LISA JOHNSON, AOCA
CV
Education:
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART: Graduated with Honours in Fine Arts,
Drawing & Painting, 1996 Associate of the Ontario College of Art
YORK UNIVERSITY: B. ED Fine Art, 2005
YORK UNIVERSITY: B.A. Political Theory & Humanites 1983
Exhibition History:
Selected solo, juried and small group shows:
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
Fractures, (solo), Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2007
Working the Land (2 person) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2004
Mazinaw: Landscapes - (solo) Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre; Unionville, 1999
Collaborations -- Painting live to music -- DuMaurier Theatre; 1999
Cello Suites - SOLO - James Allen Fine Art; Toronto, 1998
York Region Juried Exhibition, Frederick Varley Gallery; Markham; 1998
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
Selected Group Shows:
Old Growth - Broken Forests Group, Propeller Gallery, 2022
Abstract, Westland Gallery, London 2022
Plein Air Show, Westland Gallery, 2022, 2021
Gallery Artists, Westland Gallery 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Al Green Sculpture Studio Exhibition, Canadian Sculpture Centre 2017
Fifteen Painters, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
LOVE ART Fair, Propeller Gallery, Toronto Exhibition Place, Spring 2015
VIP Show, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
Synergy, Group Show, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, 2014
Take Five, (5 artists) Propeller Gallery, 2014
Project Gallery Featured Artists, Arbitration Place, Toronto, 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
Nuit Blanche “Intersections” Propeller Centre, Toronto, 2011
Landscape Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Nuit Blanche -- painting live -- Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Spirit of Temagami (group) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2007
Professional Experience:
Artist, self-employed, 1996 to present
Vice Chair, Propeller Art Gallery, 2022 to present
Marketing Chair, Propeller Art Gallery 2016 to 2021
Visual Art Teacher – TDSB – Teacher 2006 to 2013
Artist in the Schools, YCDSB, 2004
Jury Member, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2004
Executive Assistant to Leah Vivot, Sculptor, Vaughan, ON 2003
Executive Assistant to Joyce Wieland, Visual Artist 1987
Awards:
Jury Award, Vaughan City Hall, Juried Exhibition, 2014
Mrs. W.O. Forsythe Award for 4th Year Women Painters - OCAD 1996
Publications:
Galleries West, Toronto Star, Toronto Life, London Free Press, What’s on London, Winnipeg Free Press, Vaughan Liberal, House & Home, NUWork, Arabella
Collections:
Johnson’s works can be found in numerous private and corporate collections throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
Residencies & other Professional Development
Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland October 2021 + May 2022
Atlin Art Centre, B.C. 2006
Creative Art Retreat w/ Harold Klunder 2013
Al Green Sculpture Studio 2017 - 2020
CV
Education:
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART: Graduated with Honours in Fine Arts,
Drawing & Painting, 1996 Associate of the Ontario College of Art
YORK UNIVERSITY: B. ED Fine Art, 2005
YORK UNIVERSITY: B.A. Political Theory & Humanites 1983
Exhibition History:
Selected solo, juried and small group shows:
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
Fractures, (solo), Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts; Toronto, 2007
Working the Land (2 person) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2004
Mazinaw: Landscapes - (solo) Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre; Unionville, 1999
Collaborations -- Painting live to music -- DuMaurier Theatre; 1999
Cello Suites - SOLO - James Allen Fine Art; Toronto, 1998
York Region Juried Exhibition, Frederick Varley Gallery; Markham; 1998
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
Selected Group Shows:
Old Growth - Broken Forests Group, Propeller Gallery, 2022
Abstract, Westland Gallery, London 2022
Plein Air Show, Westland Gallery, 2022, 2021
Gallery Artists, Westland Gallery 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Al Green Sculpture Studio Exhibition, Canadian Sculpture Centre 2017
Fifteen Painters, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
LOVE ART Fair, Propeller Gallery, Toronto Exhibition Place, Spring 2015
VIP Show, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015
Synergy, Group Show, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, 2014
Take Five, (5 artists) Propeller Gallery, 2014
Project Gallery Featured Artists, Arbitration Place, Toronto, 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
Nuit Blanche “Intersections” Propeller Centre, Toronto, 2011
Landscape Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Nuit Blanche -- painting live -- Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 2010
Spirit of Temagami (group) OCAD Gallery; Toronto, 2007
Professional Experience:
Artist, self-employed, 1996 to present
Vice Chair, Propeller Art Gallery, 2022 to present
Marketing Chair, Propeller Art Gallery 2016 to 2021
Visual Art Teacher – TDSB – Teacher 2006 to 2013
Artist in the Schools, YCDSB, 2004
Jury Member, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2004
Executive Assistant to Leah Vivot, Sculptor, Vaughan, ON 2003
Executive Assistant to Joyce Wieland, Visual Artist 1987
Awards:
Jury Award, Vaughan City Hall, Juried Exhibition, 2014
Mrs. W.O. Forsythe Award for 4th Year Women Painters - OCAD 1996
Publications:
Galleries West, Toronto Star, Toronto Life, London Free Press, What’s on London, Winnipeg Free Press, Vaughan Liberal, House & Home, NUWork, Arabella
Collections:
Johnson’s works can be found in numerous private and corporate collections throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
Residencies & other Professional Development
Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland October 2021 + May 2022
Atlin Art Centre, B.C. 2006
Creative Art Retreat w/ Harold Klunder 2013
Al Green Sculpture Studio 2017 - 2020