Rashid Johnson

*1977 / United States

Solo exhibitions

A Poem for Deep Thinkers

Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (US)
5 Jun 2027 – 28 Nov 2027
A Poem for Deep Thinkers

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth (US)
8 Mar 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Broken Crowd

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (IL)
8 Aug 2023 – 2 Dec 2023
The Hikers

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (US)
4 Jul 2019 – 3 Nov 2019
The Gathering

Hauser & Wirth Zürich, Zürich (CH)
2 Nov 2013 – 21 Dec 2013
Message to Our Folks

High Museum of Art, Atlanta (US)
8 Jun 2013 – 8 Sep 2013
Message to Our Folks

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
7 Apr 2012 – 5 Aug 2012
Rumble

Hauser & Wirth New York, New York (US)
11 Jan 2012 – 25 Feb 2012
There are Stranger Villages

Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin (DE)
7 Sep 2010 – 23 Dec 2010
BLACKNESS

Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg (DE)
14 Jun 2008 – 28 Oct 2008
The New Escapist Promised Land Garden and Recreation Center

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
5 Sep 2008 – 11 Oct 2008
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Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (US)
22 Feb 2008 – 29 Mar 2008
Stay Black and Die

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
9 Sep 2005 – 7 Oct 2005
The Rise and Fall of a Proper Negro

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
24 Oct 2003 – 6 Dec 2003

Group

Herausgeforderte Gemeinschaft

Jubiläumsausstellung 2025

Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg (DE)
14 Jun 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Oezlem Altin, Giovanni Anselmo, Christian Boltanski, Sergey Bratkov, Joachim Brohm, Lawrence Carroll, Isaac Chong Wai, William Christenberry, Nan Goldin, Monika Huber, Leiko Ikemura, Sanja Ivekovic …
This is a shot.

Works from the Serralves Collection

Serralves Museum, Porto (PT)
15 May 2025 – 9 Nov 2025

with Doug Aitken, Patricia Almeida, Mark Bradford, Marlon de Azambuja, William Kentridge, Renato Leotta, Anna Maria Maiolino, Nalini Malani, Susana Mendes Silva, Jean-Luc Moulene, Hito Steyerl, Martine Syms
Consider Listening

haubrok projects, Berlin (DE)
6 Apr 2025 – 6 Jul 2025

with Ahmet Oeguet, Ilit Azoulay, Monica Bonvicini, Willem de Rooij, Sam Durant, Charles Gaines, Douglas Gordon, Mona Hatoum, Alfredo Jaar, Oliver Laric, Louise Lawler, Joanna Piotrowska …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso …
Seven Rooms and a Garden

Rashid Johnson and The Moderna Museet Collection

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
30 Sep 2023 – 8 Sep 2024

with Samuel Fosso, Klara Liden, Lee Lozano, Robert Rauschenberg
Interiors

Bjarne Melgaard

Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin (DE)
2 Mar 2024 – 13 Apr 2024

with Aida Ruilova
The Flesh of the Earth

Curated by Enuma Okoro

Hauser & Wirth New York, New York (US)
1 Feb 2024 – 6 Apr 2024

with Adama Delphine Fawundu, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith
Before Tomorrow

30 years Astrup Fearnley Museet

Astrup Fearnley MoMa, Oslo (NO)
22 Jun 2023 – 3 Dec 2023

with Vanessa Baird, Mark Bradford, Paul Chan, Ian Cheng, Trisha Donnelly, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Ida Ekblad, YANG Fudong, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Douglas Gordon …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (US)
23 Jan 2022 – 8 Jan 2023

with Lutz Bacher, Candice Breitz, Sue de Beer
Whitney Biennial 2022

Quiet as It’s Kept

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
6 Apr 2022 – 5 Sep 2022

with Harold Ancart, Yto Barrada, Rebecca Belmore, Nayland Blake, Tony Cokes, Jacky Connolly, Matthew Connors, Alex Da Corte, Danielle Dean, Jane Dickson, Buck Ellison, Alia Farid …
Allied with Power

