Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1976.
Lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
EDUCATION
2004 Masters of Photography, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2002 BFA, Honors Degree, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
1997 Associate of Occupational Studies Degree, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Survey, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, Raleigh, USA
2014
To be announced, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, CAN
2013
Arctic Wonderland, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC
Asleep in the Woods, commission for The Bank of Montreal Project Room, Toronto, CAN
2011
Arctic Wonderland, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Arctic Wonderland, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010
Dancing with the Doctor, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2009
House on Fire, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
House on Fire, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2007
The Galapagos Project, Julie Saul Gallery, NY
The Galapagos Project, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006
In the Forest, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Either Side of Eden, Plug In, Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Tree Planting, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2005
Tree Planting, Duke University, Durham, NC
Tree Planting, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Tree Planting, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Tree Planting, John Hope Franklin Center Gallery, Duke University, NC
2001 Rush-hour, College St. Boniface, Winnipeg, MB
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Under My Skin, Flowers Gallery, New York, USA
They Made be a Day here, Grand Prairie, CAN
2012
Builders, The Canadian Biennial, National gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CAN
Photography Is, Higher Pictures Gallery, New York, USA
Spectral Landscapes, Modern Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, CAN
Watch This Space: Contemporary Art from the AGO Collection, AGO, Toronto, CAN
Oh Canada, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA
True North, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, USA
Winnipeg Now, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, CAN
The Perfect Storm, Julie Saul Galley, New York, USA
My Winnipeg, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, CAN
2011
25 Years/25 Artists, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
My Winnipeg, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2010
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/ Video/Performance, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Out of the Woods, Curated with James Salomon, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
It is what it is, Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
2009
Arctic Mission at Scope Fair, Miami, FL
Windows and Mirrors, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2008-09
ReThinking Landscape: Contemporary Photography from the Allen G. Thomas, Jr. Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
2007
Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
5th Biennale de Montreal, Centre International d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elsewhere, The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
L'Enfant de Cartier, Theatre de la Photographie et de l'Image, Nice, FR
2006
In the Forest, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Female Machine, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Stiff, Gallery 4000, Chicago, IL
Soft Radical, Compact Space, Los Angeles, CA
Either Side of Eden, Plug-In RCA, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Under 30, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2005
Imprints, CMCP, Ottawa, Canada
Bugs, Label Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
J'en Reve, Foundation Cartier, Paris, France
On Transit, Mexicali, Mexico
2004
Dreamweavers, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY
$200 Days, Label Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Flirt, Neubacher Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003
Another Other, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto, Ontario
Mr. Ketchup's Rolla Decks Art Show, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
The Living Room Show, Gallery 260, Winnipeg, MB
2002-2003
More Than Code, touring exhibition, various cities across the U.S.
2001
Latchkey Magazine Launch, The Other Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Wall Art, The Other Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1999
Absence in Presence, Chien Dog Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2012
Manitoba Arts Council Project Grant
Canada Council for The Arts, Film and Video Grant
2011
Sobey's Award, Short List Nominee 2011
2008
Grange Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario/Aeroplan, Toronto, ON
Major Grant, Manitoba Council, Winnipeg, MB
2007
On the Rise, Winnipeg Arts Council, Winnipeg, MB
Travel Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council, Winnipeg, MB
2004
Creation/Production Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Alice Kimball Foundation Travel Grant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
2003 Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2003 & 2002
Reader's Digest/Lila Acheson Wallace Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Student Bursary Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, MB
