Exhibitions - Ray Johnson Estate

200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052

Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students Curated by Michael Beggs and Julie J. Thomson September 29, 2023 - January 6, 2024

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

120 College Street

Asheville, NC 28801

Something Else Press

Group Exhibition September 26, 2023 - January 22, 2024

Museo Reina Sofia

Sabatini Building, Floor 3
Calle Santa Isabel, 52
28012 Madrid

Gertrude Stein et Pablo Picasso. L’invention du langage

Group Exhibition September 13, 2023 - January 21, 2024

Musée du Luxembourg

Luxembourg Gardens

19 Rue de Vaugirard

75006 Paris, France

Art About Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings

Group Exhibition August 19 - November 5, 2023

Princeton University Art Museum, Art on Hulfish

Princeton, NJ 08544

Brigid Berlin: The Heaviest

Curated by Alison M. Gingeras June 23 - August 18, 2023

Vito Schnabel

43 Clarkson Street

New York, New York

BMC/MX Black Mountain College and Mexico:

translation in motion/traducción en movimiento Group Exhibition June 2 - September 9, 2023

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

120 College Street

Asheville, NC 28801

Walk Against the Wind

Group exhibition May 10 - June 3, 2023

Micki Meng and Parker Gallery

83 Grand Street

New York, New York

Miniature Worlds:

Joseph Cornell, Ray Johnson, Yayoi Kusama March 12 - June 25, 2023

Katonah Museum of Art

134 Jay Street

Katonah, NY 10536

Black Mountain College: The Experimenters

February 28 – April 15, 2023

David Zwirner

24 Grafton Street

London, UK

Jimmy DeSana: Submission

November 11, 2022 - April 16, 2023

The Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052

Ray Johnson

Silent Dog Whistle Enclosed for the Invisible Man October 14 - November 12, 2022

Corbett vs. Dempsey

2156 West Fulton Street

Chicago, IL

All The World Began With A Yes

September 8 - October 8, 2022

The Lodge LA

1024 N Western Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90029

PLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE:

RAY JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHS The Morgan Library & Museum June 17 - October 2, 2022

The Morgan Library & Museum

225 Madison Ave.

New York, NY 10016

SONGS WITHOUT WORDS: THE ART OF MUSIC

Nassau County Museum of Art November 20, 2021 – March 6, 2022

Nassau County Museum of Art

One Museum Drive
Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576

Ray Johnson c/o

Art Institute of Chicago November 20, 2021 - March 21, 2022

Art Institute of Chicago
Michigan Avenue Entrance
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603

Interior Scroll or What I Did on My Vacation

July 24 - August 31, 2021

Soft Network at Stanley and Sons
The Art Building
Springs, NY

100 Sculptures: NYC

Anonymous Gallery June 30 - August 21, 2021

Anonymous Gallery
136 Baxter Street
New York, NY 10013
info@anonymousgallery.com

Surréalisme dans l'art américain

May 11 - September 26, 2021

Le Centre de la Vieille Charité
2 Rue de la Charité
Marseille, France, 13002

RAY JOHNSON: WHAT A DUMP

Curated by Jarrett Earnest David Zwirner Gallery April 8, 2021 - May 22, 2021

David Zwirner
525 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011

NOTHNG OF THE MONTH CLUB

Off Paradise, New York January 27 – May 27, 2021

Off Paradise
120 Walker Street
New York, NY 10013
+1 212 388 9010

Pure Form

David Zwirner Gallery January 14 - February 20, 2021

David Zwirner
34 E. 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
+1 212 517 8677

BOB BOX SVA

Flatiron Project Space November 7, 2019 - November 29, 2019

Flatiron Project Space
SVA BFA Visual & Critical Studies
133 W. 21st Street
New York, NY 10011

Slant Step Forward

Verge Center for the Arts September 12, 2019 - October 27, 2019

Verge Center for the Arts
625 S St.
Sacramento, CA 958211
info@vergeart.com

Frederick Weston: Happening

Group Exhibition at Gordon Robichaux April 28 – June 16, 2019

Gordon Robichaux
41 Union Square West, #925
(Enter at 22 East 17th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Friday-Sunday 12:00 - 6:00pm
And by appointment
(T:) 646-678-5532
(E:) gordonrobichaux@gmail.com

JR - ADRIAN PIPER - RAY JOHNSON

Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin April 25 - August 5, 2019

Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin
Auguststraße 11-13
10117 Berlin

Tel.: 0049 (0) 30 240 47404
E-Mail: salon(at)museum-frieder-burda.de

Snap + Share

SFMOMA March 30 – August 4, 2019

Transmitting Photographs from Mail Art to Social Networks

Strategic Vandalism: The Legacy of Asger Jorn

Curated by Axel Heil and Roberto Ohrt Petzel Gallery March 5, 2019 – April 13, 2019

Please Send To: Ray Johnson

Selections from the Permanent Collection Guild Hall October 20 - December 16, 2018

10 Years: 100 Sculptures

Curated by Todd von Ammon and Joseph Ian Henr No Gallery, LA September 21, 2018 - February 16, 2020

NO is pleased to present the fourth edition of 100 Sculptures.
Curated by Todd von Ammon, Joseph Ian Henrikson and Casey Gleghorn.

Pushing the Envelope

Mail Art from the Archives of American Art August 10, 2018 - January 4, 2019

Ray Johnson

Picasso Queen Museum Frieder Burda December 9, 2017 - May 21, 2018

The presentation in the mezzanine of the Museum Frieder Burda shows around 20 collages by the American artist Ray Johnson (1927-1995).

Josef and Anni and Ruth and Ray

September 20 - October 21, 2017

David Zwirner
34 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021

FEEDBACK

July 6 - August 4, 2017

Marlborough Contemporary
545 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001

Ray Johnson

Matthew Marks Gallery May 5 - August 18, 2017

Matthew Marks Gallery
523 W. 24 Street
New York, NY
10011

Cal Conversations

Slow Reading/Slow Seeing January 18 - April 30, 2017

BAMPFA
University of California
2155 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

Olympia

In collaboration with Karma Galerie Patrick Seguin October 17 - November 26, 2016

Galerie Patrick Seguin
5 rue des Taillandiers F-75011 | Paris FR

Ray Johnson: The Bob Boxes

Valade Family Gallery September 10 - October 8, 2016

Valade Family Gallery
A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
College for Creative Studies
460 W. Baltimore
Detroit, MI 48202

The Olga Hirschhorn Collection

Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum September 6, 2016 - July 23, 2017

Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum
5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard
Naples, FL 34108-2740

Please Add To and Return To

A mail art collaboration with Performa October 27 - November 28, 2015

Printed Matter
231 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10001 USA

Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College

1933 - 1957 October 10, 2015 - January 24, 2016 ICA Boston; February 21 - May 15, 2016 Hammer Museum; September 17, 2016 - January 1, 2017 Wexner Center

Art AIDS America

October 3, 2015 - January 10, 2016, Tacoma Art Museum; July 13 - October 23, 2016, Bronx Museum of the Arts

Tacoma Art Museum
1701 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402

Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York 10456

40: The Anniversary Exhibition

Hal Bromm Gallery October 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016

Hal Bromm Gallery
90 West Broadway
New York, NY 10007

UMPAWAUG’S BLOOM

Ashley Carter/Phil Cote/Ray Johnson/Erin... September 5 - 25, 2015

Kimberly-Klark
788 Woodward Ave
Queens, NY, 11385

I Dropped the Lemon Tart

June 26 - August 21, 2015

Lisa Cooley
107 Norfolk Street
New York, NY 10002

The Nothing That Is

A Drawing Show in Five Parts June 5 - September 7, 2015

CAM Raleigh
409 W. Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27603

Something Else Entirely

June 5 - August 22, 2015

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

120 College Street

Asheville, NC 28801

Please Return To

Mail Art from the Ray Johnson Archive May 14 - October 2, 2015

Richard L. Feigen & Co.
34 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021

RE(a)D

Curated by Ryan Steadman Nathalie Karg Gallery May 10 - July 3, 2015

#RAWHIDE

Curated by Dylan Brant and Vivian Brodie May 9 - July 11, 2015

Saying Yes to Everything

Curated by Corrina Peipon November 15 – December 20, 2014

Honor Fraser
2622 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034

Ray Johnson's Art World

November 7, 2014 - January 17, 2015

Ray Johnson and Friends

Exhibition Posters and Ephemera October 15 - November 15, 2014

Printed Matter
195 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10011

Ray Johnson

October 7 - November 1, 2014

Karma
39 Great Jones St.
New York, NY 10012

Art=Text=Art

September 20, 2014 - January 11, 2015

UB Anderson Gallery at the University at Buffalo, New York

Sed Tanctum Dic Verbo (Just Say the Word)

September 20 – December 20, 2014

Blain Southern Berlin
Potsdamer Straße 77-87
10785 Berlin

Ray Johnson Designs

July 2 - September 29, 2014

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Library
4 West 54 Street
New York, NY 10019

Positivilly Marvillainous

July 5 - July 27, 2014

Eric Firestone Gallery
4 Newtown Lane
East Hampton, NY 11937

The Crystal Palace

June 28 - August 16, 2014

Rachel Uffner Gallery
170 Suffolk Street
New York, NY 10002

Another Look at Detroit

June 26 - August 8, 2014

Marlborough Chelsea
545 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001

Marianne Boesky Gallery
509 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011

