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Rashid Johnson

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Born in Chicago in 1977, Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, materiality, and critical history. After studying in the photography department of the Art Institute of Chicago, Johnson’s practice quickly expanded to embrace a wide range of media – including sculpture, painting, drawing, filmmaking, and installation ­– yielding a complex multidisciplinary practice that incorporates diverse materials rich with symbolism and personal history.

Johnson’s work is known for its narrative embedding of a pointed range of everyday materials and objects, often associated with his childhood and frequently referencing collective aspects of African American intellectual history and cultural identity. To date, Johnson has incorporated elements / materials / items as diverse as CB radios, shea butter, literature, record covers, gilded rocks, black soap and tropical plants. Many of Johnson’s works convey rhythms of the occult and mystic: evoking his desire to transform and expand each included object’s field of association in the process of reception.

Biography

Born Chicago IL, 1977

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Columbia College, Chicago IL, 2000
School of the Art Institute, Chicago IL, 2004 – 2005

Resides Lives and works in New York NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 Storm King Art Center, ‘The Crisis’, New Windsor, NY

2020 Hauser & Wirth, 'Waves', London, UK

2019 Hauser & Wirth, 'Rashid Johnson. The Hikers', New York NY
The Power Plant, 'Rashid Johnson. Anxious Audience', cur. Lauren Barnes, Toronto, Canada
Museo Tamayo, 'Rashid Johnson. Los Senderistas', Mexico City, Mexico
Aspen Art Museum, 'Rashid Johnson. The Hikers', Aspen CO
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rashid Johnson. It Never Entered My Mind', St. Moritz, Switzerland

2018 Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, 'Provocations. Rashid Johnson', Richmond VA
Lismore Castle Arts, 'Rashid Johnson. No More Water', Lismore, Ireland
David Kordansky Gallery, 'Rashid Johnson. The Rainbow Sign', Los Angeles CA

2017 Billboard 8171, London Bridge, 'Rashid Johnson. Anxious Audience', London, UK
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rashid Johnson. Stranger', Somerset, UK
Milwaukee Art Museum, 'Rashid Johnson. Hail We Now Sing Joy', Milwaukee WI
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Rashid Johnson. Hail We Now Sing Joy', Kansas City MO
McNay Art Museum, 'Rashid Johnson. The New Black Yoga and Samuel in Space', San Antonio TX

2016 Hauser & Wirth, 'Rashid Johnson. Fly Away', New York NY
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Rashid Johnson. Within Our Gates', Moscow, Russia
GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, 'Rashid Johnson. Reasons', Bergamo, Italy

2015 Grand Palais, 'Shea Wall', Paris, France
Studio des Acacias, 'New American Art', Paris, France
The Drawing Center, 'Anxious Men', New York NY
The High Line, 'Blocks', New York NY
Hauser & Wirth, 'Smile', London, UK

2014 David Kordansky Gallery, 'Islands', Los Angeles CA
George Economou Collection, 'Magic Numbers', Athens, Greece
Kunsthalle Winterthur, 'Three Rooms', Winterthur, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, 'New Growth', Denver CO

2013 Ballroom Marfa, 'New Growth', Marfa TX
Hauser & Wirth, 'The gathering', Zurich, Switzerland
High Museum of Art, Atlanta 'Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks', Atlanta GA
Kemper Art Museum, 'Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks', St. Louis MO
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 'Message to Our Folks', Atlanta GA

2012 David Kordansky Gallery, 'Coup d'état', Los Angeles CA
Hauser & Wirth, 'Rumble', New York NY
Miami Art Museum, 'Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks', Miami FL


MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks', Chicago IL


South London Gallery, 'Shelter', London, UK

2010 Carlson / Massimo De Carlo, 'Between Nothingness and Eternity', London, UK

Galerie Guido W. Baudach, 'There are Stranger Villages', Berlin, Germany

Massimo De Carlo, '25 Days after October', Milan, Italy
Salon 94, 'Our Kind of People', New York NY

2009 David Kordansky Gallery, 'Other Aspects', Los Angeles CA

Power House, 'The Dead Lecturer: Laboratory, Dojo, and Performance Space', Memphis TN


Sculpture Center, 'Smoke and Mirrors', New York NY


2008 Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, 'Sharpening My Oyster Knife', Magdeburg, Germany
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, 'The Dead Lecturer', New York NY


Richard Gray Gallery, 'Cosmic Slops', Chicago IL


2007 James Harris Gallery, 'Dark Matters', Seattle WA

2005 Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, 'The Production of Escapism', Indianapolis IN

2003 Moniquemeloche Gallery, 'The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro', Chicago IL

2002 MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, '12x12: New Artist/New Work', Chicago IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Guggenheim Bilbao, 'The Roaring Twenties', Bilbao, Spain
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 'Face à Arcimboldo \ Arcimboldo Face to Face', Metz, France
Speed Art Museum, 'Promise, Witness, Remembrance', Louisville KY
Staatsgalerie, 'Tense Conditions. A Presentation of the Contemporary Art Collection', Stuttgart, Germany
New Museum, 'Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America', New York NY

2020 Hauser & Wirth, 'To Form a More Perfect Union', New York NY
Hauser & Wirth, 'Artists for New York', New
York NY
The Drawing Center, '100 Drawings From Now', New York NY
Southampton Arts Center, '2020 VISION', Southampton NY
The Warehouse, 'Psychic Wounds: On Art & Trauma', Dallas TX
Kunsthaus Zürich, 'Smoke and Mirrors: The Roaring Twenties', Zurich, Switzerland

2019 DePaul Art Museum, 'New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival', Chicago IL
Detroit Institute of Arts, 'Detroit Collects: Selections of African American Art from Private Collections', Detroit MI
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Fragments of a Crucifixion', cur. Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol, Chicago IL
Gropius Bau, 'Garden of Earthly Delights', Berlin, Germany
Bundeskunsthalle, 'Michael Jackson. On the Wall', Bonn, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Espoo Museum of Modern Art, 'Michael Jackson. On the Wall', Espoo, Finland (Travelling Exhibition)
International Print Center New York, 'New Prints 2019/Winter', New York NY
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Groundings', Chicago IL
Serpentine Sackler Gallery, 'Grace Wales Bonner. A Time for Dreams', London, UK

2018 Aspen Art Museum, 'Zombies: Pay Attention!', Aspen CO
Phoenix Art Museum, 'Present Tense: Selections from the Lenhardt Collection', Phoenix AZ
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 'We the People: New Art from the Collection', Buffalo NY
Acquavella Galleries, 'White | Black', New York NY
Grand Palais, 'Michael Jackson. On the Wall', Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
National Portrait Gallery, 'Michael Jackson. On the Wall', London, UK (Travelling Exhibition)
Frist Art Museum, 'Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century', Nashville TN (Travelling Exhibition)
Foundation Louis Vuitton, 'Collection: A Selection of African Artworks', Paris, France
MassArt, 'Legacy of the Cool: A Tribute to Barkley L. Hendricks', Boston MA

2017 Parrish Art Museum, 'The Permanent Collection: Five and Forward', New York NY
Artists Space, 'Social Surfaces', New York NY
Prospect New Orleans Triennial, 'Prospect. 4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp', New Orleans LA
Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Something living', Sydney, Australia
Museum of Modern Art Gunma, 'The Art Show', Takasaki, Japan
Whitechapel Gallery, 'ISelf Collection: The End of Love', London, UK
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 'Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance', Detroit MI
Franklin Street Works, '"I hear it everywhere I go"', Stamford CT
Prospect New Orleans Triennial, 'Prospect. 4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp', New Orleans LA
Brooklyn Museum, 'The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America', New York NY
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, 'A Simple Passion and a Complex Vision: The Darryl Atwell Collection', Charlotte NC
Mnuchin Gallery, 'Minimalism & Beyond', New York NY
Performance Ski, 'Hill People', Aspen CO
John Beggruen Gallery, 'botánica', San Francisco CA
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Eternal Youth', Chicago IL
Marciano Art Foundation, 'Unpacking: The Marciano Collection', Los Angeles CA
Rental Gallery, 'Oliver Twist, Chapter 2: Dear Darren', East Hampton NY
Fondation Louis Vuitton, 'Art/Africa, le nouvel atelier', Paris, France
Leo Xu Projects, 'Please fasten your seat belt as we are experiencing some turbulence', Shanghai, China
Zabludowicz Collection, 'One & Other', London, UK
Vito Schnabel Gallery, 'The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction', St. Moritz, Switzerland
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'We Are Here', Chicago IL
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 'A Poethical Wager', Cleveland OH
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Parsons School of Design, 'Memory is a tough place. Photographs from The New School Art Collection', New York NY
FM Centro per L’Arte Contemporanea, 'Il Cacciatore Blanco (The White Hunter)', Milan, Italy
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 'Tomorrow Will Still Be Ours A Festival of Visionary Ideas, Activism & Arts', New York NY
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, '99 cents or less', Detroit MI
The Whitney Museum of American Art, 'An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney's Collection, 1940-2017', New York NY

2016 Makasiini Contemporary, 'The Inaugural Exhibition', Turku, Finland
The Art Institute of Chicago, 'Permanent Collection Galleries for Photography', Chicago IL
De La Cruz Collection, 'Progressive Praxis', Miami FL
Goodman Gallery and Johannesburg Art Gallery, 'In Context: Africans in America', Johannesburg, South Africa
International Center of Photography, 'Public, Private, Secret', New York NY
University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery, 'ABOUT FACE', Fayetteville AK
Jack Shainman Gallery, 'For Freedoms', New York NY
Pace Gallery, 'Blackness in Abstraction', New York NY
60 Wall Gallery, 'Woven', New York NY
Palmetto Curatorial Exchange at Mann-Simons, 'Route to (Re)Settlement', Columbia SC

2015 Hauser & Wirth, 'Salon d’Hiver', Zurich, Switzerland
The George Economou Collection, 'Opening the Box: Unpacking Minimalism', Athens, Greece
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, 'Breath/Breadth: Contemporary American Black Male Identity', Lynchburg VA
Guggenheim Museum, 'Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim', New York NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, 'America is Hard to See', New York NY
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music’, 1965 to Now', Chicago IL
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 'Reality of My Surroundings: The Contemporary Collection', Durham NC
Mildred Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 'Relationships and Representations: Perspectives on Social Justice Work', St. Louis MO

2014 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 'Black in the Abstract, Part 2: Hard Edges/Soft Curves', Houston TX
57 Walker Street, 'Black Eye', New York NY
CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 'Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict. Abstract Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection', Miami FL
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, '30 Americans', New Orleans LA
De La Cruz Collection, 'From the Collection: Looking at process', Miami FL
Knoxville Museum of Art, 'INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, The Botanica (presented by AA Bronson & Michael Facets)', Knoxville TN
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 'Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting', Los Angeles CA
Leila Heller Gallery, 'Look at me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present', New York NY
Lille 3000, 'Secret Passions. Private Flemish Collections', Euralille, France
Lincoln Theatre, 'CoDM Ceremonies of Dark Men', Washington DC
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Body Doubles', Chicago IL
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World', New York NY
Untitled, 'George Nakashima: In Conversation', New York NY
Villa Empain, 'Music Palace. The power of music seen by visual artists', Brussels, Belgium
Philip Slein Gallery, 'Other Ways; Other Times: Influences of African-American Traditions from St. Louis Collections', St. Louis MO
Monique Meloche, 'Look at Me Now!', Chicago IL
Vanhaerents Art Collection, 'Man in the Mirror', Brussels, Belgium
CIFO Art Space, 'Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict: Abstract Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection', Miami FL

2013 The Flag Art Foundation, 'Personal, Political, Mysterious', New York NY
Acquavella Galleries, 'White Collar Crimes', New York NY
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 'Angel of History', Paris, France
Dairy Art Centre, 'Island', London, England
LAND Los Angeles Nomadic Division, 'Painting in Place', Los Angeles CA
National Art Museum of China, 'Darkness Visible', Beijing, China
Merci-Mercy, 'RUN', New York NY

2012 Shanghai Biennale, 'Re-activation', Shanghai, China
Studio Museum in Harlem, 'The Bearden Project', New York NY
Curator's Office, 'An architect's dream', Washington DC
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, 'Heute. Malerei', Magdeburg, Germany
MAMbo Museo d'Arte Moderna, 'CARA DOMANI', Bologna, Italy
MIT List Visual Arts Center, 'In the Holocene', Cambridge MA
Chrysler Museum of Art, '30 Americans [The Rubell Family Collection]', Virginia Beach VA (Travelling Exhibition)

