EDUCATION
M.F.A. 2004 Massachusetts College of Art + Design
B.F.A. 2002 The San Francisco Art Institute
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston MA
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City MO
The Center for Creative Photography. University of Arizona. Tucson AZ
University of Macau Center for Art and Design. Macau, China
Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Fort Wayne IN
The Beach Art Museum. Kansas State University
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Lincoln MA
Museum of Modern Art- Artist's Book Collection. New York NY
Cleveland Institute of Art Library. Cleveland OH
Purdue University Art Galleries. West Lafayette IN
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
The Playing Field, Gallery Kayafas. Boston MA
2017
The Playing Field, "Jeu et Diversion" (Play + Distraction) Festival D'Art Contemporain 2017. Montreal, Canada
2016
The Playing Field, Pictura Gallery. Bloomington N
2015
Local Weather, Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education. University of Tulsa. Tulsa OK
2014
Other Pictures, Alibi Fine Art. Chicago IL 2013
Local Weather, Pictura Gallery. Bloomington IN
2012
City Pictures, Corridor Art Space. Gould Evans Architecture. Kansas City MO
2011
Local Weather Alibi Fine Art. Chicago
Local Weather Gallery Kayafas. Boston MA
2010
Mega Churches 930 Art Center. Louisville KY
2009
Mega Churches Redux Contemporary Art Center. Charleston SC 2008
Mega Churches Beach Museum of Art. Kansas State University. Manhattan KS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Paris Photo/ Aperture Photobooks Award Show. Printed Matter. New York, NY (travelled to Rome, Melbourne, Seoul, and Taipei)
Incomers and Insiders. Bay View Gallery. Combe Martin, UK
2021
The Paris Photo/Aperture First Book Awards exhibition. Paris Photo Fair. Paris,France
Read the Room. Serchia Gallery. Bristol, UK
North Devon Artist's Residency Artists. Canal Projects. London, UK
Unbound 10. Candela Gallery. Richmond VA
The Family Of. Peep Space. Tarrytown NY
2020
University of Macau Centre Center for Arts and Design. Macau, China
The Qualities of LIGHT: A View from the Archives at the Center for Creative Photography. The Center for Creative Photography. University of Arizona
2019
Interiors. Photographic Exploration Project, Planet Flow Gallery. Berlin, Germany
Climate.Scene: Metrospace. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.
Water. Gallery Kayafas. Boston, MA
Cold Season. Aviary Gallery. Jamaica Plain , MA
Pop-Up Pepper. Roger Williams Gallery. New Hampshire Institute of Art. Manchester NH.
2018
Lived Space: Humans and Architecture. The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Lincoln, MA
Overshadowed. The Devonshire Collective. Eastbourne, United Kingdom
2017
Art for Living Space. Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Overshadowed. University of Sussex. Falmer, Sussex. England
Overshadowed. The Cressman Center. University of Louisville, KY
2016
Pulse Art Fair, New York. Represented by Pictura Gallery. New York NY
Here’s to Now. Gallery Sudo. Brooklyn NY.
Independent Art Book Fair: There There Now booth: Brooklyn NY
Face It: Reimagining Contemporary Portraits. Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery. Bowling Green State University.
Face It: Reimagining Contemporary Portraits. The Reece Museum. Eastern Tennessee State University.
A Point of View: Contemporary Photography: Site: Brooklyn. Brooklyn
2015
Paris Photo LA. Represented by Pictura Gallery. Los Angeles CA.
Pulse Art Fair, New York. Represented by Pictura Gallery. New York NY.
Still No Mountains in the Way. University of Kansas Art Gallery. Lawrence KS.
The Light in an Instant: CERCiencia- Science Network. Desassossego Gallery. Lisbon, Portugal
Size Matters. Medium Festival of Photography. San Diego CA
Rights of Summer. RIPE Art Gallery. Huntington, NY
Interstate. Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University
2014
Postmodern Documents. Purdue University Art Gallery.
Postmodern Documents. Syo Gallery. South Korea.
Postmodern Documents. ADM Gallery. Singapore.
Works from the Permanent Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City. MO
Art Santa Fe 2014. Represented by Alibi Fine Art, Chicago IL.
