LISA JOHNSON, AOCA
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education:
Ontario College of Art: AOCA with Honours, Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting, 1996
York University: B.A. Political Theory & Humanites (1983); B.Ed. Fine Arts, (2005)
Interlochen Arts Academy, MI USA: Visual Art & Dance
Awards:
Jury Award, Vaughan City Hall, Juried Exhibition, 2014
Mrs. W.O. Forsythe Award for 4th Year Women Painters - OCAD- 1996
Exhibitions:
International Art Fairs:
ART TORONTO, with Gurevich Fine Art (Winnipeg), Metro Toronto Convention Centre, October 2015
LOVE ART, with Propeller Gallery, Spring 2015
ART TORONTO, with Propeller Gallery, Fall 2014
Solo, juried and small group:
Changing Tides (3-person) Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto 2022
Seasons of Change (solo) Soul Gallery, Winnipeg 2022
Earth marks (3-person) James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, NL 2022
The Road So Far (solo) Lonsdale Gallery, 2021
Playscapes (2-person) Westland Gallery, London, 2021
Terroir (2-person) Lonsdale Gallery, 2021
UnChartered Terrain (2-person) Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto 2019
Space Between (2-person) Westland Gallery, London Fall 2019
Ontario Society of Artists Juried Show, John B. Aird, Toronto, 2019
Common Ground (3-person) Westland Gallery, London, 2018
Up Close/ Far Away (3-person) Propeller Gallery, Toronto, 2018
Viewpoints (2-person) Westland Gallery, London, ON, 2017
Land Marks (2-person) Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB, 2017
Planet Earth Series - "Earthscapes" (solo) - Vaughan City Hall 2015
Mazinaw, SOLO exhibition, Project Gallery Toronto, 2015
Duet - Lisa Johnson & Erin Loree, Project Studio Gallery, Toronto, 2015
Sense of Place, (3 person exhibition), Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, 2015
Lisa Johnson & Robert Davidovitz, Westland Gallery, London, ON, 2014
Metamorphosis, SOLO exhibition, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Vaughan Juried Exhibition, (Jury Award) Vaughan City Hall, 2014
Darkness at the Edge, Curator: Thom Sokoloski, Propeller Gallery, 2013
New Featured Artists, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery, Tweed, 2012
Spirit of the Hills, Showcase Gallery; Cobourg, 2009
Formations, (solo), Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2008
ART MEETS DESIGN, Vaughan City Hall, Curated Show, Current Nov 2017 to Feb. 2018
VIEWPOINTS, Two person show, Westland Gallery, London, ON, Spring 2017
LANDmarks, Two person show, GUREVICH FINE ART, Winnipeg, MB, Spring, 2017
PLANET EARTH SERIES - "Earthscapes", Vaughan City Hall - SOLO SHOW (Curated) - Spring 2016
SOLO SHOW - Mazinaw, Project Gallery Toronto, October 2015
DUET (with Erin Loree), Project Studio Gallery, Toronto (Oct - Nov 2015)
A Sense of Place, (with David Tycho and Kevin Boyle), Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB, Current (October 2 - 31, 2015)
Lisa Johnson & Robert Davidovitz, Westland Gallery, London, ON Fall 2014
Take 5, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON Fall 2014
SOLO SHOW - Metamorphosis, Project Gallery, Toronto, April 2014
Spring Awakenings, 5 Person Show, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery, Current 2014
Vaughan Juried Exhibition, (Jury Award) Vaughan City Hall, 2014
Lisa Johnson - Paintings, Solo, King’s Concert Series, Oakville 2014
Darkness at the Edge, Guest Curator: Thom Sokoloski, Propeller Gallery, 2013
New Featured Artists, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery, Tweed 2012
Lisa Johnson, new work (solo) Canvas & Strings Salon; Toronto, 2009
Spirit of the Hills, Showcase Gallery; Cobourg, 2009
SOLO SHOW - Formations - Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2008
SOLO SHOW - Fractures - Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2007
Spirit of Temagami (group) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2007
Elegy (2 person) Catch-23 Gallery; Guelph, 2006
Lay of the Land (3 person) Gallery 1313; Toronto, 2004
Working the Land (2 person) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2004
Mazinaw Landscapes (3 person) Greystones Gallery; Bon Echo, 2003
Lisa Johnson - New work (solo) Steamwhistle Gallery; Toronto, 2001
Summer Dreams (3 person) Art Exchange Gallery; London, Ontario, 2001
