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Overview of Steve's Work

Steve Johnson studied for a BA Hons in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College London, and for an MA in Sculpture at Chelsea College of Art. His tutors at Goldsmiths were Michael Craig-Martin, Tim Head and Richard Wentworth and at Chelsea, Richard Deacon.

His work has been exhibited widely in the U.K and Europe. In the U.K, works have been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery - London, the Henry Moore Institute - Leeds, Longside Gallery - Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Royal Academy of Arts - London, the Science Museum - London and the Serpentine Gallery - London. In Europe works have been exhibited at the Berlinische Gallery Landesmuseum - Berlin, Hilversum Museum - Holland, Kunsthaus - Dresden, and the Scharpf Gallery / Wilhelm Hack Museum - Ludwigshafen.

He has received awards from amongst others, the Arts Council of England, the British Council, and the Pollock - Krasner Foundation, New York and his works can be found in public collections, including those of the Arts Council England, the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin and the Science Museum, London.

The artist talks about the exhibition 'Everyday's a Film with No Script' on 25/08/10 at DavisKlemmGallery, Frankfurt. Film by Thomas Steimer, courtesy DavisKlemmGallery.

Interview with the british artist Steve Johnson during his exhibition at DavisKlemmGallery in Frankfurt.

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Born 1953 in Whitstable, Kent, England. Lives/works in London.

Education

  • 1974 - 1977 University of London, Goldsmiths College School of Art (BA).

  • 1981 - 1982 Chelsea School of Art (MA).

Academic Appointments

  • 1987 - 2010 University of the Arts London.

  • Occasional Visiting Teacher - Sheffield City Polytechnic, Bath College of Art, Goldsmiths College, Slade School of Fine Art.

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

  • 2022: Details, Rodic Davidson, London.

  • 2022: Bodenlos, Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden.

  • 2019: Altered States, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2018: The Farewell State, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden (with Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA).

  • 2018: The Full English, Casement Arts window installation, Folkestone, UK

  • 2016: Virtual 5: DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2016: Steve Johnson: Eye Try, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich School of Architecture & Media.

  • 2015: A Berlin Wall, C&C Gallery, London.

  • 2013: Deptford X, Johnny's DIY shop-front installation, Deptford, London.

  • 2012: Off The Wall (with Peter Weber), DavisKlemmGallery, Frankfurt

  • 2010: Every Day's a Film with No Script, DavisKlemmGallery, Frankfurt.

  • 2009: Deep Time (with Phyllida Barlow), domobaal, London.

  • 2008: Die Welt Vorbeiziehen Lassen, domobaal, London.

  • 2008: Singersongwriter, (with Wolfgang Schlegel) Buro Fur Kunst, Dresden.

  • 2007: Gist Gallery, Amsterdam.

  • 2007: Steve Johnson (with Wim Bosch) Gist Gallery, Brummen, Holland.

  • 2006: Krammig & Pepper, Berlin.

  • 2006: The Architecture of Pleasure, Rudolf Scharpf Gallery, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen.

  • 2005: Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden.

  • 2003: Gist Gallery, Brummen, Holland.

  • 2003: The Street Enters the House, pepperprojects, Berlin.

  • 2001: You See More of The Mountain from Further Away, 2YK, Berlin.

  • 2001: Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden.

  • 2000: Who's Who, Kunsthaus, Dresden.

  • 2000: Buro Fur Kunst, Dresden.

  • 1997: Binz 39, Scuol, Switzerland.

  • 1996: Gilmour Gallery, London.

  • 1990: Connaught Brown Gallery, London.

  • 1986: Oblique Symbols (with Tony Carter), Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK.

Group Exhibitions (selected)

  • 2021: 253rd Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

  • 2021: Weisse Wochen, Oqbo Gallery, Berlin.

  • 2021: Collage, Slade Research Centre, University College London.

  • 2020: Nagel Neu, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2020: Intersections, Art/Architecture, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London.

  • 2020: Sehtest (eye-test), DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2019: Skulpturpark 22, Stadtpark, Moerfelden-Walldorf, D.

  • 2019: Baden, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2019: The Nomenclature of Colour, Slade Research Centre, University College London.

  • 2018: 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

  • 2018: Positions Berlin, Oqbo, Berlin.

  • 2017: In Between, Cloud, Amsterdam.

  • 2017: Fountain 100, Kunstfabrik, Berlin.

  • 2017: Real, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2017: Positions Berlin, Oqbo, Berlin.2017: Architecture as Metaphor, Griffin Gallery, London.

  • 2015: Positions Berlin, Oqbo, Berlin.

  • 2015: Draw 100, London Group, Cello Factory, London.

  • 2015: Ortsumgehung (Bypass), Kunstverein Baruth, Baruth-Mark Stadt, D.

  • 2014: Leaping the Fence, National Trust Hestercombe House, Taunton, UK.

  • 2014: Gelenkstucke (Joints), SchauFenster Raum fur Kunst, Berlin.

  • 2014: 3K 3D, DavisKlemmGallery, Munich.

  • 2013: Bodytext, Oqbo, Berlin.

  • 2013: DavisKlemmGallery at Kunstverein Bad Nauheim, D.

  • 2013: Postcard from My Studio, Acme Project Space, London.

  • 2013: London Group Centenary Open, Cello Factory, London.

