BIOGRAPHY
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1975
• Born Wenatchee, WA
1997
• San Francisco Art Institute (Transferred to CCAC)
1998
• Exchange to Central Saint Martins in London
2000
• California College of Arts and Crafts BFA
2006
• Hunter College MFA
• Lives and works in New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
• A Gentlemen's Painter Among Bohemians, New Galerie de France, Paris
2007
• Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
• Galeria Glance, Torino, Italy
• What Visions Burn, Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2006
• What Visions Burn / What Birds Remember if They Do Remember, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
• CPH PIX, Animated Screen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fe Eight International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
• Video Art: Replay, Part 2. Everyday Imaginary, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Fresh From Chelsea, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2009
• 55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2007
• Extremes and In Betweens, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY, Curated by Joshua Altman
• AniMotion, Galleri F15, Oslo, Norway, Curated by Elisabeth Byre
• Titled/Untitled, Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland
• Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York, NY, Curated byCraig Hensala and Simon Watson of Scenic
• Warhol & ..., Kantor / Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown 2007/08 Fellows, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2006
• School Days, Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
• Plane Space Gallery, New York, NY
• Salad Days, Artists Space, New York, NY
• Happy Endings, Kingfisher Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
2003
• All That Was Not Then, Year Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
• Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, "An Unlikely Coupling," The Times (UK), August 14 w
• Danbrot, Shana Nys, "Motion Pictures: Ezra Johnson," Art Review, March
• Tumlir, Jan , "Ezra Johnson: About the Exhibition," Hammer Projects Website (http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/124/), UCLA Hammer Museum
• "Visual Arts: Animation—Ezra Johnson," Flavorpill, Issue # 343, January 3
2006
• "Ezra Johnson at Nicole Klagsbrun", The New Yorker, December 20
• "On The Town: Video", The New York Sun, December 19
AWARDS
2008-2009
• Residency, Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, New York, NY
2006-2007
• Residency, Fine Arts Work Center Residency, Provincetown, MA