2011 Corcoran Gallery of Art, '30 Americans [The Rubell Family Collection]', Washington DC
 (Travelling Exhibition)
The North Carolina Museum of Art, '30 Americans [The Rubell Family Collection]', Raleigh NC (Travelling Exhibition)
La Biennale di Venezia, '54th International Art Exhibition. ILLUMInations', Venice, Italy

Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts, 'you, your sun and shadow', Virginia VA
Kunsthaus Glarus, 'Livingroom Exotica', Glarus, Switzerland

Marianne Boesky Gallery, 'Dwelling', New York NY


MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Seeing Is a Kind of Thinking: A Jim Nutt Companion' Chicago IL

The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 'Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection', Durham NC

Residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America to Germany, 'INTERNAL / EXTERNAL AFFAIRS', Berlin, Germany

Rubell Family Collection, 'American Exuberance', Miami FL

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 'Secret Societies. To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence', Frankfurt, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
CAPC de Bordeaux, 'Secret Societies. To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence', Bordeaux, France (Travelling Exhibition)
University Museum, Texas Southern University, 'Converging Voices, Transforming Dialogue', Houston TX
Van de Weghe Fine Art, 'With one color...', New York NY

2010 Bortolami Gallery, 'Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines', New York NY
Bortolami Gallery, 'Re-dressing' New York NY
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 'At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg', Annandale-on-Hudson NY

Johann König, 'About Us', Berlin, Germany

Lehmann Maupin, 'Lush Life', New York NY

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 'Item', New York NY

MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 'From Then to Now: Masterworks of African American Art', Cleveland OH

MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Selected Works from the MCA Collection: Focus on UBS 12x12', Chicago IL


National Arts Club, 'Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project', New York NY

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, '(LEAN)', New York NY
Palais des Arts et du Festival, 'Hope! A contemporary art exhibition', Dinard, France

UNTITLED, 'David Adamo, Heather Cook, Brendan Fowler, Rashid Johnson, Phil Wagner', New York NY

2009 Illinois State Museum, 'Across the Divide: Reconsidering the Other', Chicago IL


Katonah Museum of Art, 'Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor', Katonah NY

Krannert Art Museum, 'Under Control', Champaign IL
Rubell Family Collection, 'Beg, Borrow and Steal', Miami FL

Studio Museum in Harlem, '30 Seconds off an Inch', New York NY


2008 Chicago Cultural Center, 'Made in Chicago: Photographs from the Bank of American LaSale Collection', Chicago IL

Exit Art, 'Summer Mixtape Volume 1: The Get Smart edition', New York NY
Illinois State Museum, 'Across the Divide: Reconsidering the Other', Springfield IL

The Rubell Family Collection, '30 Americans', Miami FL

School of the Art Institute, 'Ah, Decadence', Chicago IL

Tracey Williams Ltd., 'Zero Zone', New York NY



2007 The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, 'For the Love of the Game: Race and Sports', Hartford CT

Luanda Triennial in Angola / Jack Shainman Gallery, 'Color Line', New York NY
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'MCA Exposed: Defining Moments in Photography, 1967-2007', Chicago IL



2006 Brooklyn Museum of Art, 'American Identities', New York NY
Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, 'A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: colors', Magdeburg, Germany
Postmasters, 'Scarecrow', New York NY

2005 Chicago Cultural Center, 'Crossings: 10 artists from Kaohsiung & Chicago', Chicago IL (Travelling Exhibition)
COCA Center of Contemporary Art, 'Wish', Seattle WA
International Biennale of Contemporary Art, 'IBCA 2005: International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005', Prague, Czech Republic
MCA Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 'In Search of a Continuous Present', Chicago IL
PAN Contemporary Art Museum, 'NAPOLI PRESENTE. Posizioni e Prospettive dell’Arte Contemporarea', Naples, Italy

Pan/Sonic, Chicago Gallery, Northern Illinois University School of Art, Chicago IL


San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, 'Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self', San Diego CA

2004 Art Institute of Chicago, 'About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection', Chicago IL
Corcoran Museum of Art, 'Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art', Washington DC
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 'A Perfect Union…More or Less', Chicago IL
Seattle Art Museum, 'Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self', Seattle WA
Whitney Museum, 'Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection', New York NY



2003 Art Institute of Chicago, 'A Century of Collecting: African American Art', Chicago IL
ICP New York, 'Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self', New York NY
Walker Art Center, 'The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art', Minneapolis MN

2002 Hyde Park Art Center, 'Cut, Pulled, Colored, and Burnt', Chicago IL 

Sunrise Museum, 'Manumission Papers', Charleston WV


2001 Studio Museum in Harlem, 'Freestyle', New York NY

2000 Detroit Institute of Arts, 'A Decade of Acquisitions', Detroit MI




Awards

2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie for Native Son

2018 Aspen Award for Art

2017 Tony Goldman Visionary Artist Award
Panerai Design Miami Vision Award, Mwabwindo School project

2012 David C. Driskell Prize

Performances

2020 Moma PS1, 'Rashid Johnson: Stage', New York NY
Bedtime Stories, a project initiated by Maurizio Cattelan, New Museum, New York NY

2019 Aspen Art Museum, 'Rashid Johnson. The Hikers', Aspen CO

2013 Dutchman, Performa 13, Performa, New York NY

Curatorial Projects

2020 Mwabwindo School, supported by 14+ Foundation, Zambia, Africa (Site-specific Mural)

2017 Parrish Art Museum, 'Five and Forward', cur. Rashid Johnson, Water Mill NY
Rental Gallery, 'Color People', cur. Rashid Johnson, New York NY

2014 Lincoln Theatre, 'Ceremonies of Dark Men in Multimedia', Washington DC (Film Screening)

2013 David Kordansky Gallery, 'Hard-Edge Paintings 1963-1966', cur. Rashid Johnson, Los Angeles CA

Bibliography

Monographs

2021 Aspen Museum (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. The Hikers', Aspen\Zurich: Aspen Art Press\Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2021, ill. (exh. cat.)

2019 Kholeif, Omar, Shange, Ntozake, 'Rashid Johnson. The Rainbow Sign', Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2019, ill. (exh. cat.)

2018 McAree, Paul, McGrath, Mary (eds.), 'Rashid Johnson. No More Water', Waterford: Lismore Castle Arts, 2018, ill. (exh. cat.)

2016 Unterdörfer, Michaela (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Blocks', Berlin: Distanz Verlag, Hauser & Wirth, 2016, ill. (exh. cat.)
Fowle, Kate (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Within Our Gates', Prague: Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016, ill. (exh. cat.)
GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Reasons', Bergamo: GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 2016, ill. (exh. cat.)

2015 Gilman, Claire, 'Rashid Johnson. Anxious Men', New York: The Drawing Center, 2015, ill. (exh. cat.)

2014 David, Caroline, Baud-Berthier, Claire (eds.), 'Passions Secrètes. Collections Privées Flamandes', Beveren: Vision Publishers, 2014 (exh. cat.)
The George Economou Collection (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Magic Numbers', Athens: The George Economou Collection, 2014, ill. (exh. cat.)

2012 South London Gallery (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Shelter', London: South London Gallery, 2012, ill. (exh. cat.)
Rodrigues Widholm, Julie, Beatty, Paul, Grynsztejn, Madeleine, 'Rashid Johnson. Message to our Folks', Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2012, ill. (exh. cat.)

2009 Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Fauen Magdeburg (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Sharpening My Oyster Knife', Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2009, ill. (exh. cat.)

2008 Gellner, Uwe (ed.), 'Rashid Johnson. Sharpening My Oyster Knife', Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2008, ill. (exh. cat.)

Artist’s Books & Writings

2018 Johnson, Rashid, 'Inside Man', in: 'Purvis Young', Miami: Rubell Museum, 2018 (exh. cat.)
Johnson, Rashid, 'The Rainbow Sign', in: 'The Music of Color. Sam Gilliam 1967 – 1973', Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel, 2018

2017 Johnson, Rashid, 'Robert Frank's photographs', in: 'The Artist Project. What Artists See When They Look at Art', New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, London: Phaidon Press, 2017

Publications

2021 Delahunty, Gavin (ed.), 'Psychic Wounds. On Art & Trauma', New York: MW Editions, Dallas: The Warehouse, 2021 (exh. cat.)

2020 Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, Foster, Hal, Pollock, Griselda, 'Psychic Wounds. On Art & Trauma', Dallas: The Warehouse, 2020, ill. (exh. cat.) (forthcoming)

2018 Tuymans, Luc (ed.), 'Sanguine. Luc Tuymans on Baroque', Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2018
Cullinan, Nicholas, 'Michael Jackson. On the Wall', London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2018

2017 Butler, Emily, Stobbs, Candy (eds.), 'Creating ourselves. The self in art. Works from the ISelf Collection', London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
Schoonmaker, Trevor, Cordova, William, 'Prospect.4. The lotus in spite of the swamp', New Orleans: Prospect New Orleans, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
Manné, Jamie G., Aberth, Susan L., 'Unpacking. The Marciano Collection', Munich/London/New York: DelMonico Books, Prestel, Los Angeles: The Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
Sirmans, Franklin, Ligon, Glenn, Wallace, Michele (et al.), '30 Americans. Rubell Family Collection, Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hoffmann, Jens (ed.), 'Sonic Rebellion. Music As Resistance. Detroit 1967 – 2017', Detroit: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
Zuckerman, Heidi, 'Conversations with artists', Aspen: Aspen Art Press, 2017

2016 Gioni, Massimiliano, Salamé, Tony, Salamé, Elham, 'Good Dreams, Bad Dreams. American Mythologies', Beirut: Aïshti Foundation, Milan: Skira, 2016, ill. (exh. cat.)

2015 Studio des Acacias (ed.), 'New American Art. Matthew Day Jackson. Rashid Johnson', Paris: Editions Studio des Acacias, 2015
Bunch Davis, Carol, 'Prefiguring Postblackness. Cultural Memory, Drama, and the African American Freedom Struggle of the 1960s', Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2015
Gorgen, Stacey, and Benchley, Amanda, 'Artists Living with Art. A Group of Literary, Musical, Sculptural, Photographic and Film Pieces', New York: Abrams, 2015
Martha Kjeseth Johnson, 'Breath/ Breadth. Contemporary American Black Male Identity', Lynchburg: Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, 2015
Sabbatino, Mary, Stokes Sims, Lowery, Sirmans, Franklin, 'McArthur Binion. Re:Mine', New York: Black Dog Publishing Limited, 2015
Groos, Ulrike, Beckstette, Sven, Müller, Markus, 'I Got Rhythm. Art and Jazz since 1920', Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2015

2014 Roselione-Valadez, Juan (ed.) 'Rubell Family Collection. Highlights & Artists’ Writings. Volume 1', Florida: Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, 2014, ill.
Wicks, Stephen C., 'Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass', Knoxville: Knoxville Museum of Art, 2014
Perry, Elliot, Francis, Jacqueline, 'Point of View. Contemporary African American Art from the Elliot and Kimberly Perry Collection', Detroit: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Flint: Flint Institute of Arts, 2014 (exh. cat.)
Taxter, Kelly (ed.), 'You Should’ve Heard Just What I Seen', New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2014
Thornton, Sarah, '33 Artists in 3 Acts', New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
Hoptman, Laura, 'The Forever Now. Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal Word', New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2014

2013 Acquavella Galleries (ed.), 'White Collar Crimes', New York: Acquavella Galleries, 2013 (exh. cat.)
Amirsadeghi, Hossein, Eisler, Maryam, 'Art Studio America. Contemporary Artist Spaces', London: TransGlobe Publishing/Thames & Hudson, 2013
Trigg, Sarah, 'Studio Life, Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process', New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2013
White, Deborah Gray, Bay, Mia, 'Freedom on My Mind. A History of African Americans, with Documents. Volume Two. Since 1865', Boston: Bedford, New York: St. Martin's, 2013
Powers, Bill, 'Interviews with Artists', New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2013
Michaela Unterdörfer (ed.), 'Hauser & Wirth 20 Years', Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2013
Hayes, Jeffreen M., Dobrinski, Rebecca, Krutko Devlin, Erin (et al.), 'Etched in collective History', Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2013, ill. (exh. cat.)

