Rashid Johnson

b. 1977, Chicago, Illinois, US

Art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature and philosophy all factor into Johnson’s multidisciplinary output. His work is embedded with everyday materials and objects, such as radios, shea butter, record covers and tropical plants, often associated with his childhood and referencing aspects of African-american identity. He presented a new body of work at Hauser & Wirth New York last autumn with his exhibition ‘The Hikers’, and is currently preparing works to be presented at Hauser & Wirth London and the New Museum, New York, as well as an outdoor sculpture commission at Storm King Art Center in upstate New York.