Pop Art Myths

June 10 - September 14, 2014

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado 8
28014 Madrid
Spain

RAY JOHNSON: COLLAGES OF ART, POETRY, MUSIC,

April 9 - May 7, 2014

Sidney Mishkin Gallery
Baruch College
135 East 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

THE IOLAS GALLERY 1955 - 1987 March 6 - April 26, 2014

Paul Kasmin Gallery
293 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10001

A Collective Invention: Photographs at Play

February 14 - May 18, 2014

The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Remix

Selections from the ICC January 17 - March 21, 2014

Bates College Museum of Art

Previously at:
Katonah Art Museum
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art

Return To Sender

Ray Johnson, Robert Warner August 30, 2013 - January 5, 2014

Krannert Art Museum
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion
500 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

Xerography

September 8 - November 10, 2013

Firstsite
High Street
Colchester
Essex CO1 1JH

The Art of Handwriting

July 2 - October 22, 2013

Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery
1st Floor, Donald W. Reynolds Center
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.

Glam! The Performance of Style

June 14 - September 22, 2013

Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt, Germany): June 13 - September 22, 2013

Lentos Kunstmuseum (Linz, Germany): October 18 - February 2, 2014

American Collage

June 10 - August 2, 2013

Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
24 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075
TEL 212.628.9760 FAX 212.628.9635
Hours: Monday- Friday 10am - 5pm or by appointment

Correspondences

February 1 - May 5, 2013

Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton
60, rue de Bassano
101, avenue des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris

T. +33 1 53 57 52 03
F. +33 1 53 57 32
espaceculturel@louisvuitton.com

www.louisvuitton.com/espaceculturel

Death: A Self-Portrait

November 15, 2012 - February 28, 2013

Wellcome Collection
London, UK

Constructing/ Deconstructing: Abex Collage

November 8, 2012 - January 5, 2013

Hollis Taggart Galleries
958 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021

Tel: 212.628.4000
Fax: 212.570.5786

50 Years of Mail Art

In Homage to Ray Johnson October 6 - 28, 2012

Galleria Comunale D'Arte Contemporanea
Via Matteotti, 79 - Castel San Piero Terme, BO (Italy)

Drop Me A Line

September 21 - November 24, 2012

Laure Genillard
2 Hanway Place
London, UK W1T 1HB

Happy Birthday

A Celebration of Chance and Silence September 5 - November 17, 2012

Pacific Northwest College of Art
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Portland, Oregon

Creature From the Blue Lagoon

July 21 - September 3, 2012

Martos Gallery
112 Sagaponack Road
Bridgehampton, New York 11932

(631) 613-6698

B-Out

July 5 - August 18, 2012

Andrew Edlin Gallery
New York, NY

Kurt Schwitters and Ray Johnson

Merz and Moticos June 22 - October 8, 2012

Musée Denys-Puech
Place Clemenceau
12000 Rodez, France
05 65 77 89 60

Ray Johnson: I Like Funny Stories

June 1 - August 1, 2012

Weserburg Museum of Modern Art
Teerhof 20
28199 Bremen
Germany
Tel.: ++49–(0)421–59839-0
Fax: ++49–(0)421–505247
E-mail mail(at)weserburg.de

The Persistence of Pollock

May 3 - July 28, 2012

Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
East Hampton, NY

The Envelope Please

March 20 - April 20, 2012

The Century Association
7 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

(212) 944-0090
http://www.thecentury.org/

Ray Johnson

The Dover Street Years, 1953-1960 March 18 - April 15, 2012

Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Artists on Artists

February 7 - July 29, 2012

Allen Memorial Art Museum
Oberlin College

Tables of Content

Ray Johnson and Bob Warner January 27 - May 20, 2012

Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley, CA

Ray Johnson: Silhouettes

November 12, 2011 – March 31, 2012

Auriel Scheibler
Berlin, Germany

Ripped: The Allure of Collage

October 29, 2011 - January 8, 2012

The Heckscher Museum of Art
Huntington, NY

Black Mountain College And Its Legacy

September 15 - October 29, 2011

Loretta Howard Gallery
New York, NY

Tables of Contents

Ray Johnson Bob Box Archive September 6 - October 16, 2011

Arcadia University Art Gallery
450 South Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038

Ray's a Laugh

August 1 - September 7, 2011

Half Gallery
New York, New York

Ray and Bob Box

June 2 - June 30, 2011

Esopus Space
New York, NY

Midnight Party

March 19, 2011 - February 23, 2014

Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN

From BMC to NYC

The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson 1943-1967 February 19 – June 12, 2010

Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center
Asheville, NC

Ray Johnson, A Book About Death

December 12, 2009 – January 31, 2010

Kunstverein
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés

August 15, 2009 - November 29, 2009

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA 19130

Ray Johnson...Dali/Warhol and others...