Garry Trudeau/Yale University School of Art Scholarship, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2002 & 2001
UMSU Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Harper's Magazine, February, 2012
Nancy Tousley, 'Sarah Anne Johnson: Northern Splendour', Canadian Art Magazine, cover feature, fall issue, 2011
Emily Hall, , Artforum, May 2011
PDN, July 2011, cover feature
Harper's Magazine, August 2010
Murray Whyte, "Arctic Dreams" The Toronto Star, June 22, 2011
Caroline Hirsch, "Sarah Anne Johnson's Arctic Parties", The New Yorker, April 5, 2011
Norman Borden, "Sarah Anne Johnson, Arctic Wonderland", The New York Photo Review, Vol 2, Number 15, April 5 - 11, 2011
Hall, Emily, Artforum, May 2011
PDN, July 2011, cover feature
Harper's Magazine, August 2010
Smith Roberta, "In Fields of Art: Snapping Photos," The New York Times, April 1, 2010
Cruz, Araceli, "The Past Returns: Get Spooked in the Guggenheim's Rotunda," The Village Voice, March 27, 2010
Moore, Sandee, "No Missteps Here," Uptown Magazine, February 18, 2010
Gillmor, Alison, "Shock to the System: Violent, Visceral Dance Work Makes a Powerful, Personal Statement," Winnipeg Free Press, February 11, 2010
"AGO Acquires Acclaimed Sarah Johnson Installation," Art Gallery of Ontario, September 30, 2009
Johnson, Ken. "Sarah Anne Johnson, House on Fire", The New York Times, October 30, 2009
Kerr, Merrily. Time Out New York, October 22-28, 2009
Cruz, Araceli, "Welcome to the Dollhouse", The Village Voice, September 15, 2009
Saltz, Jerry, "Want to Sees: What our critic is most eager for this fall", New York Magazine, August 31-September 7, 2009
Schuster, Robert, "Fall Guide: Sarah Anne Johnson Conjures a Mind-Control Center", The Village Voice, September 9, 2009
Milroy, Sarah, "They Were Looking for the Ideal Manchurian Candidate", The Globe and Mail, July 15, 2009
"Sarah Anne Johnson: House on Fire at the AGO", Thestar.com, July 12, 2009
Walker, Morley, "Artist Plumbs Personal Past for Latest Exhibit", Winnepeg Free Press, July 7, 2009
"2008 Grange Prize Winner Sarah Anne Johnson Debuts Emotionally Charged New Exhibition at the AGO this Weekend", Artdaily.org, July 2009
"Grange Prize Winner Debuts Exhibition at the AGO", Shalom Life, July 2, 2009
Enright, Robert, and Walsh, Meeka, "The Age of Johnson: An Interview with Sarah Anne Johnson", Border Crossing Magazine, Issue #107, August 8, 2008
Ghomeshi, CBC Radio, "Q", April 28, 2008
Cambell, James D., "Crack in the Sky- La Biennale de Montreal", Border Crossing Magazine, Issue 104, December 2007
Critic's Pick, "Elsewhere", Artforum, September 2007
"Milroy's Contact Top Ten", The Globe and Mail, May 5, 2007
Saltz, Jerry, "Vision Thing, Sarah Anne Johnson blurs the line between mediums", The Village Voice, March 2, 2007
Modern Painters. Review. Feb. 2007
Guggenheim Magazine, Winter 2006
Walsh, Meeka, Frieze Magazine, Issue #102, October 2006
Eyland, Cliff, "Visual Arts", Border Crossings Magazine, Issue 99, August 2006
Enright, Robert, "City Report: Winnipeg" Freize Magazine, Issue 97, March 2006
Walker, Morley, "True to her Roots", Winnipeg Free Press, March 16, 2006
"Sarah Anne Johnson", Domino, March 2006
Enright, Robert, "Picture Perfect" Globe and Mail, June 20, 2006
Roberts, Lorne, "Tree Planter Turns Lens on Galapagos Islands", Winnipeg Free Press, June 22, 2006
Weinburg, Lauren, Time Out Chicago, Issue 75, 2006
Loftin, A.J., "Into the Woods," Hartford Advocate, August 18 - 24, 2005
Jaeny Baik, CBC Radio, "Shaken not Stirred", November 26-28,
Fineman, Mia, "Close Up," Photograph, May/June 2005
Peterson, Thane, "Photography's Golden Age," BusinessWeek, May 2, 2005
Ross, Lauren, "Sarah Anne Johnson: "Tree Planting" at Julie Saul Gallery," Art on Paper, June 2005
"Roots of a Movement", Winnipeg Free Press, June 16, 2005
Aletti, Vince, "Mud, Sweat and Tears," Modern Painters, April 2005
Schwendener, Martha, "Sarah Anne Johnson," Artforum.com, February, 2005
Smith, Roberta, "Last Chance," The New York Times, March 11, 2005
"Don't Miss! Sarah Anne Johnson," Time Out New York, March 3-9, 2005
Aletti, Vince, "Paradise Found," The Village Voice, February 15, 2005
Smith, Roberta, "Tree Planting," The New York Times, February 11, 2005
Maclean's, "Newsmakers", Vol. 118, Number 50, Dec. 12, 2005
Border Crossings, Issue #92, p.80, 2004
Grosz, David, "Dreamweavers," New York Sun, August 26, 2002
Dahle, Sigrid, Winnipeg Free Press, "Compelling Photos Click", 2002
Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, "Warehouse, Eleven", 2002
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Canada Arts Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
CATALOGS
"Sarah Anne Johnson, House on Fire", Alberta College of Art + Design, Plug In Editions, 2009
"The Younger Than Jesus Artist Directory", Phaidon Press, 2009
"Elsewhere", Contemporary Art Museum of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2008
"Enfant De Cartier", Photographie Canadienne Contemoporaine, Theatre de la Photographie et de l'Image, Nice, FR, 2007
"Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU, 2007
"Crack in the Sky: La Biennale De Montreal 2007", Centre International d'Art Contemporain De Montreal, Montreal, QC, 2007
"Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin", Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Ct, 2006
"Sarah Anne Johnson: Tree Planting", Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, 2006, Winnipeg, MB
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