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JAMES W JOHNSON
Artist's Statement
As an artist, I present my observations about life and art without regard for continuity of "style".
Professional Bio
PERSONAL
born - Endicott, NY, 1/26/54
Moved to Lubbock, TX in 1978 from Upstate New York. Has been living and working as a full-time studio artist in
Lubbock since receiving an MFA from Texas Tech University in 1981.
EDUCATION
1977, BA, S.U.N.Y. at Oswego
1981, MFA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
CONTACT
1906 55th st, Lubbock, TX 79412
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website - www.jameswjohnson.com
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Founder of Anti-Stylism, having written its Manifesto in October, 2002
- Has created over 2,000 pieces of art in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture, video, digital media,
printmaking, drawing, photography, text and audio since completing school in 1981.
- Has over 700 pieces included in more than 200 private and public collections on four continents.
- Featured on the cover and inside the November 1998 issue of "New American Paintings"; a publication that was
juried by Charlotta Kotik of the Brooklyn Museum.
- Numerous newspaper and magazine reviews for exhibitions in, New Orleans, Sante Fe, Houston, San Antonio,
Lubbock, Dallas, Austin, San Francisco, Oklahoma City, Rochester (NY), since 1982.
-Many commissions for paintings, murals, furniture, and etchings such as:
-commissioned to design, execute and print 11 etchings to accompany Charles Bukowski's "Not Quite
Bernadette" for a limited edition book published by Greybeard Press and produced by Joseph D'Ambrosio in
1989-90.
-commissioned to design and paint interior murals in Chateau Chenailles in the Loire Valley of France.
EXHIBITIONS
-Have participated in over 170 exhibitions and competitions since 1979 including the following
2009
"Thirty Arty Years", solo retrospective exhibition at LHUCA in Lubbock
2008
The 2nd Annual Circus Show & Other Atrocities, group exhibition, A Bitchin Space, Sacramento, CA
SK-TX, 2 person exhibition with Erika Pochybova-Johnson at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the
Arts, Lubbock, TX
2007
Realism Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2006
"Seeing Erika", solo exhibition at LHUCA in Lubbock
Group Exhibition, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2004
"Ulterior Motifs 6", group exhibition, alternative space, Lubbock, TX
"The Red Dot Show", group fund-raising exhibition, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2003
"Contemporary Art from around the world", group exhibition, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
"Lubbock on Top" group exhibiton, Redbud Projects / Gallery 101, Houston, TX
2002
"James W Johnson", solo exhibition, Llano Estacado Center for Theatre and Arts, Lubbock, TX
2001
"Organic Mandalas", solo show, Forbidden Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000
The Dog Days of Summer, group show, Lemieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
1999
"Patrimony Corrupted", 6 person exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
"Larger than Life", solo exhibition, Hahn Ross Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
1998
"HUMAN-NATURE", solo exhibition, The Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock,TX
"NAKED TEXAS ART - James W Johnson", solo exhibition, Holy 8 Ball Studios, Austin, TX
1997
"James W Johnson", solo exhibition, Gallery Untitled, Dallas, TX (November)
1996
"New Art of the West", group exhibition, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
1995
"Rubber", six person exhibition, Lawndale Art and Performance Center,Houston
1994
"Venus, Cupid, Time and Folly", solo exhibition, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1993
"Lubbock People", solo exhibition, Robinson Galleries, Houston, TX
"The Food Show", competition, Redding Art Museum, Redding, CA Juror- David Gilhooly *cash award.
1992
"Iconoclasms", group exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
"New Texas Artists", 20 person exhibition, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA and the Boise Art Museum,
Boise, Idaho
"James W Johnson", solo exhibition, Southwest Texas State, San Marcos, TX
1991
"Cures for a Healthy World", solo exhibition, Robinson Galleries, Houston, TX
"Southwest '91", competition, The Museum of Arts, Sante FE, NM Juror- Henry Hopkins
1990
"Charlotte National", competition, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC Juror- Ned Rifkin
1989
"Evidence: Narrative Painters of the Southwest", group exhibition, San Antonio Museum of Art, TX
1988
"Horoscopes for the Damned", 3 person exhibition, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
1987
"True Wit", group exhibition, Cullen Center, Houston, TX
1986
"James Johnson and Doug Sutherland", 2 person exhibition, Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA
1985
"Southwest '85", competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Sante Fe, NM Jurors- Linda Cathcart, Ed Ruscha
1984
"Psychology Today", 6 person exhibition, Moming Dance and Art Center, Chicago,
1983
"Cabo Frio International Print Biennial", competition that toured Brazil for 2 years
1982
"First International Armory Show", group exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco
"Prints Today, Holland- USA", group exhibition organized by the Southern Graphics Council that toured the
Netherlands.
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