April 29 – July 31, 2009

Richard L. Feigen & Co.
New York, NY

Please Add To & Return To Ray Johnson

February 28 - May 10, 2009

Raven Row
London, UK

Ray Johnson: The Early Years

June 2007

Richard L. Feigen & Co. at Art Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Ray Johnson: En Rapport

November 2, 2006 - January 6, 2007

Feigen Contemporary
New York, NY

Subterranean Monuments

Burckhardt, Johnson, Hujar June 30 - September 17, 2006

Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604

(845) 437-5237

Dear Jackson Pollock,

Collages and Objects by Ray Johnson May 1 - August 3, 2003

Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
East Hampton, NY

The Name of the Game

Ray Johnson's Postal Performance January 11 - March 9, 2003

National Museum of Contemporary Art
Oslo, Norway

Mind Games

Ray Johnson's Art of Ideas March 9 - April 21, 2001

Feigen Contemporary
535 W. 20th St.
New York, NY 10011

Ray Johnson: The Cult of Celebrity

June 8 - July 15, 2000

Manny Silverman Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

How Sad I am Today...

October 8 - 19 December, 1999

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Vancouver, BC

Ray Johnson: Correspondences

January 14 - March 21, 1999

Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Ray Johnson: Conversations

April 24 - June 29, 1997

Asheville Art Museum
Asheville, NC

Ray Johnson: A Memorial Exhibition

April 27 - June 16, 1995

Richard L. Feigen & Co.
New York, NY

More Works by Ray Johnson

1951-1991 November 1 - December 15, 1991

Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA

Works by Ray Johnson

February 7 – April 8, 1984

Nassau County Museum of Fine Art

Roslyn, NY

Sculptural Miniatures and Miniature Sculpture

Group Exhibition March 7 - April 25, 1981

Buecker & Harpsichords

New York, New York

New York / New Wave

Group exhibition curated by Diego Cortez February 15 - April 15, 1981

P.S. 1

New York, New York

Ten Years of Group Shows

Group Exhibition November 1 - December 20, 1980

Buecker & Harpsichords

New York, New York

Eccentric Images

Group exhibition March 1980

Milliken Gallery, Converse College,

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Mail Art, Etc.

Group exhibition curated by Bonnie Donohue and Ed Koslow January 22 - February 17, 1980

Boulder, Colorado

Traveled to Boston College, University of Southern Illinois, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, and Florida State University

Electroworks

Group Exhibition November 9, 1979 - March 2, 1980

International Museum of Photography

Rochester, New York

The Des Moines Festival of the Avant-Garde

Group Exhibition curated by Fred Truck October 1 - 7, 1979

Des Moines, Iowa

Send a Postcard to Barbara

Group Exhibition October 12 - 31, 1979

Watchtower Gallery, Loyola University

Chicago, Illinois

18 Esibizione Internationale / Ray Johnson Nothing

Group Exhibition and mail art event curated by Romano Peli and Michaela Versari October 1 - 31, 1979

Centro Documentazione Organizzanione (CDO) Mail Art Space

Parma, Italy

As We See Ourselves. Artists' Self-Portraits

Group exhibition curated by Barbara Coller and Janet Culbertson June 22 - August 5, 1979

Hechscher Museum

Huntington, New York

Poste Restante

Group Exhibition curated by Michael Scott June 10 - July 1, 1979

Academy of Arts

Liverpool, U.K.

Mail Art Show

Group Exhibition curated by Stacey Blatt April 21 - May 2, 1979

Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

The National Cremation of Mail Art

Group Exhibition April 16 - May 25, 1979

Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin

River Falls, Wisconsin

Brain in the Mail

Group Exhibition February 14 - March 6, 1979

Vehicule Art

Montreal, Quebec

Contents: Objects, Piles and Boxes

Group Exhibition February 1979

Micro Gallery Inc., California State University

Sacramento, California

Artists’ Books - Centro Libri d'Artista Cento

Group Exhibition curated by Maurizio Nannucci and Fulvia Salvadori December 1978 - January 1979

Palazzo Strozzi

Florence, Italy

Viewpoints: Ray Johnson

September 30 - November 12, 1978

Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Electrostatic Art

Group Exhibition curated by Ed Higgins and Buster Cleveland September 12 - October 7, 1978

Tim Blackburn Gallery

New York, New York

The Sense of Self

Group exhibition curated by Nina Sundell 1978

Kemper Gallery

New York, New York

20th Century American Drawings: 50 Years of Acquisitions

Group Exhibition curated by Paul Cummings July 27 - October 1, 1978

Whitney Museum

New York, New York

Art About Art

Group Exhibition curated by Jean Lipman and Richard Marshall July 19, 1978 - April 15, 1979

Whitney Museum

New York, New York

Traveled to North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Portland Art Museum, Portland

Lightworks Envelope Show

Group Exhibition July 1978 - May 1979

Ann Arbor Public Library

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Traveled to Artists Guild of Detroit

