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SEAN M JOHNSON: RESUME

Born: 1981

EDUCATION

2005 MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2003 BFA, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
This Growing Up Stuff..., Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2008
Love Seat, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2007
Project Space, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2005
Impending, CMA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fallout Show, Tashiro-Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Northwest New Works, Juried Exhibition, On the Boards, Seattle, WA

2009
Changes, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2007
...pass time, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006
New Sculpture Survey, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Stunt N Growth, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005
Soil Turns Ten, Soil Auction, Western Bridge Gallery, Seattle, WA
MFA Group Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Unearthing, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
4X4 StangeCo. Auction, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
Works on Paper, Juried Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA

2004
Coupling II Juried Collaboration, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
Works on You, StrangeCo. Auction, Impulse Gallery, Seattle, WA
First Year MFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA

2003
No-Tell Motel, Juried Exhibition, CMA Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA
Toledo Area Artist Show, Juried Exhibition, Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, OH
BFA Exhibition, Dorothy Uber-Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH

2002
Metals 2002, Miami University Gallery, Oxford, OH
Undergraduate Art Exhibition (four pieces), BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Miami University Ring Competition, Oxford, OH
Undergraduate Art Exhibition (five pieces), BGSU, Bowling Green, OH

BIBLOGRAPHY

2010
Brian Miller, “Auto Ego,” Seattle Weekly, April 14

2008
Gary Faigin, “Sean Johnson and Mark Takamichi Miller at Howard House,” Artdish, September 17
Regina Hackett, “Miller's Thieves enlivens lost images; Johnson's sculpture take risks that pay off,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 5

2007
Suzanne Beal, “New Sculpture Survey,” Sculpture, April

2006
Matthew Kangas, “New Dimension of New Sculpture Artists,” Seattle Times, July 14
Nate Lippens, “Sculpture Show Connects Diverse Artists,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 28
Sue Peters, “New Sculpture Survey,” Seattle Weekly, July 12

2005
SWPicks “Stand-outs,” Seattle Weekly, June 8-14

2001
METALSMITH, Winter, p. 51

AWARDS, GRANTS AND COMISSIONS

2009
Betty Bowen Memorial Award Finalist, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2005
Betty Bowen Memorial Award Finalist, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Boyer-Gonzales Artist Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2003
James T. Strong Outstanding Studio Achievement Award, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

1999-2003
Minority Scholars, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2006
Visiting Professor, Introduction to Metalsmithing, University of Washington, Autumn

2004
Assistant Professor, Introduction to Metalsmithing, University of Washington, Spring (instructor of record)
Assistant Professor, Introduction to Metalsmithing, University of Washington, Winter (instructor of record)

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:

2005
StrangeCo Coupling III Artists Collaboration, CoCA, Seattle, WA

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2005
SOIL Artists Co-Op, StrangeCo. University of Washington, Seattle, WA
StrangeCo Coupling III Artists Collaboration, CoCA, Seattle, WA