Megan Johnson
10888 N 70th St
#162
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Website: www.meganbjohnson.com
Email: meganbjohnson94@gmail.com
Education
2017-2020 MFA 2020, emphasis Drawing and Painting, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2013-2016 BFA 2016, emphasis in Printmaking and Painting, North
Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Solo Exhibition, “Renewal”, Sonoran Desert Museum, Baldwin Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Solo Exhibition, “Nightwatch”, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Four Person Exhibition, “Desert Sense”, Ironwood Gallery, Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Night Visions”, Coconino Center For the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
Juried Group Exhibition, 24th Annual,”Works on Paper” Juror: Esther Adler, Curator at MOMA, Long Beach Island Foundation of Art and Science, Long Beach, New Jersey
Juried Group Exhibition, “Arizona Aqueous XXXVI”Juror: Jon Pokrasso,Tubac Centerof the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2021 Juried Group Exhibition, “Only Black and White’’, Juror: Mary Meyers, Shemer Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Nature-Landscape, Serene & Savage”, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Group Exhibition, “Contemporary Voices”, Found Re art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Starry, Starry, Night”, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Variations”, Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA
2020 Group Exhibition, “Open Desert”, Arizona State University, Humanities building, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Every Body”, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Group Exhibition, “Post- Summer Show”, Fine Art Complex 110, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Galbut Prize”, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “ Nathan Cummings Award”, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “New Art Arizona”, Shemer Art Center,
Phoenix, AZ
2018 Group Exhibition, “Sunniest Place on Earth, All Media Juried Exhibition”, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Expulsion: Painting as a Proxy Act and Action”, Tempe Fine Art Complex, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Inaugural Galbut Prize”, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “MFA Summer Juried Exhibition”, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, “Bridged”, +Art Galeria Taller,Quito, Ecuador
2017 Group Exhibition, “The Fate of Landscape Painting”, Tempe Fine Art Complex, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, ASU, New MFA Show, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
2016 Group Exhibition, NDSU Spring Baccalaureate Exhibition, Memorial Union Gallery, NDSU, Fargo, ND
Group Exhibition, Student Juried Exhibition, Flakoll Gallery, Renaissance Hall, NDSU, Fargo, ND
2015 Two- Person Exhibition, Baccalaureate Preview Exhibition, Flakoll Gallery, Renaissance Hall, NDSU, Fargo, ND, (with
Photographer Shelby Steidl)
Group Exhibition, “Jim Falk Recycled Show”, Flakoll Gallery, Renaissance Hall, NDSU, Fargo, ND
Group Exhibition, South Africa Photo Exhibition, September Corks and Canvas, Salon 3|5,Fargo, ND
Group Exhibition, Scale: From Fargo to South Africa”,Flakoll Gallery, Renaissance Hall, NDSU, Fargo, ND
Group Exhibition, Student Juried Exhibition, Flakoll Gallery, Renaissance Hall, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Group Exhibition, Community Print Exchange, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2014 Group Exhibition, Memorial Union, Absence, North Dakota State University
2013 Group Exhibition, Central Michigan University Park Library Print Exchange, Mount Pleasant, MI
Clubs/Community Involvement
2021 Community Diversity& Inclusion Committee member, Fountain Hills, AZ
2018 ASU Drawing 1 Head Instructor
2016 NDSU Under Pressure Press: President
2016 Artist Talk/Painting Demonstration, Memorial Union Gallery, Fargo, ND
2015 NDSU Under Pressure Press: Secretary
2014 NDSU Under Pressure Press: Treasurer
Residencies
2021 Artists in Residence, Châteaux Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2015 Artist in Residence, Caversham Press, Howick, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Artist in Residence, Durban Center, Durban, South Africa
Grant/ Awards
2021 Denis Diderot A-i-R Grant
2020 ASU Special Talent Art Scholarship
2019 Martin Wong Foundation Scholarship
Marigold Linton Scholarship
ASU Special Talent Art Scholarship
2018 ASU Special Talent Art Scholarship
Gayle J. Novak & Robert D. Cock Award in Painting Scholarship
2016 High Plain Reader, Best of the Best: Emerging Artist Award
James Falk Visual Arts Scholarship
NDSU Visual Arts Scholarship
Fargo Moorhead Fine Arts Club Scholarship
2015 Federal Pell Grant
North Dakota State Grant
NDSU Student Juried Exhibition Honorable mention
NDSU Visual Arts Scholarship
2014 Federal Pell Grant
North Dakota State Grant
2013 Federal Pell Grant
North Dakota State Grant
Publications
2020 Voyage Phoenix, Robert Williamson, “Shoutout Series; Megan Johnson”(interview)
2018 Voyage Phoenix, Robert Williamson, “Artists Series; Megan Johnson” (interview)
2016 High Plains Reader, HPR Staff, “Best of the Best Series; Megan Johnson” (article)
2015 NDSU Spectrum, Christian Weber, “Gallery Hosts Live Painting Session”; article
2015 NDSU Visual Arts in South Africa, Adventures in making art and meeting new artists, (collaborative blog)
2014 Runner’s World, RW Staff, “The Art of Running”,Online Article
Teaching
2022. Faculty Associate, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Courses taught: Drawing1
2022 Faculty Associate, Estrella Community College, Avondale ,AZ
Courses taught: 2-D Foundations, Watercolor
Modalities: in-person
2021-22 Faculty Associate, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Courses taught: Drawing 1&Ceramics 1
Modalities: hybrid & in-person
2021-22 Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Courses taught: Watercolor 1, Watercolor for non-majors, & Intermediate Watercolor
Modalities: in-person & icourses
Summer 2021 Watercolor Landscapes Instructor,, summer camp, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2020-2021 High School and Middle School Art Teacher, Fountain Hills, Arizona
Summer 2020 Watercolor Landscapes Instructor, summer camp, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2017-2020 Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Courses taught: Senior Exhibitions Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Watercolor one