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Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

Artadia is thrilled to announce our 2026 New York City Artadia Awardees: David L. Johnson, Frank WANG Yefeng, and Carrie Yamaoka!

Thank you to the esteemed jurors who supported the selection process: Mariana Fernández, Independent Curator; Sadaf Padder, Independent Curator; José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Elisabeth Sherman, Chief Curator, Museum of The City of New York.

To read the full announcement and learn more about the Awardees, click the link in our bio!

@david_johnso, @this.frank.wang, @carrie.yamaoka, @mariana___fernandez, @pitterpadder, @jjjcccdiaz, @elisabethfsherman

Artwork captions (left to right): ): Detail of Carrie Yamaoka, “purple x grey (redux)” (1997/2022/2023; detail of David L. Johnson, “Loiter” (2023); detail of Frank WANG Yefeng, “Groundless Flower-Ah” (2024-ongoing).

Headshots: David L. Johnson (photo courtesy of the artist), Frank WANG Yefeng (photo credit: a015), and Carrie Yamaoka (photo courtesy of the artist).

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

In the “Loiter” series, David L. Johnson @david_johnso de-contextualizes the hostile architecture, exclusionary designs created on the built environment, surrounding nearby standpipes, extracting them directly and repurposing them as sculptures.

David L. Johnson is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Johnson‘s work focuses on the urban built environment, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property. His practice uses photography, video, found and stolen objects, and installation to examine the politics, histories, aesthetics, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. 

Through this act of guerilla intervention, Johnson spotlights the violence and severity of such designs, created to prevent people from sitting or otherwise occupying a space. The artist’s contribution simultaneously exists in public space through the absence of the hostile architecture, providing a material outcome via their removal.

Courtesy Fanta-MLN, Milan, Theta New York
@fanta_mln @theta.nyc

Installation shots @ccinstar

Meet our 2026 New York City Artadia Awards Finalist!

David L. Johnson’s work focuses on the ongoing effects of privatization, real estate development, and policing on public life in cities. Working across photography, video, found and stolen objects, and sound, Johnson uses direct forms of intervention to engage the politics, histories, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. Through subtractive gestures, including the removal of hostile architecture, property markers, and surveillance devices, his work traces the material and legal conditions of these sites, producing moments of slippage between public and private property.

Johnson (b. 1993, New York, NY) received a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2015 and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is an alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program and a part-time faculty member in the Fine Arts MFA program at Parsons School of Design. His work has been exhibited at the 2026 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago; and MoMA PS1, New York.

Headshot photo courtesy of the artist.

Meet our 2026 New York City Artadia Awards Finalist!

David L. Johnson’s work focuses on the ongoing effects of privatization, real estate development, and policing on public life in cities. Working across photography, video, found and stolen objects, and sound, Johnson uses direct forms of intervention to engage the politics, histories, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. Through subtractive gestures, including the removal of hostile architecture, property markers, and surveillance devices, his work traces the material and legal conditions of these sites, producing moments of slippage between public and private property.

Johnson (b. 1993, New York, NY) received a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2015 and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is an alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program and a part-time faculty member in the Fine Arts MFA program at Parsons School of Design. His work has been exhibited at the 2026 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago; and MoMA PS1, New York.

Headshot photo courtesy of the artist.

Meet our 2026 New York City Artadia Awards Finalist!

David L. Johnson’s work focuses on the ongoing effects of privatization, real estate development, and policing on public life in cities. Working across photography, video, found and stolen objects, and sound, Johnson uses direct forms of intervention to engage the politics, histories, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. Through subtractive gestures, including the removal of hostile architecture, property markers, and surveillance devices, his work traces the material and legal conditions of these sites, producing moments of slippage between public and private property.

Johnson (b. 1993, New York, NY) received a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2015 and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is an alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program and a part-time faculty member in the Fine Arts MFA program at Parsons School of Design. His work has been exhibited at the 2026 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago; and MoMA PS1, New York.

Headshot photo courtesy of the artist.

Meet our 2026 New York City Artadia Awards Finalist!

David L. Johnson’s work focuses on the ongoing effects of privatization, real estate development, and policing on public life in cities. Working across photography, video, found and stolen objects, and sound, Johnson uses direct forms of intervention to engage the politics, histories, and forms of use that define contemporary urban space. Through subtractive gestures, including the removal of hostile architecture, property markers, and surveillance devices, his work traces the material and legal conditions of these sites, producing moments of slippage between public and private property.

Johnson (b. 1993, New York, NY) received a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2015 and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is an alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program and a part-time faculty member in the Fine Arts MFA program at Parsons School of Design. His work has been exhibited at the 2026 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago; and MoMA PS1, New York.

Headshot photo courtesy of the artist.

No lying down
No pitching tents
No amplified sound
No annoying behavior

@david_johnso’s #WhitneyBiennial work Rule consists of the removal of code-of-conduct signs from privately owned public spaces (POPS).

