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| October 15 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT | Civic Square Building

Visiting Artist Lecture: David L. Johnson

A hand is reaching down to click a button on an old school stereo that sits on the ground.

Visiting Artist Lecture: David L. Johnson
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Civic Square Building, Room 110

Bio
David L. Johnson is an artist based in New York City. Johnson makes work attuned to the streets of the city, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice utilizes photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to consider the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. His work has been exhibited in solo and dual exhibitions at The Shop at Sadie Coles HQ, London (2024); Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin; Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin; Art Lot, Brooklyn (2023); and Theta, New York (2021). Recent group exhibitions have been held at the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT (both 2024); Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago; MoMA PS1, New York (all 2023); and Artists Space, New York (2022).

Johnson received a BFA from the Cooper Union in 2015 and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is an alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program and is an adjunct instructor at The Cooper Union and a part-time faculty member in the Fine Arts MFA program at the Parsons School of Design. Johnson’s work is held in the public collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Columbus Museum of Art.

Image courtesy of the artist

This lecture is presented as part of the Fall 2025 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all.

ASL/CART available on request. Contact Cassandra at 848-932-5399 / coliveras@mgsa.rutgers.edu one week prior to event.
Masks strongly encouraged
Wheelchair accessible with ramps and elevators
Quiet room available