b. Webster Groves, Missouri
Lives and works in Ivoryton, CT
Education
2001 MPS Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) , Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1990 Visiting Student, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1975 BFA California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2024
This is the Future of NonObjective Art, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Suzan Shutan
2023
From Modern to Contemporary: Then and Now, Chester Gallery, Chester, CT
2021
INTRO 8, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC. Group Survey.
Eccentric Color: Celia Johnson, Connie Goeltz Schmitt & Fran Shalom, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Idiosyncratic Pencil Redrafted, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, curated by Ann Stoddard
2020
Grey | Gray (Matter), Divisible Projects, Front Street, Dayton OH, Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Chrysalistasis, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, curated by James Austin Murray
Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, curated by Ashlynn Browning
North Carolina Women Abstract Painters, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, curated by Edie Carpenter
2019
A Short Survey of Contemporary Abstraction, Sandy Bennett Art Gallery, Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ, curated by James Austin Murray
Artist - Collector, A Contemporary Print Exhibition, Rewaq Gallery, College of Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, curated by Brian Gonzales
2018
Winter Show, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, curated by Edie Carpenter
OnEdge, The Painting Center, New York, NY, curated by Susan Post
The Idiosyncratic Pencil, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, curated by Ann Stoddard
2017
STATE OF THE ART/ART OF THE STATE, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC,
JUXTAPOSITION, Gallery II, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
Monster Drawing Rally 2017, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
DIALECTICAL PRAXIS | Celia Johnson & Donald Martiny, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Made In Paint, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation, The SAGG, New Berlin, NY
FICTION (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI; Raygun Projects,Toowoomba, Australia; Class Room, Coventry, England; Universtiy of California, Berkeley, CA
Nasty Women Exhibition: Durham, The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
2016
Celebrate Diversity, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Monster Drawing Rally 2016, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
FICTION (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2, Corridor Projects, Dayton, OH, Also traveling to Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany, curated by Jeffrey Courtland Jones
New Geometry, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Art in America On Tour, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, curated by Julie Torres and Ann Stoddard
2015
Holiday Exhibition, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
WONDERMENT, Hunt Hill Farm - Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT, curated by Jessica Jane Russell
Clint Jukkala & John Newman with works by Celia Johnson, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
InFocus Gallery | Works on Paper, GreenHill Space for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Some Assembly Required, The Curator Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Mark Wethli
2014
21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Professional Experience
2003-2005 Adjunct professor in Illustration and Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1997-1999 Adjunct professor in Illustration and Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Lives and works in Ivoryton, CT
Education
2001 MPS Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) , Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1990 Visiting Student, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1975 BFA California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2024
This is the Future of NonObjective Art, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Suzan Shutan
2023
From Modern to Contemporary: Then and Now, Chester Gallery, Chester, CT
2021
INTRO 8, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC. Group Survey.
