RARE Johnston Foster

Upcoming Shows & Events

Spring 2013:
Daphne Arthur in Go Tell It on the Mountain at California African American Museum, through 5/30
Summer 2013:
Jimmy Joe Roche in two-person exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art (MD), 7/3 – 9/29; Eamon O'Kane to commemorate 50th anniversary of Sheldon Museum with Philip Johnson Glass House-inspired installation (Lincoln, NE), opening 7/12; Daphne Arthur, Johnston Foster, Dionisios Fragias, Nathan Ritterpusch & Jimmy Joe Roche in Visually Sound at Land of Tomorrow (Louisville, KY), through 7/2
Fall 2013:
Johnston Foster in Material Transformations at Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12/13 – 1/5/14
2014/15:
Nathan Ritterpusch and Christina Shurts to exhibit at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (Denver); Johnston Foster in major museum survey show to travel to three locations – more to come

Johnston Foster

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Coiled, 2012
Beer caps, scrap metal, fork, plastic, beads, wire
15 x 6 x 12;
The Lookout, 2012
Broken furniture, shredded tires, screws
120 x 52 x 32
Supreme, 2010
Plywood, cardboard, plastic, vinyl, foam, wire, plastic ties, wood glue, hot glue, screws, Sharpie
Pizza: 21.5" x 31" x 34"
Box: 44" x 36" x 36"
Power Head (yellow), 2011
Taxi fender, truck tire, cup holder, metal steamer, lamp shade
32 x 18 x 8
Power Head (blackbird), 2011
Plastic, car parts, rake, shoe, faucet handle, screws
29 x 27 x 13
Head Stash, 2010
Plastic traffic barrel, plastic trash can, garden hose, bicycle spokes, plastic cutting board, plastic table cloth, PVC, rubber, glass, wire, plastic ties, hot glue, screws, Sharpie
17.5" x 28" x 27"
Courtesy of museum collection
(Louisville, KY)
Untitled (rat), 2011
Plywood, plastic construction netting, plastic weed wacker cord, metal wire, PVC, screws, hot glue, plastic hose
32 x 3 x 4
Power Head (rainbow), 2011
Broken furniture, mop and broom handles, plastic toys, shoe sole
27 x 13 x 29
One Trick Pony, 2009
Throw rug, plastic auto body parts, ping pong balls, plastic table cloth, orange traffic cone, plastic straps, PVC, rubber, marbles
61.5" x 48" x 24"
El Natural, 2012
Broken furniture, shredded truck tires, melted plastic, wire, screws, glue
65 x 32 x 36
Power Head (crown), 2011
Car parts, extension cord, bicycle tires, plastic toys, broken furniture, lamp shade, plastic milk crate
24 x 10 x 19
Souvenir, 2010
Plastic traffic barrels, plastic trash can, garden hose, PVC, rubber, marbles, wire, plastic ties, hot glue, screws, Sharpie
25 tiger paws approx. 13.5" x 4" x 10" each
Power Head (tongues), 2012
Broken furniture, bicycle tubes, soccer ball, football, plastic crate, rubber, screws
68 x 32 x 24
Limber, 2011
Mixed media
Dimensions variable;
The Realm, 2010
Plastic table cloths & garbage bags, wire, plastic ties, hot glue, screws, Sharpie
16" long x 9" diameter
Lefty, 2012
Broken furniture, two plastic toys, screws
66 x 15 x 9
The Keeper, 2010
Plastic traffic barrels, bicycles spokes, garden hose, plastic cutting board, plastic table cloths, rubber, PVC, glass, wire, plastic ties, hot glue, screws, Sharpie
47" x 147" x 52"
Courtesy of museum collection
(Louisville, KY)
Mob Deep, 2008
Mixed media found materials including wood, plastic trash cans, fabrics, styrofoam, insulation foam, wood glue, brooms, mop heads, pool cues, rods, poles, marbles
42" x 260" x 168" (installation dimensions)
Power Head (mosquito), 2011
Tires, plastic car part, metal spool
37 x 38 x 35
Catch & Release, 2009
Plywood, vinyl flooring, baby pool, plastic trash can, vacuum hose, plastic table cloth, vinyl, racket ball, marbles, screws
19" x 52" x 75"
Big Tipper, 2008
Mixed media found materials including trash cans, wood, scrap metal, plastic, screws
74" x 102" x 66"

Johnston Foster

EDUCATION

2005
MFA Hunter College

2003
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

2001
BFA Virginia Commonwealth University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
New Work, RARE, New York, New York

2011
New Work, POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Work, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Recent Work, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Lakewood, CO
Recent Work, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA

2010
Centre d' Art Bastille (fka Lieu d' Images et d' Art), Grenoble, France
Catch & Release, RARE, New York, New York

2009
Sticky Situation, Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee/Chattanooga
galerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany

2008
Johnston Foster: Altered Beast, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Summertime Blues, RARE, New York, NY

2007
Lieu d’Images et d’Art (LIA), Grenoble, France
Seasons in the Abyss, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL

2006
Seasons in the Abyss, Emergency Arts, New York, NY
Delusions of Grandeur, RARE, New York, NY

2005
Disenchanted Forest, Brigham Young University, Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
Celebrate the New Dark Age, Futura Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2004
The Permanent Vacation, Project Room, PS 1
Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
The Last Resort, RARE, New York, NY

2001
Plot Thickener, Ipanema Gallery, Richmond, VA

2000
Trouble Everyday, Virginia Commonwealth Gallery, Richmond, VA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (July)
Kidspace/MASS MoCA (Fall)

2009
8x12, RARE, New York, New York
Cou Huo: Everything is Temporary A Different Location Every Time, 798 Art District & SOLANA Lifestyle Shopping Center, Beijing, China (organized by Red Box Studio; curated by Chen Xinpeng)

2008
Chariker, Foster, Holz, Mastrangelo, Wright, RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA
Centre Rhenan d’Art Contemporain (CRAC), Alsace, Altkirch, France

2007
Site Specifics ’07, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Into the Wild, 101 California, 101 California Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA (curated by Artsource Consulting)
Stranger Than Fiction, RARE, New York, NY (with Andy Cross & Jean-Pierre Roy)
Trash Menagerie, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CAN

2006
Animal House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

2005
Big Deal, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004
Floor Play, Brooklyn War Memorial, Brooklyn, NY
Home Fires Burning, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003
College Art Association, MFA Show, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES

2009
galerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany (April-May; includes exhibition)

2007
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Artist in Residency Program, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada

2004
Castle Trebesice, Czech Republic (Summer)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Denise Stuart-Sanabria, Review: Johnston Foster + Christine Gray, Art Papers, January/Februrary 2010, p 56.

“artisti a New York: Fotografi, pittori, scultori. E lo stile della prossima estate,” io donna, Corriere della Sera, # 1/3, 17 January 2009, pp. 106-07

Maistros, Nicholas. “Re-visionaries: A Showcase of Work with Recyclables,” FiberArts, Sampling, September/October 2009, p. 32

“Armory Action,” artnet Magazine, March 21, 2008

Bresler, Regina. “Art: Fair: SCOPE New York,” flavorpill.com, March 26, 2008

Cimafonte, Jessi. “Art Fair Beat: SCOPE New York Going Green,” Art and Living Magazine, March 29, 2008

Lee, Sasha. “Interview: Johnston Foster,” beautifuldecay.com, August 5, 2008
“No Cure,” “Gallery-Going,” The New York Sun, September 2, 2008

Rosenberg, Karen. “Uptown, Downtown, Fairs Found All Over,” The New York Times, March, 29, 2008

Taylor, Alex. “Art Around Town: Scope Expands in Size, If Not in Scope,”The New York Sun, March 24, 2008

Denave, Jean-Emmanuel. “Vive l’Amérique!,” Elle Magazine [French Edition], Issue 3231, December 3, 2007

“Maxi Amérique,” Le Petit Bulletin, Issue 639, November 21-28, 2007

Nestel, Matthew. “Plop, Fizz, Kaboom!!!: Johnston Foster’s Statement in Flight,” SOMA (The Street Issue), April 2007, p. 26

“Ordures Langagières,” Le Petit Bulletin, Issue 641, December 5-12, 2007

Pouyet, Edouard. “L’Art Regarde l’Amérique,” Le Dauphiné Libéré, “Sortir” supplement, November 14-20, 2007

Roux, Jean-Louis. “De l’Économie et de la Dépense,” Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphiné, Issue 4345, December 14, 2007

“Sculpture á l’Américaine,” Pilipili, Issue 3, November 2007

Foster, Johnston. “Johnston Foster Unedited,” Vellum, Issue 3, Spring 2006, pp. 38-39

Montaucieux, Christophe. “Déchets animés. Art brut à l’américaine. L’étrange candeur de Johnston Foster,” Citizen K International, Fall 2006, pp.390-91

“Disenchanted Forest: Contemporary Art by Johnston Foster,” www.Absolutearts.com, April 24, 2005

Karras, Christy. “Creations Rise Out of Our Junk Pile,” The Salt Lake Tribune, April 29, 2005

Payne, Sara Elizabeth. “One Man’s Trash...,” The Daily Herald, April 14, 2005

Brockington, Horace. “Animate: Johnston Foster & Liz McConnell,” NY ARTS, May-June 2004

Johnson, Ken. “Art Guide: The Last Resort,” The New York Times, March 19, 2004

Rosenfeld, Karen. “That Kind of Fall,” www.Artnet.com, October 14, 2004

Smith, Roberta. “Where Opposites Like Hands On/Hands Off Attract,” The New York Times, July 16, 2004