Lee Johnson

[Selected works]



Performance

    Workman Lunch
    Mime
    21 Million Kites Pt.1



Installation

    _/50 WC (Ongoing)
    Fixed Odds: 10 Minutes in D Dorian
    I want you to be madly loved



Visual

    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022


About
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©2025 Lee Johnson
EDUCATION

2022-2024 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018-2020 BA, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago IL

2016 CSSSA (California State Summer School for the Arts), Cal Arts, Los Angeles, CA

EXHIBITIONS

2025
It’s Weird Eggs Were Ever Cheap, Bodock, Chicago, IL
Stoneware and Selvage, Aecumen, Propagate Cooperative, Expo Chicago 2025, Chicago First Church, Chicago, IL
Materialities, Sound Installation, in collaboration with Jonas N.T. Becker, Driehaus Museum, Chicago IL

2024
FVNMAS Festival May 9-11, SAIC Shows 2024 Graduate Exhibitions, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL

2023    
Meter Room, Suberranean, Chicago, IL      
Analog, I want you to be madly loved, Art on The Mart, Chicago, IL

2018
They Are Us, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA (Solo)


PERFORMANCES

2025
Through The Archive, Bodock, Chicago, IL
Crankie, Schoolhouse, Chicago, IL
Workman Lunch, 21 Million Kites Ensemble, Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
Credentis Play Ensemble, Three Performances (January 30, 31, February 1), Chicago, IL
Performance 1, The Maxwell Blast Ensemble, Chicago, IL
Mime, 21 Million Kites Ensemble, Adams Apple, Chicago, IL

2024
21 Million Kites Pt.1, 21 Million Kites Ensemble, Elastic Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Spirit Spirit’s Solo Performance, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Star Spangled Banner (cut up) Solo Performance, The Scriptorium, June 14 2024, Chicago, IL


PUBLICATIONS

2024
Calendar, Artist Book, Self Published (Edition of 3)
Names, Artist Book, Self Published (Edition of 15)
#07 Test Strip, March 2024, Propagate Cooperative 

2019
House Plants, Artist Book, Self Published (Edition of 10)

2017
Viator n.2 Winter 2017, Viator Projects

2015
Viator n.1 Summer 2015, Viator Projects


COLLECTIONS

2023
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL

AWARDS

2022-2024 
Distinguished Merit Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE

2024 - Currently 
Jonas N.T. Becker, Studio Assistant, Chicago, IL [Website]
Lampo, Program Assistant, Chicago, IL [Website]

2022 - 2023 
Hallowed Halls, Assistant Engineer, Portland, OR