Daniel AnTon Johnson (b. 1983, US)
Education
2013 MFA, Photo, Video & Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011 MA, English, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
2005 BA, English and Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Group Exhibitions
2021 It Feels Like the First Time, MANA Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 A City of One’s Own, Local Project, New York (curated by Olivera Jokić)
2018 Constant Nearness: Video, Satire and the Authentic Self, New Gallery, New York
2018 Color Codes: Translating Color, Harlem School of the Arts, New York (curated by Adrienne Elise Tarver)
2017 ASDFGHJKL;’, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan (curated by Chris Romero)
2017 Open Studio, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Fatter IRL, as part of RE: ART, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Annie Malamet)
2016 High Summer, Foley Gallery, NY (curated by Jeremy Haik and Joseph Desler Costa)
2016 All-Staff Art Show, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Speak Out, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY (curated by Linda Cunningham, Eva Mayhabal Davis and Dalaeja Foreman)
2016 GIFs to Have Sex By, Print Screen Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (curated by Faith Holland)
2015 The Internet Yami-Ichi in New York, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY (organized by exon emo, IDPW.org, Chris Romero, and Eri Takane)
2015 NURTUREart Benefit, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Intervening Histories, OFF_Festival Bratislava, Slovakia (curated by Saul Robbins)
2015 GIFs to Have Sex By, Transfer Gallery, New York, NY and Digital SweatGallery (web, curated by Faith Holland)
2014 CCNY Photo Benefit Auction, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
2014 The Art of Hair, Pop-up Art Event, New York, NY
2013 Online Exhibition, Curate NYC, New York, NY (curated by Christina Vassallo, Executive Director, Flux Factory, New York, NY)
2013 Online Exhibition, Curate NYC, New York, NY (curated by Deana Haggag, Director, The Contemporary, Baltimore, MD)
2013 Online Exhibition, The Vienna Project: Hair-Code
2013 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013 SVA MFA Photo, Video, & Related Media Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY (curated by Bonnie Yochelson) (catalogue)
2012 RSVP 2012, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE (Juried)
2010 Breaking Ground, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
2010 Visual Fringe, Wilmington Fringe Festival, Wilmington, DE
Collaborative Projects
2017 Keeper of the Walls, Express Newark, Newark, NJ (workshop in collaboration with Robin Semple and Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, NJ)
Curatorial Projects
2021 After Our Bodies Meet, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY
2018 Constant Nearness: Video, Satire, and the Authentic Self, New Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Watch Me Now, The Culture Club, New York, NY
Screenings
2016 Are You Loathsome, Video Revival, New York, NY
2013 From the Cloud: Video in Cyberspace, DAM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014 From the Cloud: Video in Cyberspace, Spectacle Theater, New York, NY
Residencies
2019 Surf Point Foundation, York, Maine
Academic Appointments
2018 Part-Time Faculty, Adelphi University Garden City, NY (Intro to Photo, Intro to Digital Imaging, and Intro to Digital Art)
2017 Part-Time Lecturer, Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, NJ (Flip the Script, a multidisciplinary course in Rutgers’ HLLC program)
2015 Adjunct Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (Photo History)
2014 Teaching Assistant, School of Visual Arts BFA Photography, New York, NY (15 Short Investigations Through Photo-based Art [Penelope Umbrico], Spring 2014)
Lectures / Panels
2018 Visiting Lecturer (Art and Economics Laboratory), Visual Arts Undergraduate Program, Columbia University, New York, November 15
2018 Panelist, Color Codes: Translating Color, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY January 20
2017 Panelist, Shifting Discourses: A Conversation with Teju Cole, MFA Photo, Video and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY September 28
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Teen Academy, International Center for Photography, New York, NY July 31
2016 Visiting Lecturer, BFA Film, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY October 17
2016 Guest Critic, BFA Photography and Video, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY April 26
2016 Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY February 19
2015 Guest Critic, MFA Photo, Video and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY December 15
2015 Visiting Lecturer, BFA Film, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY November 30
2015 Panelist, Forever &4evr, Union Docs, New York, NY April 28
2014 Visiting Lecturer, BFA Photography and Video, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY December 12
2014 Panelist, Interim Report: Directions in Post Graduate Work/Art/Life, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY April 10
Professional Activities
2017-18 Organizer, The Culture Club, Critical Practices Inc., New York
2014-17 Judge, Artist Grant, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, New York
2016 Writing Your Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, September 18 & October 14
2014-15 Organizer, SVA Alumni Crit Group, New York
2013 Student Juror, 2013 Call for Entries, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Writings
Guest Blogger, January–March 2016, Baxter St. Camera Club of New York
“A History of Violence: or How I Learned to Stop Trusting Photography and Start Seeing,” All the Best, Alice, (New York, NY: School of Visual Arts 2015)
“A Treatise on Black Art in the Age of the Machine & the Dematerialization of It All,” Posture Magazine, August 2014
Bibliography
https://observer.com/2021/01/review-after-our-bodies-meet-explores-closeness-and-intimacy-in-new-forms/
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/internet-yami-ichi-flea-market/
http://www.tokyowindowsessions.com/daniel-johnson