Artist Marc Johns

Marc Johns

About

Marc Johns’ drawings have been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Athens, and elsewhere. A book of his artwork, Serious Drawings, was published by teNeues. His drawings have appeared in many other books, as well as publications such as Wired, Newsweek, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine.

His work is blogged about by someone, somewhere, every day, and many of his fans have tattoos of his drawings. He lives with his wife, two sons, and his drawer full of pens in Victoria, BC, Canada. Marc is not sure why he's talking about himself in the third person...

I generally aim to say as much as possible with as few elements as possible. My work often leans toward humour, and finding the humour in things often leads to finding the truth. I like to create absurd situations, by combining things together that don’t belong, or imagine what inanimate objects would say if they could speak. My artwork and the materials I use are quite compact. My studio could pretty much fit in a suitcase. … Read More

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Website: http://www.marcjohns.com

Work

Exhibitions

2005

Hot One Inch Action, Butchershop Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Hot One Inch Action, The Whip Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2006

LOOK '06, Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC
Fairfield Artist Studio Tour, Victoria, BC (Apr)
MailMania 2, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC (Sept)
Feast, Wharf Street, Victoria, BC
Post-Postcard, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Dec)

2007

the MAKE, Sunset Room, Victoria, BC (Jan)
LOOK '07, The Bay Centre, Victoria, BC (Feb)
Overlooked Treasures and Miscellaneous Oddities, Studio 16 1/2, Victoria, BC (March)
Panorama Project, Studio 16 1/2, Victoria, BC (Apr)
Hot One Inch Action 2004-2006, Gallery Gachet, Victoria, BC
the MAKE, Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Co-MIX, Studio 16 1/2, Victoria, BC
The Kindness of Strangers, the Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA, USA
Art on Paper / Small Works of Art, To a T/ArtCentral, Calgary, AB (Nov-Dec)

2008

Abracadabra, Sunset Room, Victoria, BC
Abracadabra, Little Mountain Studios, Vancouver, BC

2009

Fresh stART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Post-It Show 4, Giant Robot/GR2, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Dec 5, 2009 - Jan 13, 2010)
Small Stuff 4, Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, Florida (November 22, 2009 until January 9, 2010)

2010

Vision 20/10, Gallery Hanahou, New York City, NY, USA
Design Walk 2010, The Design Shop, Athens, Greece (February 5-7)
Grab Bag, Silpe Gallery at the Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT, USA (Feb-March)
Small Favors, Giant Robot NY, New York, NY, USA (March-April)
Game Over 3, Giant Robot SF, San Francisco, CA, USA
Butter and Blood, Giant Robot LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Publications

the Make (book, 2007)
FEAST (book, 2006)
Wine Access Magazine (2007)
Beyond Magazine (cover, 2007)
Abracadabra (book, 2008)
Fray, Issue #1 (2008)
PRISM International Magazine (cover and 3 inside pages, 2008)
Giant Robot Magazine (book review, 2009)
Juxtapoz Magazine (book review, 2009)
Zing Magazine, China (2009)
Serious Drawings (book, 2009)
New York Times Magazine, December 13, 2009
Grab Bag (book, 2009)
I Swear to Good you are God at this (book, 2009)
WIRED (July, August, Sept, Dec 2009, May 2011)
I Swear to Good You Are God At This (book by Holiday Matinee, 2010)
Postcards from a Dead Girl (book cover for Harper Perennial)
Newsweek (July 2010)
Newsweek, International Edition (August 2010)

Press

Times Colonist newspaper, March 15, 2007
Monday Magazine, March 8, 2007
Milk Magazine (Hong Kong), 2008
Front Magazine (2008)
Zing Magazine, 2009
TLC Magazine (Vancouver), December 2009
Blanket Magazine, December 2009
Eight Magazine (Italy) February 2010
Spit Press, Sydney (July 2010)
M. Style magazine, China (July 2010)
BLEND magazine, Netherlands (August 2010)
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