Lisa Johnson, Nasco Pelev and Andrew Peycha; Ashton/Evicta Gallery; Toronto, 2000
Mazinaw: Landscapes - (solo) Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre; Unionville, 1999
Collaborations -- Painting live with chamber music -- DuMaurier Theatre; Toronto, 1999
SOLO SHOW - Cello Suites - James Allen Fine Art; Toronto, 1998
York Region Juried Exhibition, Frederick Varley Art Gallery; Markham; 1998
Selected Group Shows:
Tribute: Members of the Al Green Sculpture Studio, The Canadian Sculpture Centre
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Propeller Gallery, 2016
Fifteen Painters, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
LOVE ART Fair, Propeller Gallery, Toronto Exhbiition Place, Spring 2015
VIP Show, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
Synergy, Group Show , Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts Gallery, 2014
Project Gallery Featured Artists, Arbitration Place, Toronto, 2014
Bon Echo Art Exhibition, Summer 2014
Colin Edwards Gallery, Mazinaw Lake ON, Summer 2014
Rose Tinted, Contact 2014, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Only New Art, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Black & White Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2014
AMPED!, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2013
Salon Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2013
Nuit Blanche “Intersections” Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2011
Landscape Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Nuit Blanche -- painting live -- Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Salon Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2007
Professional Experience:
Artist, self-employed, 1996 to present
Visual Art Teacher – TDSB - various contracts, 2006 to 2013
Jury Member, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2004
Assistant to Leah Vivot, Sculptor, 2003
Assistant to Joyce Wieland, Visual Artist 1987
Publications:
NUWork, Arabella, Vaughan Liberal, House & Home, Toronto Star, Toronto Life
Collections: Over 300 of Lisa Johnson's works are in private and corporate collections throughout Canada, U.S.A. and Europe
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education:
Ontario College of Art: AOCA with Honours, Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting, 1996
York University: B.A. Political Theory & Humanites (1983); B.Ed. Fine Arts, (2005)
Interlochen Arts Academy, MI USA: Visual Art & Dance
Awards:
Jury Award, Vaughan City Hall, Juried Exhibition, 2014
Mrs. W.O. Forsythe Award for 4th Year Women Painters - OCAD- 1996
Exhibitions:
International Art Fairs:
ART TORONTO, with Gurevich Fine Art (Winnipeg), Metro Toronto Convention Centre, October 2015
LOVE ART, with Propeller Gallery, Spring 2015
ART TORONTO, with Propeller Gallery, Fall 2014
Solo, juried and small group:
Changing Tides (3-person) Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto 2022
Seasons of Change (solo) Soul Gallery, Winnipeg 2022
Earth marks (3-person) James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, NL 2022
The Road So Far (solo) Lonsdale Gallery, 2021
Playscapes (2-person) Westland Gallery, London, 2021
Terroir (2-person) Lonsdale Gallery, 2021
UnChartered Terrain (2-person) Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto 2019
Space Between (2-person) Westland Gallery, London Fall 2019
Ontario Society of Artists Juried Show, John B. Aird, Toronto, 2019
Common Ground (3-person) Westland Gallery, London, 2018
Up Close/ Far Away (3-person) Propeller Gallery, Toronto, 2018
Viewpoints (2-person) Westland Gallery, London, ON, 2017
Land Marks (2-person) Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB, 2017
Planet Earth Series - "Earthscapes" (solo) - Vaughan City Hall 2015
Mazinaw, SOLO exhibition, Project Gallery Toronto, 2015
Duet - Lisa Johnson & Erin Loree, Project Studio Gallery, Toronto, 2015
Sense of Place, (3 person exhibition), Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, 2015
Lisa Johnson & Robert Davidovitz, Westland Gallery, London, ON, 2014
Metamorphosis, SOLO exhibition, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Vaughan Juried Exhibition, (Jury Award) Vaughan City Hall, 2014
Darkness at the Edge, Curator: Thom Sokoloski, Propeller Gallery, 2013
