James Ming Johnson
b. 1990 Bangkok, Thailand
Lives and Works in Providence, RI
Education
2022-24 MFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
2021-22 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, Brandeis University
2017-20 Art Students League of New York
2008-12 BA Film and Media Studies, Stanford University
Exhibitions
2024 New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
RISD MFA Painting Thesis Show, Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA
What Lovers Do: Kept and Being Kept, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
RISD Graduate Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
2023 Painting With Butter, Sol Kofler Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 RISD Painting Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Coming Home, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
Out of Service, Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 Bad Service, Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2019 Fall Art Show, One-Eyed Studios, Ridgewood, NY
Spring Fling Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Student Concourse, Art Students League, New York, NY
Art Fairs
2024 Affordable Art Fair, with Gallery VII, New York, NY
Teaching
2022-24 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Painting III, Spring 2024, with Duane Slick
- Materials and Methods, Fall 2023 with Martin Smick
- Painting II, Spring 2023 with Dennis Congdon and Meena Hassan
- Painting II, Fall 2022 with Jennifer Packer
2021-22 Teaching Assistant, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Publications/Press
2024 Editors, “Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of May 12", Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2024
2021 Vicente Cayuela, “Historical References and James Ming Johnson”, The Justice, November 2, 2021