Bio
b. 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
EDUCATION
2004
MFA Photography, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2002
BFA, Honors Degree, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Explosion, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2020
Woodland, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2019
This Land, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2018
Snow Cave, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Rosy-Fingered Dawn, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Hospital Hallway, Division Arsenal, New York, NY
2017
Hospital Hallway, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2016
Hospital Hallway, Images Festival, Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Kitchen, Images Festival, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
Sarah Anne Johnson: Field Trip, McMichael’s Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
Field Trip, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Asleep in the Forest, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
2015
Sarah Anne Johnson; Wonderland, 2002-2014, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
Best Beach, Weston Harbour Castle Convention Centre Photography Mural, Toronto, Ontario
Hospital Hallway, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Field Trip, Division Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Northern Lights, Hermes Parfumerie, Commission, New York, NY
2014
Wonderlust, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2013
Wonderlust, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Three Wise Guys, Commission for Louis Vuitton Store, Toronto, Canada
Asleep in the Woods, The Bank of Montréal Project Room, Toronto, Canada
Arctic Wonderland, Division Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2011
Arctic Wonderland, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Arctic Wonderland, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010
Dancing with the Doctor, Ace Art Inc, Winnipeg, Canada
2009
House on Fire, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
House on Fire, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
New Work, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2007
The Galapagos Project, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
The Galapagos Project’, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
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, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Tree Planting, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2020
I Am Here: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
2018
Everything is Connected: Art and Conspiracy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2017
The Poetics of Place: Contemporary Photographs from the Met Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Our Masterpieces, Our Stories, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2016
Dream States: Contemporary Photography and Video, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
All Membranes Are Porous, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Elles Photographes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Super Young, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
2015
Material Girls, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
The pen moves across the earth; it no longer knows what will happen and the hand that holds it has disappeared, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
The Sobey Art Award, Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
Now? NOW!, Biennial of the Americas, Denver, CO
Xenotopia, Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, UK
2014
Nei Xiao/Wai Bao – IN&OUTsource, The Art Gallery of Nanjing University of the Arts, China
Oh Canada, exhibition touring across Canada
She Made a Day be a Day Here, exhibition touring across Canada
Beyond Street – Lit Roads, Platform Gallery, Stokholm, Sweden
The Combinational, Studio 1.1, London, UK
New Mythologies: Super Natural States and Polar Exploration, Fosdick – Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
LandMark, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Magnetic North, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, NY
Glam North: Doris McCarthy and Her New Contemporaries, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
2013
Under My Skin, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
They Made a Day be a Day Here, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Canada
2012
Builders, The Canadian Biennial, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Photography Is, Higher Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
Spectral Landscapes, Modern Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
Watch This Space: Contemporary Art from the AGO Collection, Art Galler of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Oh Canada, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
True North, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