37 Portraits

April 11, 1978 - May 6, 1978

Brooks Jackson Iolas Gallery
New York, New York

2D/3D

Group Exhibition curated by Rita Simon April 6 - 29, 1978

St. Peter's College / Pace University

New York, New York

Humor in Art

Group Exhibition April 5 - 23, 1978

Firehouse Gallery

Garden City, New York

Artwords & Bookworks

Group Exhibition February 28 - March 30, 1978

Institute of Contemporary Art

Los Angeles, California

Language as a Visual Experience

Group Exhibition February 15 - March 12, 1978

B.J. Spoke Gallery

Port Washington, New York

The Post Card and Mail Art Shoe

Group Exhibition February 1 - 28, 1978

Greenfield Community College

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Three Generations, Studies in Collage

Group Exhibition January 26 - March 4, 1978

Margo Leavin Gallery

Los Angeles, California

Postfolk 1978

Group Exhibition January 1 - 21, 1978

Exit Gallery

Bozeman, Montana

Uber die seltsame Natur des Geldes in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Leben

Group Exhibition curated by Jurgen Harten March 2, 1978 - September 24, 1979

Stadtlische Kunsthalle

Dusseldorf, Germany

Traveled to Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands, Institute of Contemporary Art, London and Centre Pompidou, Paris

The Museum of Drawers

Group Exhibition 1978

Kunsthaus

Zurich, Switzerland

Postcards and Other Mail

Group Exhibition December 13, 1977 - January 7, 1978

Truman Gallery

New York, New York

Ray Johnson

December 9, 1977 - January 31, 1978

Framart Studio

Naples, Italy

Correspondence

December 1 - 12, 1977

Root Art Center, Hamilton College

Clinton, New York

Space Window

Group Exhibition September 14 - October 4, 1977

Brown University & Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

Silhouettes

August 20 - 30, 1977

Elaine Benson Gallery
Bridgehampton, NY

Image Bank Postcard Show

Group Exhibition 1977

Openings in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal and Toronto

Highlights

Group Exhibition May 14 - June 4, 1977

Sid Deutsch Gallery

New York, New York

Words at Liberty

Group Exhibition curated by Judith Russi Kirshner May 7 - July 3, 1977

Museum of Contemporary Art

Chicago, Illinois

Artists Books

Group Exhibition 1977

Franklin Furnace

New York, New York

Book Works

Group Exhibition March 17 - May 17, 1977

Museum of Modern Art

New York, New York

Baruchello Ray Johnson

Ginafranco Baruchello & Ray Johnson Spring 1977

DeMarco Gallery

Milan, Italy

30 Years of American Art, 1945-1975. Selections from the Permanent Collection

Group Exhibition in three parts, curated by Patterson Sims January 29 - October 23, 1977

Whitney Museum

New York, New York

Spacescapes

Group Exhibition curated Rita Simon January 18 - February 19, 1977

Sid Deutsch Gallery

New York, New York

Circa 1963

January 8 - February 26, 1977

Buecker & Harpsichords

New York, New york

Postcards and Other Mail

Group Exhibition December 12, 1976 - January 7, 1977

Truman Gallery

New York, New York

Ray Johnson

November 9 - 30, 1976

Galleria d'Arte Vinciana

Milan, Italy

Correspondence

An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson October 31 - December 5, 1976

North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, NC

Reality Plus: The New Pluralism 1966 -1976

Group Exhibition October 2 - 23, 1976

James Yu Gallery

New York, New York

Drawing Today in New York

Group Exhibition curated by Patricia Hamilton and Check Boterf September 2, 1976 - August 21, 1977

Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana

Traveled to Rice University, Houston, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City and the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton

Cows

Group Exhibition July 17 - September 20, 1976

Queens Museum

New York, New York

Inaugural Exhibition

Group Exhibition Winter 1976

De Marco Arte Contemporanea

Milan, Italy

Early Works

Group Exhibition curated by Michael Findlay January 17 - February 28, 1976

J.H. Duffy & Sons

New York, New York

40 Years of American Collage

Group Exhibition January 3 - April 2, 1976

Buecker & Harpsichords

New York, New York

Traveled to St. Peter's College Art Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey

Lives. Artists Who Deal With People’s Lives (Including Their Own) as the Subject and/or the Medium of Their Work

Group exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch November 29 - December 20, 1975

Fine Arts Building

New York, New York

Fine Arts Faculty Invite Artists

Group exhibition, Johnson invited by Will Farrington November 10 - December 3, 1975

