Mary A. Johnson

Curriculum Vitae / 中文

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EDUCATION

2013   MFA in Studio Art and Visual Studies; Department of Art, State University of New York at Buffalo

2008   BA in Fine Art, Painting; Department of Fine Arts, Gordon College

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2022-Current Alfred University, School of Art & Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Director of Foundations

2019-2022 University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design, Lead Faculty and Lecturer: Foundations and Studio Art

2018-2019           Central Academy of Fine Art, International Foundation Department, Head of Studio

2016-2019           Central Academy of Fine Art, International Foundation Department, Lecturer

2015-2016           The High School Affiliated to Renmin University, Instructor of Art

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Solo/2-person Exhibitions

2024 Forthcoming: Macrocosmic Orbit, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH

2023 The Red Planet, ArtLink, Fort Wayne, IN

2022 Caricatures, CICA Museum, Gimpo, S. Korea

2022 Men on Mars, BOX13, Houston

2019 Dark Soils, Square Gallery, Shanghai

2018   Bizarre Bazaar, Aotu Space, Beijing

2013   Generatione Nostra est Scriptor Minas (Our Generation’s Menace), Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Niagara, NY

2012   Velvet<>Putrescence, Silo City, Buffalo, NY

2011   A Questionable Dinner, Ellicott Island Park, Tonawanda, NY

2010   Remnants of a Life Undercover, 464 Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2008   Are We Home Yet? Gordon College, Wenham, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2022 Women, Art and Technology: Ornament and Adornment, Denton Greater Arts Council, Denton, Curated by Eliza Au

2022 Nightvisions, Coconino Arts Center, invitational, Flagstaff

2022 12th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts, Shanghai Collections Museum

2022 Collage by Women, Consell de Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain

2021 Contemporary Landscapes, CICA Museum (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art), Gimpo, S. Korea

2021 Women, Art and Technology: Ornament and Adornment, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Curated by Eliza Au

2021 Epiphanies, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati

2021 11th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts:

Shanghai Collections Museum

Jiading Art Center, Shanghai

2021 Soulscapes, The 8th Place, Shanghai

2020 One Blossom One World, Cube Art Museum, Shanghai, Curated by Chen Fei and Diana Roman

2020 10th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts, Supported by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and

           Tourism and Consulates of Japan, India, Greece, Austria, Poland, and others

Shanghai Art Collections Museum, Shanghai

Wo Jia Cultural and Creative Space, Shanghai

Yangpu Station, Shanghai

2020 2nd International Abstract Exhibition, Online, Curated by Diana Roman and Guo Lianzhang

2020 Art Z Gallery Launch, Muse&m, Shanghai, Curated by Diana Roman

2019 Up Front, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design

2019 Collages and Assemblages, Carnegie Art Center, Curated by Gerald Meed

2019 ⌘C ⌘V, Nook Gallery at BACA Art Centre, Beijing, Curated by Charlie Dutton

2019 KAOS, Kranj, Slovenija, Curated by Maruša Štibelj

2019 Da Yi Jia Xiaji Zhanlan 2019, Curated by Wei Hongshan, Shanghai Yinuo Art Museum, Shanghai

2019 Paper Supreme, Curated by Chang Feng:

Qingdao Tiantai Art Center, Qingdao

Yishun Art Space, Shenyang

Jilin Teachers College of Art, Jilin

Shenzhen Value Factory Art Museum, Shenzhen

798 St. Space, Beijing

2018 2018 China Art Expo, Represented by TCID, Shangshang Art Museum, Beijing

2018   Collage Garden, Nekrasov Library, Moscow

2018   Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA

2017  Nature/Neon, Juried by Garth Johnson, Sandra J. Blain Galleries, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2017  Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA

2016  S/LASH Art Nova 100, National Agricultural Exhibition Center of China, Beijing

2016  Art Inspires Science: Food, Art & Science Collaborations, New York Hall of Science, New York

2016   Opening Exhibition, ICAF Gallery Space, 798 Arts District, Beijing

2014   Annual Arts Festival Exhibition, Project 308 Gallery, North Tonawanda, NY

2014   57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Juried by Jerry Saltz, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua NY

2014   Premier of Dodge West, Collaborative Video Performance Directed by George Afedzi Hughes, Hallwalls Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2014   Screening of Dodge West, Collaborative Video Performance Directed by George Afedzi Hughes, ColognOFF X, Cologne International Videoart Festival, Cologne

2012   Catacombia, Collaborative Performance, Nuit Blanche, Toronto

2011   Parallax, 515 Main(St) Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2011   ButterFile, Visual Studies Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2011   ButterFax, University at Buffalo Gallery, Buffalo, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

2022 Elizegi, Rebeka, Collage by Women: 50 Essential Contemporary Artists, Alternative Editions, Paris

2021 Porter, Eleanor H., Oh, Money! Money!, Kolaj Institute, New Orleans

2019 Elizegi, Rebeka and Montse Borràs, Collage by Women: 50 Essential Contemporary Artists, Promo Press, Madrid

2017 INDA (V11), Manifest’s International Drawing Annual Exhibition in Print, Cincinnati

2014 INDA (V8), Manifest’s International Drawing Annual Exhibition in Print, Cincinnati

2013 Maier, Angelica, The Viewer Experience, University at Buffalo Department of Visual Studies, Buffalo, NY

Exhibition Catalogues

2022 Manifest Gallery, Annual Catalogue, Cincinnati

2021 Ranieri, Elizabeth, Eliza Au. Women, Art and Technology: Ornament and Adornment Exhibition Catalogue, Denton

2020 10th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts Exhibition Catalogue, Shanghai Collections Museum, Shanghai

