Lois M. Johnson Resume
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  Solo Print Exhibition Pensacola Community College, Pensacola, Florida
  Signposts: Belk Gallery Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1996 Distant Markers: Works on Paper 1990-96 McKinney Gallery: West Chester University: West Chester, Pennsylvania
1994 Latitudes: 1984-94 The Print Cub: Philadelphia, PA, January, 1994; Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August, 1994
1990 North Dakota Museum of Art Grand Forks, North Dakota
1989 The Rourke Art Gallery Moorhead, Minnesota
1985- 1986 Compass Project: ART-IN-SCIENCE V University City Science Center: Philadelphia, PA
1984 Berg Art Gallery Concordia College: Moorhead, MN
1981, 1984 Marian Locks Gallery Philadelphia, PA
1982 Pennsylvania State University Pattee Library, University Park, PA
1982 North Dakota Museum of Art Grand Forks, ND
1981 City University of New York York College, New York
1973, 1981 The Print Club of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
1979 University of Wisconsin Madison Main Gallery
1978 Rosemont College Rosemont, PA
1976 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Peale House: Philadelphia, PA
1974 University of North Dakota Art Gallery Grand Forks, ND
1969 The Philadelphia Art Alliance Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED   JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
1969-1995

Printed Images/Sculptural Editions, Brandywine Workshop   Firehouse Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Printmakers Invitational   City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Non-Silver: Printing with Light: Alternative Photography at the University of the Arts Exhibition   Philadelphia, PA
Traditions & Connections: The Art of the Book/ Books by Artists   Laurie W. & Irvin J. Borowsky Gallery at the Gershman Y: Philadelphia, PA; Pyramid Atlantic: Riverdale, Maryland; Boston Museum School of Fine Arts: Boston, Massachusetts; The University of the Arts: Philadelphia, PA
Experimenting with the Book: The Janus Press   Victoria and Albert Museum: London, England
Landscape and Women Artists   Ille William and Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection at Bryn Mawr Mariam Coffin Canaday Library: Bryn Mawr, PA
Works on Paper: Rome & Philadelphia   Paley Design Center: Philadelphia, PA
National Invitational Screenprinting Exhibition   Boston Museum School of Fine Arts: Boston, MA; The University of the Arts: Philadelphia PA; Pyramid Atlantic: Riverdale, MD
Works on Paper 1994 Juried Exhibition   Beaver College: Glenside, PA
The Visual Book: A Survey of Contemporary Book Works   Westby Gallery: Rowen College of New Jersey, Glassboro, New Jersey
The Brooklyn Museum 18th National Print Exhibition   Brooklyn, NY
International Miniature Print Exhibitions   Pratt Graphic Center: New York City, NY
International Graphic Arts Exhibition: India   National Academy of Design, New York City, NY
Contemporary Issues: Works by Women on Paper   Los Angeles, California
Silk Screen: History of a Medium   Philadelphia Museum of Art
New American Graphics I   University of Wisconsin: Madison, Wisconsin
American Drawings II   Smithsonian Travelling Exhibition
Cliche-verre: Hand-Drawn, Light-Printed, A Survey of the Medium from 1839 to the Present   The Detroit Institute of the Arts: Detroit, Michigan
Offset Lithography as Fine Art   World Print Council Gallery: San Francisco, CA
XIII Winter Olympics, Visual and Performing Arts Participant   Lake Placid, NY
Experiences in Offset Lithography, National Invitational   The University of the Arts: Philadelphia, PA
Collaborations: Printmaking in Philadelphia   Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum: Swansea, Wales
Printworks USA   Brandywine Collection Travelling Exhibition
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists   Philadelphia Museum of Art: Philadelphia, PA
Artists Choose Artists   Institute of Contemporary Art: Philadelphia, PA
Offset: artists' books and prints   Granary Books: New York, NY; Minnesota Center for the Book Arts: Minneapolis, MN; Pyramid Atlantic: Riverdale, MD
Philadelphia Artists Prints in the Brandywine Collection   Firehouse Art Center: Philadelphia, PA
American Color Print Society Juried Exhibition   Cheltenham Art Center: Cheltenham, PA

AWARDS - COMMISSIONS - GRANTS

12/6/1998- 1/31/1999 Mud and Roses, Commission project about the 1997 Grand Forks Flood, North Dakota Museum of Art Grand Forks, ND
1994 Limited Edition Print Commission for Core States Bank. Series of 55 prints printed by Brandywine Workshop Philadelphia, PA
199O Percent for Art Commission for City of Philadelphia: limited edition print for City Hall Council Chambers Philadelphia, PA
1986 Universitv of North Dakota Sioux Alumni Award for outstanding career and service ND
1986 Gold Medal: Neo Graphics Graphic Arts Association of the Delaware Valley for COMPASS in fine art print division. Silver Medal for UCSC ART-IN-SClENCE V mailer  
1986 Poster Commission Art in City Hall: Artists' Books and Prints printed by Brandywine Workshop Philadelphia, PA
1985 Philadelphia College of Art Venture Fund Faculty Research Grant Philadelphia, PA
1980 Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant for experimentation in offset lithography as a fine art  
1974 The Print Club and Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance for Philadelphia poster in edition of 100,000 printed by Consolidated Drake Press  
1973 Philadelphia Museum of Art decal exhibition poster for Silk Screen: History of a Medium  
  Purchase awards in Society of Ametican Graphic Arts and Arnerican Color Print Society and Philadelphia Watercolor Club Annuals: including The Joseph Pennell Medal, The Abraham Hankins Award, The Stella Drabkin Memorial Award, and Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Medal  

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at The University of the Arts. Philadelphia College of Art and Design, since 1967
Visiting artist and lecturer throughout the United States and Canada, including: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME; Penland School, Penland, NC; The Universitv of Connecticut at Storrs: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax; University of Southern California, Los Angeles; The University of Wisconsin, Madison; University City Science Center, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia; The Janus Press, Newark, Vt; Visual Arts Resource Institute. Tempe AZ; Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage; Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook.
Juror, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts: Images 97 Exhibition - painting, drawing, photography, multimedia and small sculpture, State College, PA;  Artist-juror, 1998-99 Challenge Exhibition Competition: Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA;  Juror, Membership Exhibition - all media, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA; Juror, Regional High School Scholarship Competition - all media, Morristown, NJ;  Outside juror for Hunt Manufacturing Collaborative Award in Printmaking, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Slide presentation of work: Brandywine Workshop Lecture Series, Philadelphia, PA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

McCabe Library of Swarthmore College   Swarthmore, PA
American Treasures in the Library of Congress, poetry by Barbara Luck   Washington, District of Columbia
The Firehouse Art Center   Philadelphia, PA
Fogg Museum   Boston, MA
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society   Philadelphia, PA
Fleming Museum   Burlington, Vermont
Philadelphia Museum of Art   Philadelphia, PA
General Electric Corporation    
Atlantic Richfield Corporation    
Smith Kline Beecham Corporation    
University of Tampa   Tampa, Florida
Philadelphia National Bank Corporation    
National Museum of American Art   Washington, D.C.
Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin   Madison, WI
North Dakota Museum of Art   Grand Forks, ND
Beaver College Permanent Collection   Glenside, PA
New York Public Library Adolph Dehn Memorial Collection    
University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Collection    
The University of Lethbridge   Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
The Metropolitan Museum of Art   New York City

EDUCATION

1964 B.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Arts & Education
1966 M.F.A, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Printmaking