whitneygjohnson@gmail.com
Northwestern University 2022
Evanston, IL
MFA Art Theory and Practice
Illinois State University 2017
Normal, IL
BFA Painting
BS Art Education
Illinois Central College 2014
East Peoria, IL
Associates in Art
2023-current Affiliate Professor, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2022 Instructional Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2021-2022 Visiting Artist Coordinator, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2021-2022 Teacher’s Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2020 Artist in Residence, Prairie Center for the Arts, Peoria, IL
2017-2019 Art Teacher, Lowpoint-Washburn Middle and High School
2011-2024 Community Art Educator, McLean County Art Center (Bloomington, IL) Egypt Station Galleries and Studios (Manito, IL), Pekin Speakeasy Art Center (Pekin, IL), Peoria Art Guild (Peoria, IL)
2016-2017 Woodshop Assistant, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016 Teacher’s Assistant, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan.
2015-2016 Art Studio Coordinator, Children’s Discovery Museum, Normal, IL
2015 Research Assistant, Illinois State University Milner Library, Normal, IL
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Project 1612, Morton, IL, kind in the right stomach, WGLT Peoria
2023 Lease Agreement, Bloomington, IL, three handfuls of pennies, WGLT Bloomington
2022 Open Space Art Gallery & Studios, Ottawa, IL
2019 The Portal, Peoria, IL, Decade’s End
2017 Heartland Community College, Normal, IL, Sensing Synonyms
2017 Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL, Part and Parcel
2016 209 E Fell Street, Normal, IL, 5th anniversary of the Cometogetherspace
2015 Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL, Thresholds and Boundaries
Invitational and Group Exhibitions
2022 Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, blossom soup, blossom salad
2019 ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA, Fairfield Collects
2018 McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, A Practice in Permanence
2018 Project 1612, Peoria, IL, The Randon and Abby Gettys Collection
2017 Normal, IL, The Chartreuse Show
2017 Man Cave Gallery, Normal, IL, Try Outs: A One Night Sports Show
2016 Ear in the Envelope, Peoria, IL, First Friday with Alec DeJesus
2016 Extraordinaryspace, Normal, IL, The First Show
2016 Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL, Force of Nature
2016 Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL, Stack, Pack, Punch
2016 Figure One Gallery, Champaign, IL, ABBRVTN
2016 Rachel Cooper Gallery, Normal, IL, Multiplicity
2015 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, Works from Around our State
2015 Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL, The Myth of the Individual Genius: BFA Collaboration
Juried Exhibitions
2017 University Galleries, Normal, IL, Student Annual 2017, Juror: Claire Ashley
2016 University Galleries, Normal, IL, Student Annual 2016, Juror: Karen Reimer
2016 McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, 89th Annual Amateur Art Exhibition, Jurors: Dawn Gettler and Joshua Cox, 1st place in Painting (University)
2015 McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, 88th Annual Amateur Art Exhibition
Curation
2017 Art For Chickens, Towanda, IL
2016 Dialogues, Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL
Portfolios
2016 Quote / Unquote, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Permanent Collections
2017 University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016 Milner Library, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016 Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Publications
2022 blossom soup, blossom salad, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2016 “Lori Waxman’s 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic: Whitney Johnson” University Galleries, Normal, IL
Awards and Honors
2017 Irving S. Tick Award, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2017 Friends of the Arts Grant Recipient, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016 Nominee, CTE Student Recognition of Excellence Award, Illinois State University, Normal
2016 Nominee, Yale-Norfolk Summer Art Program, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016 Irving S. Tick Award, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2015 Larry and Patricia (Hunkler) Stagen Endowed Teaching Scholarship, IL State University, Normal, IL
2015 Irving S. Tick Award, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2014 Friends of the Arts Grant Recipient, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2014 School of Art Tuition Waiver, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2013 Honors Program Tuition Waiver, IL Central College, East Peoria, IL
2012 Honors Program Tuition Waiver, IL Central College, East Peoria, IL