
Chris Johanson
Untitled (energy painting), 2018
Chris Johanson (Headlands Artist in Residence ’15) was born in San Jose. Recent solo exhibitions …

Chris Johanson’s wildly colorful artistic productions are musings on phenomena in contemporary life—including the psychological perils of consumerism, cult spirituality, and self-help. Johanson’s career stems from his early activities in the Northern California punk scene, in which he produced ephemera, posters, and zines. Johanson’s oeuvre now includes paintings, drawings, installation, and sculpture. His early style was characterized by its raw humor, cartoon-like aesthetic, and incorporation of reclaimed materials, like wood and paper from dumpsters and construction sites. In later works, Johanson has used more simplified forms, abstract forms and conceptual themes.

Chris Johanson (Headlands Artist in Residence ’15) was born in San Jose. Recent solo exhibitions include Ruminations, Meditations and The Homeostasis, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco; Selfi(sh) Expression(ism), Portland Museum of Modern Art; Within the River of Time Is My Mind, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los …

Chris Johanson’s wildly colorful artistic productions are musings on phenomena in contemporary life—including the psychological perils of consumerism, cult spirituality, and self-help. Johanson’s career stems from his early activities in the Northern California punk scene, in which he produced ephemera, posters, and zines. Johanson’s oeuvre now includes paintings, drawings, installation, and sculpture. His early style was characterized by its raw humor, cartoon-like aesthetic, and incorporation of reclaimed materials, like wood and paper from dumpsters and construction sites. In later works, Johanson has used more simplified forms, abstract forms and conceptual themes.