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Alan Bur Johnson creates sculptures, installations and two-dimensional works that appear to hover weightlessly before their shadows and the surface to which they are bound. Working with transparent photographic imagery and intricately cut metal forms, he employs an approach of scientific inquiry to investigate fleeting life cycles and physical impermanence. He meticulously dissects his subjects in extensive detail, amassing a vast volume of visual fragments, then reassembles the disparate elements in an attempt to map what has transpired and reanimate what has been lost.

Johnson has exhibited nationally with solo shows in New York, Phoenix and Seattle, and in group exhibitions in museums including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art, and Phoenix Art Museum. He has participated internationally in group exhibitions, most recently in Pretoria, South Africa. His work has been featured in ARTINFO, Artweek and Beautiful/Decay, and has been the subject of multiple articles addressing the intersection of art and science. His artwork has been commissioned by corporate clients including Neiman Marcus, CBRE, Enterprise Products, and MidFirst Bank, and can be found in numerous other corporate and private collections.

Johnson received a BFA in Printmaking in 1990 from the University of Washington, Seattle. He works and lives in the former ghost town of Jerome, Arizona, which he has called home since 1993.

NEWS

2018

Arizona Biennial, July 5 - Sept 16, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018, Johnson is one of five invited artists, through July 15, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN

2017

Alan Bur Johnson | Xawery Wolski, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
Biomimicry, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ

2016

Cassilhaus, Artist residency, Chapel Hill NC
the Evidence Project, Pretoria, South Africa

2015

LUXE Interiors + Design, "The Maker: Alan Bur Johnson"
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Explore Art: Phoenix, "A Dynamic Duo at Sette: Mayme Kratz and Alan Bur Johnson"
The Brief Forever, Alan Bur Johnson | Mayme Kratz, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ

2014

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs CA
Hello MidTown, inaugural exhibition at the new Lisa Sette Gallery location in MidTown Phoenix AZ

2013

Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
I-REF, "Zerlegte Insekten: Progeny"
Beautiful/Decay, "... Fly Right Off the Wall"
LUXE Interiors + Design, "On the Rocks"
Arizona Republic, "...Beauty in Bones & Insects"
The Physical Photograph, Art Intersection, Gilbert AZ
Visual Art Source, solo exhibition review
Alan Bur Johnson | Alison Rossiter, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

2012

TEETH, 4-Person Invitational, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs CA

2011

Art Miami, Miami FL
Tucson Weekly, "Despair and Its Antidotes"
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

2010

Order of Species, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle WA
Remnants, Fuse Gallery, New York NY
ScienceBlogs/Bioephemera, "A Fluttering of Pinned Wings in Silver Frames"
Alan Bur Johnson | Jessica Joslin, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
AIPAD Photography Show, New York NY

2009

Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Alan Bur Johnson | Doug and Mike Starn, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
The New York Art World, AIPAD 2009: A Report on the Photography Show
ARTINFO describes Johnson's work as "...coolest work at the fair."
AIPAD Photography Show, New York NY
Alan Bur Johnson | Brian Cypher | Jessica Drenk, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle WA

2008

Photo MIAMI, Miami FL
Hover, Fuse Gallery, New York NY

photo credits: MB Sullivan | Alan Bur Johnson, unless credited otherwise