ROBERT JOHNSON RESUME
509 Hannah Branch Rd. rmjohnsonus@yahoo.com
Burnsville, N.C. 28714
web site- robertjohnsonpaintings.com
EDUCATION
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B.S. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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M.F.A in Painting, Mills College, Oakland, California
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Study with Mark Rothko, Provincetown, Mass.
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Apprenticeship with Karl Knaths, Provincetown, Mass.
2000-2001 Study traditional painting in Jaipur, India, Kathmandu, Nepal, Ubud, Bali
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2000-2001 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship
2001 Residency at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
2000 Artist in residence at Badlands National Park, Badlands, South Dakota
1998-99 North Carolina Nature Conservancy Grant
1996-97 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship, Frederic Church Ecuador Project
1994-95 National Endowment for the Arts, Southern Arts Federation Artist Grant
1994-95 North Carolina Arts Council Project Grant, State Parks Series
1993 Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, Sausalito, California
1991 North Carolina Arts Council Special Project Grant, Mountain Stories Series
EXHIBITIONS
2016 Retrospective show at Greenhill Center for the Arts
NC Museum of Natural Science,Raleigh NC 2009-2013
Apex Gallery, Washington D.C. 2005 Landscapes/Varied Views
Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, N.C. 2013 Appalachian Trail show 2011Paintings from Peru,2010 Paintings from , Alaska 2007-Paintings from New Zealand, 2003- Paintings from Panama, 2000- Northwest Parks,1999- Nature Conservancy,1998- Ecuador Series,1997- Sketches from UNCA mural, 1992-96 Group Exhibits, 1991Mountain Stories
1998- 2002, 2006- Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, N.C/Paintings from the Desert etc.
1993-1999-North Carolina Museum of Art Triennial Show
1994-Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, solo show
1994-Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia Vividly Told, Contemporary Southern Narrative Painting group exhibition
1988-Asheville Art Museum two person show
COMMISSIONS
2017 Community Foundation of W.N.C.
2016 Rex Hospital, Raleigh N.C.
2013 –N.C. State Bar Association, Raleigh N.C.
2010- N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
2006-Mural downtown Blowing Rock, N.C.
2002- Raleigh Durham Airport Ceramic tile Mural
1998- Mural on Main Street, West Jefferson, N.C.
1997- North Carolina Public Arts Program, Eight Views of Mount Pisgah, University of North Carolina, Asheville, N.C.
COLLECTIONS
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, N.C.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
School of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Badlands National Park, Badlands, South Dakota
TEACHING (Nature Journaling Workshop)
2013-Haystack Scool of Crafts, Arrowmont, 2006,2009, 2012 Penland School of Crafts
20010 NC Botanical Garden, Museum of Natural Science, 2017 Arboretum, Asheville, N.C.