SUNY

Old Westbury, New York

Language & Structure in North America

Group exhibition curated by Richard Kostelanetz November 4 - 30, 1975

Kensington Arts Association

Toronto, Ontario

Art Information Festival

Group Exhibition September 13 - October 19, 1975

Vlesshal

Middleburg, Netherlands

The Small Scale in Contemporary Art

Group exhibition May 8 - June 15, 1975

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Ray Johnson: Collages

March 1 - April 3, 1975

Gertrude Kasle Gallery

Detroit, Michigan

Mail Art

Group Exhibition curated by Richard Craven February 10 - 28, 1975

East Tennesee State University

Johnson City, Tennesee

The Condition of the Tie Today

Group Exhibition January 1975

Lajeski Gallery, an affiliate of Tower Gallery

Southampton, New York

Ray Johnson

1975

Massimo Valsecchi Gallery

Milan, Italy

Drawings and Other Work

Group Exhibition December 7, 1974 - January 8, 1975

Paula Cooper Gallery

New York, New York

Poets of the Cities New York and San Francisco 1950-1965

Group exhibition curated by Neil A. Chassman November 20, 1974 - June 1, 1975

Museum of Fine Arts

Dallas, Texas

Traveled to Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut

What's the Time?

Group Exhibition September 14 - November 2, 1974

Rene Block Gallery

New York, New York

CV-Nut-Art Show

Group Exhibition curated by David Zack May 16 - June 12, 1974

Ecart Gallery

Geneva, Switzerland

Works from the 1950s

Group Exhibition March 2 - April 27, 1974

Buecker & Harpsichords

New York, New York

The Artist's Use of Paper

Group Exhibition February 24 - March 24, 1974

Suffolk Museum

Stony Brook, New York

Invitation Correspondence

February 11 - 27, 1974

Southern Illinois University
Macomb, IL

Campagne Prophylactique - Hygiene de L'Art, Premiere Exposition Hygienique

Group Exhibition February 1974

Galerie La Bertesca

Genoa, Italy

New York Ink Drawings 1947-1973

Group Exhibition November 3 - December 29, 1973

Buecker & Harpsichords

New York, New York

SLUJ International 73 (Selected Lovely Unique Junk)

Group Exhibition September 20 - October 12, 1973

Eastern Montana College Fine Arts Gallery

Billings, Montana

Famous People's Fingernails

September 19 - October 10, 1973

Marian Locks Gallery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Famous People’s Mother’s Potato Mashers

April 10 - May 10, 1973

Angela Flowers Gallery
London

Artists' Books

Group exhibition March 1973 - February 1974

Moore College of Art

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

U.S. Mail

Group Exhibition February 1973

Gallery Lounge, University of Maine

Augusta, Maine

Ray Johnson's History

of the Betty Parsons Gallery January 9 - February 3, 1973

Betty Parsons Gallery
New York, NY

Book

Group Exhibition Dec 13, 1972 -Jan 3, 1973

Kemper Gallery

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, Missouri

The City as a Source: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Group Exhibition curated by I.S.P. students Marianne Balazs, Elizabeth Dowling, Jay Gorney, Connie Kuppelman, Fred Hochberg, Richy Puglia, and Paula Reiss November 22, 1972 - January 1973

Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, New York

Guest Artists of Gallery Artists

Group exhibition, Guest of Albert M. Fine June 8 - July 1, 1972

Jacobs Ladder Gallery

Washington, D.C.

The Lenox Hill Art Show

Group exhibition curated by William Beadleston, Joellyn Duesberry and Michael Findlay May 31 - June 8, 1972

Gimbel East Gallery

New York, New York

Artists' Benefit Sale for Encounter

Group Exhibition April 30 - May 1, 1972

Warren Benedek Gallery

New York, New York

Famous People's Mother's Potato Mashers

April 5 - 29, 1972

Galleria Schwarz
Milan, Italy

Correspondence School

Group exhibition April 1972

Corcoran Gallery

Washington, D.C.

Artists' Benefit for Civil Liberties

Group Exhibition March 11, 1972

Leo Castelli Gallery

New York, New York

Photographic Portraits

Group Exhibition curated by Dianne Perry Vanderlip and John Benson March 10 - April 14, 1972

Moore College of Art

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ray Johnson

March 4 - April 5, 1972

Jacobs Ladder Gallery

Washington, D.C.

Intercourse

Responses by various artists to NYCS event February 1 - 12, 1972

Wabash Transit Gallery

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Image Bank Postcard Show

Group Exhibition October 13 – 30, 1971

University of British Columbia

Fine Arts Gallery

Vancouver, B.C.

