February 23, 2010
1pm
Eirik Johnson
Confluence of the Rogue and Illinois Rivers, Oregon
2006
Eirik Johnson
Starlite Drive-In, Roseburg, Oregon
2006
All of my photographic work deals with strange and momentary scenes within makeshift landscapes. Whether it is following the journey of pilgrims in the high Andes of Peru, walking alleys and sidewalks of the West Oakland neighborhood, spelunking down a subterranean urban river, or noticing the burrowing of rabbits in a landfill, I am curious to see how the relationship between human and natural interaction can create improvised environments. There is a temporal and fleeting nature to these environments, sometimes hinting at the sublime. - Eirik Johnson
Eirik Johnson is a photographer currently based in Boston, MA. His work has been exhibited at spaces including the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the George Eastman House in Rochester, and the Aperture Foundation in New York. He has received several awards including the Santa Fe Prize in 2005 and a William J. Fulbright Grant to Peru in 1999-2000. His work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the National Fulbright Foundation, and the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection. His first monograph, BORDERLANDS, was published by Twin Palms Publishers in 2005. Eirik Johnson is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery in New York, Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco and G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle, WA. Johnson is an assistant professor of photography at Massachusetts College of Art.
For more information visit his website.
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