2012 Kistler, Ashley (ed.), 'you, your sun and shadow', Richmond: Anderson Gallery, School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012

2011 Roselione-Valadez, Juan, 'American Exuberance', Florida: Rubell Family Collection, 2011, ill.
Ricupero, Cristina, Vaillant, Alexis, Hollein, Max (eds.), 'Secret Societies', Cologne: Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2011 
(exh. cat.)
Curiger, Bice, Carmine, Giovanni, 'ILLUMInations. 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale DiVenezia', Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2011 
(exh. cat.)
Roselione-Valadez, Juan (ed.), 'Beg, Borrow and Steal. Rubell Family Collection', Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2011, ill. (exh. cat.)
Lundgren, Pärnilla, Lundgren, Stefan, 'Eslov Wide Shut', Malmö: Eslövs Kommun and Mallorca Landings, 2011

2010 Higgs, Matthew, Golden, Thelma, Huberman, Anthony (et al.), 'At Home/Not at Home. Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg', Annandale-on-Hudson: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 2010 (exh. cat.)
Touré, Dyson, Michael Eric, 'Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now', New York/London: Free Press, 2011

2008 Sirmans, Franklin, '30 Americans. Rubell Family Collection', Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2008 (exh. cat.)

2006 Laabs, Annegret, Gellner, Uwe (eds.), 'A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu. Colors', Magdeburg: Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, 2006 (exh. cat.)

2005 Yood, James, et al., 'Crossings. 10 artists from Chicago & Kaohsiung', Taiwan: Kaohsiung Art Museum, 2005

2004 Corcoran Museum of Art, 'Common Ground. Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art', London: Merrell Publishers, 2004 (exh. cat.)
Fusco, Coco, Wallis, Brian, 'Only Skin Deep', New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004

2003 Ilesanmi, Olukemi, 'The Squared Circle. Boxing in Contemporary Art', Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2003

2001 Golden, Thelma, 'Freestyle', New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2001

Press

2020 Rappolt, Mark, 'Rashid Johnson on Anxiety, Agency and Digital Exhibitions', on: artreview.com, 4 December 2020, ill.
Chen, Joyce, 'Cardi B, Rashid Johnson, David Hockney Among Artists Participating in Benefit Auction to Protest Police Violence', on: architecturaldigest.com, 20 November 2020, ill.
Urist, Jacoba, 'Artists combat New York’s Covid-19 hunger crisis, one plate at a time', on: theartnewspaper.com, 18 November 2020, ill.
Sporn, Stephanie, 'Feast Your Eyes on 50 Artist-Designed Plates Being Sold to Fight Homelessness', on: galeriemagazine.com, 16 November 2020
Gassmann, Gay, 'Glimpse Inside Superstar Artist Rashid Johnson's Enchanting Hamptons Oasis', on: architecturaldigest.com, 10 November 2020, ill.
Selvin, Claire, 'In "Open Studio" Book, Marina Abramović, Wangechi Mutu, and Others Offer Art Projects to Make at Home', on: artnews.com, 6 November 2020, ill.
___, 'London Bridged. Watch this Face', in: Vanity Fair on Art, New York, November 2020, p. 16, ill.
Pauly, Alexandra, 'Yoshitomo Nara and Other Renowned Artists Design Exclusive Plates for Charity', on: hypebae.com, 27 October 2020, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson at Hauser & Wirth London', on: emergentmag.com, 21 October 2020, ill.
___, 'Watch Now: Rashid Johnson in Conversation with Dr. Nicholas Cullinan', on: frieze.com, 16 October 2020
Frieze Talks, 'Rashid Johnson in Conversation with Dr. Nicholas Cullinan' [the artist speaks to the Director of London's National Portrait Gallery as part of the 2020 Frieze Talks programme], 16 October 2020
Estiler, Keith, 'Rashid Johnson Portraits of Chicago's Homeless on View at Virtual Frieze', on: hypebeast.com, 8 October 2020, ill.
Kim, Miyoung, 'Rashid Johnson: Waves', on: artkoreatv.com, 8 October 2020, ill.
___, 'American artist Rashid Johnson on searching for autonomy', on: lux-mag.com, ill.
Luke, Ben, 'Under the influence: three artists on how Bruce Nauman continues to be an inspiration', on: theartnewspaper.com, 2 October 2020, ill.
Claravino, Elena, 'Rashid Johnson: Waves', on: airmail.news, 5 October 2020, ill.
Westall, Mark, 'Rashid Johnson. Waves', on: fadmagazine.com, 3 October 2020, ill.
Barliant, Claire, 'Escape Artist' [interview], in: Apollo, October 2020, pp. 46-51, ill.
Piljae Park, 'Mid-career Artist Focus: Rashid Johnson', in: Black Magazine, 29 September 2020, ill.
Hedges, Frances, '10 must-see exhibitions for autumn', on: harpersbazaar.com, 28 September 2020, ill.
Angeleti, Gabriella, 'Artists are 'Biden the bullet' to support the 2020 Democratic ticket in the lead up to the US election', on: theartnewspaper.com, 28 September 2020
Keimig, Jasmyne, 'Currently Hanging: "Untitled Anxious Red Drawing" by Rashid Johnson at Hauser & Wirth (Online)', on: thestranger.com, 24 September 2020, ill.
___, 'A First Look At Rashid Johnson’s Major New Show At Hauser & Wirth London', on: somethingcurated.com, 22 September 2020, ill.
Cowan, Katy, 'Rashid Johnson mixes painting and ceramic tile mosaics to express the anxiety and escapism of "Broken Men"', on: crerativeboom.com, 18 September 2020, ill.
Macalister-Smith, Tilly, 'Rashid Johnson unveils gender-fluid jewellery collection', on: wallpaper.com, 1 September 2020, ill.
Marius, Marley, 'Signs of the Times. A new collaboration between Liz Swig and Rashid Johnson channels our era of anxiety into an artful and provocative line of jewelry', in: Vogue, New York, September 2020, p. 166, ill.
Luke, Ben, 'A brush with... Rashid Johnson' [interview], in: The Art Newspaper, London, no. 326, September 2020, p. 44, ill.
Eckardt, Stephanie, '15 Face Masks and Bandannas That Are Works of Art', on: wmagazine.com, 18 August 2020, ill.
Silver, Hannah, 'Artist-designed face masks raise money for Covid-19 relief efforts', on: wallpaper.com, 13 August 2020, ill.
Kaufman, David C., 'Rashid Johnson and Liz Swig Debut a New Jewelry Line for a Pair of Worthy Causes', on: architecturaldigest.com, 8 September 2020, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson, Hauser & Wirth, London', in: Design Anthology UK, London, no. 6, September 2020, p. 136, ill.
Sporn, Stephanie, 'Rashid Johnson’s First Jewelry Collection Interprets His Anxious Men in Gold and Rubies', on: galeriemagazine.com, 4 September 2020, ill.
Brara Noor, 'Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and Being Seen' [interview], on: nytimes.com, 24 June 2020, ill.
Goldstein, Caroline, 'Rashid Johnson, Anicka Yi, and Other Art Stars Twist Reality and Truth in This East Hampton Show—See Images Here', on: news.artnet.com, 13 July 2020, ill.
Florsheim, Lane, 'Rashid Johnson: Art “Can Be a Problematic Tool” for Responding to Current Events' [interview], on: wsj.com, 10 July 2020, ill.
Carrier, David, 'Rashid Johnson. Untitled Anxious Red Drawings', in: The Brooklyn Rail, New York, May 2020, ill.
Johnson, Rashid, 'Rashid Johnson. "Anxiety is part of my life. It's something that people of color don't really discuss as often as we should"', on: CNN.com, 8 May 2020, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson on creating art under lockdown', on: CNN.com, 7 May 2020, vid.
Aloi, Giovanni, 'Rashid Johnson. Plants, Presence, and Care', in: Esse arts + opinions, Montreal, no. 99, Spring / Summer 2020, pp. 40-47, ill.
Belcove, Julie, 'Art Therapy', in: Robb Report, Los Angeles, May 2020, pp. 104-105, ill.
Desmole, Lola, 'Hernan Bas, Rashid Johnson and More Must See Online Shows', on: whitewall.art, 29 April 2020
Miller, M.H., 'Two Exhibitions Respond to Art in the Age of Anxiety and Distance' [interview], on: nytimes.com, 24 April 2020, ill.
Dafoe, Taylor, '"I'm Just Trying Not to Avert My Eyes". How Rashid Johnson, George Condo, and Other Artists Are Taking on the Pandemic in Their Work', on: news.artnet.com, 23 April 2020, ill.
Loos, Ted, 'Artists Are Hunkered Down, but Still Nurturing Their Inner Visions', on: nytimes.com, 21 April 2020, ill.
Halle, Howard, 'NYC artist Rashid Johnson is creating striking work inspired by these anxious times', on: timeout.com, 20 April 2020, ill.
Cartter, Eileen, 'Let Rashid Johnson Tell You About Shea Butter Yellow', on: garage.vice.com, 19 April 2020, ill.
Moss, Alison, 'Vu en galerie. Rashid Johnson. Voir rouge', in: Le Quotidien de l'art, Paris, 16 April 2020, p. 13, ill.
Keener, Katherine, 'Rashid Johnson. Representing anxiety through art', on: art-critque.com, 16 April 2020, ill.
Holmes, Helen, 'Rashid Johnson Made These 'Anxious Red Drawings' in Response to Coronavirus', on: observer.com, 14 April 2020, ill.
Belcove, Julie, '16 Contemporary Artists Respond to the Covid-19 Crisis With Poignant New Works', on: robbreport.com, 10 April 2020, ill.
___, 'Colour in quarantine with artists like Daniel Heidkamp, KAWS and Rashid Johnson', in: The Art Newspaper, London, 7 April 2020
Wanfeng, 'How does contemporary art respond to the epidemic?', in: Wall Street Journal China, 4 March 2020 ill.
Arn, Jackson, 'Rashid Johnson. The Hikers at Hauser & Wirth New York' [review], in: Art in America, New York NY, 26 February 2020, ill.
___, 'Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 NAACP Image Awards', on: billboard.com, 22 February 2020
Arn, Jackson 'Rashid Johnson and the Age of Broken Men', [review], in: Art in America, New York NY, 12 February 2020, ill.
Kazanjian, Dodie, 'Jump Cut', in: Vogue, New York, January 2020, pp. 84-87, 104-105, ill.
Gibbs, Adrienne, 'NAACP Image Awards 2020. Complete Nominations List', on: forbes.com, 31 January 2020
___, 'Rashid Johnson “The Hikers” at Hauser & Wirth, New York', on: moussemagazine.it, Milan, January 2020, ill.

2019 ___, 'Rashid Johnson. The Hikers', on: artdaily.cc, New York, 2019, ill.
Sayej, Nadja, 'Rashid Johnson on broken men, the black body and why Trump is bad for art', on: www.theguardian.com, London, 25 November 2019, ill.
Veitch, Mara, 'ARTIST RASHID JOHNSON ISN'T THE PLANT-PARENTING TYPE', in: Interview Magazine, New York NY, 15 November 2019, ill. (interview)
Artsy Editors, 'The Most Influential Living African-American Artists', on: www.artsy.net, New York, 25 February 2019, ill.
Scott, Sydney, '"Native Son" Is The Next Gut-Wrenching Film You'll Want To See', on: www.essence.com, New York, 31 January 2019, ill.
Xiong, Jack, 'African-American Classic 'Native Son' Film Adaptation as Relevant Today as 1940', on: www.citizentruth.org, Los Angeles, 30 January 2019, ill.
Ebiri, Bilge, 'Native Son Breathes New Life Into One of American Literature's Most Heartbreaking Characters', on: www.vulture.com, New York, 27 January 2019, ill.
Rojas, Ryan, ''Native Son' Sundance Review. A classic gets a modern punk adaptation', on: www.cinemacy.com, Los Angeles, 27 January 2019, ill.
Gleiberman, Own, 'Sundance Film Review. Native Son', on: www.variety.com, New York, 25 January 2019, ill.
Lee, Benjamin, 'Native Son review. Ashton Sanders dominates darkly compelling adaptation', on: www.theguardian.com, New York, 25 January 2019, ill.
Fleming Jr., Mike, 'HBO Films Lands Rashid Johnson-Helmed Sundance Pic 'Native Son'', on: www.deadline.com, Los Angeles, 24 January 2019, ill.
Wightman-Stone, Danielle, 'Grace Wales Bonner stages first exhibition', Hoogoorddreef, 24 January 2019, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Culture Type Picks. 18 Best Black Art Books of 2018', on: www.culturetype.com, Silver Springs, 4 January 2019