  • 2013: Arthouse, Museum of St.Albans, UK.

  • 2013: Kunst=Vielfalt, Kunsthalle, Wiesbaden.

  • 2013 - 2016: Secret, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London.

  • 2013: Gallery Artists, DavisKlemmGallery, Wiesbaden.

  • 2012: Fragments Of Architecture, Gist Galerie, Amsterdam.

  • 2012: A World Away, Dyrham Park, National Trust/Arts Council England.

  • 2012: Art In Redlight 8, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam.

  • 2011: London Group Open, Cello Factory, London. (Prizewinner)

  • 2011: The 3D City, History, Street Art and Visions For The Future, Museum Hilversum, Holland.

  • 2011: Creekside Open, part 2, selected by Phyllida Barlow, Art In Perpetuity Trust, London.

  • 2010: Papieroffensiv, at Edvard Munch Haus, Warnemunde, Germany.

  • 2010: Sophisticated Boom Boom (in b&w), domobaal, London.

  • 2010: Berlin Transfer, Berlinische Galerie Landesmuseum Fur Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur.

  • 2009: Papieroffensiv, oqbo galerie, Berlin.

  • 2009: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) domobaal, London.

  • 2009: Creekside Open, part 1, selected by Jenni Lomax, Art In Perpetuity Trust, London.

  • 2009: Creekside Open, part 2, selected by Mark Wallinger, Art In Perpetuity Trust, London.

  • 2008: Concrete Dreams, Art In Perpetuity Trust, London.

  • 2008: 12 Am Ring, Wiesbadener Kunstsommer, Wiesbaden.

  • 2007: Mapping the Terrain, Mid-Pennine Gallery, Burnley, UK.

  • 2006: The Edge of Everyday, Chelsea Futurespace, London.

  • 2005: Size Matters, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK, (Arts Council England, touring).

  • 2005: My Private Idaho, Buro Fur Kunst, Dresden.

  • 2005: Basics, Gist Gallery, Brummen, Holland.

  • 2004: Off The Beaten Track, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK.

  • 2004: Tussen Ruimte (In Between), Gist Gallery, Brummen, Holland.

  • 2004: Group Show, Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden.

  • 2003: Drawing One Hundred, The Drawing Room, Tannery Arts, London.2003: Kunst im Bau, Shell-Haus, Berlin.

  • 2003: Other Criteria, British 20th Century Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

  • 2002: Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (invited).

  • 2002: 10 Jahre, Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden.

  • 2001: Century of Psychology, Science Museum, London.

  • 2000: RCA Secret, Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. + 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10.

  • 2000: Contemporary Still Life, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield.

  • 1998: Thinking Aloud, curated by Richard Wentworth, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, (touring).

  • 1998: Drawing Itself, University of the Arts Gallery, London.

  • 1997: At One Remove, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

  • 1997: Vanishing Point, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds.

  • 1996: Ace!, Hayward Gallery, London (touring).

  • 1996: Inner London, Delfina, London.

  • 1996: Ad Hoc, curated by Phyllida Barlow, London Artforms, London.

  • 1989: New Identities, curated by David Thorp, Camden Arts Centre, London.

  • 1988: Second Wave, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.

  • 1986: Conceptual Clothing, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (touring).

  • 1986: Unheard Music, curated by Emma Dexter, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.

  • 1985: Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London. + 89, 90, 96.

  • 1984: British Art Show, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, (Arts Council England, touring).

  • 1982: Sculpture in the Garden, Camden Arts Centre, London.

  • 1982: Christie's Inaugural, Christie's, London.

  • 1982: New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

  • 1980: Summer Show II, Serpentine Gallery (selected by Tony Carter), London.

Awards and Residencies

  • 2022 : Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn (Bodenlos, Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden).

  • 2021: Mayor of London Culture at Risk Grant (Acme Studios).

  • 2019: Moerfelden-Walldorf Kulturamt, materials grant.

  • 2015: Stiftung KunstFonds Bonn: Kunstverein Baruth Public Sculpture.

  • 2010: Artists' General Benevolent Institution, London.

  • 2008: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, New York.

  • 2003: Kunst im Bau, commission competition winner, Berlin.

  • 2001 - 2006: University of The Arts, London, Research Grant.

  • 2001: Guest Artist, Kunstfabrik, Berlin.

  • 2000, 2001, 2002: British Council, Exhibition and Travel Awards.

  • 1997: Studio Residency, Kulturzentrum, BINZ 39, Scuol, Switzerland.

  • 1996 - 1998: Delfina Studio Trust, Residency, London.

  • 1982, 1984: Greater London Arts Association Award.

  • 1980: Arts Council Award.

Public Collections

  • Arts Council of England.

  • Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum fur Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin.

  • City of Baruth-Mark, Brandenburg, D.

  • City Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham.

  • Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

  • Museum Wiesbaden.

  • S. A. B. Museum, Johannesburg.

  • Science Museum, London.

  • Strang Print Collection, University College, London.

Other Collections

  • Westenhuis University, Holland.

  • Delfina Collection, London.

  • Isala Clinic, Zwolle, Netherlands.

  • Kulturamt, Wiesbaden.

  • Muller Collection, Germany.

  • Twijnstra & Gudde, The Hague.

  • Colart International Holdings (Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, Paris Conte).