African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
24 Apr 2020 – 6 Feb 2022

with Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Kudzanai Chiurai, Genevieve Gaignard, David Goldblatt, Nicholas Hlobo, Pieter Hugo, Isaac Julien, William Kentridge, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Zanele Muholi, Odili Donald Odita, Robin Rhode …
UBUNTU

Five rooms from the Harry David Art Collection

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athens (GR)
22 Sep 2020 – 24 Oct 2021

with Kader Attia, Sanford Biggers, Godfried Donkor, Andrew Esiebo, Mary Evans, Ellen Gallagher, Theaster Gates, Lyle Ashton Harris, Romuald Hazoumé, Moshekwa Langa, Senzini Marasela, Mohau Modisakeng …
30 Americans

Painting, sculpture, and photography by influential contemporary African American artists.

The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (US)
27 Oct 2019 – 12 Jan 2020

with Mark Bradford, Renee Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, Xaviera Simmons, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson …
Garten der irdischen Freuden

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
26 Jul 2019 – 1 Dec 2019

with Maria Thereza Alves, Jumana Manna, Uriel Orlow, Heather Phillipson, Pipilotti Rist, Taro Shinoda
30 Americans

contemporary art by African American artists

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (US)
1 Jun 2019 – 25 Aug 2019

with Mark Bradford, Renee Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Wangechi Mutu, Xaviera Simmons, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
Grace Wales Bonner: A Time for New Dreams

Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
19 Jan 2019 – 16 Feb 2019

with Kapwani Kiwanga, Paul Mpagi Sepuya
People Get Ready: Building a Contemporary Collection

Nasher Museum of Art, Durham (US)
1 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with William Cordova, William Eggleston, Mounir Fatmi, Genevieve Gaignard, Hassan Hajjaj, Lyle Ashton Harris, Barkley L. Hendricks, Pedro Lasch, Kerry James Marshall, Zanele Muholi, Wangechi Mutu, Ebony G. Patterson …
An Incomplete History of Protest

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
18 Aug 2017 – 11 May 2018

with Andrea Bowers, Mark Bradford, AA Bronson, Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson, Larry Fink, Theaster Gates, General Idea, Guerrilla Girls, Mary Kelly, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon …
Public, Private, Secret

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
23 Jun 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Merry Alpern, Zach Blas, Natalie Bookchin, Nancy Burson, Sophie Calle, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Kurt Caviezel, Larry Clark, Phil Collins, Kate Cooper, Tiane Doan na Champassak …
Counterpoints: Photography Through the Lens of Toronto Collections

Art Museum Toronto, Toronto (CA)
6 May 2016 – 30 Jul 2016

with Iain Baxter, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ernest James Bellocq, Rebecca Belmore, Richard Billingham, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Robert Burley, Edward Burtynsky, Harry Callahan, Sarah Charlesworth, Lynne Cohen …
Winter Experiment: SAIC at MMG

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
9 Jan 2016 – 30 Jan 2016

with Rashayla Marie Brown, Heidi Norton
The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
11 Jul 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Stan Douglas, Charles Gaines, Renee Green, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Catherine Sullivan
Look At Me Now!

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
13 Jun 2015 – 23 Aug 2015

with Hassan Hajjaj, Ebony G. Patterson
Song of Myself

Palmer Museum of Art, University Park (US)
13 Jan 2015 – 10 May 2015

with Ann Hamilton, Glenn Ligon, Yasumasa Morimura, Shirin Neshat
Body Doubles

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
25 Oct 2014 – 19 Apr 2015

with Valerie Belin, Jeanne Dunning, Robert Gober, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince, Collier Schorr, Cindy Sherman, Xaviera Simmons, Gillian Wearing
30 Americans

contemporary art by African American artists

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (US)
8 Feb 2014 – 15 Jun 2014

with Mark Bradford, Wangechi Mutu, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
In a Silent Way

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
18 May 2013 – 1 Dec 2013

with Roy DeCarava, David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Carrie Mae Weems
Performa 13: New Visual Art Performance Biennial

