EDUCATION
2003 M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1997 B.F.A. Photography & B.A. History, University of Washington
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2008-Present Assistant Professor of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1999 - 2000 William J. Fulbright Grant, Peru
2001 Artist Trust Grant for Artist Project (GAP), Washington State Arts Council
2001 - 2003 San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Artistic Merit Fellowship
2003 Brooks Award to Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
2003 Artist Book Competition, San Francisco Art Institute
2005 Santa Fe Prize for Photography
2008 Kelner Faculty Travel Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2009 Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Eirik Johnson: Animal Holes, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Eirik Johnson: Borderlands, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA2004 Landscape, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2004 Oculus, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM.
2004 Residency Finalist Exhibition, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.
2003 Intervals, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
2003 Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
2003 Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA. juried by James Elaine, curator of Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum.
2003 Vernissage, SFAI Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
2003 New California Masters, Works/San José, San José, CA.
2002 Repurpose, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; juried by Nicolas Bourriaud, director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2002 Reclaiming the Hollow, site-specific installation, San Francisco, CA.
2002 Lucite, Longitude and Joe Namath, collaboration with Toban Nichols, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2002 Solo Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2001 Re-Imaging the West: a New History, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA.
2000 Tawantinsuyo: un viaje fotográfico, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cusco, Peru.
2000 Eirik Johnson: Estonopeica y Estereoscópicas, Ojo Ajeno Galería, Centro de la Fotografía, Lima, Peru.
2000 "Eirik Johnson: Redefining the Western Landscape," Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
1999 Commotion, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA.
1999 Western Ground, RayKo South, San Francisco, CA.
1998 Selected Contemporary Work, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1998 Western Ground, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1997 The Camera Obscured, FotoCircle Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1997 Intrusion: the Contemporary Landscape, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Cavallo Point Photography Program," Cavallo Point Lodge, Sausalito, CA
2008 "Animal Intelligence," Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 "Utopian Mirage: Social Metaphors in Contemporary Photographs and Film," Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2007 "On the Wall: Aperture '05/'06," Aperture Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
2007 "Selections '07," Stephen Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2005 "Vital Signs," George Eastman House, Internatinal Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY
2004 "Boundaries," Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Episcopal Academy, Alexandria, VA
2004 "Oculus," ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2004 "Landscape," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 "Close Calls," Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2003 "Intervals," Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Stanford Art Spaces," Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2003 "Bay Area Currents," Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 "Vernissage," SFAI Master of Fine Arts Exibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2003 "New California Masters," Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2002 "Repurpose," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2002 "Reclaiming the Hollow," Site-specific installation, San Francisco, CA
2002 "Lucite, Longitude and Joe Namath," collaboration iwth Toban Nichols, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 "Solo Exhibition," Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 "Re-Imaging the West: a New History," SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2000 "Tawantinsuyo: un viaje fotografico," Museum of Contemporary Art, Cusco, Peru
1999 "Commotion," SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
1999 "Western Ground," RayKo South, San Francisco, CA
1998 "Selected Contemporary Work," Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "Western Ground," G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 "The Camera Obscured," FotoCircle Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 "Intrusion: the Contemporary Landscape," G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Museum of COntemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
The National Fulbright Organization
National Institute of Culture, Peru
Centro de la Fotografia, Lima, Peru
Paul Sack Collection, San Francisco, CA
Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection, Seattle, WA
Artist and Special Book Collection, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Collection of the President of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA