1974 Born in Illinois (USA)
Lives and works in Los Angeles
1997 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland BFA, specialized in Painting
As Above, So Below, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
blow up 298 - landscape continuum - subatomic decay patterns / -13,000 +2000, Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT
The Long Goodbye, Morgan Lehman Gallery New York, NY
blow up 250 - “Be it ever so humble” - subatomic decay patterns after Wyandanch, Payne and Rennert, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
blow up 203 - subatomic decay patterns after Piranesi’s Ruins and Waiting Room (Bank of America), Armory Show, New York, NY
Empire Loop, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York NY
Terrible Beauty, Nicolaysen Museum, Casper, WY
After the Fall, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York NY
Kysa Johnson, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville CT
Kysa Johnson: Blow Ups—Spores, Pollen, and Pollutants, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield CT
Kysa Johnson, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn NY
Macro/ Microscapes, National Academy of Science, Washington DC
Echo Location, ESXLA, Los Angeles, CA
Southland, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Medium: Religion, University of Central Missouri Museum of Art and Design, Warrensburg, MO
Girl Trip, The Lodge, Los Angeles, CA
The Art of Now, Hearst Galleries, New York, NY
Abstracted Visions: Information Mapping; from Mystic Diagrams to Data Visualizations, Cerritos College, Long Beach CA
The Fire Next Time, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Sampling, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
Weird Science, Kunsthalle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Eastern Standard, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill NY
Sitelines, Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
“Unfolding Patterns” Dorsky Gallery Queens, NY
Festival International Del Artes 2012, Costa Rica
Pulse NY, Morgan Lehman Booth, New York, NY
View from Outerspace from an Aquarium, Famous Accountants Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin, Ireland
The Peterson Collection, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Wall Works, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
The Cambrian Explorsian, Zora Art Space, Brooklyn NY
Terminal Jest, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Mapping, Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY
Opening Ceremony, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York NY
Paintbox Leaves, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY
Land(e)scape, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich CT
Pulse NY Art Fair, Morgan Lehman Gallery
Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
Dis/Believer – Intersections of Science and Religion in Contemporary Art. Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College
Hudson River Project, Tang Museum Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Next Contemporary Art Fair, Morgan Lehman Booth, Chicago IL
Second Biennial of the Canary Islands: Art, Architecture and Landscape curated by Christian Viveros-Faune, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Next Contemporary Art Fair, Morgan Lehman, Chicago IL
Interior Ritual, KK Projects, New Orleans, LA
Passed as Present, York Art Gallery, York England
The Elements – Air, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Art Chicago with Roebling Hall, Chicago IL
Flash Pop, NYFA New York, NY
Psychoideology, Roebling Hall Chelsea NY
Assemblage II, Museum 52, London UK
Texas Firehouse, Brooklyn NY
The Armory Show, Roebling Hall, Booth Pier 92-103, New York, NY
Design For Public Space, New York, NY
El Greco, Islip Museum, Islip NY
Origin Mother and Child, Ferragamo Gallery Space, NY
The Armory Show, Roebling Hall, Booth Pier 92-103, New York, NY
The Exploding of Plastic Invisible, Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Store, NY
The Armory Show, Roebling Hall, Booth Pier 92-103, New York, NY
NADA Benefit Auction, New York, NY
Winter Auction – Dumbo Arts Center Dumbo Brooklyn, NY
Woman Artists Past and Present, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
Surround, Free Gallery Glasgow, Scotland 2001
Big Names, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
The Rebellion of Space, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Local Color, Martin Art Gallery Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 1998
Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow Scotland
European Couples and Others, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Invitational Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Scotland
Installation for the Concourse Level of the Empire State Building
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) fellowship
Emmy Sachs Prize
Heitzman, Lorraine. “Echo Location at Eastside International”. Art and Cake LA, March 10, 2017.
Gauss, Daniel. “The Long Goodbye”. Wall Street International, September 10, 2015
Small, Rachel. “Kysa Johnson’s Atomic Art”. Interview Magazine, February 2014
Feinstein, Laura. “Turning The Science Behind String Theory Into Immersive Murals”. Vice Creator’s Project, March 10, 2014
Mason, Shana Beth. “Artist Spotlight: Kysa Johnson”. Miami Design District New York, March, 2014
Davis, Ben. “Kysa Johnson’s Cosmic Bank Office is a Showstopper”. ArtInfo, March 7, 2013
D’Arcy, David. “Armory Show - The Movies”. Artinfo, March 8, 2013
“Best of the Artsty Armory at the Armory Show”. Artsy.com, March 8, 2013
“10 Must See Installations at the Armory Show”. Arts Observer, March 7, 2013
“A New York City Artist Reinvents Piranesi for the 21st Century”. Gallery Intell, March 5, 2013
Keh, Pei-Ru. “The Armory Show at the Piers 92 and 94”. Wallpaper, March 7, 2013
Mosier, Chris. “Wanderlust Chronicles – Armory Arts Week 2013”. The Standard, March 12, 2013
Yablonsky, Linda. “Scene and Herd – Steppin’ Up”. ArtForum.com, March 9, 2013
“Centennial New York Armory Show opens with 214 exhibitors representing galleries from around the world”. Art Daily, March 6, 2013
Ahn, Alex. “In its 100th Year, The Armory Show Returns To Its Roots”. Bullett Media, March 7, 2013
Tipton, Gemma. “Dublin Up”, Artforum.com, Scene and Heard by
Dunne, Aida. “Will Dublin Contemporary Draw in the Punters?” Irish Times, June 23, 2011
Leach, Cristin. “Everything is Not Illuminated”. The Sunday Times Ireland, September 18, 2011
“Dublin Contemporary 2011”. Architecture Ireland, October 2011
Moroney, Mic. “Dublin Contemporary 2011”. Irish Arts Review, September 2011
Cunningham, Matthew. Review “Dis/Believer” Truthful Enthusiasm: Discussing Contemporary Issues through the Arts November 20, 2009
Weinberg, Lauren. Review “Dis/Believer”. Time Out Chicago – Issue 249, Dec 3rd-9th, 2009
Bookhardt, D. Eric. “House Holds Objects”. The Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, August 5, 2008
Harrison, Helena. “ Getting in Touch with that Inner El Greco”. New York Times March 20, 2005
Art Forum – April Issue, Review by Jeffrey Kastner, Pg.191
New Yorker – Feb 14th and 21st, Review, Pg. 64
New York Magazine – Feb 7th, Art Pick, Pg. 94