2018 Valentine, Victoria L., 'Latest News in African American Art. Tavares Strachan Launches Sculpture Into Space, Urgent Call to Repair Richmond Barthé Frieze & More', on: www.culturetype.com, Silver Springs, 4 December 2018
Siegal, Tatiana, 'Sundance Unveils Politics-Heavy Lineup Featuring Ocasio-Cortez Doc, Feinstein Drama', on: www.hollywoodreporter.com, Los Angeles, 28 November 2018
Quin, John, 'Lord of the Flies. Pierre Huyghe at the Serpentine', on: www.thequietus.com, London, 9 November 2018, ill.
Adams, Amanda Dalla Villa, ''Hedges, Edges, Dirt' and Rashid Johnson at VCU's ICA in Richmond', on: www.burnaway.org, Atlanta, 8 November 2018, ill.
Clendenen, Dustin, ''Update. For Freedoms' Arrives in L.A. Ahead of Nov. 6 Midterm Election', on: www.laweekly.com, Los Angeles, 23 October 2018, ill.
Neuendorf, Henri, 'Dealer Monique Meloche Is Thriving—Even After a Mega-Gallery Wooed Away Her Biggest Stars. Here's Why', on: www.artnet.com, New York, 21 August 2018, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson on His Immersive Exhibition Within our Gates at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art', on: www.sothebys.com, London, 22 July 2018
Tipton, Gemma, 'The skin we're in', on: www.irishtimes.com, Dublin, 5 June 2018
Burns, Charlotte, 'Different Perspectives', in: Monocle, London, 11 June 2018, pp. 20-21
Tuchman, Phyllis, ''A Whole Meal': Rashid Johnson on His Polyvalent Practice, From Early Photography to Forthcoming Feature Film', on: www.artnews.com, New York, 25 June 2018
Ochoa, Laurie, 'Essential Arts & Culture: The Tony's fear of the new TV's take on Boyle Heights' art fight', on: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 6 May 2018
Zellen, Jody, 'Rashid Johnson', on: Visual Art Source, Los Angeles, May 2018
Knight, Christopher, 'Rashid Johnson at David Kordansky Gallery: Power, protection, plus 'Ugly Pots', in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 5 May 2018
Drohokowska-Philip, Hunter, 'Peter Shire and Rashid Johnson', on: KCRW, Los Angeles, 3 May 2018
Shaw, Anny, 'Rashid Johnson starts filming Native Son in Chicago', in: The Art Newspaper, London, 2 April, 2018
Karefa-Johnson, Gabriella, 'The Film Adaption of “Native Son” Is Coming, and It'll Probably Win an Oscar.', on: garage.vice.com, New York, 16 March 2018

(cont'd) McQuaid, Cate, 'Celebrating Barkley L. Hendricks at MassArt', on: www.bostonglobe.com, Boston, 17 February 2018
Touré, 'Rashid Johnson Loves Being Black', on: www.lofficielusa.com, New York, 15 February 2018
Reynolds, Pamela, 'MassArt's Barkley L. Hendricks Tribute 'Legacy Of The Cool' Is Too Hot To Overlook', on: www.wbur.org, Boston, 9 February 2018
Johnson, Rashid, 'Lucy Dodd by Rashid Johnson', on: bombmagazine.org, New York, 9 January 2018
Martinez-Ortiz, Ana, 'A Year In Review: Murals, Masterpieces and Makers', on: milwaukeecourieronline.com, Milwaukee, 6 January 2018
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Culture Type: The Year in Black Art 2017', on: www.culturetype.com, Silver Springs, 4 January 2018
Kinsella, Eileen, 'At Age 84, Living Legend Sam Gilliam Is Enjoying His Greatest Renaissance Yet', on: news.artnet.com, New York, 2 January 2018

2017 Beauchemin, Molly, 'Reflecting Back on Rashid Johnson's Plant-Filled Within Our Gates', on: gardencollage.com, New York, 21 December 2017
Sargent, Antwaun, 'How Black Artists, Dealers, and Collectors Are Boosting the Careers of Their Younger Peers', on: www.artsy.net, New York, 14 December 2017
Roux, Caroline, 'Annabelle Selldorf's Mwabwindo School wins Miami design prize', on: www.ft.com, London, 7 December 2017
Shaw, Anny, 'Design Miami award goes to artist-backed school in Africa', on: theartnewspaper.com, London, 6 December 2017
Maneker, Marion, 'Bradford, Bourgeois & Nauman at Hauser + Wirth ABMB', on: www.artmarketmonitor.com, New York, 30 November 2017
Bomb, Pelican, 'Prospect.4 exhibitions are full of surprises -- like Easter eggs', on: www.nola.com, New Orleans, 29 November 2017
Freeman, Nate, 'On Eve of Art Basel Miami Beach's Booze-Soaked Bacchanal, Video Looks at Artist/Dealer/ARTnews Memoirist's 'Dry Years'', on: www.artnews.com, New York, 28 November 2017
___, 'Morning Links: Venice Biennale Attendance Record Edition', on: www.artnews.com, New York, 27 November 2017
___, 'Art Industry News: Rapper 2 Chainz Weighs in on Salvator Mundi's Authenticity + More Must-Read Stories', on: news.artnet.com, New York, 24 November 2017
Loos, Ted, 'In Prospect New Orleans, a Curator Guides 73 Artists Toward Higher Ground', on: www.nytimes.com, New York, 23 November 2017
Indrisek, Scott, 'Prospect.4 Brings Big Names to New Orleans–but Doesn't Take Enough Risks', www.artsy.net, New York, 20 November 2017
McLaughlin, Aimée, 'The creative industries' collaborative campaign to support Planned Parenthood', on: www.designweek.co.uk, London, 20 November 2017
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Lyle Ashton Harris Joins Salon 94, the Multidisciplinary Artist Has a New Gallery and a New Book', on: www.culturetype.com, Silver Spring, 18 November 2017
___,'The rise and rise of performance art', on: www.economist.com, New York NY, 18 November 2017
Carrigan, Margaret, 'Rashid Johnson Presents the Parrish Museum Collection in a New Light', on: observer.com, New York, 17 November 2017
Krasinski, Jennifer, 'A Half-Century After Hitting the Art Scene, Sam Gilliam's Legacy Blossoms', on: www.villagevoice.com, New York NY, 15 November 2017
'Time Traveler Who Creates History For Himself', on: mp.weixin.qq.com, Guangzhou, China, 8 November 2017
'Fifth Anniversary Celebration Schedule At The Parrish Art Museum', on: www.27east.com, Southampton NY, 7 November 2017
Miller, Nicole, 'Anger Management', on: brooklynrail.org, New York NY, 2 November 2017
Selldorf, Annabelle, 'Architect Annabelle Selldorf on narrative structures', on: americanwaymagazine.com, Dallas TX, November/December 2017
Sheets, Hilarie, 'Taking the Plunge: 5 Famous Artists on Risking Their Dignity—by Trying Performance Art', on: news.artnet.com, New York NY, 30 October 2017
Lennon, Anastasia, 'Parrish Art Museum Celebrating 5th Anniversary At Water Mill Location', on: www.hamptons.com, Southampton NY, 26 October 2017
Mitchell, Michael, 'MoCADA Celebrates 18 Years With 3rd Annual Masquerade Ball, Features Maxwell, Lion Babe & More', on: www.radiofacts.com, Studio City CA, 26 October 2017
Loos, Ted, 'For the Chef Daniel Humm, Less is More. On His Wall Too', on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 24 October 2017
Sussman, Anna Louise, 'What's Sold at FIAC', on: www.artsy.net, New York NY, 20 October 2017
Muñoz-Alonso, Lorena, 'Electrified by the 'Macron Effect,' FIAC Surges With Sales and Art-Market Confidence in Paris', on: news.artnet.com, New York NY, 19 October 2017
'2017 ART021 Gallery: Hauser & Wirth', on: mp.weixin.qq.com, Guangzhou, China, 14 October 2017
Brady, Anna, 'Hauser & Wirth's Bronze Age 'museum' to travel to Colchester', on: theartnewspaper.com, London, UK, 10 October 2017
McMahon, Katherine, and Andy Battaglia, 'Step into a New Phase: Eleven Madison Park Makes Art Part of a Fabled Restaurant Setting', on: www.artnews.com, New York NY, 10 October 2017
Muñoz-Alonso, Lorena, 'See the 10 Best Booths at This Year's Frieze London Art Fair', on: news.artnet.com, London, UK, 5 October 2017
Warde-Aldam, Digby, 'Frieze London 2017 in Review: The Good, The Bad and The Celebrities', on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 5 October 2017
Halperin, Julia, 'Cicero Would Have Loved Frieze, and Other Insights on Art Fairs From Classicist Mary Beard', on: news.artnet.com, London, UK, 4 October 2017
Harrison, Anya, 'Frieze Sales Led by $2.75 Million Koons at Sold-Out David Zwirner', on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 4 October 2017
Jones, Alexander, 'Frieze London and Masters Find a Common Future for Contemporary Art', on: www.artsy.com, New York NY, 4 October 2017
Tobin, Emily, 'The Shows You Should See During Frieze', on: www.mutualart.com, London, UK, 3 October 2017
Eckardt, Stephanie, 'Thongs, Temporary Tattoos, and Other Fun Ways Barbara Kruger, Marilyn Minter, and 70 Other Angry Artists Are Now Resisting Donald Trump', on: www.wmagazine.com, New York NY, 28 September 2017
'Panerai Design Miami/Visionary Award 2017: The Mwabwindo School', on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 27 September 2017
Hojnicki, Carrie, 'Selldorf's Mwabwindo School Receives Top Design Miami/ Honor', on: www.architecturaldigest.com, New York NY, 22 September 2017
'Art news daily', on: www.apollo-magazine.com, London, UK, 14 September 2017
Fullerton, Elizabeth, 'Stranger in a Strange Land: A Rashid Johnson Resonates in Rural England', on: www.artnews.com, New York NY, 8 September 2017
Thackara, Tess, 'At the Brooklyn Museum, Tracing the History of Lynching in America', on: www.artsy.com, New York NY, 1 September 2017
Jones, Jonathan, 'Five of the best', in: The Guardian Guide, London, UK, 19-20 August 2017, p. 32
Furman, Anna, 'How art is being used to explore America's shameful legacy of lynching', on: www.theguardian.com, 31 July 2017
Ziv, Stav, 'What It Means To Be Black in America: 'Slavery Didn't End in 1865. It Evolved.'', on: www.newsweek.com, New York NY, 29 July 2017
Sterr, Emily, 'Stranger in the Village', on: elephantmag.com, 22 June 2017
'States of the Art' in: Financial Times How to Spend It, London, UK, 9 June 2017
Fowler, William, 'Chicago Wanderer: How Will a Black American Artist-Whose work explores roots, race, and identity, adjust to his new life in a tiny Somerset Village?, in: The Guardian, London, UK
Rosen, Miss, 'Artist Rashid Johnson Explores the Stranger in Us All', on craveonline.com, 6 June 2017
Benson, Louise, 'African-American artist Rashid Johnson is exploring life in the trump era', on:
i-d.vice.com, 7 June 2017
Barnes, Freire, 'African-American Artist Rashid Johnson Talks Escapism and Shea Butter, on: theculturetrip.com, 31 May 2017
Hess, Ewa, 'Kunst I', in: Sonntagszeitung, 12 March 2017, p. 67, ill.
Kennedy, Randy, 'Saving Nina Simone's Birthplace as an Act of Art and Politics', on: nytimes.com, 2 March 2017
Rosen, Miss, '4 Visual Artists Who've Become Film Directors', on: craveonline.com, 1 March 2017
'Drawing Center Appoints Four New Trustees and Announces Honorees for Fortieth Anniversary Gala', on: artforum.com, 23 February 2017
Dafoe, Taylor, 'Rashid Johnson to Direct Film Adaptation of “Native Son”, on: artinfo.com, 21 February 2017
'Suzan-Lori Parks and Rashid Johnson Collaborate to Make Richard Wright's Novel Native Son into a Movie', on: artforum.com, 21 February 2017
Kinsella, Eileen, 'Rashid Johnson to Make Directorial Debut With Adaptation of 'Native Son', on: artnet.com, 21 February 2017
'Rashid Johnson in the director's chair', on: theartnewspaper.com, 21 February 2017
'Freeman, Nate, 'Rashid Johnson to Direct Adaptation of Richard Wright's 'Native Son' in Feature Film Debut', on: artnews.com, 21 February 2017
Abrams, Amah-Rose, 'Artists Donate Works for New Cape Town Museum Zeitz MOCAA', on: artnet.com, 16 February 2017
'An Artist and a Poet Contemplate Freedom', in: The New York Times, 15 February 2017,
Pogrebin, Robin, 'On Bernard Lumpkin's Wall, a Visual Conversation About His Roots', on: newyorktimes.com, 2 February 2017
Cox, Sharon “UJ celebrates Black History Month with convocation Tuesday”, on: jamestownsun.com, 2 February 2017
Scher, Robin, 'Performa Adds Two Board Members, names Richard Chang Board President', on: artnews.com, 2 February 2017 Taylor, Elise, 'Bob Colacello on Blurred Art, “Blurred Lines,” and Christmas Gifts from Andy Warhol', on: vanityfair.com, 27 January 2017
Kinsella, Eileen, 'Who to Network With During Art LA Contemporary', on: artnet.com, 24 January 2017