New Featured Artists, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery, Tweed, 2012
Spirit of the Hills, Showcase Gallery; Cobourg, 2009
Formations, (solo), Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2008
ART MEETS DESIGN, Vaughan City Hall, Curated Show, Current Nov 2017 to Feb. 2018
VIEWPOINTS, Two person show, Westland Gallery, London, ON, Spring 2017
LANDmarks, Two person show, GUREVICH FINE ART, Winnipeg, MB, Spring, 2017
PLANET EARTH SERIES - "Earthscapes", Vaughan City Hall - SOLO SHOW (Curated) - Spring 2016
SOLO SHOW - Mazinaw, Project Gallery Toronto, October 2015
DUET (with Erin Loree), Project Studio Gallery, Toronto (Oct - Nov 2015)
A Sense of Place, (with David Tycho and Kevin Boyle), Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB, Current (October 2 - 31, 2015)
Lisa Johnson & Robert Davidovitz, Westland Gallery, London, ON Fall 2014
Take 5, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON Fall 2014
SOLO SHOW - Metamorphosis, Project Gallery, Toronto, April 2014
Spring Awakenings, 5 Person Show, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery, Current 2014
Vaughan Juried Exhibition, (Jury Award) Vaughan City Hall, 2014
Lisa Johnson - Paintings, Solo, King’s Concert Series, Oakville 2014
Darkness at the Edge, Guest Curator: Thom Sokoloski, Propeller Gallery, 2013
New Featured Artists, Quinn’s of Tweed Fine Art Gallery, Tweed 2012
Lisa Johnson, new work (solo) Canvas & Strings Salon; Toronto, 2009
Spirit of the Hills, Showcase Gallery; Cobourg, 2009
SOLO SHOW - Formations - Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2008
SOLO SHOW - Fractures - Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2007
Spirit of Temagami (group) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2007
Elegy (2 person) Catch-23 Gallery; Guelph, 2006
Lay of the Land (3 person) Gallery 1313; Toronto, 2004
Working the Land (2 person) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2004
Mazinaw Landscapes (3 person) Greystones Gallery; Bon Echo, 2003
Lisa Johnson - New work (solo) Steamwhistle Gallery; Toronto, 2001
Summer Dreams (3 person) Art Exchange Gallery; London, Ontario, 2001
Lisa Johnson, Nasco Pelev and Andrew Peycha; Ashton/Evicta Gallery; Toronto, 2000
Mazinaw: Landscapes - (solo) Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre; Unionville, 1999
Collaborations -- Painting live with chamber music -- DuMaurier Theatre; Toronto, 1999
SOLO SHOW - Cello Suites - James Allen Fine Art; Toronto, 1998
York Region Juried Exhibition, Frederick Varley Art Gallery; Markham; 1998
Selected Group Shows:
Tribute: Members of the Al Green Sculpture Studio, The Canadian Sculpture Centre
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Propeller Gallery, 2016
Fifteen Painters, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
LOVE ART Fair, Propeller Gallery, Toronto Exhbiition Place, Spring 2015
VIP Show, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
Synergy, Group Show , Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts Gallery, 2014
Project Gallery Featured Artists, Arbitration Place, Toronto, 2014
Bon Echo Art Exhibition, Summer 2014
Colin Edwards Gallery, Mazinaw Lake ON, Summer 2014
Rose Tinted, Contact 2014, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Only New Art, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Black & White Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2014
AMPED!, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2013
Salon Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2013
Nuit Blanche “Intersections” Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2011
Landscape Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Nuit Blanche -- painting live -- Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Salon Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2007
Professional Experience:
Artist, self-employed, 1996 to present
Visual Art Teacher – TDSB - various contracts, 2006 to 2013
Jury Member, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2004
Assistant to Leah Vivot, Sculptor, 2003
Assistant to Joyce Wieland, Visual Artist 1987
Publications:
NUWork, Arabella, Vaughan Liberal, House & Home, Toronto Star, Toronto Life
Collections: Over 300 of Lisa Johnson's works are in private and corporate collections throughout Canada, U.S.A. and Europe