Johanna Robinson
Johanna Robinson is a Brooklyn-based artist whose paintings employ humor, absurdity, and irony to undermine anthropocentrism— or the belief that human beings are the center of the universe, an idea proliferated by the Western art canon. The artist’s work, connected to a long lineage of women surrealist and symbolist painters, relies on imagination as a source for truth-seeking and world-building. Recent exhibitions include AmphorasamorphA, Flux Factory, Governor’s Island, curated by Sally Beauty; Welcome, Tomato Mouse, Brooklyn; The Symbolists, HESSE FLATOW, New York, curated by Nicole Kaack; New American Paintings Pacific Coast Review, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles; Against Forgetting, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown; Phone Home, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, curated by Wendy Vogel; Surreality, Crush Curatorial, New York; Identity Weavers, Albatross Gallery, Portland; among others. Robinson received her BFA in 2007 from the School of Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA, and her MFA in Painting in 2018 from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.
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Johanna RobinsonAquaduct (After Rube Goldberg), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas34 x 24 in
86.4 x 61 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFountain (Animate Structure), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas66 x 48 in
167.6 x 121.9 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFountain (Cage), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas62 x 48 in
157.5 x 121.9 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFountain (Handstand), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas34 x 24 in
86.4 x 61 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFountain (Ichthyoid), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFountain (Old Faithful), 2022Oil, glass beads and cheesecloth on canvas16 x 12 in
40.6 x 30.5 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFountain (Wish Fulfillment), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas72 x 48 in
182.9 x 121.9 cm -
Johanna RobinsonWishing Well (Bird Bath), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas47 x 38 in
119.4 x 96.5 cm -
Johanna RobinsonWishing Well (Clasp), 2022Oil and glass beads on canvas18 x 16 in
45.7 x 40.6 cm -
Johanna RobinsonWishing Well (Migration), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas58 x 39 in
147.3 x 99.1 cm -
Johanna RobinsonWishing Well (Morning Glory), 2022Oil and cheesecloth on canvas40 x 33 in
101.6 x 83.8 cm -
Johanna RobinsonFeast or Famine, 2021oil on cheesecloth over canvas74 x 66 in
188 x 167.6 cm -
Johanna RobinsonImagination is defined by what lies outside of it, 2020oil on cheesecloth over canvas24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm
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Johanna Robinson
Wish Fulfillment at CRUSH PROJECTS May 12 - June 24, 2022 -
THE SYMBOLISTS: LES FLEURS DU MAL
February 18 - March 20, 2021In the gory aftermath of the Third Republic and the 1871 Commune, the Symbolist movement of 19th-century France turned away from the scientific rationalism and Realist reportage of an industrializing...Read more -
surreality
Alicia Adamerovich, Amanda Baldwin, Amie Cunat, Carl D'Alvia, Kirsten Deirup, Dominique Fung, Kathleen Granados, Angela Heisch, Peter LaBier, Zoe Nelson, Tammy Nguyen, Johanna Robinson, Sarah Slappey, Maureen St. Vincent, Emily Weiner, Ryan Wilde, Kalina January 8 - February 8, 2019Featuring: Alicia Adamerovich, Amanda Baldwin, Amie Cunat, Carl D'Alvia, Kirsten Deirup, Dominique Fung, Kathleen Granados, Angela Heisch, Peter LaBier, Zoe Nelson, Tammy Nguyen, Johanna Robinson, Sarah Slappey, Maureen St. Vincent,...Read more
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Artist Johanna Robinson dropping 170 “wishing” coins as NFTs with NYC exhibition
Vittoria Benzine, Metaverse Post, May 27, 2022 -
10 Brooklyn Artists With Shows You Need To See Right Now
Vittoria Benzine , Brooklyn Magazine, May 18, 2022 -
The Symbolists: Les Fleurs du mal
Elizabeth Buhe, The Brooklyn Rail, March 15, 2021
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Johanna Robinson: online conversation with NADA Curated
September 15, at 1:00pm September 2, 2022Join NADA on September 15, at 1:00pm ET, for an online conversation celebrating Reduction to Satire the second edition of NADA Curated, organized by Fatoş...Read more -
NADA Curated: Reduction to Satire (Reductio ad Satura)
online exhibition with Johanna Robinson August 9, 2022HESSE FLATOW is pleased to announce our participation, with artist Johanna Robinson, in 'Reduction to Satire,' an online exhibition organized on the occasion of the...Read more