David L. Johnson

Education

2022 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York
2020 University of Pennsylvania, MFA, Philadelphia
2015 The Cooper Union, BFA, New York

Solo exhibitions

2026
Theta, New York, USA (forthcoming)

2025
Rule, Fanta-MLN, Milan, I

2024
From the Street I Can See the Moon, curated by Ben Broome, The Shop at Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK

2023
Semantic Drift: Fields Harrington and David L. Johnson, curated by David Hartt, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, D
CAT, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin, D
Community Garden, Art Lot, Brooklyn, USA

2021
Revocable Consents, Theta, New York, USA

2015
A Road Show, The Cooper Union, New York, USA

2014
From the Street I Can See the Moon, Hosting Projects, New York, USA

Group exhibitions

2025
No Returns, Emmlines, New York, New York, USA
Vulnerable objectives in a garden of delights and horrors, Servais Family Collection: The Loft, Brussels, BE

2024
Prologue, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
DEBT, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT
Everything that excites me no longer functions in its own time, Cherry Hill, Cologne, D
Barrier, ArtYard, Frenchtown, USA
Does Anyone Still Wear a Hat?, Hans Goodrich, Chicago, USA
Scupper, curated by Carlos Agredano, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA
Chapter II: Refusal, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, A
plus one (part II), Ensemble, New York, USA
I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it, Fanta-MLN, Milan, I
The Apple Stretching, Helena Anrather, New York, USA

2023
Presentation with Storefront of Art & Architecture, Chicago, USA
Architecture Biennial, Chicago, USA
La Morsure des Termites, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, F
Circadian Gardens, Eyes Never Sleep, New York, USA
David L. Johnson and Rebecca R. Peel, 522 W 37, New York, USA

2022
Life Between Buildings, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
Everything is Common: Whitney Independent Study Program, Artists Space, New York, USA
A Place to Live, curated by Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, USA

2021
Wants & Needs, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA

2020
Double Feature, Icebox Projects Space, Philadelphia, USA
Rear Window, Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, USA

2019
Nectar, Meyerson Hall Galleries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Arch/Road, Philomathean Gallery (with Evan Charles Hall), Philadelphia, USA

2017
Scared Crows, WOMP Projects, Brooklyn, USA

2016
City And City, The Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, New School, New York, USA

Grants, awards and residencies

2020
Charles Addams Memorial Prize, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Artist in Resident, Center for Public Art and Space, Philadelphia, USA

2019
Extended Studio Teaching Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

2018
Full Tuition Dean's Diversity Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

2015
Elliot Lash Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sculpture, The Cooper Union, New York, USA
Summer School Marfa, TAAK, Marfa, USA

2011
Full Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York, USA

Teaching

2024
Part-time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design MFA Part-time Lecturer, Cooper Union MFA

2022
Adjunct Professor, New School, Eugene Lang

2021
Instructor and Program Manager, Fresh Air Everywhere: Design Studio, PennPraxis/Fresh Air Fund

2020
Adjunct Professor, Sculpture Department, University of Pennsylvania
Curriculum Developer and Instructor, Fresh Air Everywhere: Virtual Design Studio, Penn Praxis/Fresh Air Fund

2019
Teaching Assistant (Oren Pinhassi), Sculpture Department, University of Pennsylvania

2018
Teaching Assistant (Brent Wahl), Photography Department, University of Pennsylvania

2014
Contemporary Art Issues Instructor, The Cooper Union Outreach Program, The Cooper Union

Curatorial Projects, Screenings and Lectures

2025
David L. Johnson and Faye Raquel Gleisser conversation at the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA

2024
On the Production of Space with David L. Johnson, Emilio Martínez Poppe and Niloufar Emamifar at Swiss Institute, New York, USA

2023
Artists on Artists: sonia louise davis, David L. Johnson, and Shamel Pitts on Smokehouse Associates, Harlem Art Park, hosted by the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA
Screening of films by David L. Johnson and Robert Frank’s ‘C’est Vrai’ curated by the artist, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, USA

2016
226 W 25th St, New York (artist-run space, ran 2014-2016)