Person

Erin Johnson

Directing · Tuscon, Arizona, USA

Erin Johnson’s short films and immersive installations interlace documentary, experimental, and narrative filmmaking devices to interrogate notions of collectivity, dissent, and queer identity. In her shape-shifting videos, site-specific performances by artists, biologists, and film extras address ongoing legacies of scientific research and nationalism. Johnson received an MFA and Certificate in New Media from UC Berkeley in 2013, attended Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2019 and recently completed residencies at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY), Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL), Lower Manhattan Community Council (LMCC), Hidrante (San Juan, PR), and Lighthouse Works (Fishers Island, NY). She is Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work has recently been exhibited or screened at MOCA Toronto (Toronto), Munchmuseet (Oslo), Times Square Arts (New York), deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Boston), Billytown (The Hague), and Telfair Museums (Savannah).

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  Lake

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  Tomatoes

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  Heavy Water

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  Cayo Santiago

  Director

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  Oranges

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  Come In

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  To Sea

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  Salidas y Entradas | Exits and Entrances

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  To Be Sound is to Be Solid

  2023

• Norman Lear: A Life on Television

  Executive Producer

• 2023Norman Lear: A Life on TelevisionExecutive Producer
• 2023To Be Sound is to Be Solid
• 2023OrangesCo-Producer
• 2020TomatoesDirector
• 2020There are things in this world that are yet to be namedProducer
• 2019LakeDirector
• 2018Heavy WaterEditor
• 2018Salidas y Entradas | Exits and EntrancesDirector
• 2018The Way Things Can HappenDirector
• 2014If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a GoatDirector
• 2011Come InDirector
• —Cayo SantiagoDirector
• —To SeaDirector