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Johnston Marklee

Artist profile

Profile
31
0–33 band

Discovery profile: limited tracked signals

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall31

Composite Codex score

Institutional59

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum2

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#111,758Mid-Career
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal99 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median— tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
22.0KInstagram followers87th percentile

Signal summary

Johnston Marklee: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

Art Institute of ChicagoSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: .
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Peer set

No defensible cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (mid-career).

Peer set
  1. Danh Vo#56 · White Cube #6 · Mid-Careermid-career · 15 yrs active
  2. Ilit Azoulay#389 · Mid-Careermid-career · 13 yrs active
  3. Sandra Vásquez De La Horra#438 · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery #40 · Mid-Careermid-career · 16 yrs active
  4. John Miller#448 · Charles Riva Project #64 · Mid-Careermid-career · 19 yrs active
  5. Miguel Rio Branco#566 · Inhotim #156 · Mid-Careermid-career · 12 yrs active
  6. Sandra Cinto#632 · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery #40 · Mid-Careermid-career · 13 yrs active
  7. Doug Wheeler#667 · David Zwirner #4 · Mid-Careermid-career · 13 yrs active
  8. Ryan Trecartin#681 · Sprüth Magers #14 · Mid-Careermid-career · 15 yrs active
  9. Gianpietro Carlesso#690 · Cardi Gallery #21 · Mid-Careermid-career · 12 yrs active
  10. Johnston Marklee

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Gerhard Richter#1 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Photorealist (style), Conceptual · #1 Codex rank
  2. Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #5 Codex rank
  3. Peter Doig#6 · Paintings · $250K–500K · Crown Point Press #32 · Iconicpainting · #6 Codex rank
  4. Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Iconicsculpture · #8 Codex rank
  5. Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chippainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #9 Codex rank
  6. Kerry James Marshall#10 · Paintings · $1M+ · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Iconicpainting · #10 Codex rank
  7. Maurizio Cattelan#12 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chipsculpture · #12 Codex rank
  8. Christopher Wool#13 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Establishedpainting · #13 Codex rank
  9. Mark Grotjahn#14 · Paintings · $1M+ · Gagosian #1 · Establishedpainting · #14 Codex rank
  10. Johnston Marklee
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