Rashid Johnson born 1977 is an American artist who produces conceptual postblack artJohnson first received critical attention when examples of his work were included in the exhibition Freestyle curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2001when he was 24He has studied at Columbia College Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago His work has been exhibited around the world and he is held in collections of many of the worlds leading art museums His directorial debut Native Son an adaptation of the Richard Wright novel from the same debuted in the 2019 edition of the Sundance Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article Rashid Johnson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia