Biography
Eirik Johnson makes conceptually grounded work examining the global intersections of contemporary environmental, social, and economic issues. Employing various modes of presentation from photobooks to experiential photo- and sound-based installation, Johnson’s photographic and interdisciplinary projects explore the marks and connections formed in the friction of these complicated relationships. He has exhibited his work at institutions including the Aperture Foundation, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; and the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle. Johnson’s work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; International Center of Photography, New York; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno; and the George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY. His previous monographs include Road to Nowhere (2021), Barrow Cabins (2019), Pine (2018), Sawdust Mountain (2009), and Borderlands (2005).