POPS emerged in New York in 1961 following a zoning resolution that permitted private developers to construct taller buildings in exchange for creating nearby park-like spaces for public use. The private owners who control these spaces often set rules that are much more restrictive than those governing city parks and other public places. The use of these code-of-conduct signs also intensified after Occupy Wall Street’s takeover of Zucotti Park in the fall of 2011.

Rule is on view now through August 23 in the Biennial. Link in bio to listen to Johnson’s full audio guide stop for this work.

Loiter (David, Robert, Jeffrey), 2023 by David L. Johnson on view in, as a matter of fact / de hecho y de materia.

Opening
Friday, February 6th
7:00 - 10:00 PM

David L. Johnson (@david_johnso)
Loiter (David, Robert, Jeffrey), 2023
Removed standpipe spike
41 × 21 × 18 cm
16 × 8 1/6 × 7 in.

Hanged at the original height from which they were removed, David L. Johnson’s freshly extracted spiky metal structures constitute an in situ positive of their absence. These city fixtures, normally installed by property owners on standpipes, windowsills, and other surfaces, are intended to prevent sitting, gathering, or loitering. Johnson’s practice investigates the intersections of urban space, social control, and perception, revealing how the materiality of the city encodes systems of power and restriction. - Tiffany Dornoy Rezaei

Courtesy of the Artist & Theta, New York

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#THIRDBORN #mexicoartweek

Thank you @drewmsawyer and @marcelacguerrero for including my work among so many amazing artists and friends.

Beautiful publication of selections from the @studiomuseum collection. Thanks to Jordan Carter for the wonderful text on my work Loiter (Hersel), 2021

Beautiful publication of selections from the @studiomuseum collection. Thanks to Jordan Carter for the wonderful text on my work Loiter (Hersel), 2021

‘Rule’ is up for one more week @fanta_mln

Thanks to everyone who has spent time with the show, both in-person and online

‘Rule’ is up for one more week @fanta_mln

Thanks to everyone who has spent time with the show, both in-person and online

‘Rule’ is up for one more week @fanta_mln

Thanks to everyone who has spent time with the show, both in-person and online

‘Rule’ is up for one more week @fanta_mln

Thanks to everyone who has spent time with the show, both in-person and online

‘Rule’ is up for one more week @fanta_mln

Thanks to everyone who has spent time with the show, both in-person and online

Cleveland’s Mix (WBLS 89), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

Rule is up for two more weeks @fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (WBLS 89), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

Rule is up for two more weeks @fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (WBLS 89), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

Rule is up for two more weeks @fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (WBLS 89), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

Rule is up for two more weeks @fanta_mln

Leoncavallo, 2025
Playlist

In Milan, the privatization of public space has accelerated. Public-private partnerships, such as Apple’s redevelopment of Piazza del Liberty, have expanded the presence of privately managed piazza space. At the same time, autonomous cultural spaces have faced growing pressure, intensified by anti-rave and anti-squatting laws. Leoncavallo, one of Milan’s longest-standing autonomous social centers (founded in 1975), was evicted from its Via Antoine Watteau site this past summer. During Rule, archival Italian dub and reggae recordings by DJ Vitowar—made at Leoncavallo’s original location on Via Leoncavallo 22—will be streamed on the gallery’s website.

Leoncavallo, 2025
Playlist

In Milan, the privatization of public space has accelerated. Public-private partnerships, such as Apple’s redevelopment of Piazza del Liberty, have expanded the presence of privately managed piazza space. At the same time, autonomous cultural spaces have faced growing pressure, intensified by anti-rave and anti-squatting laws. Leoncavallo, one of Milan’s longest-standing autonomous social centers (founded in 1975), was evicted from its Via Antoine Watteau site this past summer. During Rule, archival Italian dub and reggae recordings by DJ Vitowar—made at Leoncavallo’s original location on Via Leoncavallo 22—will be streamed on the gallery’s website.

Leoncavallo, 2025
Playlist

In Milan, the privatization of public space has accelerated. Public-private partnerships, such as Apple’s redevelopment of Piazza del Liberty, have expanded the presence of privately managed piazza space. At the same time, autonomous cultural spaces have faced growing pressure, intensified by anti-rave and anti-squatting laws. Leoncavallo, one of Milan’s longest-standing autonomous social centers (founded in 1975), was evicted from its Via Antoine Watteau site this past summer. During Rule, archival Italian dub and reggae recordings by DJ Vitowar—made at Leoncavallo’s original location on Via Leoncavallo 22—will be streamed on the gallery’s website.

Cleveland’s Mix (KMEL 1996), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln until November 7th

Cleveland’s Mix (KMEL 1996), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln until November 7th

Cleveland’s Mix (KMEL 1996), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln until November 7th

Cleveland’s Mix (KMEL 1996), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln until November 7th

Cleveland’s Mix (KMEL 1996), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln until November 7th

Cleveland’s Mix (Random), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (Random), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (Random), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (Random), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln

Cleveland’s Mix (Random), 2025
Video, monitor, painted iron case, speakers, electronics

@fanta_mln