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Johnston Foster
May 15 - June 19
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Exhibition - CV
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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
The Realm , 2010
Plastic table cloths & garbage bags, wire, plastic ties, hot glue, screws, Sharpie
16” long x 9” diameter
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)
Hole Lotta Love, 2008
Mixed media found materials including rubber, auto parts, PVC pipes, drainage pipes, suit case, door mats
66" x 48" x 37"
Big Tipper, 2008
Mixed media found materials including trash cans, wood, scrap metal, plastic, screws
74" x 102" x 66"
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Johnston Foster
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1978, South Boston, VA
EDUCATION
[2005]
MFA Hunter College
[2003]
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
[2001]
BFA Virginia Commonwealth University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
[2011]
POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
[2010]
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