Performa, New York (US)
1 Nov 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Ahmet Oeguet, Pawel Althamer, Einat Amir, Eleanor Antin, Ed Atkins, Rosa Barba, Hans Breder, Tamar Ettun, Zachary Fabri, Dani Gal, Rainer Ganahl, Subodh Gupta …
30 Americans

contemporary art by African American artists

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
1 Oct 2011 – 12 Feb 2012

with Mark Bradford, Wangechi Mutu, Xaviera Simmons, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
The Venice Biennale - 54th International Art Exhibition - ILLUMInations

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
4 Jun 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Meris Angioletti, Alexander Apostol, Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Elisabetta Benassi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Monica Bonvicini, Mohamed Bourouissa, Carol Bove, Gerard Byrne, Mariana Castillo Deball …
There are two sides to every coin, and two sides to your face

Galerie Xippas, Paris (FR)
10 Sep 2011 – 29 Oct 2011

with Bruce Nauman
about us

König Galerie, Berlin (DE)
16 Jul 2010 – 7 Aug 2010

with Fikret Atay, Tom Burr, Andrea Faciu, Ryan Gander, Alex Hubbard, Emily Jacir, Annette Kelm, Alicja Kwade, Rodney McMillian, Michaela Meise, Benjamin Saurer, Danh Vo …
From Then to Now : Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art

MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland (US)
29 Jan 2010 – 9 May 2010

with Dawoud Bey, Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry, Renee Green, Glenn Ligon, Adam Pendleton, Chris Simpson, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
Scarecrow

Postmasters, New York (US)
25 May 2006 – 8 Jul 2006

with Daniel Gordon, Chris Larson
Things Fall Apart

curated by Franklin Sirmans

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
18 Mar 2005 – 23 Apr 2005

with Izima Kaoru, Nikki S. Lee, Jackie Salloum
About Face: Photographic Portraits From the Collection

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
9 Oct 2004 – 16 Jan 2005

with Richard Avedon, Chuck Close, Lalla Essaydi, Nan Goldin, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Alfredo Jaar, Loretta Lux, Sally Mann, Susan Meiselas, Vik Muniz, Nicholas Nixon, Melissa Ann Pinney …
The Perfect Number

404 arte contemporanea, Napoli (IT)
19 Feb 2004 – 16 Mar 2004

with Christian Andersen, Elisabeth Young

Events

Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton …
EXPO CHICAGO 2022

EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US)
7 Apr 2022 – 10 Apr 2022

with Juan Baraja, Daniel Beltra, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Dawoud Bey, Clarissa Bonet, Jonathan Calm, Sara Cwynar, Tim Davis, William Eggleston, Brendan Fernandes, Andrea Geyer, Adler Guerrier …
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2020

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, West Palm Beach (US)
9 Jan 2020 – 12 Jan 2020

with Oded Balilty, Peter Beard, Daniel Beltra, David Burdeny, Barbara Cole, Donn Delson, Liat Elbing, Terry Evans, Didier Fournet, Reinhard Goerner, Shadi Ghadirian, T.M. Glass …
16th Istanbul Biennial

The Seventh Continent

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
14 Sep 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Oezlem Altin, Pia Arke, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Rebecca Belmore, Mariechen Danz, Jonathas de Andrade, Elmas Deniz, Simon Fujiwara, Eva Kotatkova, Agnieszka Kurant, Glenn Ligon, Armin Linke …
Independent NY 2019

Independent NY, New York (US)
8 Mar 2019 – 10 Mar 2019

with Kader Attia, Gretchen Bender, Renate Bertlmann, Sanford Biggers, Agnes Denes, Genevieve Gaignard, Martha Rosler
Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

triennial of contemporary art

Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans (US)
18 Nov 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Abbas Akhavan, John Akomfrah, Rebecca Belmore, Sonia Boyce, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Edgar Cleijne, Donna Conlon, Genevieve Gaignard, Ellen Gallagher, Gauri Gill, Alfredo Jaar, Kiluanji Kia Henda …