Winnipeg Now, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
My Winnipeg, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
The Perfect Storm, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Le Minoir & L’Encyclopedie, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France
2011
My Winnipeg, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
My Winnipeg, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, France
The Sobey Art Award, Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
Global Nature, Kamloops Art Gallery, Canada
Open Season, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2010
Haunted: Contemporary Photography / Video / Performance, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Out of The Woods, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks and Projects, New York, NY
It is what it is, Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2009
Windows and Mirrors, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2008
ReThinking Landscape: Contemporary Photography from the Allen G. Thomas, Jr. Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, NC
2007
Elsewhere, The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
5th Biennale de Montréal, Centre International d’Art Contemporian de Montréal, Canada
L’Enfant de Cartier, Theatre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Nice, France
2006
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, Canada
Under 30, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
2005
Imprints, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
J’en Rêve, Foundation Cartier, Paris, France
On Transit, Mexicali, Mexico
2004
Dreamweavers, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Flirt, Neubacher Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003
Another Other, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto, Canada
Mr. Ketchup’s Rolla Decks Art Show, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
More Than Code, touring exhibition across the US
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Bank of Montréal, Toronto, Canada
Canada Arts Council, Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Canada
George Weston Limited, Ontario, Canada
The Granite Club, Ltd, Ontario, Canada
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
TD Bank Group, Toronto, Canada
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Wolin, Joseph R. “Sarah Anne Johnson Takes Us on a 'Trip' to Utopian Woodlands.” Frieze 23 December 2020
Knoblauch, Loring. “Sarah Anne Johnson, Woodland @Yossi Milo.” Collector Daily 28 October, 2020
Brooks, Jada, “Sarah Anne Johnson: Woodland.” BITE Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Beck, Sara. “Exhibition Review: Sarah Anne Johnson at Yossi Milo.” Musée Magazine. 27 October 2020
Benfield, Thomas. “Couch Gallery Crawl.” New York Magazine 18 June 2020
2019
Martinique, Elena. “Sarah Anne Johnson's Photography For The Fifth Time at Stephen Bulger Gallery.” Widewalls 24 April 2019
2018
McClure, Diana. “Sarah Anne Johnson: Rosy-Fingered Dawn at Julie Saul Gallery.” Photograph Magazine May/June 2018
Jael, Ilana. “Exhibition Review: Rosy-Fingered Dawn.” Musée 9 May 2018
Adesina, Precious. “Snapshot: ‘Rosy-Fingered Dawn’ by Sarah Anne Johnson.” Financial Times 4 May 2018
Walsh, Meeka. “Border View; House Work.” Border Crossings Issue #145 January 2018
2016
Kovler, Anna. Review, Border Crossings Issue #139, August 2016
“Dream States: Contemporary Photographs and Video.” The MET 17 May 2016
Krauss, Rebecca. “These Amazing Music Festival Photos Will Make You Feel Like You’re Tripping on Acid.” Vice 11 May 2016
Campbell, Meagan. “Cellophane flowers of yellow and green.” Maclean’s Magazine 2 May 2016
Sandals, Leah. “When Postpartum Depression Becomes Performance Art.” Canadian Art 21 April 2016
McNamara, Rea. “This Is How You Turn a Family History of CIA Mind-Control Experiments into Art.” Vice 15 April 2016
Whyte, Murray. “Artist takes grim trip into family past.” Toronto Star 14 April 2016
Kabango, Shadrach. “This artist’s grandma was a CIA guinea pig.” CBC Radio 30 March 2016
Adams, James. “The glory and grot of outdoor festivals, through Sarah Anne Johnson’s lens.” The Globe and Mail 25 March 2016
Rinaldi, Luc. “Wild Wild Fest.” Toronto Life March 2016
2015
Kennedy, Paul. “The 2015 Sobey Art Award: The New Master.” CBC Radio 18 December 2015
Collins, Leah. “Why Winnipeg’s Sarah Anne Johnson spatters music fest photos with glitter.” CBC 15 December 2015
Gallant, Elise. “Boundless Images.” Malibu April 2015
Cooley, Alison. “Sarah Anne Johnson and the Public Lives of Private Images.” BlackFlash April 2015
Rabbit White, Rachel. “Psychedelia’s Softer Side.” Playboy March 2015
Menconi, David. “At CAM-Raleigh, an artist’s dark ‘Wonderland.” The News and Observer 27 February 2015
Howe, Brian. “In the provocative exhibit Wonderland, Sarah Anne Johnson turns sex and nature inside-out.” Indy Week 11 February 2015
Moleskey, David. “Wonderland: Sarah Anne Johnson @ CAM Raleigh, North Carolina.” Juxtapoz February 2015
2014
