Leigh Johnson
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BiographyYou ate a cherry..., 2019
Leigh Johnson was born in California. She received a MFA from Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut.
Johnson's recent solo and group exhibitions include Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2023); "Come Closer, Closer Please" organized by Chloé at Paris Photo Fair in Paris, France (2022); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2019); and "Queen's Crescent" at FARAGO in Los Angeles, California (2016).
Leigh Johnson lives and works in London, United Kingdom.
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Works
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Leigh JohnsonAll those cats staring at me..., 2019Glazed ceramic5 x 4 x 4 inches
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Leigh JohnsonDragging her feet..., 2019Glazed ceramic7 x 3 x 6 inches
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Leigh JohnsonGauzy strips of mashed potatoes..., 2019Glazed ceramic11 x 3.5 x 11 in (27.9 x 8.9 x 27.9 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHe had tried to jump out the window when she was looking, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame18 x 27 in (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHe passes the tractor graveyard“ or maybe it's an old person's home - with cars zipping by, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame9 x 14 in (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHe slid down the Kola Superdeep Borehole, 52 seconds to hit the bottom, after meeting her, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame51 x 34 in (129.5 x 86.4 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHow do horses..., 2019Glazed ceramic11 x 13.5 x 9 in (27.9 x 34.3 x 22.9 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonI headed to the beach..., 2019Glazed ceramic5.5 x 2 x 7 in (14 x 5.1 x 17.8 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonIf I had met my father..., 2019Glazed ceramic7 x 2 x 3.5 in (17.8 x 5.1 x 8.9 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonInside candle wax fizzed and wove its way down to join yesterday's burning, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame27.5 x 41 in (69.8 x 104.1 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonShe just wanted to become giraffe, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame10.5 x 16 in (26.7 x 40.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonSmoky bees..., 2019Glazed ceramic18.5 x 1 x 4 in (47 x 2.5 x 10.2 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonThe man at the beach..., 2019Glazed ceramic18.5 x 4 x 12 in (47 x 10.2 x 30.5 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonThey gagged the screams from above, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame13 x 19 in (33 x 48.3 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonTina is looking back..., 2019Glazed ceramic7 x 1.5 x 1.5 in (17.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonVague blue shadows creep across the day that resemble nothing of the whirling clouds above, 2019Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame34 x 51.25 in (86.4 x 130 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonYou ate a cherry..., 2019Glazed ceramic11.8 x 1.5 x 5.1 in (30 x 3.8 x 13 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonA wall was built for the assassins, hijackers and thieves, 2018Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame27.5 x 41 in (69.8 x 104.1 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonShe was his south and he her north, but when they held up mirrors the rule of repulsion won, 2018Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame10.5 x 16 in (26.7 x 40.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonBasking in the sun and watching shooting stars in crystal black skies they chatter about who drove who and what they built, 2017Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame14 x 9 in (35.6 x 22.9 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonThere were lots of inquiries, 2017Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame27.5 x 41 in (69.8 x 104.1 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonFor a moment he thought of breaking the lease, 2016Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame9 x 14 in (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
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Leigh Johnsonthe only way to understand what was happening, 2016Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame9 x 14 in (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonA piece of free land with shadows drawn by the gods in disappearing ink, 2012Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame27.5 x 41 in (69.8 x 104.41 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonSix sided snowflakes are capable of absorbing ninety percent of sound waves, 2012Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame16 x 24 in (40.6 x 61 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonStepping on a toe, a confusion unknown, a missing puzzle piece to wipe out their dashed hopes, 2011Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame15.75 x 23.5 in (40 x 59.7 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonThe sky erupts when time rewinds, 2011Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame18 x 27 in (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonShe didn't realize he wanted to be carried, 2008Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame10.5 x 16 in (26.7 x 40.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHer resume read a bit like crawling the walls when she could have used a ladder, 2006Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame18 x 27 in (45.72 x 68.58 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHer resume read a bit like crawling the walls when she could have used a ladder, 2006Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame18 x 27 in (45.72 x 68.58 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHer resume read a bit like crawling the walls when she could have used a ladder, 2006Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame18 x 27 in (45.7 x 68.58 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHe drove this drive before, 2003Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame9 x 14 in (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
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Leigh JohnsonHis lungs are up against the door to the apartment, the one he put on the market, 2003Inkjet print mounted on dibond in metal frame10.5 x 16 in (26.7 x 40.6 cm)
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Exhibitions
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Leigh Johnson
Tennis Elbow 112 24 February – 9 March 2023 New YorkRead more -
Leigh Johnson
Tennis Elbow 38 4 – 10 May 2019 New York -
Darren Bader, Harmony Korine, Rita Ackermann, Spencer Sweeney, Chris Johanson, Kon Trubkovich, Leigh Johnson, Jack Webb
Salad Days 21 October – 15 December 2010 New York
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