RESUME
Solo Exhibitions :

2008 - "Femme Fatale” - Lava Gina, New York, NY

2003 - "Idolatry" - A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, NYC

               "A Night of Fashion, Designer Mia Kim - A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, NYC

2002 - "Your Future in Your Dreams: Photographs by Nikki Johnson", Brecht Forum, NYC

             "Interiors - 125 West 42nd St., presented by Windows on 42 nd St., NYC

1999 - "Spice Girls... A Quest for Peace", The Bug Jar, Rochester, NY

            "Novelty" - Art Library Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

            "Tourist Journey" Alumni Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology

1997 - "Novelty" - RIT (MFA Thesis Exhibition)

 

Selected Group and Two-Person Exhibitions :

2008 - “Bridge Art Fair” - Miami, Florida

           “Fountain Art fair: Open Ground Miami” - Miami, Florida

           “Lower East Side Exhibition” Musée de Monoian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

           “THE LAST BOOK”, The National Library of Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

           ”URBAN SPACE 08 Projection Series” - New Life Berlin Art Festival, Germany

      ”Baltimore Erotic Art Festival:On the Edge” LOAD OF FUN Art Space MD  

      ”GODdess” - Agni Gallery, New York, NY”

      "Strike a Pose” - Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York, NY

      "CPS 22” - Central Park South #22, New York, NY

      "Broadthinking” - ABC No Rio, New York, NY

      "Clothesline Benefit Art Sale" - ABC No Rio

            "Adult Drawing - CoZM Gallery, NYC”

2007 - “Open Ground Classic - Bushwick Open Studios & Arts Festival” - 106 Central Ave, Brooklyn

           “NEW ‘07 Celebrating Ten Years of Nurturing the Edge”- Cue Art Foundation

           “USER - Robyn Desposito and Nikki Johnson”- Tribes Gallery, NYC

           "We are all photographers now!" - Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

            “Watch the Roux: Keeping an Eye on New Orleans” - Red Square, Burlington, VT

            “Watch the Roux: Keeping an Eye on New Orleans” - La Vagina, NYC

2006 - “The Art of Horror” “- Altered Esthetics Gallery - Minneapolis, MN

          “Michele Capozzi Presents Pornology New York” - Chrystie Street Gallery

          “Pay to Play, Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

          “This will Never Work: New Work by Robyn Desposito and Nikki Johnson”- Tribes Gallery NYC

          “Visual AIDS, Postcards from the Edge” Benefit Exhibition

          “The Harlem Art Project” - Saatchi and Saatchi, NYC

          “Sex and Death and Rock n’ Bones”, CBGB’s 313 Gallery

          “Wish You Were Here” - AIR Gallery, New York, NY

          “Nurturing the Edge” - NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

          “Generations V” - AIR Gallery, New York, NY

2005 - "Mortuary Squad: Viewer Discretion Advised", Christie Street Galley, NYC"

          "Square Foot Show" Artgotham Gallery

          "Visual AIDS" - Galerie Lelong, NYC

          "Charlie Parker Exhibition", Tribes Gallery

           "Wish You Were Here" AIR Gallery, New York, NY

           "Tribes Art Auction" - A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, NYC

2004 - "Threat" - A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, New York, NY

           "The Exhibitionists at Full City" - Full City Coffee, NYC

           "Ascent" - Local Project, Long Island City, NY

           "Generations 04" - AIR Gallery, NYC

2003 - "The Harlem Art Project Exhibition and Auction" - Saatchi and Saatchi, NYC

           "Visual AIDS" - Galerie Lelong, NYC

           "Version 9.0 of Violence Online Festival" - MAD'03, Festival for Electronic Art, Madrid, Spain

           "Collision Machine" – D & S Knitwear, Brooklyn   

           "Night of 1,000 Drawings"- Artists Space, NYC

           "Birds of a Feather: Chalie Parker Festival Exhibition - A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery

           "September 11 th Photo Project" - New York Public Library, 42 nd St. Branch

            "Howl! Art Auction and Benefit" - Angel Orensanz Church, NYC

            "Art Around the Park 2003 " - Tompkins Square Park, NYC

            "Howl! Festival Exhibition" - Fusion Arts Museum, NYC

               "Art for Street's Sake Art presents: The Art and Performance Picnic" - La Plaza Cultural, NYC

            "Girly: An Experiment in Exquisite Curating" - Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            "Wish You Were Here, Too" - AIR Gallery, NYC

2002 -”Night of 1,000 Drawings"- Artists Space, NYC

            "Beautiful & Terrible"- Southpaw, Brooklyn, NYC

            "Version 2.0 of Violence Online Festival" - Computer Space Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria 

            "Version 2.0 of Violence Online Festival" - Liberarti Festival, Liverpool Biennale, England

            "Nightlife"- Freight, NYC

            "Spitfest"- La Plaza Cultural Community Park, NYC

            "Wish You Were Here!” - A.I.R. Gallery, NYC

            "Colored White Women"- Bullet Space, NYC

            "Frames From the Edge" - Nikki Johnson & Michelle Elmore, Mississippi University for Women

            "Facing Herself" - Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD

            "Generations III" - A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

            "REACTIONS" - Exit Art, New York, NY

            "Body in Motion, Bedlam in Mind" - Galapagos, Brooklyn NY

2001 - "Dia Del Arte Correo / Mail Art Day" sponsored by Vortice Argentina, Buenos Aires

            "Push the Envelope II" - Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City

            "Maps" - Four Corners, NYC

            "Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs" - 116 Prince St., NYC

            "The September 11 Photo Project" - 29 Wooster St., NYC

            "From the Ashes" - Cuando 9, NYC

            "A Night of Peace" - Catch 22 Gallery, NYC

            "FACINGFACES" - Ciudad Jurez, Chih. Mexico

            "First Fridays Art Walk   " - The Skinny Gallery, Portland, ME

            "Tributary Exhibition & Benefit Auction" -   A.I.R. Gallery, NYC

            "Mississippi University for Women Homecoming Exhibition, Columbus, MS

2000 - "Biennale d'Arte Fotografica del Mediterraneo 2000" online exhibition, curated by

               The Mediterranean Foundation for Art, Cagliari, Italy  

            "Memorial Day" - The Pink Pony, New York, NY

            "Shadows and Dreams"- Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville NC

            "Phone Book" / "The Doll Leg Show" series shown @ X Off Gallery, New York, NY

            "Peepshow" - Funding Pending Live Arts, Birmingham, England

            "The Art is in the Mail(ing)" - Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH

            "Child Abuse: Art, Mail Art, and Visual Poetry " - Museum of International   

               Contemporary Art, Florinopolis, Brazil

            "Year of the Artist Project" - sponsored by Heidi Street-Ward, Northampton, England

            "Hot Match Exhibition" - National Association of Artist's Organizations", New York, NY

1999 - "25th anniversary Member's Show" - CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

            "Farewell To The Twentieth Century an International Mail/FAX Art Exhibition"

                Central Michican University, Mt Pleasant MI             

1998 - "Human Rights Exhibition:Art, Mail Art, and Visual Poetry " Museum of International   

               Contemporary Art, Florinopolis, Brazil

            "Black Expo" - Rochester Institute of Technology

            "Honors Show" - RIT

1997 - "Myth America" Exhibition - Urban Institute of Contemporary Art,

              Grand Rapids, MI

              "Honors Show" - RIT

             "It's About Time" - RIT

1995 - "Fine Print Exhibition" - RIT

           "National Works on Paper" - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

           "Art with a Southern Drawl" - University of Mobile, Mobile AL

           "Art Show at the Dog Show" - Wichita Park Department Art Center, Wichita KS

           "Mississippi Collegiate Show" - Mississippi Museum of Modern Art, Jackson, MS

1994 - "People's Choice Art Competition" - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS

            "Bi-State Competition" - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS

            "MS Collegiate Show" - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS

1993 - "Art with a Southern Drawl" - University of Mobile, Mobile AL

             "Calico Fair, ASL Exhibition" - Propst Park, Columbus, MS

1992 - "MS Collegiate Exhibition"   - MS Museum of Modern Art, Jackson, MS   

1991 - "Artwaves" - MS Museum of Modern Art in Biloxi, Biloxi, MS


Artist in Residence :

2004 - 2005 Photography Workspace Program - Henry Street Settlement / Abrams Art Center

 

Lecture :

Interesting Day Job -Tues., December 6th, 6-8pm, member of a three artist panel, Pratt Institute


Film/Television/ Radio :

2006 - Arts and Answers, WKCR Interview, with Nikki Johnson and Robyn Desposito to discuss 

               Exhibition This Will Never Work, hosted by Madeline Lewis

2005 - "The Exhibitionists Are" Documentary, NYC Screenings:

           Nov. 17: New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Village East   

               Cinemas, Sept. 24th - Oct. 16th: Naked Duck Gallery, May 15: Pioneer Theater        

         - Fuck Me Now, Believe Me Later, variety show pilot for German television   

               (currently in postproduction)

 

Selected Publication :

2007 - Village Voice, Getting Off…For Tips on Chopping off Your Fingers and Toes, Ask David
2006 - Art in America, Report from New York: Down East, May 2006 

           Lo Specchio, "Certe Notti' by Francesco Rigatelli, page 62, numero 534, 23, Sept.06

           Nuits Noirs, May catalog for the Foundation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain, Paris

           Think *Again Magazine, Ice Age Issue, Prague's English/Czech City Magazine

2005 - Time Out Magazine, God, Swap, and Basqiuat review photo

          Screw Magazine, Black and Blue Ball 2005

          Time Out New York, The Crazy S#*! People Do Issue

2004 - Contracts, Program Cover, Promotional Posters, Postcards

2003 - Korean Women's Magazine, Cover

           Laughing Wild, Promo Postcards

           Ovarian Twists, Promo Postcards

           Idolatry exhibition catalog

2002 - Colored White Women exhibition catalog

2001 - My Life as a Ghost, CD Cover, Daveed

2000 - Olga at the Cosmic Door, book cover/promo poster, published by OTO House, NYC

          Millennium Memories, The International Library of Photography Anthology

1998 - Hurricane Alice "Defining Women's Health" issue 13:2/3

          Hurricane Alice   "Outer Space" issue 13:1

          Vending Times April issue, artist's spotlight

          About Time... Magazine April 1998 issue

           Tomorrow's Memories, The International Library of Photography Anthology

1997 - Negative Population Growth Inc. American Landscape Photo Calendar

          The Reporter 5-16-97 "This is Art" issue (RIT publication)

          Kappa Pi (Art Honorary Fraternity) Annual                     

1993 - Photographer's Forum Magazine's Best of Photography Annual

            Dilettanti literary magazine

            Mississippi University for Women Yearbook Artist Profile

 

Education :

1995-1998 Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

1990-1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS