Steven Johnson

Steven Anthony Johnson II (b. 1993, Baltimore, MD) is a draftsperson, interpretive archivist, writer and curator living in Brooklyn, NY. They hold an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Utilizing the language of drawing, animation and photo-documentary, their work attempts to make peace between religious, intellectual and humanistic ideals in relation to Blackness and otherness through multidisciplinary storytelling. Johnson’s work has recently been shown at the Armoury, New York, NY; the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, NY; VAE, Raleigh, NC; Cooper Gallery, United Kingdom; and others. They have been in residence at Skowhegan (Maine), BRIClab, ISCP and Field Projects (New York), Inbreak (Los Angeles) and the Royal Drawing School (London), among others.