Education
2005
MFA Hunter College
2003
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
2001
BFA Virginia Commonwealth University
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Darken Your Doorstep, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Brooklyn,NY
From Hell to Breakfast , CCHHUURRCCHH Gallery, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
2021
Olde Growth, Chester Art Centre, Chester, Nova Scotia
2019
Bone Pendulum in Motley, Freight&Volume, NYC
2018
Souvenirs of the Suzerain, Arts+Leisure, NYC
2017
BuzzKill, 21c Museum/Hotel, Bentonville, AK (permanent installation)
2015
Hidden Driveway, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Highbreeds, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece (w/Dionisios Fragias)
2012
Galeria Christopher Paschall, Bogota, Colombia
The Natural, RARE, New York, NY
2011
Head Stash, POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Specimens, Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
Monolith Drift, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Foggy Notions, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, CO
2010
Centre d' Art Bastille (aka Lieu d' Images et d' Art), Grenoble, France
Catch & Release, RARE, New York, New York
2009
Sticky Situation, Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee/Chattanooga
Suse Vervustrung, galerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany
2008
Johnston Foster: Altered Beast, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Summertime Blues, RARE, New York, NY
2007
Lieu d’Images et d’Art (LIA), Grenoble, France
Seasons in the Abyss, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL
2006
Seasons in the Abyss, Emergency Arts, New York, NY
Delusions of Grandeur, RARE, New York, NY
2005
Disenchanted Forest, Brigham Young University, Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
Celebrate the New Dark Age, Futura Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2004
The Permanent Vacation, Project Room, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
The Last Resort, RARE, New York, NY
2001
Plot Thickener, Ipanema Gallery, Richmond, VA
2000
Trouble Everyday, Virginia Commonwealth Gallery, Richmond, VA
Group Exhibitions
2017
The Real World, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio TX
Group Portrait, UniSexSalon, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Body Talk, MASS Gallery, Austin,TX
Dirty Work Dirt Dogs, Gallery 5 Arts, Richmond, VA (w/Jimmy Joe Roche)
2013
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY
2012
The Double Dirty Dozen (& Friends), Freight+Volume, New York, NY
Luxuriant Refuse, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, TX
SHARK, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2011
Under the Sea, Kidspace at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2010
Rise of Rad, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2009
8x12, RARE, New York, New York
Cou Huo: Everything is Temporary A Different Location Every Time, 798 Art District & SOLANA
Lifestyle Shopping Center, Beijing, China (organized by Red Box Studio; curated by Chen Xinpeng)
2008
Chariker, Foster, Holz, Mastrangelo, Wright, RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA
Centre Rhenan d’Art Contemporain (CRAC), Alsace, Altkirch, France
2007
Site Specifics ’07, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Into the Wild, 101 California, 101 California Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA (curated by Artsource Consulting)
Stranger Than Fiction, RARE, New York, NY (with Andy Cross & Jean-Pierre Roy)
Trash Menagerie, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CAN
2006
Animal House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2005
Big Deal, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004
Floor Play, Brooklyn War Memorial, Brooklyn, NY
Home Fires Burning, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
College Art Association, MFA Show, New York, NY
Residencies & Projects
2015
Red Bull TV, Diplo Presents: @LARGE – Creators at Work, “Ugly Is Beautiful,” RT: 26:48,
premiered April 22, 2015 on redbull.tv (http://www.redbull.tv/episodes/AP-1GPJRTXDN1W11/uglyis-
beautiful)
2009
galerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany (April-May; includes exhibition)
2007
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Artist in Residency Program, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
2004
Castle Trebesice, Czech Republic (Summer)
Publications
The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece. Highbreeds exhibition catalog (produced for two-person
show with Dionisios Fragias, September 18 – October 30, 2014)
Ellis, Richard. “Imagining Jaws: Fear, knowledge, and whimsy all inspire the art of the shark,”
Natural History, April 2012, pp. 24-31
Mapanare.us, “Johnston Foster’s The Natural at Rare in New York City,” May 17, 2012
Denise Stuart-Sanabria, Review: Johnston Foster + Christine Gray, Art Papers, January/Februrary
2010, p 56.
“artisti a New York: Fotografi, pittori, scultori. E lo stile della prossima estate,” io donna, Corriere
della Sera, # 1/3, 17 January 2009, pp. 106-07
Maistros, Nicholas. “Re-visionaries: A Showcase of Work with Recyclables,” FiberArts, Sampling,
September/October 2009, p. 32
“Armory Action,” artnet Magazine, March 21, 2008
Bresler, Regina. “Art: Fair: SCOPE New York,” flavorpill.com, March 26, 2008
Cimafonte, Jessi. “Art Fair Beat: SCOPE New York Going Green,” Art and Living Magazine, March
29, 2008
Lee, Sasha. “Interview: Johnston Foster,” beautifuldecay.com, August 5, 2008
“No Cure,” “Gallery-Going,” The New York Sun, September 2, 2008
Rosenberg, Karen. “Uptown, Downtown, Fairs Found All Over,” The New York Times, March, 29,
2008
Taylor, Alex. “Art Around Town: Scope Expands in Size, If Not in Scope,”The New York Sun,
March 24, 2008
Denave, Jean-Emmanuel. “Vive l’Amérique!,” Elle Magazine [French Edition], Issue 3231,
December 3, 2007
“Maxi Amérique,” Le Petit Bulletin, Issue 639, November 21-28, 2007
Nestel, Matthew. “Plop, Fizz, Kaboom!!!: Johnston Foster’s Statement in Flight,” SOMA (The Street
Issue), April 2007, p. 26
“Ordures Langagières,” Le Petit Bulletin, Issue 641, December 5-12, 2007
Pouyet, Edouard. “L’Art Regarde l’Amérique,” Le Dauphiné Libéré, “Sortir” supplement, November
14-20, 2007
Roux, Jean-Louis. “De l’Économie et de la Dépense,” Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphiné,
Issue 4345, December 14, 2007
“Sculpture á l’Américaine,” Pilipili, Issue 3, November 2007
Foster, Johnston. “Johnston Foster Unedited,” Vellum, Issue 3, Spring 2006, pp. 38-39
Montaucieux, Christophe. “Déchets animés. Art brut à l’américaine. L’étrange candeur de Johnston
Foster,” Citizen K International, Fall 2006, pp.390-91
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“Disenchanted Forest: Contemporary Art by Johnston Foster,” www.Absolutearts.com, April 24,
2005
Karras, Christy. “Creations Rise Out of Our Junk Pile,” The Salt Lake Tribune, April 29, 2005
Payne, Sara Elizabeth. “One Man’s Trash...,” The Daily Herald, April 14, 2005
Brockington, Horace. “Animate: Johnston Foster & Liz McConnell,” NY ARTS, May-June 2004
Johnson, Ken. “Art Guide: The Last Resort,” The New York Times, March 19, 2004
Rosenfeld, Karen. “That Kind of Fall,” www.Artnet.com, October 14, 2004
Smith, Roberta. “Where Opposites Like Hands On/Hands Off Attract,” The New York Times, July
16, 2004