Eccentric Color: Celia Johnson, Connie Goeltz Schmitt & Fran Shalom, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Idiosyncratic Pencil Redrafted, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, curated by Ann Stoddard
2020
Grey | Gray (Matter), Divisible Projects, Front Street, Dayton OH, Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Chrysalistasis, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, curated by James Austin Murray
Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, curated by Ashlynn Browning
North Carolina Women Abstract Painters, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, curated by Edie Carpenter
2019
A Short Survey of Contemporary Abstraction, Sandy Bennett Art Gallery, Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ, curated by James Austin Murray
Artist - Collector, A Contemporary Print Exhibition, Rewaq Gallery, College of Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, curated by Brian Gonzales
2018
Winter Show, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, curated by Edie Carpenter
OnEdge, The Painting Center, New York, NY, curated by Susan Post
The Idiosyncratic Pencil, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, curated by Ann Stoddard
2017
STATE OF THE ART/ART OF THE STATE, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC,
JUXTAPOSITION, Gallery II, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
Monster Drawing Rally 2017, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
DIALECTICAL PRAXIS | Celia Johnson & Donald Martiny, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Made In Paint, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation, The SAGG, New Berlin, NY
FICTION (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI; Raygun Projects,Toowoomba, Australia; Class Room, Coventry, England; Universtiy of California, Berkeley, CA
Nasty Women Exhibition: Durham, The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
2016
Celebrate Diversity, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Monster Drawing Rally 2016, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
FICTION (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2, Corridor Projects, Dayton, OH, Also traveling to Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany, curated by Jeffrey Courtland Jones
New Geometry, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Art in America On Tour, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, curated by Julie Torres and Ann Stoddard
2015
Holiday Exhibition, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
WONDERMENT, Hunt Hill Farm - Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT, curated by Jessica Jane Russell
Clint Jukkala & John Newman with works by Celia Johnson, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
InFocus Gallery | Works on Paper, GreenHill Space for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Some Assembly Required, The Curator Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Mark Wethli
2014
21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York, NY
COLOR | FORM, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC (solo)
Patterson | Suggs | Johnson, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
2013
Little Somethings, ParisCONCRET, Paris, France
Winter Show, GreenHill Space for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Form Gesture Vision, 311 West Martin Street Gallery, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC (Juror, William Dunlap)
Open Source, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC - Juried by Elysia Borowy-Reeder, Executive Director, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Artist Registries
The Painting Center, New York, NY, Curated Artist Registry
Awards | Grants | Residencies
2020
M. David & Co. / Pfaff Foundation Summer Residency Program, Tivoli, NY, Guest participant
2016
The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY, Exploratory Residency Grant
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, Artist Resident and Grant Recipient
International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA, Scholarship Tuition Award
Public Collections
Credit Suisse Corporate Collection, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Public Artist Talks | Professional Panels
2020
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC - artists' panel discussion, moderated by Jennifer Dasal, curator - on occasion of Front Burner exhibition
GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC - public artist talk moderated by Edie Carpenter, curator - on occasion of NC Women Abstract Painters exhibition
2018
The Painting Center, New York, NY - artists' panel discussion, moderated by Sue Post, curator - on occasion of On Edge exhibition
2017
ArtSpace NC, Raleigh NC - public artist talk on occasion of Juxtapostion exhibition
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven CT - public artist talk on occasion of Dialectical Praxis exhibition
2014
Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC - public artist talk on occasion of Color | Form exhibition
2013
Little Somethings, ParisCONCRET, Paris, France
Winter Show, GreenHill Space for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Form Gesture Vision, 311 West Martin Street Gallery, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC (Juror, William Dunlap)
Open Source, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC - Juried by Elysia Borowy-Reeder, Executive Director, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Artist Registries
The Painting Center, New York, NY, Curated Artist Registry
Awards | Grants | Residencies
2020
M. David & Co. / Pfaff Foundation Summer Residency Program, Tivoli, NY, Guest participant
2016
The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY, Exploratory Residency Grant
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, Artist Resident and Grant Recipient
2015
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Artist Resident and Grant Recipient
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Artist Resident and Grant Recipient
International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA, Scholarship Tuition Award
Public Collections
Credit Suisse Corporate Collection, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Public Artist Talks | Professional Panels
2020
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC - artists' panel discussion, moderated by Jennifer Dasal, curator - on occasion of Front Burner exhibition
GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC - public artist talk moderated by Edie Carpenter, curator - on occasion of NC Women Abstract Painters exhibition
2018
The Painting Center, New York, NY - artists' panel discussion, moderated by Sue Post, curator - on occasion of On Edge exhibition
2017
ArtSpace NC, Raleigh NC - public artist talk on occasion of Juxtapostion exhibition
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven CT - public artist talk on occasion of Dialectical Praxis exhibition
2014
Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC - public artist talk on occasion of Color | Form exhibition
Professional Experience
2003-2005 Adjunct professor in Illustration and Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1997-1999 Adjunct professor in Illustration and Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
