ERICK JOHNSON: Continuum

CONTINUUM ERICK JOHNSON

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February 26 - April 4, 2026

Erick Johnson’s abstract paintings explore the synergy between color and form. Irregular shapes stack and slide together, building walls of reverberating color. The elements touch occasionally, but most are separated by narrow white passages that create the illusion of forms suspended in space. Johnson uses handmade tools to pull paint across the surface in layered passes. Small interruptions in the lines remain as evidence of the process. Opaque and translucent bands of color play against each other, creating rhythm and movement. Fluctuating stripes build vibrant, shifting polygons, while fuzzy edges bleed into the surrounding white. Some settle into place like masonry; others teeter on their neighbors.

Te compositions feel active rather than fixed. The shapes become worlds of their own, grazing one another and pressing against the picture’s edge. They are both grounded and moving - structured geometry animated by color. To Johnson the shapes “often straddle the line between object and opening, construction and evolution.”

Erick Johnson holds an MFA from Bard College and a BFA from Empire State College. He has presented notable solo exhibitions, including at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, VT, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Wash DC, and Furnace: Art on Paper Archive in Falls Village, CT. He has also participated in group exhibitions at Pierogi Gallery, NYC, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, and Bernay Fine Art in Great Barrington, MA amongst others. He is a new 2023 member of the historic American Abstract Artists group and lives and works in New York City. This is Johnson’s third solo exhibition with the gallery.

Frame Break, 2026 oil on canvas

30 x 24 inches

Stillness in Motion, 2026 oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches

Signal Drift, 2026

2026 oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches

48 x 60 inches