Alumni News – Eirik Johnson

Originally posted on 20 Jul 10:

In 1992 Eirik Johnson received a BFA in Photography and a BA in History from the UW. He went on to receive an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has become an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Opening last October and running into January of this year, Johnson had an exhibit titled Sawdust Mountain at the Henry Art Gallery; the show was most recently seen at the Aperture Gallery in New York City. These two venues partnered to produce a book of the same title. A brief interview with him about the book was featured in the 06 July 2010 edition of The Morning News. This spring his work was included in the exhibit titled The Road to Nowhere? as part of the FotoFest 2010 Biennial. Johnson has been chosen as a finalist for the 2010 James and Audrey Foster Prize at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston; work by all the finalists will be exhibited from 22 September 2010 through 17 January 2011.