2016 Stevens, Hampton, 'Preview: Art In the Year Ahead', on: flatlandkc.org, 26 December 2016
Kinsella, Eileen, 'See the 10 Most Exciting Artists in the United States Today', on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 14 December 2016
Bourland, Ian, 'Blackness in Abstraction', in: Frieze, London England, November 2016, p. 246
Harvan, Zoe, 'Smith frames contemporary photography with historical examples', on: www.williamsrecord.com, Williamstown MA, 18 October 2016
Planes, Peter, 'New York Gallery Shows for the Weekend', on: www.wsj.com, New York NY, 7 October 2016
Wong, Ryan Lee, 'Rashid Johnson Explores Blackness and Invisibility', on: www.villagevoice.com, New York NY, 5 October 2016
'Rashid Johnson: 'I can do this?'', on: www.the-talks.com, New York NY, 5 October 2016
Smith, Roberta, 'In Fly Away', Rashid Johnson Keeps the Focus on Race', on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 15 September 2016
Bourland, Ian, 'Critics' Picks; Rashid Johnson', on: www.artform.com, New York NY, September 2016
Martinez, Alanna, 'Anxious Man: Rashid Johnson on Navigating Worry, Violence and Parenthood', on: www.observer.com, New York NY, 28 September 2016
Kino, Carol, 'An Anxious Man', in: Cultured Magazine, Miami FL, Fall 2016, pp.170-176
Rodney, Seph, 'A Weighty Rashid Johnson Show that Doesn't Take Off', on: www.hyperallergic.com, Brooklyn NY, 26 September 2016
Laster, Paul, 'Artist Rashid Johnson's latest work ponders the limits of freedom', on: www.timeout.com, New York NY, 20 September 2016
Lehrer, Adam, 'Rashid Johnson's Hauser & Wirth Exhibition 'Fly Away' Might be the Timeliest Art Show of 2016', on: www.forbes.com, New York NY, 14 September 2016
Indrisek, Scott, '5 Can't Miss Gallery Shows in New York', on: www.artinfo.com, New York NY, 14 September 2016
Fowle, Kate, 'Rashid Johnson in conversation with Kate Fowle', in: GARAGE Magazine, Moscow, Russia, 10, pp. 156-161
Petty, Kelly, 'Historic Columbia explores Southern black culture and tradition in new exhibit', on: www.coladaily.com, Columbia SC, 31 May 2016
Biswas, Allie, 'In conversation: Rashid Johnson with Allie Biswas', in: The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn NY, December 2015 - January 2016, pp. 6-8

2015 Kinsella, Eileen, 'Day Two Art Basel Sales Report: Buyers Keep Flocking to Gallery Booths,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 17 June 2015
Forrest, Nicholas, 'Art Basel 2015 Sales Report: See What's Selling; Update 3,' on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 17 June 2015
Binlot, Ann, 'Karlie Kloss, Larry Gagosian, and More Toast the New Garage Museum in Moscow,' on: www.style.com, New York NY, 12 June 2015
Tarmy, James, 'How to Buy Your Way Into the Art World,' on: www.bloomberg.com, New York NY, 4 June 2015
Black, Matt, 'Rashid Johnson's Post-black Art,' on: www.nowness.com, New York NY, 2 June 2015
Gordon, Amanda L., 'Scene Last Night: Icahn, Black, Bacon, Cotton, Diamond, Gurung,' on: www.bloomberg.com, New York NY, 21 May 2015
Freeman, Nate, 'Artists Explain Why Their High Line Sculpture Will Delight—and Puzzle—All the Tourists,' on: www.vulture.com, New York NY, 27 May 2015
Hartman, Darrell, 'Auction Veterans Launch Cultivist, an Art-Concierge Service,' on: www.wsj.com, New York NY, May 28 2015
Melena, Ryzik, 'A Look Inside Vito Schnabel's Bowery Bank Show,' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 28 May 2015
Yablonsky, Linda, 'Young at Art: Some of today's hottest new art world discovereies (like 100-year-old Carmen Herrera) were definitely not born yesterday), on: www.wmagazine.com, New York NY, 11 May 2015
Blanco, Alvin Aqua, 'Drake Visits Art Exhibit He Musically Curated,' on: www.hiphopwired.com, New York NY, 8 May 2015
Leight, Elias, 'Inside Drake's “I Like It Like This” Sotheby's Exhibit,' on: www.billboard.com, New York NY, 8 May 2015
Chayka, Kyle, 'First Look! Kerry James Marshall Shows the High Line's Future Gentrification,' on: www.vulture.com, New York NY, 5 May 2015
Jordan, Eliza, 'Free Arts NYC Honors Rashid Johnson and Raises Over $1M,' on: www.whitewallmag.com, New York NY, 1 May 2015
Renshaw, David, 'Drake curats music for Sotheby's show “I Like It Like This” in New York,' on: www.nme.com, London UK, 1 May 2015
Cascone, Sarah, 'Brooke Shields Celebrates Rashid Johnson at Free Arts NYC Benefit Auction,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 1 May 2015
Betker, Ally, 'Free Arts NYC Auction Draws Tali Lennox, Cleo Wade,' on: www.wwd.com, New York NY, 30 April 2015
Nordstrom, Leigh, 'Kelly Rutherford, Sarah Hoover, and More Support Free Arts NYC's Annual Auction Honoring Rashid Johnson,' on: www.vogue.com, New York NY, 30 April 2015
King, Cyd, '“30 Americans” is jaw-dropping, thoughtful,' on: www.arkansasonline.com, Little Rock AR, 26 April 2015
Ortved, John, 'Jeff Koons, David Schwimmer, Rachel Feinstein, and More Come Out to the New Museum Spring Gala,' on: www.vogue.com, New York NY, 9 April 2015
__, 'Perez Art Museum Miami,' on: www.metrocitizen.net, Miami FL, 8 April 2015
Ghorashi, Hannah, 'Ryan Trecartin, Alec Soth, Frank Stella Included in Lineup For Anderson Ranch's 2015 Summer Series,' on: www.artnews.com, New York NY, 7 April 2015
Ravich, Nick, 'Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool,' on: www.blog.art21.org, New York NY, 3 April 2015
Merijan, Ara H., 'The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,' in: Frieze, London UK, April 2015, pp. 132-133
Cahill, James, 'Rashid Johnson: Hauser & Wirth,' in: Art In America, New York, NY April 2015
Walsh, Brienne, 'Art News Roundup— March 27, 2015,' on: www.huffingtonpost.com, New York NY, 1 April 2015
Aranco, Jorge S., 'Soho Revival,' in: Luxe Magazine, New York NY, Spring 2015, pp. 301-311
Nathan, Emily, 'Black Representation Countered with Personal Narrative and Social Satire: Rashid Johnson,' in: Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo Japan, Spring 2015
Blair, Courtney Willis, 'The Month's Best of New York Art & Culture,' on: www.forbes.com, New York NY, 31 March 2015
Heyman, Marshall, 'Rashid Johnson Trades Knowledge for Fresh Perspective at Workshop,' in: The Wall Street Journal, New York NY, 30 March 2015
Sturgeon, Jonathan, 'Are Pop Music and the Art World Getting a Divorce?' on: www.flavorwire.com, New York NY, 25 March 2015
Middleton, Ryan, 'Drake to Soundtrack Sotheby's Black American Artists Sale,' on: www.musictimes.com, New York NY, 22 March 2015
S., Danny, 'Drake To Curate Music For Exhibit of Contemporary Black Art at Sotheby's,' on: www.hotnewhiphop.com, New York NY, 22 March 2015
Cohen Blatter, Lucy, 'The Young Collectors Party: Where Young Museums Patrons and Artists Revel,' on: www.wsj.com, New York NY, 20 March 2015
Hillyard, Kim, 'Drake partners with Sotheby's to soundtrack art exhibition in New York,' on: www.nme.com, London UK, 20 March 2015
Waxman, Olivia B., 'Drake Is Going to Be an Art Curator,' on: www.time.com, New York NY, 20 March 2015
Vena, Jocelyn, 'Find Out Why Drake Is Working With Sotheby's This Spring,' on: www.billboard.com, New York NY, 20 March 2015
__, 'DJ Afrika Bambaataa Spins at Guggenheim's Young Collectors Party,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 20 March 2015
Cooper, Anneliese and Bodick, Noelle, 'Drake Collaborates with Sotheby's, Picasso's Handyman Convicted, and More,' on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 20 March 2015
Camp, Zoe, 'Drake Partnering With Sotheby's to Soundtrack Art Exhibition,' on: www.pitchfork.com, Chicago IL, 19 March 2015
Bowley, Graham and Dobrzynski, Judith H., 'Sotheby's to Team Up With Drake,' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 19 March 2015
Pundyk, Anne Sherwood, 'Reviewing the Responses to MoMA's Divisive Painting Survey,' on: www.hyperallergic.com, New York NY, 19 March 2015
Tschida, Anne, 'CIFO exhibit explores abstract art, the “movement” that changed art forever,' on: www.miamiherald.com, Miami FL, 6 March 2015
Caws, Mary Ann, 'The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,' on: www.brooklynrail.com, Brooklyn NY, 5 March 2015
Wallach, Amei, ''The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,' on: www.brooklynrail.com, Brooklyn NY, 5 March 2015
Sheets, Hilarie M., 'A Wink at the Quirks of a Famed Collector, www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 5 March 2015
Yerebakan, O.C., 'London—Rashid Johnson: “Smile” at Hauser & Wirth Through March 7th, 2015,' on: www.artobserved.com, New York NY, 5 March 2015
__, 'All the World's Exhibits,' in: Public Art, Seoul Korea, March 2015, pp. 32-49
Hastings, Sophie, 'Beyond the Sea: Curator Omar Kholeif is redefining art from the Mediterranean,' in: GQ, London UK, March 2015, p. 207
__, 'See, Listen, Enjoy,' in: Blouin Lifestyle, New York NY, March 2015, p. 109
__, '#22: Rashid Johnson,' in: Bitsu Techo—100 Contemporary Artists of our Time, Tokyo Japan, March 2015, p. 49
__, 'Rashid Johnson: Smile,' in: Mousse, February/March 2015, Milan Italy, p. 288
Smith, Roberta, 'Louise Nevelson: “Collage and Assemblage,” on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 26 February 2015
Prapoglou, Kostas, 'Rashid Johnson: Hauser & Wirth,' in: The Seen, Chicago IL, 23 February 2015, pp. 1-3
Cullen, Miguel, 'The pointed gun that suggests ignorance is bliss,' in: The Catholic Herald, London UK, 20 February 2015
Kazakina, Katya, 'Ai Weiwei sets record as Philiips caps US$1b sales,' on: www.bloomberg.com, New York NY, 13 February 2015
Salina, Elen, 'This month's must-see exhibitions in London,' on: www.livincool.com, London UK, 13 Feburary 2015
Gleadell, Colin, 'Philips London Gains New Luster with $26.9 Million Contemporary Art Evening Sale,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 12 February 2015
Gleadell, Colin, 'Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads Hit $4.4 Million at $26.9 Million Phillips London Contemporary Art Evening Sale,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 12 February 2015
__, 'Smile,' on: www.art-scene.tv, London UK, 9 February 2015
Thorne, Harry, 'Mira Schendel: Monotypes,' on: www.studiointernational.com, New York NY, 6 February 2015
__, 'Something for the Weekend: Rashid Johnson Smile,' on: www.joseph-fashion.com, London UK, 6 February 2015
Suede, 'Picasso Who? AfroPop + Afropunk Blow Up Black Modern Art, ' on: www.ebony.com, Chicago IL, 5 February 2015
Bodick, Noelle, 'SculptureCenter Launches Benefit Sale,' on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 3 February 2015
__, 'Smile: Rashid Johnson's Show at Hauser & Wirth London,' on: www.crfashionbook.com, New York NY, 2 February 2015
DeWolfe, Danielle, 'Rashid Johnson: child's play,' on: www.dazeddigital.com, London UK, 2 Feburary 2015
Forrest, Nicholas, 'Rashid Johnson's Loaded “Smile” At Hauser & Wirth,' in: ArtInfo, New York NY, February 2015, p. 12
Sherwin, Skye 'Rashid Jonson “Smile”', in: The Guardian Guide, London UK, vol.___, no. ___, 24 – 30 January 2015, p. 36, (ill.)
__, 'United Kingdom openings and events this week 28th January 2015 – 6th February 2015,' on: www.artrabbit.com, London UK, 28 January 2015
__, 'Rashid Johnson. “Smile” at Hauser & Wirth London,' on: www.roomsmagazine.com, London UK, 27 January 2015
__, 'Opening this week,' in: Time Out London, London UK, 27 January 2015, p. 75
Gleadell, Colin, 'Why all roads lead to the capital,' in: The Daily Telegraph, London UK, 27 January 2015
__, 'Art Opening: Rashid Johnson: Smile @HauserWirth Tuesday 27th January 2015,' on: www.fad.org.uk, 26 January 2015
Kennedy, Patrick, 'BWW Reviews: Surveying Painting's Domain with The Forever Now at MoMA,' on: www.broadwayworld.com, New York NY, 26 January 2015
__, 'Forms of Abstraction” on: www.miamiherald.com, Miami FL, 24 January 2015
__, 'Rashid Johnson: London,' in: The Guardian Guide, London UK, 24 January 2015, p. 36
__, 'Rashid Johnson's “Smile” to open at Hauser & Wirth London,' on: www.artmediaagency.com, Paris France, 20 January 2015
Smart, Lauren, 'Dispatch from New York: Visual Art Is an Overcrowded Cocktail Party,' on: www.dallasobserver.com, Dallas TX, 15 January 2015
__, 'AIPAD Photography Show Releases 2015 Exhibitor List,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 13 January 2015
Budick, Ariella, 'The Forever Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York—review,' on: www.financialtimes.com, London UK, 5 January 2015
__, 'Rashid Johnson: Smile, Hauser & Wirth,' on: www.culturewhisper.com, London UK, January 2015
Collings, Matthew, 'Rimbaud on artist statements for grant applications,' on: www.artreview.com, London UK, January-February 2015
Jaffe, Tali, '33 Artists,' on: www.culturedmag.com, New York NY, January 2015
J. Lorand Matory, 'Stureplan People. Racial Fantasy and Human Reality in Today's Sweden', Cambridge: Transition, The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora, no. 118, 2015