2019 Paper Supreme Exhibition Catalogue, Tiantai Public Welfare Foundation, Beijing

2019 Da Yi Jia Xiaji Zhanlan Exhibition Catalogue, Shanghai Yinuo Art Museum

2018 China Art Industry Expo Exhibition Catalogue, Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the PRC, Beijing

2017 Nature/Neon Exhibition Catalogue, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN

2016 S/LASH Art Nova 100 Exhibition Catalogue, Art Nova, Beijing

2013 Beam, Michael, Generatione Nostra est Scriptor Minas (Our Generation’s Menace) Exhibition Catalogue, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, NY

2011 Art Takes Miami Exhibition Catalogue, Artists Wanted, Brooklyn, NY

Periodicals

2023 Kolaj Magazine, (V. 37), Montreal

2022 Contemporary Aesthetics, (V. 20 ), online

2021 Glamour Affair Vision Magazine, (V. 13), Milan

2018 Cimarron Review, Cover, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City

2014 Bannon, Anthony, Everything is at Least a Little Strange, The Chatauquan Daily, Chautauqua, NY

2013 The Seneca Review (V. 43/1), Cover, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 2013 The St. Sebastian Review (v3, Issue 1), Cover, Cambridge, Massachusetts

2009 Vol. 1, Art and Literary Magazine, Buffalo

Online

2020 Armstrong, Kristen, Interview with Mary A. Johnson, Voyage Dallas

2019 Roman, Diana, Dark Soils, CN Create

2018 Feola, Joshua, 5 Beijing Art Spaces Providing Alternatives to the White Cube, Artsy.com 2018 Yun Pei, The Truth and Contemplation of Food, Ecomole, Beijing

2018 Gao, Douglas, Xinhua News Agency, 中国，美国艺术家玛丽自由创作的新土壤 (Freedom is Soil for Innovation for Artist Mary Johnson) (Cross-published on Sina.com, Souhu.com, Netease.com, Media.China.com, 010lm.com, and 163News.com)

2018 Treichel, Tamara, Xinhua News Agency, American Artist Makes Discoveries, Draws Inspiration from China for Her Works, Beijing

2016 Fresh Paint Blog, Fresh Paint Magazine, Philadelphia and London 2014 Mary A. Johnson, 365 Artists/365 Days Project, Wisconsin

2010 Duquette, Laura, Remnants of a Life Undercover, Buffalo Rising, NY

HONORS & AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2022 Award, 20th Anniversary cover image, for V. 20, Contemporary Aesthetics Journal

2021 Residency, Kolaj Institute, Online

2019 Award for Outstanding Work, Da Yi Jia Xiaji Zhanlan 2019 Exhibition, Shanghai Yinuo Museum

2017                 Invitation to LiJiang Snow Mountain Residency, Yunnan Province, China (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Art Nova and Sunshine 100

2013                 Graduate Student Association Conference Travel Grant, SUNY Buffalo

2012/2013         Teaching Assistantship, Department of Visual Studies, SUNY Buffalo

2012                 Dedalus Fellowship Nominee, Department of Visual Studies, SUNY Buffalo

2011/2012         Teaching Assistantship, Department of Visual Studies, SUNY Buffalo

2011                 Finalist in Art Takes Miami Juried Exhibition by Artists Wanted at SCOPE Miami

 COLLECTIONS

Shanghai Collection Museum

University at Buffalo

Private collections

INVITED TALKS / CRITIQUES / LECTURES

2021 Artist Panel, Epiphanies, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Online

2021 Artist Panel, Women, Art and Technology: Ornament and Adornment, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Online

2021 Curriculum Talk, Arizona State University Foundations Curriculum Review Committee, Online

2019 Lecture, Artists Exploring the Natural World, PSOne, Beijing

2019 Lecture, Still Life: Old to New, PSOne, Beijing

2018    Artist Talk, Bizarre Bazaar, Aotu Space; Beijing

2018    Invited Critic, MFA Reviews, Academic Exchange Program between Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University and Department of Art, University at Buffalo; Beijing

2016    Artist Talk and Presenter, S/LASH Art Nova100 Exhibition, National Agricultural Exhibition Center of China, Beijing

2016    Invited Critic, MFA Reviews, Academic Exchange Program between Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University and Department of Art, University at Buffalo; Beijing

2013    Artist Talk, Generatione Nostra est Scriptor Minas Exhibition, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY

DEPARTMENTAL TALKS

2018    American Culture Series for Chinese International Students; CAFA

2017-18  UK and US University Interview Preparation for International Students; CAFA

2016    Art with a Capital A, CAFA

2016    Artists Don’t Work in a Vacuum, CAFA

2016    Drawing for All, CAFA

2016    Utilizing the Visual Arts in Your Classroom; HS Affiliated to Renmin University

2012    Strategies of Effective Teaching Conference, Panel and workshop, SUNY Buffalo

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2012   College Art Association

2017   National Collage Association