Career
In February 2009, Craig had his first homonymous book published with Mörel Books. Alongside this, he released Nothing In Particular, a zine given away with the first 50 copies of the Jonnie Craig book Craig spent two years as the picture editor of HUH.Magazine.
In August 2010, Craig curated an exhibition at the Template:Scion Gallery in Los Angeles including artists like Peter Sutherland, Jerry Hsu and Patrick O"Dell, among others
April 2012 saw the release of Craig"s first film work, entitled IKYITHWMEL, a short film about skateboarding which was first broadcast on United Kingdom terrestrial television station Channel 4. Shortly after the release of the film, Craig released his second book, I"ll Kick You In The Head With My Energy Legs, through Dokument Press, a Swedish-based art book publisher.
The book focusses on the lives of a group of skateboarders. lieutenant doesn"t, however, cover the act of skateboarding itself.
The series was first exhibited alongside fellow artists Editor Templeton, Jerry Hsu and Kevin Long at the Steinsland Berliner Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden in 2010.
2010 – Steinsland Berliner – Group Show – West / Editor Templeton, Jerry Hsu & Kevin Long - Stockholm
2010 – Scion GalleryGroup Show – West / Various artists – Los Angeles
2010 – Nada Art Fair – West / Mörel books – Miami
2009 – Space 15 Twenty – The Company Of People – Group Show – Los Angeles
2009 – Lieu Unique – Group Show – Paris
2009 – Roma Photo Festival – Group Show – I Thought I Was Alone
2009 – Claire De Rouen Gallery – Solo show/book launch – London
2009 – Galleri Hangups – Solo Show – Stockholm
2008 – Fallon Worldwide group show – Fallon Gallery London
2008 – Vice Photo Book Group show – The Jago gallery
2008 – I Thought I was alone – exhibition & ZINE launch – Jaguar shoes Gallery
2007 – Vice Photo issue gallery tour – June/July/August – Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Kassel. 2007 – Studio Apart – Group show – Amsterdam.