2014 Browne, Alix, 'Artists in Residence: Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian can't help but bring their work home,' in: W Art, New York NY, December 2014-January 2015, pp. 36-38, ill.
Solway, Diane, 'Family,' in: W, New York NY, December 2014-January 2015, pp. 134-139
Valentine, Victoria L., 'W Magazine Concludes 2014 with Coverage of Sam Gilliam, Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu and Kevin Beasley,' on: www.culturetype.com, Silver Spring MD, 29 December 2015
Bischoff, Dan, 'Art Review: Forever Now “Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World” at the Museum of Modern Art,' on: www.nj.com, Newark NJ, 28 December 2014,
Micchelli, Thomas, 'The Death of Painting: All-New, 2014 Edition,' on: www.hyperallergic.com, New York NY, 20 December 2014
Trigg, Sarah, 'Why We're Seduced by Rashid Johnson's Studio Rituals,' on: www.vulture.com, New York NY, 16 December 2014
__, 'Hauser & Wirth,' on: www.thevanderlust.com, London UK, 16 December 2014
Perrée, Rob, 'Rashid Johnson,' on: www.africanah.org, Amsterdam Netherlands, 13 December 2014, ill.
Daniel, Daria, 'For Just Five Days, Wade Guyton, Dana Schutz, and Rashid Johnson at de la Cruz Collection,' on: www.artnet.com, New York NY, 11 December 2014
Smith, Roberta, 'The Paintbrush in the Digital Era,' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 11 December 2014
Beech, Aja, 'Ceremonies of Dark Men,' on: www.huffingtonpost.com, New York NY, 11 December 2014
Wells, Pete, 'Restaurant Review: Dirty French on the Lower East Side,' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 9 December 2014
Morrissey, Siobhan, 'During Miami Art Week, these are must-see exhibits,' on: www.miamiherald.com, Miami FL, December 5, 2014
Cigainero, Jake, 'Hidden Treasures From Flanders,' on: www.nytimes.com, New York NY, 4 December 2014
Kielmayer, Oliver, 'Leuchtendes Schwarz,' in: Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur Switzerland, December 2014
Curran, Holly, 'Seven Details: Rashid Johnson,' in: Twin Magazine, London UK, December 2014, ill.
__, 'The Artists' Artists,' in: Artforum, New York NY, December 2014
Browne, Alix, 'Artists in Residence: Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovespian can't help but bring their work home,' on: www.wmagazine.com, New York NY, 25 November 2014
Gavin, Francesca, 'Something to Reflect On,' in: Financial Times “How To Spend It,” London UK, 22 November 2014, p. 26, ill.
Pini, Gary, 'Our Mega Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2014: Part 5,' on: www.papermag.com, New York NY, 19 November 2014
Sarti, Jordan, 'Review: “Body Doubles” at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,' on: www.depauliaoneline.com, Chicago IL, 6 November 2014
Vipond Brink, Rebecca, 'About Art and Art Selfies,' on: www.thefrisky.com, New York NY, 4 November 2014
Runice, Jacky, 'On the road: See double at MCA's new “Body Doubles” exhibit,' on: www.dailyherald.com, Arlington Heights IL, 31 October 2014, ill.
Zimskind, Lyle, 'Rashid Johnson at David Kordansky Gallery,' on: www.whitehotmagazine.com, Brooklyn NY, 28 October 2014, ill.
Hastings, Sophie, 'A guide to the best art at Frieze 2014,' on: www.huffingtonpost.com, London UK, 24 October 2014
Coutts, Marion, '33 Artists in 3 Acts by Sarah Thornton—review,' on: www.theguardian.com, 23 October 2014
__, 'Five Stars For Stripes,' in: The Daily Telegraph, London UK, 19 October 2014, p. 11, ill.
Karich, Swantke, 'Die Würfel sind noch nicht gefallen,' in: FAZ, Frankfurt Germany, 18 October 2014, p. 15
Siegal, Nina, 'The id and the ego, depicted in color,' in: The International New York Times, Paris France, 16 October 2014, p. 7, ill.
Buck, Louisa, 'Frieze London gets a merry makeover,' on: www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury, London UK, 16 October 2014
Warner, Maria, 'Blackfriars station', on: www.ft.com, London UK, 10 October 2014
Knight, Christopher, 'The Personal and Political in Rashid Johnson's cubes,' on: www.latimes.com, Los Angeles CA, 10 October 2014, ill.
Biswas, Allie, 'Unveiled: The Danjuma Collection on View,' on: www.theglassmagazine.com, New York NY, 9 October 2014, ill.
Williams, Maxwell, 'The Accumulation of Self: How Rashid Johnson's Art Adds Up', on: www.artinamerica.com, New York NY, 8 October 2014, ill.
Kunitz, Daniel, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Modern painters, New York NY, October 2014, ill.
Ekin, Annette, 'Historic Seoul Building Reopens as Art Museum', on: www.wsj.com, New York NY, 24 September 2014
Picard, Caroline, 'Enduring Materials - Performa: Rashid Johnson's Dutchman at Red Square Baths', on: www.artslant.com, Los Angeles LA, 22 September 2014
Romano, Mary, 'Shaquille O'Neal Becomes Curator as Expo Chicago Begins', on: www.bloomberg.com, New York NY, 20 September 2014
Bernardini, Andrew, 'Islands in the Stream,' on: www.artforum.com, New York NY, 18 September 2014
Finkel, Jori, 'Fourth time's a charm', on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London UK, 16 September 2014, ill.
Miranda, Carolina A., 'Weekend Gallery Report: From snuggles to tacos, everything I saw,' on: www.latimes.com, 15 September 2014, ill.
Rappolt, Mark, 'Rashid Johnson Magic Numbers', in: Art Review Asia, London UK, Autumn/Winter 2014, p. 103, ill.
Guiducci, Mark, 'Vogue's Fall Art Guide: 11 Moments to Look Forward To', on: www.vogue.com, New York NY, 12 September 2014
Miranda, Carolina A., 'Datebook: Painting, performance and film as art season gets into gear', on: www.latimes.com, Los Angeles LA, 11 September 2014, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson: Dutchman, Red Square Russian and Turkish Baths, Chicago,' on: www.aestheticamagazine.com, York UK, 11 September 2014, ill.
Waters, Florence, 'Rashid Johnson: Shelter,' on: www.artreview.com, London UK, 13 September 2014, ill.
___, 'Our Guide to Fall Arts', on: www.chicagoreader.com, Chicago IL, 10 September 2014
Morton, Tom, 'The History Man', in: Frieze, London UK, September 2014, pp.135-139, ill.
Zhong, Fan, 'Supersize It. Gallerist David Kordansky upgrades to a big new space', on: www.wmagazine.com, New York NY, 4 September 2014
Berardini, Andrew, 'No Longer Lonely (but maybe still a bit brutal): September Openings Across Los Angeles', on: www.artslant.com, Los Angeles CA, September 2014, ill.
___, ' Rashid Johnson "Magic Numbers" at The George Economou Collection, Athens', on: moussemagazine.it, Milan IT, 15 August 2014, ill.
Kunitz, Daniel, 'Review: Rashid Johnson's "Magic Numbers"', on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 14 August 2014, ill.
Compton, Nick, 'Rashid Johnson targets notions of origin in a show at Athens' George Economou Collection Space', on: www.wallpaper.com, London UK, 2 July 2014, ill.
Yablonsky, Linda, 'House of Style,' on: www.artforum.com, New York NY, 28 June 2014
Kazakina, Katya, 'Greek Tycoons Host Fetes Where Art Markets Are Built', on: www.bloomberg.com, New York NY, 27 June 2014
Kinsella, Eileen, 'Dakis Joannou's Annual Fete Draws Boldface Names to Greece,' on: www.news.artnet.com, New York NY, 27 June 2014
___, 'Solo exhibition by American artist Rashid Johnson opens at The George Economou Collection', on: www.artdaily.com, Mexico City MX, 24 June 2014, ill.
Adam, Georgina, 'The rise and rise of the superstar artists', on: www.theartnewspaper.com, London UK, 20 June 2014
Heim, Christoph, 'Ein Warhol für 35 Millionen Doller', in: Basler Zeitung, Basel CH, 19 June 2014, p. 25
Adam, Georgia, 'The rise and rise of the superstar artists,' on: www.theartnewspaper.com, 20 June 2014
Horstmeier, Caroline, 'Art Basel Curator Marc Glöde on His Fascination with Film,' on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 19 June 2014, ill.
Laird, Michéle, 'The other Art Basel,' on: www.swissinfo.ch, Bern Switzerland, 18 June 2014
Kitamura, Katie, 'Art Matters: The Second Life of Performance,' on: www.nytimes.com/t-magazine, New York NY, 10 June 2014
Gavin, Francesca, 'The Unbearable Lightness of Beaming', in: Sleek, Berlin DE, Summer 2014, pp. 120-129, ill.
Kolesnikov-Jessop, 'Art Basel in Hong Kong 2014 Scorecard: What Worked Well and What Didn't', on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 19 May 2014
Vine, Richard, 'Art Basel Hong Kong Goes Aspirational', on: www.artinamericamagazine.com, New York NY, 15 May 2014
__, 'Art Basel Hong Kong Sales Report,' on: www.artmarketmonitor.com, New York NY, 14 May 2014
Hamer, Katy Diamond, 'Preview: Rashid Johnson, The George Economou Collection, Greece', on: eyes-towards-the-dove.com, New York NY, 14 May 2014, ill.
Scobie, Ilka, 'Black Eye: Pop Up Of 21st Century Black Art Hits NY', on: www.artlyst.com, London UK, 5 May 2014
Gaffney, Adrienne, 'Picking Up the Paints for At-Risk Youth', on: online.wsj.com, New York NY, 24 April 2014
Nagesh, Ashitha, 'Art Cologne 2014 Highlights: Top Six Booths', on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 10 April 2014
Indrisek, Scott, 'Cindy Sherman, Lucien Smith, Michael Stipe Celebrate the New Museum,' on: www.blouinartinfo.com, New York NY, 2 April 2014
___, 'Interview: The Idea of Post-Blackness with Rashid Johnson', on: www.frank151.com, New York NY, 14 March 2014, ill.
Douglas, Sarah, 'At the Armory Show, the Old Masters of Contemporary Art,' on: www.observer.com, New York NY, 5 March 2014
Sirmans, Franklin, 'Contemporary Friends Acquire Ten New Works by Artists from around the World', on: lacma.wordpress.com, Los Angeles CA, 28 February 2014, ill.
Woods, Ange-Aimée, 'Five questions: Rashid Johnson', on: www.cor.org, Centennial CO, 21 February 2014
Campbell, Andy, 'An Archive or Reelings. Reflections on a town hall meeting: A love letter to "community"', on: www.austinchronicle.com, Austin TX, 8 January 2014, ill.
Monaco, Jay, 'The Office of The Future,' on: www.huffingtonpost.com, New York NY, January 26 2014, ill.

2013 Goldstein, Andrew M., 'Rashid Johnson on Making Art "About the Bigger Issues in Life"', on: www.artspace.com, New York NY, 31 December 2013
Corrigall, Mary, 'Upturning the conventions', on: www.iol.co.za, Cape Town ZA, 15 December 2013
Emmett, Jacob, 'Labering Abstraction; Grasping at Straws', on: mlkemperartmuseum.wordpress.com, St Louis MO, 10 December 2013, ill.
West, Linnea, 'Post-black #1: Rashid Johnson at the High Museum, Atlanta', on: linneawest.com, Athens GA, 8 December 2013, ill.
Ward, Rachel K., 'The Gathering', on: crfashionbook.com, New York NY, 25 November 2013, ill.
Esposito, Alana Chloe, 'Hotter Than Hell: A Trip to Rashid Johnson's Dutchman', on: www.artfagcity.com, New York NY, 25 November 2013
Hoffman, Emily, 'HEAT: Rashid Johnson's Dutchman', on: bombmagazine.org, Brooklyn NY, 19 November 2013
___, 'Rashid Johnson Update', on: iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu, Hampton VA, November 2013, ill.
Wolff, Rachel, 'Ephemeral Asset', in: ArtInfo, New York NY, November 2013, p. 139 – 144
___, 'New York Close Up. A Documentary Series on Art and Life in the City', on: www.art21.org, November 2013, ill.
Hinrichsen, Jens, 'Wolt ihr traumen oder trinken? New York zelebriert die Performa 13', in: Monopol, Berlin DE, November 2013, p. 143
Kazakina, Katya, 'Theater Baths', on: www.businessweek.com, 9 November 2013, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson. The Gathering', on: http://online.wsj.com, New York NY, 7 November 2013, ill.
Young, Paul, 'Hot Enough For You? Rashid Johnson's “Dutchman” at the Baths', on: www.artinamericamagazine.com, 6 November 2013, ill.
Nathan, Emily, 'Rashid Johnson: Dutchman, Russian & Turkish Baths, New York', on: www.financial times.com, London UK, 7 November 2013, ill.
___, 'A Play That's Sure to Maker the Audience Sweat', in: The New York Times', New York NY, 1 November 2013, pp. c25, c20
Hylton, Richard, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Art Monthly, London UK, October 2013, pp. 7-10, ill.
Wilson, Calvin, 'Rashid Johnson creates artwork for the present that is rooted in the past', on: www.stltoday.com, St. Louis MO, 29 September 2013, ill.
Hermes Griesbach, Sarah, 'Review: Rashid Johnson's Message at the Kemper', on: www.stlbeacon.org, St. Louis MO, 26 September 2013, ill.
___, 'Kemper Art Museum launches 2013-14 season', on: www.news.ustl.edu, St. Louis MO, 18 September 2013, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson's 'Message' opens at Kemper Art Museum this Friday', on: www.stlamerican.com, St. Louis MO, 17 September 2013, ill.
Halperin, Julia, 'Cultural capital of black America?', in: The Art Newspaper, London UK, September 2013, p. 16, ill.
Sutton, Benjamin, 'Performa 13 Commissions Include Chapman Bros., Marianne Vitale, and Rashid Johnson', on: www.blogs.artinfo.com, New York NY, 12 August 2013, ill.
___, 'How to make an Afro-futurist mixtape', on: www.clatl.com, Atlanta GA, 2 July 2013, ill.
Weiskopf, dan, 'At Home in Abstraction: Interview with Rashid Johnson', on: www.burnaway.org, Atlanta GA, 20 June 2013, ill.
Beckwith, Naomi,'A Post-Black-Power Child', in: Flash Art, Rome IT, May-June 2013, pp.128-131, ill.
___, ' Five Objects to Warm Up a Trip to Frieze', on: www.online.wsj.com, New York NY, 9 May 2013, ill.
Rappolt, Mark, 'Sam Gilliam. The pioneer of colour field painting on being curated by artist Rashid Johnson', London UK, April 2013, ill.
William, Maxwell, 'Curator Q&A;: Rashid Johnson's Sam Gilliam: Hard- Edge Paintings 1963- 66', New York NY, 15 April 2013, ill.
Rappolt, Mark, ' A Pioneer of colour field painting speaks about being curated by Rashid Johnson, in: Art Review, London UK, April 2013, pp. 76- 79
Smith, Stephen Jacob, ' “Post-Black” Artist Rashid Johnson Buys Brownstone on Lexington Avenue', on: www.observer.com, New York NY, 20 March 2013, ill.
Schama, Chloe, 'The Art of Inspiration', on: www.wsj.com, New York NY, 14 March 2013, ill.
Rodrigues Widholm, Julie, 'Ballroom Marfa // Rashid Johnson: New Growth', on: www.blog.expositionchicago.com, Chicago CHI, 12 March 2013, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson: Shelter', in: Art Review London, January-February 2012, pp. 108 – 109, ill.

2012 Gutierrez, Tuesday, 'Hijacking the Domestic: Rashid Johnson Shelter at the South London Gallery', on: momardi.com, 22 November 2012, ill.
Knudsen, Stephen, 'Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks', on: artpulsemagazine.com, November 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson: Shelter', in: Art Monthly, London, November 2012, pp. 27-28
___, 'Review of Shelter: Rashid Johnson, South London Gallery, on: www.aestheticamagazine.com, New York, 18 October 2012, ill.
Dempster, Heike, 'Rashid Johnson: Message to our Folks', on: www.miamiartzine.com, Miami, 19 September 2012, ill.
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, 'Rashid Johnson's MAM Exhibit Uses Everyday Objects to Explore Race and Identity', on: miaminewtimes.com, Miami, 13 September 2012, ill.
Elsing, Sarah, 'Berlin ist einfach schon zu satt', in: Die Welt, Berlin, 25 August 2012, p. 29, ill.
Stevenson, Jeff, 'Rashid Johnson: A Message to our Folks', on: examiner.com, New York, 26 July 2012, ill.
___, 'Hans Josephson – A Body of Work', on: kilimag.com, London, 27 July 2012, ill.
___, 'O Brother, who Art Thou', in: Sleek, Berlin, Summer 2012, pp. 74 – 79, ill.
Copeland, Huey, ' Rashid Johnson', in: ArtForum, New York, June 2012, pp. 300 – 303, ill.
Capper, Beth, 'In Defiance of History: Rashid Johnson & Cauleen Smith', on: www.artslant.com, Chicago, 30 May 2012, ill.
Mattson, Kaitlyn, 'Rashid Johnson: From Columbia to MCA', on: www.chicagotalks.org, Chicago, 3 May 2012.
Stackhouse, Christopher, 'Rashid Johnson in the Studio with Christopher Stackhouse', in: Art in America, New York, April 2012, pp. 106 – 113, ill.
Richard, Frances, 'Rashid Johnson. Hauser & Wirth', in: Art Forum, New York, April 2012, pp. 209 – 2010, ill.
Miller, Michael H., Douglas, Sarah, 'Rashid Johnson will throw first pitch at Wrigley Field', on: www.galleristny.com, New York, 5 April 2012, ill.
Bey, Amir, 'Rashid Johnson's Rumble: 1970s to the Future', on: artvoicesmagazine.com, Los Angeles, April 2012, ill.
Holmes, Pernilla, 'New York, New Wave', in: Financial Times, London, pp. 8 – 12, ill.
Richard, Frances, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Artforum, New York, April 2012, pp. 209 -210, ill.
Gat, Orit, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Modern Painters, New York, April 2012, pp. 38-39, cover, ill.
Miller, H. Michael, 'Rashid Johnson', on: www.papermag.com, New York, 22 March 2012, ill.
Sinclair, Charlotte, 'Art For One & Art For All', in: FT Smart Arts, London, 18 February 2012, pp. 10 – 14, ill.
___, 'Fusing identity', in: Deccan Herald, Bangalore, India, ill.
___, 'Art Exhibition: Rashid Johnson's 'Rumble' at Hauser & Wirth, NY', on: www.lomography.com, 10 February 2012, ill.
___, 'Blouin Artinfo. A Sneak Peek at VIP Art Fair: Does Version 2.0 Take Online Art Commerce Beyond Beta?', in: Artinfo, London, February 2012
Smith, Roberta, 'Rashid Johnson. Rumble', in: The New York Times, New York, 3 February 2012, p. C30
Brand, Will, 'This Show Is Not About Don King: "Rumble" at Hauser & Wirth', in: Art Fag City, New York, 31 January 2012, ill.
Laster, Paul, 'Rashid Johnson, "Rumble"', in: T.O.N.Y., New York, January/February, ill.
McClemont Doug, 'Doug McClemont's Top Ten New York Shows- January', on: www.studiovisit.com, ill.
Laster, Paul, 'Review: Rashid Johnson, “Rumble”. Johnson's gallery debut revists an epic fight.', on: newyork.timeout.com, 24 January 2012, ill.
___, 'Quick pick 3: Rashid Johnson', on: gottahandit.blogspot.com, 20 January 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson – Rumble – Hauser and Wirth – New York', on:
contemporaryartlinks.blogspot.com, 20 January 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson's “Rumble” at Hauser&Wirth;', on: riotofperfume.com, 19 January 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson at Hauser and Wirth', on: www.huffingtonpost.com, 18 January 2012, ill.
___, 'art and about in feburary 2012', on: www.nycgo.com, 18 January 2012
Moran, Jarrett, 'Between Dashikis and BET', on: artlog.com, 13 January 2012
Laster, Paul, 'Rashid Johnson at Hauser & Wirth. January 11,2012 @ Hauser & Wirth New York.', on: www.artinamericamagazine.com, 11 January 2012
Lax, Thomas J., 'Rashid Johnson: Message to our folks', in: ArtForum, New York, January 2012, p. 113, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson's 'Rumble' at Hauser & Wirth', in: New York Near Say, New York, 11 January 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson`s homage to Ali promoter', on: uk.phaidon.com, London, 10 January, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson's Rumble' at Upper East Side gallery', on: www.examiner.com, Denver, 10 January 2012, ill.
___, 'To-Dos: Rashid Johnson's Opening at Hauser & Wirth This Wednesday', in: Art Fag City, New York, 9 January 2012, ill.
Martinez, Alanna, 'See Rashid Johnson Merge Don King and Black Yoga at His New Hauser & Wirth Show', on: www.artinfo.com, New York, ill.
Hinrichsen, Jens, 'Schwarz gegen Schwarz-Weiss-Denken: Rashid Johnson in New York', in: Monopol, Berlin, January 2012, p. 115, ill.
___, 'Unter sechs', in: Monopol, Berlin, January 2012, p. 30, ill.
Spears, Dorothy, 'Fusing Identity: Dollops of Humor and Shea Butter', in: New York Times, New York, 8 January 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson, “Rumble”', on: newyork.timeout.com, New York, January 2012, ill.
___, 'Rashid Johnson's “Message to Our Folks” at MCA Boston', on: www.artinfo.com, New York, 3 January 2012, ill.
___, 'POST: Rashid Johnson / Modern Painters / December 2011 – January 2012' interview, on: blackartistnews.blogspot.com, Chicago, 1 January 2012, ill.

