Rashid Johnson

Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago) composes searing meditations on race and class while establishing an organic formal vocabulary that fuses a variety of sculptural and painterly traditions. Johnson was one of six artists commissioned in 2022 by the Queens Museum, New York, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to create a site-specific, permanent installation for Delta Airlines’ new terminal at the LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. In 2021, the Metropolitan Opera, New York, commissioned Johnson to create large-scale artworks for its opera house, and a major outdoor sculpture by Johnson was installed at Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago among many others. His first feature-length film, an adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released on HBO in 2019. Johnson lives and works in New York.

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Magnus Resch picks the Artspace editions for you to buy now
Magnus Resch picks the Artspace editions for you to buy now
Rashid Johnson is to launch first ever Anxious Men edition
Rashid Johnson is to launch first ever Anxious Men edition
Artspace Editions are on show at Christie's this month
Artspace Editions are on show at Christie's this month
Rashid Johnson announces new edition, Little Boat, 2022
Rashid Johnson announces new edition, Little Boat, 2022
Rashid Johnson on Art, Life & Everything In Between
Rashid Johnson on Art, Life & Everything In Between
Look Inside The New York City AIDS Memorial Auction
Look Inside The New York City AIDS Memorial Auction
Kyle Thurman - Why I Draw
Kyle Thurman - Why I Draw
The Most Important Artists Drawing Today are in Phaidon's Vitamin
The Most Important Artists Drawing Today are in Phaidon's Vitamin
Interview: Adam Pendleton on His New Artspace Edition
Interview: Adam Pendleton on His New Artspace Edition
What I'd Buy This April
What I'd Buy This April
9 Artists to Watch in August
9 Artists to Watch in August
The 10 Best Artworks on View in Chelsea Right Now
The 10 Best Artworks on View in Chelsea Right Now
In Search of a More Equal Art History: A Q&A
In Search of a More Equal Art History: A Q&A
Barkley Hendricks on Not Being a Political Artist
Barkley Hendricks on Not Being a Political Artist
Collecting With a Conscience
Collecting With a Conscience
Rashid Johnson on "The Anxiety of Movement"
Rashid Johnson on "The Anxiety of Movement"
Our Guide to the Chicago Art Scene
Our Guide to the Chicago Art Scene
The Winners (and Losers) of NYC's Auction Week
The Winners (and Losers) of NYC's Auction Week
Nicola Vassell on How to Understand “Black Eye”
Nicola Vassell on How to Understand “Black Eye”
The “Black Eye” and the Postmodernist Art World
The “Black Eye” and the Postmodernist Art World
Dzine/Carlos Rolon on Making Blue-Collar Art
Dzine/Carlos Rolon on Making Blue-Collar Art
The Art Lovers: Power Couples of the Art World
The Art Lovers: Power Couples of the Art World
Rashid Johnson on His Ambitious Art
Rashid Johnson on His Ambitious Art