Summer Group Show

Group Exhibition Summer 1971

Richard Feigen Gallery

Chicago, Illinois

Highlights of the 1970-71 Season

Group Exhibition June 27 - September 19, 1971

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Dollar Bills and Famous People Memorials

April 3 - May 5, 1971

Richard Feigen Gallery

New York, New York

Post Card Show

Group Exhibition January 11 - January 30, 1971

Angela Flowers Gallery

London

Recorded Activities

Group Exhibition October 16 - November 19, 1970

Moore College of Art

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dollar Bills

September 16 - October 17, 1970

Richard Feigen Gallery
Chicago, IL

Ray Johnson

New York Correspondance School Curated by Marcia Tucker September 2 - October 6, 1970

Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Language IV

Group Exhibition June 2 - June 25, 1970

Dwan Gallery

New York, New York

Painting and Sculpture Today

Group Exhibition April 21-June 1, 1970

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis, Indiana

I Shot an Arrow into the Air it Fell to Earth in the Ear of an Artist Living in Flushing, New York Tit Show

February 17 - March 21, 1970

Richard Feigen Gallery

New York, New York

American Drawings and Prints of the 1960s

Group Exhibition January 12 - February 27, 1970

Lobby Gallery

Illinois Bell

Chicago, Illinois

Art for the Moratorium

Group exhibition on behalf of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee December 12 - 13, 1969

Leo Castelli Gallery

New York, New York

Pop Art Redefined

Group Exhibition curated by Suzi Gablik and John Russell July 9 - September 3, 1969

Hayward Gallery

London

Festival Non Art/Anti Art

Group exhibition curated by Ben Vautier June 1 - 15, 1969

Merino Gallery

Monaco

Freunde

Group exhibition May - June 1969

Kunsthalle Bern

Bern, Switzerland

The Art of Money

April 28 - May 2, 1969

Chelsea Gallery

New York, New York

Contemporary Art in the Midwest

Group exhibition, part of the Contemporary Arts Festival April 11, 1969

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

Combine Works

Group exhibition curated by Shirley Glaser, featuring collaborations with May Wilson, Ero Lippold, Richard C., Joseph Raffael and John Willenbecher April 8 - May 7, 1969

School of Visual Arts

New York, New York

The Last Correspondance Show

Group exhibition April 7 - 30, 1969

California State University Art Gallery

Sacramento, California

Concrete Poetry: An Exhibition in Four Parts

Group exhibition curated by Michael Morris, Ray Johnson: Nineteen Collages is first part March 28 - April 19, 1969

University of British Columbia

Vancouver

Ray Johnson

January 5 - 30, 1969

Boylston Print Center

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Birds and Beasts

Group exhibition curated by Robert Graham and David Herbert January 4 - 30, 1969

Graham Gallery

New York, New York

20th Century American Drawings

Group Exhibition curated by Peter Plagens and Henry T. Hopkins 1969

Fort Worth Art Museum

Fort Worth, Texas

Drawings, New York

Group exhibition November 26, 1968 - January 11, 1969

Richard Feigen Gallery

Chicago, Illinois

Violence in Recent American Art

Group exhibition curated by Robert H. Glauber November 8, 1968 - January 12, 1969

Museum of Contemporary Art

Chicago, Illinois

Ray Johnson

November 3 - 29, 1968

Wooster Community Art Center

Danbury, Connecticut

Richard J. Daley

Group exhibition organized by Richard Feigen, including Oldenburg and others October 23 - November 23, 1968

Richard Feigen Gallery

Chicago, Illinois

Patriotic Images in American Art

Group Exhibition curated by Betsy Baker October 1969

The American Federation of Arts

New York, New York

Language II

May 25 - June 22, 1968

Dwan Gallery

New York, New York

Electronic Art II

Group exhibition including a collaboration with Nam June Paik, as well as work by Ayo, Christo and others April 17 - May 11, 1968

Bonino Gallery

New York, New York

A Lot of Shirley Temple Post Cards Show

March 30 - April 25, 1968

Richard Feigen Gallery
New York, NY

Houston Collectors: A Selection

Group Exhibition March 22 - May 12, 1968

Museum of Fine Arts

Houston, Texas

Paintings

February 25 - March 22, 1968

Cocke Hall, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

La Bouteille et l'Assiette

Group exhibition organized by Ben Vautier November 17 - 30, 1967

Galerie Ben Doute de Tout

France

Pictures To Be Read / Poetry To Be Seen

Inaugural group exhibition, curated by Jan van der Marck October 24 - December 3, 1967

Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, Illinois

Ray Johnson

October 21 - November 18, 1967

Richard Feigen Gallery
Chicago, IL

Five Artists Show Collage

Johnson, Brecht, Raffael, Soviak and Van Brunt October 16 - November 7, 1967

Gertrude Kasle Gallery

Detroit, Michigan

Words

Group Exhibition Including Cornell, Duchamp, Indiana, Johns, Klee, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Schwitters, and others October 1967

Richard Feigen Gallery
New York, NY

14th Annual Contemporary American Painting Exhibition

Group exhibition September 17 - October 23, 1967

Alumni Memorial Building, Department of Fine Arts, Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennslyvania

69th National Exhibition

Group Exhibition, juror: Jules Olitski April 30 - May 27, 1967

Washington Watercolor Association at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Washington, D.C.

