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Sue Johnson
Sue Johnson is a Professor of Art and has been teaching at St. Mary's College since 1993. She teaches courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, combined media, book arts, and scientific illustration. Professor Johnson received a B.F.A. from Syracuse University and an M.F.A. in painting from Columbia University. She studied art in London and Florence with Syracuse University. Before coming to St. Mary's, she was the workshop coordinator for Triangle Artists' Workshop, and taught at the Herron School of Art I.U.P.U.I, and the Parsons School of Design. Her on-going mixed media project, The Alternate Encyclopedia has been shown extensively since 1995 at museums, universities, galleries and alternative spaces. Professor Johnson has received several national grants and awards, including an NEA Mid-Atlantic grant in painting, Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowship and two Maryland State Council on the Arts individual artist awards in painting and sculpture/ installation.
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Exhibition: Personal Vocabulary, curated by Anna Fine Foer James Backas Gallery, Maryland State Arts Council Opening reception September 25, 2008 5-7:30pm Exhibit runs September 25 - December 18, 2008 175 West Ostend Street, Suite E Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Featuring paintings and works on paper by Maryland artists who have received a 2008 MSAC Individual Artist Award. Exhibiting Artists: Seth Adelsberger, Tom Block, Alyssa Dennis, Melissa Dickenson, Sue Johnson, Chris Siron, Nora Sturges, W.C. Richardson, Jessica van Brakle Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed State holidays. September 12 –October 12, 2008 Exhibition: Exchange The Kunst und Gewerbeverein Gallery in Regensberg, Germany will be the site of an exhibition of works by fellows of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts international residency program at the Oberfalzer Kunsterhaus in Schwandorf, Germany. Johnson was a resident fellow in 1999. Works to be shown include Sue Johnson’s Alice Redux and several artist books. September – December 2009 Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA Johnson is currently serving as an artist-in-residence at the Rosenbach Museum and Library. She is developing an exhibition project based on her research that commingles the storytelling of Lewis Carroll and the poetry of Marianne Moore. The Library holds significant archives of the works of both Carroll and Moore. Upcoming one-person exhibitions include exhibitions at the University of Richmond Art Museums, 2008 and the Rosenbach Library and Museum in 2009. Recent one-person exhibitions at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2007; Swarthmore College, 2007; The John Michael Kohler Art Center, 2006; Carleton College, 2005; and the Tweed Museum of Art, 2004. Awarded a resident library research fellowships by the American Philosophical Society, 2004; and the American Antiquarian Society, 2000. Awarded residency fellowships to the Kohler Arts/Industry program, 2007; Jentel Foundation, 2006, Salzburg Kunstlerhaus, 2006; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1990, 1995, 2003 and 2005; Art Omi International Artist Colony, 2001; Ragdale Foundation, 1999; the MacDowell Colony, 1989, 1991, and 1999; Vermont Studio Center; Artist-in-residence at the Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Schwandorf, 1999.	t 240-895-4250 f 240-895-4958 e srjohnson@smcm.edu o Montgomery Hall 140 back to who's who

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