Cedric Johnson

Born 1952, Corpus Christi, Texas
Has practiced at Creative Growth since 1980

Cedric Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist who works with a wide range of media, from wood and textiles to ceramics and printmaking. Johnson is adept at combining vibrant palettes with intricate linear patterns when working two-dimensionally in drawing or painting, and three-dimensionally, when sculpting ceramic masks. With a particular attention to line, a preliminary abstract shape takes form as he rotates the piece to find emergent shapes within different perspectives. Fractured planes and a Cubist style of portraiture are prominent in most of his work. Despite the abstract nature of Johnson’s work, his titles reference dense and complex original narratives that inspire his practice.

Cedric Johnson es un artista multidisciplinario que trabaja con una amplia gama de medios, desde madera y textiles hasta cerámica y grabado. Johnson es experto en combinar paletas vibrantes con patrones lineales intrincados cuando trabaja en dos dimensiones al dibujar o pintar, y en tres dimensiones, al esculpir máscaras de cerámica. Con una atención particular a la línea, toma forma una forma abstracta preliminar a medida que gira la pieza para encontrar formas emergentes dentro de diferentes perspectivas. Los planos fracturados y un estilo Cubista de retrato son prominentes en la mayor parte de su trabajo. A pesar de la naturaleza abstracta del trabajo de Johnson, sus títulos hacen referencia a narraciones originales densas y complejas que inspiran su práctica.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022
The Art of Disability Culture, Ruth’s Table, San Francisco

2021
The Art of Disability Culture, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto

2019
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2018
Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth, Carson City
Art is For Everyone, Telegraph Hill Gallery, San Francisco

2016
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris
Untitled Art Fair, San Francisco
Franklin, A Word Nobody Ever Seems to Say, solo exhibition, Ampersand Gallery, Portland

2012
John Hiltunen +1, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, curated by Matthew Higgs

2009
Chromatic: 35 Colorful Years of Creative Growth, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Boxed Foods, San Francisco