Duchamp Combs

April 25 - May 27, 1967

Willard Gallery
New York, NY

Art in Process: The Visual Development of a Collage

Group exhibition curated by Elayne H. Varian, American Federation of Arts March 9 - April 25, 1967

Finch College Museum of Art, Contemporary Study Wing

New York, New York

162nd Annual Exhibition: American Watercolors, Prints, and Drawings

Group exhibition January 20 - March 5, 1967

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Philadelphia Watercolor Club

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Recorded Activities

Group Exhibition 1967

Moore College of Art

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Television Sets

Group Exhibition organized by Nam June Paik 1967

Bonino Gallery

New York, New York

Benefit for Experiments in Art & Technology, Inc.

Group Exhibition December 6 - 10, 1966

Leo Castelli Gallery

New York, NEw York

Art in the Mirror

Group exhibition curated by Gene Swenson November 21, 1966 - February 5, 1967

Museum of Modern Art

New York, New York

Art on Paper: 2nd Annual Exhibition

Group Exhibition November 6 - December 16, 1966

Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina

Greensboro, North Carolina

Ray Johnson

October 19 - November 19, 1966

Richard Feigen Gallery
Chicago, IL

Ice

April 26 - May 21, 1966

Willard Gallery
New York, NY

An Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art

Group Exhibition March 4 - 27, 1966

National Institute of Arts and Letters

New York, New York

The Other Tradition

Group Exhibition January 27 - March 7, 1966

Institute of Contemporary Art

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Art in Embassies: Prague

Group Exhibition organized by the international council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1966

American Embassy

Prague

10th Annual Exhibition of Modern Art

Group Exhibition October 24 - November 21, 1965

Dupont Hall, Mary Washington College

University of Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Ray Johnson

April 6 - May 1, 1965

Willard Gallery
New York, NY

Sight: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art / Sound: A Concert of Contemporary Art

Group Exhibition including Dan Basen, George Brecht, Bruce Conner, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Agnes Martin, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, and May Wilson November 19 - December 16, 1964

Smith College Museum of Art

Northampton, Massachusetts

International Group Exhibition

June 6, 1964

Vladimir Scherbak Gallery

New York, New York

Untitled group assemblage show

Organized by Michael Malcé to coincide with productions of Frank O'Hara's Loves Labor, Diane Di Prima's Murder Cake, and Wallace Stevens’ Three Travelers Watch a Sunrise also include Charlip, Malce, Solomon, Waring and others February 14 - March 17, 1964

New Bowery Theatre

New York, New York

Pop Art USA

Group Exhibition, curated by John Coplans September 7 - 29, 1963

Oakland Art Museum and California College of Arts and Crafts

Oakland, California

Yam Festival

Various events, including Alison Knowles, Ay-O, George Brecht, Hansen, Higgins, Red Grooms, and others May 9 - 12, 1963

Hardware Poet's Playhouse & Smolin Gallery

New York, New York

Circumstantial Evidence

Group Exhibition, organized by May Wilson and curated by William J. Sullivan, Amalie Rothschild and Robert Jane May 4 - June 15, 1963

Gallery One, Inc.

Baltimore, Maryland

100: Part I

Group Exhibition featuring 100 artists including George Brecht, James Lee Byars, Christo, Duchamp, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Charles Henri Ford, Al Hansen, Bob Indiana, Allan Kaprow, Barnett Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol January 1 - 16, 1962

PVI Gallery

New York, New York

Collages by Ray Johnson

to coincide with Michael McClure's Pillow, LeRoi Jones's Eighth Ditch and Diane Di Prima's The Discontent of the Russian Prince October 29, 1961 - February 27, 1962

New Bowery Theatre

New York, New York

Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture

Group Exhibition October 27, 1961 - January 7, 1962

Carnegie Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gang Bang

Group Exhibition including Bruce Conner, Jay de Feo, George Herms, Mike McClure, Manuel Neri, William T. Wiley, and others December 4, 1960 - January 1, 1961

Batman Gallery

San Francisco, California

Below Zero

Group Exhibition including George Brecht, Jim Dine, Red Grooms, Al Hansen, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, George Segal, James Waring, and others December 18, 1959 - January 5, 1960

Reuben Gallery

New York, New York

Out of the Ordinary

Group Exhibition, organized by Robert C. Morris, John Hackney - included Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Joan Miro, Francis Picabia, Robert Rauschenberg, Yves Tanguy, H.C. Westermann, James Boynton, Cosmo Campoli, George Cohen, George Grosz, Joseph Cornell, Leon Golub, Theodore Halkin, Guy Johnson, Jim Love November 26 - December 27, 1959

Contemporary Arts Association

Houston, Texas

Collage in America

Group Exhibition including Julian Beck, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Lee Krasner, Motherwell, Rauschenberg, Charmion von Wiegand, Jean Xceron, and others December 16, 1957 - January 4, 1958

Zabriskie Gallery

New York