curriculum vitae

 

  

PERSONAL

Ray Johnson (b. 1985, Norfolk, VA)

Email: Rayjohnsonart@gmail.com

Phone: (757) 536-3587


REPRESENTATION

Gallery Ukwensi

424 W. 21st. suite 101 Norfolk, VA 23517

Email: info@gallerie-ukwensi.com

Phone: (757) 756-4480

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

For My Brothers With Sons I Paint This, Off-site Gallery, Norfolk, VA


2022

Black Is…, For All Handkind Art Gallery, Norfolk, VA

 

2018

Blacker the Berry, Downing Gross Culture Art Center, Newport News, VA

 

2017

HERstory, Corner Gallery, Norfolk, VA

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Virginia MOCA: Made in VA, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA

Dynamic, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA


Black Art Reframed
, James Wise Fine Art Gallery, Norfolk, VA


2020

Art Beat Miami, 7th Annual Art Fair (virtual), Miami, FL

Black History Now: Group Art Exhibit, The Well Art Gallery, Richmond, VA

 

2019

Women’s Narratives: Brick City Blues, Newark Arts Festival, Newark, NJ

Black History Month Art Exhibition, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA

 

2018

A Tribute To African Art, Downing Gross Cultural Art Center, Newport News, VA

Something Beautiful, The Whitney Austin Gallery of Art, Charlotte, NC

Still Nigga, The Manchester Gallery, Richmond, VA

 

2017

Eight Artist Dream, Downing Gross Cultural Art Center, Newport News, VA

Now: African American Artist in Tidewater, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Newport News, VA

 

2016

Naked Expressions, S.A.N.D. Gallery, Baltimore, MD

CAN Festival, 670 Gallery, Hampton, VA

 

ORGANIZATIONS

 

Visual Arts Advancement Collective, Founding Member, 2019