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EDUCATION
1990 MFA in Painting, Indiana University
1981 BFA in Painting, Boston University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 GWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
2016 Clipped, Ripped and Reassembled: New Works in Paper Collage, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2004, 99 Mahady Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2001 Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
2000 Kilburn Gallery, Kings College, Wilkes Barre, PA
1996 Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
1995 Shenandoah Valley Art Center Gallery (VMFA affiliate), Waynesboro, VA
1994 Roxx Limited Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1990 Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016, 15 Cronin and Murphy Fine Art, Lincolnville, ME
2014-present Black Falcon Art, Thomaston, ME
2010-present Office of the Provost, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2009-present Faculty Biennial, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2004-present GWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
2014 F. Lammot Belin 50th Anniversary Award Winners Exhibition, Skylake Gallery, Fleetville, PA
2013 Hunger for Art, Our Thomaston Gallery, Thomaston, ME
2012 Working Life of the Georges: Chronicles of a River Community Past and Present, Black Falcon Gallery, Thomaston, ME
2012 Barry Gealt, Colleagues and Friends, GWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
2009 Consider the Lobster, gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
2007 SACI Gallery, Florence, Italy
2007 Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Collegial Painters, Chocolate Church Gallery, Bath, ME
2004, 03 The Figure Revealed, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME & the University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn Campus, Lewiston, ME
2000 Artists as Visionaries: Northeast Regional Art 2000, (Gold Merit), Keystone College, La Plume, PA
1999 Women Artists of Northeast PA, Diverse Works Gallery, Scranton, PA
1998 NY International Independent Film & Video Festival, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1998 Art x 12, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
1997 The Teaching Artist, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
1996 Animal, Mineral, Vegetable: A Painting Invitational, The Art Gallery University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
1996 Strength in Diversity, Takasaki Art Center College, Takasaki, Japan
1994 Deposit Guaranty Salon International, Jackson, MS
ARTIST GRANTS & AWARDS
1998 F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship, Waverly, PA
1990 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1987 Recruitment Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1990-Present Associate Professor, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Co-Chair Department of Visual Arts, 2016-19 term; Director, Graduate Painting
Achieved Tenure, 1997
1990, 89, 88 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN & Indiana University Summer Program in Florence, Italy
VISITING ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
2016 Department of Visual Arts, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2011 Artists and Authors Among Us Lecture Series, Thomaston Public Library, Thomaston, ME
2003, 94 Graduate Painting Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2001 Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
2001, 98, 96 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2000 Art Education Program, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, NY
1996 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1995 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2001-present Co-Director, Fresh Perspectives-New Solutions: Visiting Environmental Artist Series, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2006-present Co-Project Manager, Mary’s Garden, land design project, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2013, 12 Co-Host, Co-Manager, Hunger for Art, community art show and benefit for the St. Bernard Soup Kitchen; Working Life of the Georges: Chronicles of a River Community Past and Present, community art show and benefit for the Georges River Land Trust, Our Thomaston Gallery, Thomaston, ME
2011 Illustrated talk, “Art Work in Progress: Mary’s Garden at Marywood University”, American Society of Landscape Architects, PA-DA Chapter, Skytop, PA
2011, 10, 09 Community workshop, Logging Nature, Waverly Community House, Waverly, PA
2010 Exhibition Co-Director: Patricia Johanson at Marywood: The Mary’s Garden Project in Context, May 6-June 6, The Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2010 Illustrated talk, “II. Common Ground: Patricia Johanson’s Marywood University Land Remediation”, National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, 32nd Annual Conference, Scranton, PA
2010 Illustrated talk, “Patricia Johanson’s Marywood Land Remediation,” and poster presentation, “Mary’s Garden at Marywood University”, DCNR Sustainable Landscapes Conference, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2005-10 Grant awards in support of environmental art/land remediation project on Marywood University campus, Scranton, PA: Mary’s Garden, designed by environmental artist Patricia Johanson. (Funding jointly applied for with Co-Project Manager and colleague, Dr. Linda Dugan Partridge); Overlook Foundation Grant; MPAC Grant, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2009 Poster presentation, “From Ivory Tower to Field”, The Institute for Public Planning and Environmental Development Conference, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2005-09 Grant awards in support of co-directed, co-hosted speaker series with colleague, Dr. Linda Dugan Partridge for, Fresh Perspectives-New Solutions: Environmental Visiting Artist Lecture Series, at Marywood University, Scranton, PA: Marywood University Cultural Affairs Grant; Marywood University start-up funding; Willary Foundation Grant.
2008 Poster presentation, College Art Association Conference, NY, NY; Green Piece featured among select innovative college courses nationally.
2008 Co-Presenter: “Fully Engaged: Art, Science and Environmental Solutions”, Alternative Energy Fair, Kempton, PA
2002, 96 Juror, Wyoming Valley Art League Awards, Wilkes Barre, PA
1999 Co-Presenter: “Teaching Green Piece: Art and Nature in America”, Art Culture Nature, International Conference, