#ervinajohnson

[ealexjay]

Pynk. #ervinajohnson #blackart #blavity #afropunk #africanart #photooftheday #photographer #blacktumblr #blacktwitter #fineart #gay #pride #blackgay #gaymen https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgDEgYJXOu/?igshid=f5bt1rgo8kpf

[supportblackart]

New Work by @ervinajohnson 🙏🏾 #supportblackart #ervinajohnson #inhonor #blacklivesmatter #collage #blackart #collageart #blackartist #artwork #creative #artsy #artgram #artnerd #artlovers #arteveryday #blavity #dopeart #blkcreatives #veryblack #artistlife

[briniboi]

#ervinajohnson #art #photography #BHM

[jmfotography]

What an honor to be apart of this awesome programming at @gallery19 ! Thank you to everyone at the gallery and @murray_je , @ervinajohnson , Max Sansing, Mojdeh Stoakley, and Osiris Kephera for an awesome experience! #art #gallery #ervinajohnson #maxsansing #jennifermurray #osiriskephera #poetry #mojdehstoakley #InHonor #gallery19 (at Gallery 19)

[gallery19chicago]

Join us for these Special Events surrounding the #InHonor:Monoliths series by Artist @ErvinAJohnson. THURSDAY MAY 4th, 5-8pm Opening Reception 6pm Artist Talk with Ervin Alex Johnson SUNDAY MAY 7th, 12-4pm Closing Reception 1-2pm Panel Discussion with artists: Ervin Alex Johnson, Max Sansing, and Juan Fernandez, moderated by Jennifer Murray Executive Director of Filter Photo 2:30pm SLAM Poetry performance by Osiris Khepera and Mojdeh Stoakley Gallery19 is very excited to be collaborating with Chicago Artist Ervin Alex Johnson to present #InHonor: Monoliths, an intensely personal mixed media photographic exhibition. Mr. Johnson's art deals with identity, disenfranchisement, and legitimacy. His work speaks to self-acceptance and social acceptance. The artist describes his project in this way: "#InHonor is a series of photo-based mixed media portraits made to honor blackness as it exists in its various forms. More specifically, it speaks to the violence and destruction occurring across America, in the form of police brutality. The skin color is removed from each portrait and then aggressively renegotiated. Pigment stands in for an idea or preconceived notion about a particular type of human experience. That experience is culminated and summed up in a word: Black. Questions of tangibility and digital approximations of an entire race are raised. What does a digital approximation of skin color mean and what does it mean to physically remove it and reapply it? The faces are forever transformed, just as our world is, with each loss of life." Ervin A. Johnson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from the University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign with a bachelors degree in Rhetoric he began work on his second bachelors at Columbia College Chicago in photography. Most recently he completed his MFA in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design. Ervin utilizes photo-based mixed media to re-imagine cultural and racial identity via photography and video. In his most recent body of work, #InHonor, Ervin pays homage to the lives lost to police brutality and racism.

[instapicsil1]

2016 Dammeyer Fellow and Photography alum @ervinajohnson leads an artist talk with students. http://ift.tt/2muXZP4

[frotasticmission]

Project Genesis will be installed at Art Devour for one month! 2814 N Kedzie Ave in Chicago. If you're interested in looking at beautiful art work (or investing in a piece) please go check it out! @ervinajohnson #ervinajohnson #ProjectGenesis www.ervinajohnson.com

[ealexjay]

Misty water colored memories. #ervinajohnson #blackart #blavity #afropunk #africanart #photooftheday #photographer #blacktumblr #blacktwitter #fineart #gay #pride #blackgay #gaymen https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVhdgRJE7Z/?igshid=k6rtf4q3ylif

[ealexjay]

Throwback Thursday is dedicated to my self portraits taken in my studio. They serve as nice time stamps. It’s time for a new one soon. #tbt #ervinajohnson https://www.instagram.com/p/B0oF4vQBR_T/?igshid=xzeelwi2j3ar

[ealexjay]

Sharing because this is my art too. Queer black love is important. The healthy kind. #ervinajohnson https://www.instagram.com/p/B1a3jl2hvTh/?igshid=9sz1p9v7dnfr

[ealexjay]

Monolith no.12. Dion and Dylan. #ervinajohnson #inhonor https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yrQeVhNJo/?igshid=1jpyiaqen6ecw

[ealexjay]

Monolith #1. Ervin and Jeffrey. #inhonor #ervinajohnson #ervinajohnson #blackart #blavity #afropunk #africanart #photooftheday #photographer #blacktumblr #blacktwitter #fineart #scadatlanta #scad #mixedmedia #painting #chicagoartist #chicago #atlantaartist #atlartist #modern #modernartist #contemporary #contemporaryart #artlover #artporn #visualart #theshaderoom https://www.instagram.com/p/BzN1HZJh6rh/?igshid=brzp3031rg1a

[ealexjay]

Monolith #10. Luis and Nasir. #ervinajohnson #inhonor https://www.instagram.com/p/B0qpceNhDAF/?igshid=1at5ip4dnrad5

[ealexjay]

For scale. 4x5’ and 24x30”. Way more to come! #ervinajohnson #blackart #blavity #afropunk #africanart #photooftheday #photographer #blacktumblr #blacktwitter #fineart #scadatlanta #scad #mixedmedia #painting #chicagoartist #chicago #atlantaartist #atlartist #modern #modernartist #contemporary #contemporaryart #artlover #artporn #visualart #theshaderoom https://www.instagram.com/p/Btjj0v9FJb9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14aprw0orc97p

[ealexjay]

I planned a series in my head. New work that would honor my brothers. Those who like myself found themselves in a world that can be cruel and unkind. This is for @jussiesmollett and all the other spirits that shine in the dark. Stand tall my sisters and brothers. We are beautiful. #blacklivesmatter #jussiesmollett #fineart #photography #photooftheday #ervinajohnson #blackart #ervinajohnson #blackart #blavity #afropunk #africanart #photooftheday #photographer #blacktumblr #blacktwitter #fineart #scadatlanta #scad #mixedmedia #painting #chicagoartist #chicago #atlantaartist #atlartist #modern #modernartist #contemporary #contemporaryart #artlover #artporn #visualart #theshaderoom https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZvKc1lJz5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=shtpev6izvmk

[ealexjay]

Trying to make us and unmake us to make us again. If that makes sense. #InHonor: Monoliths #ervinajohnson #fineartphotography #photography #fineart https://www.instagram.com/p/By0ilsChIe7/?igshid=ydwsea942pci