Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project: Scott David Johnson

Last Judgment 3 by Scott David Johnson
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Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project: Scott David Johnson, January/February 2006
Your Art Here presents Last Judgment 3 by artist Scott David Johnson for the Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project. The billboard will be mounted January and February 2006.

ARTWORK STATEMENT
Up close, the personality and mood of an individual can be detected, and the era in which someone lives can show in their clothing. Upon retreating and observing a large crowd from an angled distance, time and fashion dissolves, and older patterns of behavior emerge. War demonstrations
A Brueghel Landscape
A school of fish

ARTIST BIO
Scott Johnson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1968. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, He moved to Chicago. Mr. Johnson's oil paintings have been featured in many Chicago area exhibitions, including the Union League Club of Chicago, Schopf Gallery on Lake, and at the Zhou Brothers Arts Foundation. He also participated in "Virtual Symbolism", a group exhibition at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul.

In addition to appearing in the 2004 Midwest Edition of New American Paintings magazine, Mr. Johnson has been the recipient of many awards and honors. He was selected for Curator's Choice for the Around the Coyote Arts Festival in 1999, 2002, and 2003. He received a Project Grant from the Community Arts Assistance Program in 1999, 2003, and 2005. His work is in many private collections ranging from Chicago, to Birmingham, Alabama, and Universal City, California.

CONTACT INFO
Scott David Johnson: wwikkid@gmail.com (email)
http://www.scottdavidjohnson.com/ (website)

RESUME
Solo Exibitions
2004 Meatyard Gallery, "re-Public", Chicago, IL
2002 Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exibitions
2005 Unit A, Chicago, IL
2005 Nova Young Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2005 Street Level Gallery, "Ordinary People", Highwood, IL
2005 Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL
2005 Zhou Brothers Arts Foundation, "Bridge Magazine Benefit", Chicago, IL
2004 Up The Stairs Gallery, "Big Small Town", Chicago, IL
2004 The Gathering Place, "What Am I Thinking? What Am I Doing?", Chicago, IL
2003 Paul Whitney Larson Art Gallery, "Virtual Symbolism", University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2003 Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery, "Cabrini Connections", Chicago, IL
2002 Gallery On Lake Judith Racht, "Photo-Based", Chicago, IL
2002 Tavern Club, "Celebrating Diversity", Chicago, IL
2001 Third Floor Gallery, "Chicago Art Open", Chicago, IL
1999 Gloria Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 South Of North Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 An Art Place, "Personal Visions V", Chicago, IL

Awards
1999, 2003, 2005 Project Grant, Community Arts Assistance Program, Chicago, IL
1999, 2002, 2003 Curator's Choice Award, Around The Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
1999 Silent Auction Selection, Four Points Digital, Chicago, IL

Publications
2004 New American Paintings, Vol. 53, Midwest Edition, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2003 City Link, "Artist Profile", Vol. 3, Number 34, Chicago, IL. Aug 29 - Sept 4
2001 Amy Martin, "Artist In Residence", Art + Performance, Evanston, IL. March
1998 G. Jurek Polanski, "FaceIt: Paintings by Brad Miller and Scott Johnson", www.artscope.net, Dec
1997 Sara Burrows, "Around the Coyote Takes Place as Chicago Tradition, News-Star, Sept

Public Collections
100 Universal Plaza Building, Universal City, CA
Creative Claythings Studio, Chicago, IL

Education
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Art Department, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1991