Liquid Lunch, 2014 / graphite & watercolor on paper mounted to panel / 42 x 58 inches
Find a Way In, 2013 / graphite and acrylic on panel / 18 x 23 inches
Permanent Collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation
Flight Path, 2014 / graphite and watercolor on paper mounted to panel / 42 x 58 inches
Publish or Perish, 2009 / pine ply, steel, aluminum, ink on paper and chipboard
96 x 42 x 92 inches
As Shown at the Taubman Art Museum (VA)
Two Sides to Every Story: AKA Boom Boom, 2009 / Chipboard, foam, tape and glue
54 x 37 x 22.5 inches
Stayin' Busy: Concept 9, 2009 / ink and acrylic on panel / 44 x 54 inches
Twin Lens Reflex Camera, 2009 / cardboard, chipboard, glue, tape / 60 x 20 x 17 inches
Everything I Own, 2009 / Inkjet on paper / Edition of 20 / 53 x 44 inches
Survival Mode, 2008 / paper, plastic tubing and poplar / dimensions variable
I'm Gunna Be a Little Late, 2008 / ink and acrylic on panel / 24 x 30 inches
Really Quiet Day Today, 2008 / collage on birch / 48 x 60 inches
Atmospheric Conditions, 2007 / A+D Museum, Los Angeles
November 9, 2007 - January 27, 2008
Atmospheric Conditions, 2007 / A+D Museum, Los Angeles
November 9, 2007 - January 27, 2008
Kiel Johnson's drawings and sculptures tell tales; layered narratives speak of his travels and adventures through everyday life. His works become a springboard for metaphorical investigations of the world he inhabits. Although both factual fictions and absurd scenarios, they are ultimately testaments to observation that force us to question the concrete and truthful. What at first might appear safe and secure will be, upon further inspection, very precarious.
Johnson (b. 1975, Missouri) received his MFA at California State University, Long Beach (CA). He has received prestigious awards and honors including the Pollock-Krasner Grant, Durfee Foundation ARC Grant, and the CSULB Outstanding Creative Achievement Award. He has had solo exhibitions at the Taubman Museum of Art (VA), Irvine Art Center (CA), and the Creative Artists Agency (CA), in addition to group inclusion at the McNay Museum (TX), Torrance Art Museum (CA), Huntington Beach Art Center (CA), and the University Art Museum, Long Beach (CA). His work appears in several important public and private collections including the Creative Artist Agency (CA), Tubert International (CA), Steve Martin Collection (NY), Todd Oldham (NY), and Sprint World Headquarters (MO). Johnson currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
For a full biography and curriculum vitae, please click the PDF download link below.
