Rindon Johnson

Rindon Johnson (*1990 on the unceded territories of the Ohlone people) is a multidisciplinary artist and author whose works are rooted in language. Moving between physical and virtual space Johnson explores how language shapes our reality, through failure, contradiction and power. Text is only one of the numerous media that the artist appropriates and assembles into new combinations, using naming to raise questions of autonomy and value. Johnson examines the effects of capitalism, climate and technology on how we see and construct our personal realities. By combining word, technology and object, the artist creates multi-layered works. His forms of expression range from publishing, virtual and augmented reality to working with materials such as leather, wood and stone.

Rindon Johnson is invited to the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia curated by Adriano Pedrosa. In September 2024 Johnson will present his largest solo exhibition to date at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China. His work has been shown internationally, most recently as solo presentations at Albertinum, Dresden (2022), Sculpture Center in New York (2021), the Museum of American Art in Washington (2021) and the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf (2019). Johnson has written several books, given many lectures, performances and readings, including at MoMa PS1 (2018) and KW in Berlin (2019). Johnson has published works and texts in collaboration with museums and magazines, such as the New York Times.

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