Biography
Kysa Johnson

Kysa Johnson was born in Illinois in 1974, and trained at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. Johnson has had solo exhibitions at institutions such as The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, CT), The National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC), Roebling Hall Gallery (New York, NY), and The Nicolaysen Museum (Casper, WY). She has been featured in a number of group shows including exhibitions at The 2nd Biennial of the Canary Islands, the Tang Museum (Saratoga Springs, NY), The Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY), the Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, NY), DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln, MA), and Standpoint Gallery (London, UK). Johnson has created site-specific installations for KK Projects in New Orleans, LA (2008), Dublin Contemporary in Ireland (2011), and for the New York Armory Show, (2013). She is a 2003 NYFA fellow, 2009 Pollack Krasner Grant recipient, and lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

 

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Works
  • Kysa Johnson, Ghosts In Common - Cambrian Explosion - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Wildflowers 16, 2024
    Ghosts In Common - Cambrian Explosion - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Wildflowers 16, 2024
  • Kysa Johnson, Ghosts In Common - Eat The Sun - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Farm Flowers 4 , 2024
    Ghosts In Common - Eat The Sun - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Farm Flowers 4 , 2024
  • Kysa Johnson, Ghosts In Common - Necessary Beauty - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Farm Flowers 2, 2023
    Ghosts In Common - Necessary Beauty - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Farm Flowers 2, 2023
  • Kysa Johnson, Ghosts In Common - Ring O’, Ring O’ Roses - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Herb Garden 5995, 2023
    Ghosts In Common - Ring O’, Ring O’ Roses - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Herb Garden 5995, 2023
  • Kysa Johnson, Ghosts In Common - 1348/ 2022 (Fill Your Empty Sun With Flowers) - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Wildflowers 1, 2022
    Ghosts In Common - 1348/ 2022 (Fill Your Empty Sun With Flowers) - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Wildflowers 1, 2022
  • Kysa Johnson, Ghosts In Common - 1348/2022 (Death Becomes Her) - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Garden 12, 2022
    Ghosts In Common - 1348/2022 (Death Becomes Her) - Subatomic Decay Patterns and Garden 12, 2022
  • Kysa Johnson, blow up 401 - CRUDE (metamorphosis) - phytoplankton and the chemical components of petroleum after Monet, 2020
    blow up 401 - CRUDE (metamorphosis) - phytoplankton and the chemical components of petroleum after Monet, 2020
  • Kysa Johnson, blow up 406 - the long goodbye -Crude - the creation of hydrocarbons in the Horsehead Nebula, 2020
    blow up 406 - the long goodbye -Crude - the creation of hydrocarbons in the Horsehead Nebula, 2020
  • Kysa Johnson, blow up 378 - CRUDE - the physical history of oil - phytoplankton and chemical components of petroleum after Monet’s Water Lilies, 2019
    blow up 378 - CRUDE - the physical history of oil - phytoplankton and chemical components of petroleum after Monet’s Water Lilies, 2019
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