient of the Florence Trust International Artist Studio Residency in 2006. He has exhibited in the UK and internationally, in both public and private galleries and his work is held in many private collections worldwide. Having traveled widely throughout the last 15 years, Ian now divides his time between London and Mexico. His work is currently on show with Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo, in San Miguel de Allende and Valle de Bravo, Mexico.

Education:

Goldsmiths College of Art, London, UK
Ba (hons) Fine Art

L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Montpellier, France
Erasmus Travel Scholarship

Jacob Kramer College of Art, Leeds, UK
Art & Design Foundation Course

Events:

November 2019
Outdoor Sculpture Commission - Fabrica La Aurora, SMA, MX

November 2019
Artist Scholarship - Clay Studio Residency, SMA, MX

Exhibitions:

2019
’Constructed Nature’ (solo show)
Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo,
SMA, MX

‘300 Years of European
Landscapes’ (Curated group show)
Casa Europa, SMA, MX

2018 Micro Cosmo (group show)
Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo, MX

2017 The Frequency Variations (solo show)
Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo, MX

2016 Cross Sections (solo presentation)
Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo, MX

Refractor Paintings (solo installation)
Skot Foreman Gallery, SMA, MX

2015 4 Elements (solo installation)
Skot Foreman Gallery, SMA, MX

New works (group show)
Interseccion Arte Contemporaneo, MX

2014 Kind of Blue (group show)
Skot Foreman Gallery, SMA, MX

2013 Mapping the Territory (solo show)
Skot Foreman Gallery, SMA, MX

2011 Collidescope (solo show)
Four Arts, London, UK

Colour (group show)
Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, UK

2010 Split Screen (group show)
Galerie Jones, Cologne, DE

TimeScale (solo show)
Gooden Gallery, London, UK

Print Now Pt.2 (group show)
Bearspace, London, UK

Print Now (selected group show)
London Art Fair, London, UK

2009 Storm (RVCC)
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK

2008 Without Borders (group show)
Blank Gallery, Brighton, UK

Climate Control (solo show)
Cell Studios, London, UK

2006 Eidos (two-person show)
VineSpace, Vyner Street, London, UK

Liminal Phase (group show)
Highbury Studios, London, UK

FT'06 (group show)
Florence Trust Studios, London, UK

Small Works (group show)
VineSpace, Vyner Street, London, UK

2005 Painting Concepts (group show)
VineSpace, Vyner Street, London, UK

Arts Unwrapped
Florence Trust Open Studios, UK

2002 Climate Drawings (solo show)
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax, UK

Climate Drawings (solo show)
Canning House, London, UK

2001 Red Oxide (solo show)
Ollintla Gallery, Oaxaca, MX

2000 Political Dialogue (solo show)
Space Studios, London, UK

1999 Imagining Developments (group show)
Worldwrite Centre, London, UK

1997 El Observatorio (solo show)
Centro Cultural El Puente, Chiapas, MX

1995 Tropical Cancer (solo show)
Copperfield Road Studios, London, MX

1994 Whitechapel Open (group show)
Copperfield Road Studios, London, MX

1993 Cross-Over (group show)
Genius Loci Arts, London, UK

1992 Sheffield Media Show (group show)
Sheffield Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK

1991 Ian Johnson / Daisuke Minowa
Kepler Gallery, London, UK