Sean Johnson

Sean M. Johnson was born in 1981 to a working class biracial family in Columbus, Ohio. His work is an endeavor to convey experience through objects in which the viewer can relate. He composes and constructs sculptures that challenge a suspension of disbelief using the act of balance as a metaphor. Sean sets up narratives and dichotomies that disarm the observer so that experiences of his life are there to be discovered through investment. Sean lives and works in Seattle and has been a finalist for the Seattle Art Museum’s Betty Bowen Memorial Award in 2005 and 2009.