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