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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