Lee Johnson

Lee Johnson was born in Wiltshire and has lived and worked in London since 2000. He received his MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2001, and his works are held in the collections of Soho House, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, and University of the Arts London; as well as numerous private collections, including those of renowned musicians, singers, actors and artists, worldwide.

Johnson was selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, in 2010 and he has exhibited widely, most notably in public institutions in the UK including Hastings Contemporary, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery, the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, and Torre Abbey, Devon. Johnson has also exhibited in many private galleries and artist-run spaces in the UK and overseas, including Terrace Gallery, London; Lab Gallery, New York; Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; Carslberg Byens Galleri & Kunstsalon, Copenhagen, Denmark; ArTower Agora, Athens, Greece; and Gozo Contemporary, Malta.  Johnson was the winner of the inaugural Lido Stores Open, Margate, in 2021.

EXHIBITIONS

'Listening To The Telescopes Lido Stores', Margate (2022)
'The Art Of Manufacturing', Paris (then touring Munich, Amsterdam, Madrid, Dallas, London and Liverpool)  (2022)
'A Generous Space', Hastings Contemporary, Hastings (2021-22)
'Studio Confetti', Terrace Gallery, London (2021)
'MAH Launch', 50 Vyner, London (2021)
'Between The Bliss And Me', TIN MAN ART, London (2021)
'Lockdown Exhibition', Torre Abbey, Devon (2021)
'Every Day', Terrace Gallery, London, (2020)
'The Road To Utopia' curated by Rosa JH Berland, Aleph Contemporary (2020)
'The Just' curated by Dan Coombs, Aleph Contemporary  (2020)
'Painting Show', Christie’s Education London, London (2019)
'Depict The Mask' Carslberg Byens Galleri & Kunstsalon, Copenhagen, Denmark (2018)
'Got It For Cheap', Atlanta Contemporary, USA (then touring) (2018)
'Paper Cuts', Saatchi Gallery, London (then touring) 2018
'Art Language', Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2016)
'Sampler', Kris Day at Arcade, London (2016)
'Mesnommer', 32sqm, London (2015)
'Shots Off The Dices', Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (2015)
'RadioCity - Internal Broadcast', Tate Britain, London (2015)
'We Are The Fragments', The Tabernacle, London (2012)
'Bad Art Salon', Royal Festival Hall, London (2011)
'John Moores Painting Prize', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2010)
'Free Art Fair', Barbican, London (2009); and Seymour Place (2007 and 2008)
'The Works Of Others', Whitechapel Gallery, London (2006)
'Reg Dwight Visits 1409 Sul Ross', St. Paul’s Gallery, London (2006)

'High Risk Painting', Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (2006)
'Thirteen Stories' Deptford X, London, and books launch Whitechapel Project Space, London (2005)
'All At Once, Together, At The Same Time', Colony Gallery, Birmingham (2005)

'Twinned City', Three Colts Gallery, London, (2005)

'Unrealised Projects 1000000mph', London (2004)  

'Field Of Vision: New York', The Lab Gallery, New York (2004)
'Scenes In Perspective', ArtTower Agora, Athens (2003)

'Narcissism: Self Love To Death', Gozo Contemporary, Malta (2003) 

'The Painting Class', Lethaby Gallery, London (2002)

Works are held in the collections of Soho House, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, University of the Arts London, and numerous private collections in the UK, Europe and USA.