Reflective. Alibi Fine Art. Chicago IL
Silver Eye Center for Photography. Pittsburgh PA
2013
A Total Spectacle. Atomic Centre. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Festival Internacional De Fotografia. Belo Horizonte, Brazil
In God We Trust. Zacheta National Gallery of Art. Warsaw, Poland
Green. Silver Eye Center for Photography. Pittsburgh PA
Multicultural Expressions of Faith. Xavier University Art Gallery. Xavier University. Cincinnati OH
Post Human Nature. Platform Gallery. International Humanities Center. University of California-Santa Barbara
2012
DIY: Photographers and Books. Cleveland Museum of Art, OH. (catalogue)
Summer of Photography Festival. Brussels, Belgium Politicizing Aesthetics. University of South Dakota. Vermillion SD
2011
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. North Adams MA. Organized by Cabinet Magazine
2009
Urban Legends- Rural Myths. Stewart Center Gallery. Purdue University. West Lafayette IN.
Foci Art Fair. In conjunction with Art Miami Basel. Miami FL
2006
After Hopper. Bonni Benrubi Gallery. New York NY
DeCordova Annual Exhibition. DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Lincoln MA (catalogue)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Boston Globe. The Ticket: What’s Happening in the local arts world. By Cate McCuade
Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily. The States Project
Art in America: “Joe Johnson” by critic Ann Wilson Lloyd
The Cleveland Museum of Art. DIY: Photographers and Books. (Catalogue)
The New York Times. Lucia Pagliari and Others After Hopper. By Grace Glueck
Daylight Magazine. Mega Churches. Podcast and Slideshow.
YVI Magazine. Religion and Rituals. Editor Welmer Keesmat. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Juxtapoz Magazine. Project Feature “Joe Johnson’s Mega Churches.” by Jordan Felix
Hobart Journal: "Manhattan" Joe Johnson. by Tara Wray
Saint Louis Magazine. "After exploring the past in his bestselling memoir, Bettyville, writer George Hodgman looks toward the future" by Jeanette Cooperman.
Esquire Magazine Russia. “Casinos in the Morning Light” by Vera Biryukova
Black and White Magazine- Issue 114 “Photographer’s Spotlight"
IMA Magazine. Tokyo, Japan. A review of the Semblance Magazine issue that published my work.
Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily. “Joe Johnson: Center’s Excellence in Teaching Award” Interview with Aline Smithson.
Frank 151 Magazine. “What Just Happened: Joe Johnson Investigates the Everyday.” by Evan Wood.
Latent Image. Blog by Max Marshall.
Artsy Editorial. “Pulse’s 15 Best Buys under $10,000. By Alexxa Gotthardt
Face It- Reimagining Contemporary Portraiture. (exhibition catalogue) Forward by Andrew Hershberger
Semblance Magazine. Brooklyn NY. “Here’s to Now” Inaugural issue of the magazine.
It’s Nice That. Project Feature “Joe Johnson photographs the uneven playing field of Reno’s neon landscape.” by Billie Muraben.
Festival Internacional de Fotografia- Belo Horizonte, Brazil (exhibition catalogue)
Fast Company Magazine/ Design Blog. Project Feature by Shaunacy Ferro.
Travel and Liesure/ Culture and Design Blog. Project Feature. “This is What a Nevada Casino Looks Like When It’s Empty.” by Erika Owen.
Gizmodo / Reframe, Project Feature “Casinos Look Eerie Without All the People” by Adam Clark Estes.
Curbed.com Project Feature. “Get Lost in Dizzying Interior Shots of Reno Casinos” Article by Jenny Xie.
La Monda Magazine. Project Feature. “Joe Johnson: Velvet and Bling.” by Sergi Casero.
"A Very Short Introduction to African American Religion." Essay by Prof. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Oxford University Press
Making Suburbia. Essay by Charity R Carney, University of Minnesota Press.
Wired Magazine/ Raw File. Megachurches Use Elaborate Sets and Easy Parking to Amplify God’s Voice. By Pete Brook
Winnipeg Free Press. Print Edition. "Provocative, politically minded artwork challenges consumer culture and art’s place within it." By Steven Leyden Cochrane
Frames of Mediation and the Spectacle of Everyday Life. Essay for the exhibition A Total Spectacle at Atomic Centre in Winnipeg, Canada.
Don’t Take Pictures. Issue #1. Biannual publication by the Kiernan Gallery in Lexington, VA. Critical review by Jason Landry.
Louisville Courier-Journal. On Any Given Sunday. Diane Heilenman Louisville KY.
Boston Phoenix. Boston Exposures- Photography by Nicholas Nixon and Joe Johnson by Greg Cook.
DISTINCTIONS
North Devon Artist Residency. Combe Martin, UK
The Center Santa Fe Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award for 2016
Aperture Portfolio Prize. Runner Up
Baum Award. SF Camerawork. Nomination
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist's Grant