Rashid Johnson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rashid Johnson
Occupation	Conceptual Artist
Date Of Birth	Mar 2, 1977(1977-03-02)
Age	47
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Pisces

Rashid Johnson Biography

Rashid Johnson is one of the most popular and richest Conceptual Artist who was born on March 2, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Famous for his post-black conceptualism style, artist. His breakthrough came in 2001, when his work was included in Harlem’s Studio Museum’s “Freestyle” exhibit.

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As a college junior, he opened his first show at the Schneider Gallery. By 2000, he had earned a reputation for his unique photo-printing process and political content. The Freestyle exhibition at the Studio Museum in 2001 is credited with launching Johnson’s career. The curator of the show, Thelma Golden, is credited with coining the term “post-black art” in relation to that exhibit, although some suggest the term is attributable to the 1995 book The End of Blackness by Debra Dickerson, who is a favorite of Johnson’s. The term post-black now refers to art in which race and racism are prominent, but where the importance of the interaction of the two is diminished.

Johnson was raised in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and Evanston, Illinois, a suburb. A photography major, he earned a 2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago and a 2005 Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, one of his mentors was Gregg Bordowitz.

His parents are Cheryl and Jimmy. He has one child with Sheree.

Rashid Johnson Net Worth

Rashid Johnson is one of the richest Conceptual Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rashid Johnson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received his B.F.A. Columbia College of Chicago. Later, he would earn his master’s degree from the School of the Art Institute Chicago.

He was a finalist in the Hugo Boss Prize 2011. His first solo show was featured at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art in 2012.

Rashid Johnson (born 1977) is an American artist who produces conceptual post- black art. Johnson first received critical attention when examples of his work were included in the exhibition “Freestyle,” curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2001. He studied at Columbia College Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his work has been exhibited around the world.

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Who is Rashid Johnson Dating?

According to our records, Rashid Johnson married to Sheree Hovsepian. As of December 1, 2023, Rashid Johnson’s is not dating anyone.

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During the summer of 2005, he took part in a Chicago Cultural Center artist exchange program exhibition featuring five emerging Chicago contemporary artists and five from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Half of the ten were women (four from Taiwan). As part of the Crossings exhibition almost all artists had their first chance to exhibit in the country of the others. In this forum, Chicago Tribune art critic Alan G. Artner said Johnson’s audio selection imposed his artistry on all the other exhibits since he chose a rap song combined with a blunt video. Artner became a Johnson detractor in 2005 when Johnson had this and another simultaneous exhibit appearing in Chicago. He described Johnson’s exploration of the politics of race as “sloganeering or cute self-advertising” in his two-dimensional works, and his apolytical three-dimensional installations as “glib and superficial” representations. He classified Johnson’s work as more suitable for the audience seeking nothing more than American pop culture. Artner also derided Johnson’s short video contribution to the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fool’s Paradise exhibition as a “conflation of gospel singing with beat boxing … that says nothing worth saying about race.” Other Chicago critics describe Johnson’s subsequent work as relatively hip.

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Rashid Ranked on the list of most popular Conceptual Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rashid Johnson celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.

As a post-black artist, his mixed-media work, such as his Spring 2008 exhibition The Dead Lecturer, plays on race while diminishing its significance by playing with contradictions, coded references and allusions (E.g., The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett), right). The exhibit was described as “a fictional secret society of African-American intellectuals, a cross between Mensa and the Masons” that was a challenge to either condemn or endorse.

What is Rashid Johnson famous for?

Johnson’s work is known for its narrative embedding of a pointed range of everyday materials and objects , often associated with his childhood and frequently referencing collective aspects of African American intellectual history and cultural identity.

How much does Rashid Johnson art cost?

Rashid Johnson’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $395 USD to $2,550,000 USD , depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

Who inspired Rashid Johnson?

While at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, one of his mentors was Gregg Bordowitz. Johnson followed a generation of black artists who focused on the “black experience” and grew up in a generation that was influenced by hip hop and Black Entertainment Television.

Where is Rashid Johnson based?

Today the artist’s works can be found among the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Johnson currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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