Brooks, Katherine. “Stunning Nude Photos Capture the Anonymous Intimacy of Couples in the Act.” Huffington Post 20 March 2014
Coppelman, Alyssa. “Wonderlust Photos Expose Couples Most Intimate Moments.” Feature Shoot 6 March 2014
Fonts, Carlos. “Sarah Anne Johnson: Cracking the Surface.” Musée March 2014
2013
Walsh, Brienne. “Sarah Anne Johnson Shows Love.” Art in America 9 December 2013
Agustsson, Sola.“Sarah Anne Johnson: From Arctic to Exotic.” Whitewall 22 November 2013
Walsh, Meeka. “Intimacy’s Awkward Beauty, Sarah Anne Johnson.” Border Crossings Issue #126, 2013
Aletti, Vince. “Sarah Anne Johnson.” The New Yorker October 2013
Gilmore, Alison. “True to Life.” Flare November 2013
“Art Basel Bound: Canada’s most creative A-types preview the best of 2013’s fair.” Fashion Magazine November 2013
Fonts, Carlos.“Sarah Anne Johnson – Wonderlust at Julie Saul.” Musée 28 October 2013
Gallpen, Britt.“7 Lessons from Sarah Anne Johnson.” Canadian Art Magazine 26 October 2013
“New Works by Sarah Anne Johnson.” Juxtapoz 28 October 2013
“The North Issue.” Arc Poetry September 2013
2012
Kunard, Andrea. “Sarah Anne Johnson’s Arctic Wonderland.” National Gallery of Canada Magazine 12 December 2012
Kenoyer, Jane. “Sarah Anne Johsnon’s Arctic Wonderland.” Hi-Fructose 28 November 2012
Milroy, Sarah. “At the National Gallery: Black and white and everything light.” The Globe and Mail 9 November 2012
Goodden, Sky. “Higher Pictures' Curator Kim Bourus Discusses Sarah Anne Johnson and Jessica Eaton.” Blouin Artinfo 12 May 2012
Walsh, Meeka. “Thirteen Uneasy Pieces.” Border Crossings Issue #121, March 2012
Johnson, Sarah Anne. “Black Smoke.” Harper’s Magazine February 2012
2011
“Sarah Anne Johnson: Northern Splendour.” Canadian Art cover feature, Fall 2011
Hall, Emily. “Sarah Anne Johnson.” Artforum May 2011
Cover feature. Photo District News July 2011
2010
Johnson, Sarah Anne. “Snow Pile.” Harper’s Magazine August 2010
Whyte, Murray. “Arctic Dreams.” The Toronto Star 22 June 2011
Hirsch, Caroline.“Sarah Anne Johnson’s Arctic Parties.” The New Yorker 5 April 2011
Borden, Norman. “Sarah Anne Johnson, Arctic Wonderland.” The New York Photo Review 5 April 2011
Smith, Roberta.“In Fields of Art, Snapping Photos.” The New York Times 2 April 2010
Robinson, Walter.“It’s a Sad, Sad World.” Artnet 2 April 2010
Reid, Mary. “Sarah Anne Johnson” Going Live.” Canadian Art 5 March 2010
Mayes, Alison. “A Moving Tribute.” Winnipeg Free Press 4 February 2010
Walsh, Meeka. “Sarah Anne Johnson, Artist Page.” Border Crossings January 2010
Gillmore, Alison.“Shock to the System.” Winnipeg Free Press 7 June 2010
2009
Cruz, Araceli. “Welcome to the Dollhouse.” The Village Voice 15 September 2009
Saltz, Jerry. “Want to Sees: What our critic is most eager for this fall.” New York Magazine 31 August 2009
Schuster, Robert. “Fall Guide: Sarah Anne Johnson Conjures a Mind-Control Center.” The Village Voice 9 September 2009
Milroy, Sarah. “They Were Looking for the Ideal Manchurian Candidate.” The Globe and Mail 15 July 2009
Whyte, Murray. “Sarah Anne Johnson: House on Fire at the AGO.” The Star 12 July 2009
“2008 Grange Prize Winner Sarah Anne Johnson Debuts Emotionally Charged New Exhibition at the AGO.” Artdaily July 2009
2008
Enright, Robert.“The Ages of Johnson.” Border Crossings Issue #107, 2008
Ghomeshi, Jian. CBC Radio 28 April 2008
2007
Cambell, James D. “Crack in the Sky – La Biennale de Montréal.” Border Crossings December 2007
Critic’s Pick, “Elsewhere.” Artforum September 2007
“Milroy’s Contact Top Ten.” The Globe and Mail 5 May 2007
Saltz, Jerry. “Vision Thing, Sarah Anne Johnson blurs the line between mediums.” The Village Voice 2 March 2007
Modern Painters February 2007
2006
Guggenheim Magazine Winter 2006
Weinburg, Lauren. Time Out Chicago Issue 75, 2006
Baik, Jaeny. “Shaken not Stirred.” CBC Radio 26 November 2006
Walsh, Meeka. Frieze Magazine October 2006
Eyland, Cliff. “Visual Arts.” Border Crossings Issue #99, August 2006
Enright, Robert. “Picture Perfect.” Globe and Mail 20 June 2006
Enright, Robert. “City Report: Winnipeg.” Frieze Magazine March 2006
Walker, Morley. “True to her Roots.” Winnipeg Free Press 16 March 2006
“Sarah Anne Johnson.” Domino March 2006
2005
“Newsmakers.” Maclean’s Magazine 12 December 2005
Loftin, A.J. “Into the Woods.” Hartford Advocate 18 August 2005
Ross, Lauren “Sarah Anne Johnson: Tree Planting.” Art on Paper June 2005
Fineman, Mia. “Close Up.” Photograph May 2005
Peterson, Thane. “Photography’s Golden Age.” Business Week 2 May 2005
Aletti, Vince. “Mud, Sweat and Tears.” Modern Painters April 2005
Smith, Roberta. “Last Chance.” The New York Times 11 March 2005
“Don’t Miss! Sarah Anne Johnson.” Time Out New York 3 March 2005
Aletti, Vince. “Paradise Found.” The Village Voice 15 February 2005
Schwendener, Martha. “Sarah Anne Johnson.” Artforum February 2005
Smith, Roberta.“Tree Planting” The New York Times 11 February 2005
“Newsmakers.” Maclean’s Magazine 12 December 2005
2004
Border Crossing Issue #92, 2004
2002
Grosz, David. “Dreamweavers.” New York Sun 26 August 2002