2011 Adam, Georgina, 'Glitz and pieces', London, 3-4 December, p.13, ill.
___, 'Close-up', in: Modern Painters, New York, p. 27, ill.
Harris, Gareth, Burns, Charlotte, 'Artists are a-changing', in: The Art Newspaper, Art Basel Miami Beach Daily, London, 2 December 2011, p. 1, ill.
___, 'Artists' Moves', in: The Art Newspaper, London, December 2011, p. 56
___, '24 Questions for Art Collectors Don and Mera Rubell', in: Artinfo, New York, 29 November 2011, ill.
Vogel, Carol, 'Six Named as Finalist for Hugo Boss Prize', in: The New York Times International Herald Tribune, New York, 25 November 2011, ill.
___, 'What FIAC's Success says About The Art Market- And Those Who Invest In It', on: www.forbes.com, New York, 31 October 2011
___, 'Hauser & Wirth Signs Rashid Johnson', in: Artinfo, New York, 5 October 2011
Douglas, Sarah, 'Rashid Johnson Joins Hauser & Wirth', in: Gallerist NY, New York, October 2011, ill.
Cichosch, Katharina, 'Sheabutter, Graffiti & Schwarze Seife', on: Schirn-Magazin.de, August 11, 2011
___, 'Aspen Art Museum's ArtCrush Raises Record-Breaking $1.7 Million', on: ArtDaily.org, August 10, 2011

Maneker, Marion, 'Crushing It in Aspen', in: Art Market Monitor, August 2, 2011

___., 'Secret Societies. To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence', in: NY Arts Magazine, New York NY, Summer 2011
Ascari, Alessio, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Kaleidoscope, Issue 11, Summer 2011, pp. 112-117

Miller, Michael H., 'After Post-Black', in: The New York Observer, New York NY, July 26, 2011

Trigg, Sarah, 'Secrets of the Artist's Studios: Unexpected Talismans of the Artistic Process, from Rashid Johnson's Cup to Carol Bove's Forbidden Fault', on: Artinfo.com, July 19, 2011
___, 'Group Show at Schirn Kunsthalle', in: Contemporary Art Daily, July 8, 2011

Briggs, Kathryn, '30 Americans: A Story Told Well', on: NCArtMuseum.org, June 24, 2011
Ravich, Nick, 'Premiere of Rashid Johnson's First Film!', on: Art21.org, June 20, 2011

___, 'Art21 Releases New Series About Young Artists in NY, 6/23', on: BroadwayWorld.com, June 20, 2011

Saltz, Jerry, Generation Blank', in: New York Magazine, New York NY, June 19, 2011
Goldstein, Andrew M., 'Light Show: Searching for Substance in the Venice Biennale's 'ILLUMInations' Exhibition', on: Artinfo.com, June 17, 2011
Viera, Lauren, 'Museum of Contemporary Art Ushers in a New Floor Plan, New Staff and a New Vision', in: Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL, June 10, 2011

Yablonsky, Linda, 'Idol Rich', on: Artforum.com, June 9, 2011

Adam, Georgina, Morris, Jane, 'First impressions of 'Illuminazioni' exhibition at Venice Biennale', The Art Newspaper, London, June 3, 2011
Luse, Mimi, 'Venice Biennale Dispatch, Part One: The Group Show & Ai Wei Wei', on: BlackBookMag.com, June 2, 2011

Bordignon, Elena, 'Rashid Johnson', in: L'Uomo Vogue, Milan, Italy, Number 421, May-June 2011, p. 153

Anspon, Catherine D., 'Dallas Art Fair - The Experts Weigh In: Quotes and Quips from Fair Insiders', on: PaperCityMag.com, May 27, 2011
Pollack, Maika, 'American Like Me: Glenn Ligon at the Whitney', in: The New York Observer, New York NY, May 10, 2011

Trigg, Sarah, 'Rashid Johnson', on: TheGoldminerProject.com, May 10, 2011

___, 'Let There Be Light', on: OtherEdition.com, March 30, 2011

Shimron, Yonat, 'Exhibit of African-America artists leaps to challenge', in: News & Observer, Arts Section, March 13, 2011

___, 'Curator Bice Curiger announces Venice artists', on: ArtReview.com, March 12, 2011

Davis, Ben, 'Venice Biennale Releases Artist List for 2011 'ILLUMInations' Exhibition', on: Artinfo.com, March 11, 2011

2010 Tagliafierro, Marco, 'Rashid Johnson', on: Artforum.com, New York NY, December 28, 2010

Dercon, Chris, 'Best of 2010', in: Artforum, New York NY, December 2010, pp. 220-221

Vogel, Carol, 'At Brookyn Museum, African-American Artworks Pre-1945', in: New York Times, New York NY, October 22, 2010, p. C22

Fraser, Rachel, Stopa, Jason, 'Frahm Brothers: Insight into Collection', in: NY ARTS, New York NY, Fall 2010
___, 'East Side Story', on: ArtForum.com, New York NY, September 17, 2010

Smith, Roberta, 'Art? Life? Must We Choose?', in: The New York Times, New York, NY, July 2, pp. C19, C23

Godsill, Benjamin, 'The Long Distance Runner', in: Mousse, Milan, Issue 24, Summer 2010



2009 Smith, Roberta, 'A Beating Heart of Social Import', in: The New York Times, New York NY, December 11, 2009, pp. C27 - C30

Watson, Simon, 'Rashid Johnson: The Power of Healing', in: Whitewall, New York NY, Winter 2008-2009, pp. 72-73

___, 'Goings on About Town: SculptureCenter',in: The New Yorker, New York NY, July 1, 2009

Biggers, Sanford, 'Artists on Artists: Rashid Johnson', in: BOMB Magazine, New York NY, Spring 2009, Issue 107 

Santiago, Fabiola, 'Powerful Images from 31 Americans', in: Miami Herald, Miami FL, February 1, 2009

Sansone, Valentina, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Flash Art, Milan, January-February 2009

2008 Grunitzky, Claude, 'America New', in: Trace Magazine, New York NY, 2008
___, 'Rubell Collection Highlight', in: Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, Miami FL, December 2008
Johnson, Ken, 'The Art Fair as Outlet Mall', in: The New York Times, New York NY, December 5, 2008, p. C1

Wooldridge, Jane, 'The Art Basel Cheat Sheet', in: Miami Herald, Miami FL, December 5, 2008, p. 1A

Weins, Ann, 'Spot On: Rashid Johnson', in: DEMO8, November 2008

Grabner, Michelle, 'Review: Rashid Johnson', in: ArtForum, New York NY, November 2008

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Weinberg, Lauren, 'Review: Rashid Johnson', in: Time Out Chicago, Chicago IL, Issue 187, Sept 25 Artner, Alan, 'Review: Rashid Johnson's Promised Land', in: Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL, September 19, 2008 

Calder, Jaime, 'Review: Rashid Johnson/Monique Meloche', in: NewCity Chicago, Chicago IL, September 9, 2008
Weins, Ann, 'Found Art', in: Chicago Magazine, Chicago IL, September 2008, p. 138

___, 'Provokante Kunst auf der Suche nach den Wurzeln', in: Magdeburger Volksstimme, Magdeburg, September 1, 2008
Hillger, Andreas, 'Das Austernmesser schneidet tief unter die eigene Haut', in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Halle, August 13, 2008

___, 'Ein Amerikaner in Magdeburg', in: DATEs, June 2008, p. 14
Karafin, Amy, 'Reviews: New York', in: Art News, New York NY, May 2008
Furnari, Rachel, Wise, David Mark, 'The Five Year Plan, Breakout Artists 2004-2007', in: NewCity, April 24, 2008
Cotter, Holland, 'The Topic is Race, The Art is Fearless', in: The New York Times, New York NY, March 30, 2008

Cotter, Holland, 'Art Review:Rashid Johnson The Dead Lecturer', in: The New York Times, New York NY, March 28, 2008
Baker, RC, 'Best in Show', in: The Village Voice, New York NY, March 18, 2008
Carlin, TJ, 'Rashid Johnson 'The Dead Lecturer'', in: TimeOut New York, New York NY, March 18, 2008

Schultz, Charlie, 'A Look at Rashid Johnson', in: Artslant, Los Angeles CA, March 9, 2008

2007 Hackett, Regina, 'Rashid Johnson, the "post-black" art movement, and a new take on Olympia', in: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle WA, August 10, 2007

Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: The Color Line," The New York Times, July 27, 2007

Graves, Jen, 'White People Love Him: the Intergalactic Art of Rashid Johnson', on: TheStranger.com, July 2007

___, 'Review: The Color Line at Jack Shainman Gallery', on: lamgelinaoly.blogspot.com, July 2007

Artner, Alan, 'MCA Exhibits 40 Years of Photos', in: Chicago Tribune, Tempo C Section 5, Chicago IL, March 1, 2007, p. 3

2005 
 Agliottone, Marianna, 'Review: Rashid Johnson, Young Gifted and Black', on: www.exibart.com, December 15, 2005

Lessane, Patricia Williams, 'Reviews: Stay Black and Die', in: Time Out Chicago, Chicago IL, October 6-13, 2005, p. 52

Artner, Alan, 'Review: Rashid Johnson at Monique Meloche Gallery', in: Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL, September 30, 2005, sec C7 p29

Connors, Thomas, 'Made in Taiwan (and Chicago)', in: TimeOut Chicago, Chicago IL, Issue No.24, August 11 - 18, 2005, pp. 16 - 17
Artner, Alan, '10 artists make 'Crossings'', in: Chicago Tribune, Tempo C Section 5, Chicago IL, August 11, 2005, p. 3

Nance, Kevin, 'East Meets West', in: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago IL, August 2, 2005, Showcase p. 49
McCullough, Bridgette R., 'Reviews: Things Fall Apart', in: Time Out Chicago, Chicago IL, Issue 6, April 7-14, 2005, p. 52

___, 'Rebirth of the Cool: Interview with Rashid Johnson', in: Savoy Magazine, London, April 2005

Laster, Paul, 'Interview, Franklin Sirmans', on: www.artkrush.com, March 23, 2005

2004 
 Camper, Fred, 'Artists' 'Perfect Union' a view to a complex world', in: Chicago Tribune, Sec 7C, Chicago IL, December 17, 2004, p. 30
___, 'Goings on in Photography: Chicago', in: New Yorker Magazine, New York NY, October 2004, p. 5
Büsing, Nicole, Heiko Klaas, 'Marktberichte: Die LISTE 04-The Young Art Fair in Basel', on: Kunstmarkt.com, June 18, 2004

Workman, Michael, 'Breakout Artists: Chicago's next generation of image makers', in: NEWCITY Chicago, Chicago IL, May 6, 2004, cover pp. 17 - 21 

DeGenevieve, Barbara, 'Interview with Rashid Johnson', in: f news, Chicago IL, April 2004
Brunetti, John, 'The Rise and Fall of a Proper Negro, in: Dialogue, January - February, p. 22

2003 Mosedale, Mike, 'The Pugilist's Cock Ring: Undressing the Manly Art of Boxing at the Walker Art Center', in: City Pages, August 13, 2003
Anonymous, 'Exhibit: Art and the Sweet Science', Newsweek Interactive, www.msnbc.com/modules/newsweek/arts/
Sellnow, Greg, 'Put Up Your Dukes and Step Into The Squared Circle', in: Post-Bulletin, July 26, 2003
Abbe, Mary, 'Ring Cycle', in: Star Tribune, Minneapolis MN, July 11, 2003

LaBrie, Cara, 'Art Has Ring to It', in: Pioneer Press, Minneapolis MN, July 6, 2003
Heuer, Megan, 'Punchy Statements', in: Art News, New York NY, Summer 2003

Nguyen, Jan, 'Emerging Vision', in: Gravity Magazine, Columbia College, Chicago IL, Spring 2003

2002 Schleifer, Kristen Brooke, 'Rashid Johnson', in: Art On Paper, New York NY, Vol.6 No.5, May - June, 2002 

Schleifer, Kristen Brooke, 'Interview Rashid Johnson', in: Mouth to Mouth, Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2002
Shawver, D.B., 'Prominence of artists makes exhibit important', in: Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston SC, January 26, 2002

2001 
 Waxman, Lori, 'Freestyle', in: New Art Examiner, Chicago IL, November - December, 2001, p. 90
Camper, Fred, 'The Accidental Emancipator', in: Chicago Social, Chicago IL, October 2001


Brady, Linda, "Shadow Boxer," UR Chicago, August 13 - September 9, 2001

Valdez, Sarah, "Freestyling," Art in America, September 2001, pp. 134 - 39, 162.

Lenoir, Lisa, "On View," Chicago Sun-Times, July 2001 

Brockington, Horace, "Freestyle: Studio Museum in Harlem," NY ARTS, June 2001

Plagens, Peter, 'Harlem Goes 'Freestyle,'', in: Newsweek, New York NY, May 14, 2001
Cotter, Holland, 'A Full Studio Museum Show with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn', in: The New York Times, New York NY, May 11, 2001

___, 'The New Masters', in: VIBE, New York NY, May 2001

___, 'New Kids on the Block', in: Museums New York, New York NY, Spring 2001



Robinson, Walter, "'Freestyle' at Studio Museum," Artnet.com, April 13, 2001

2000 
 Fuller, Janet Rausa, 'Thirteen Rising Stars', in: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago IL, October 8, 2000

Eskin, Leah, 'What Would You Take From A Burning Building?', in: Chicago Tribune Magazine, Chicago IL, June 17, 2000

Johnson, Ken, 'Art in Review: National Black Fine Art Show', in: The New York Times, New York NY, February 4, 2000

1999 Weinstein, Michael, 'Hands On', in: New City, May 4, 1999

___, 'G.R. N'Namdi Gallery presents Norman Lewis and Rashid Johnson', in: Chicago Defender, Chicago IL, April 22, 1999

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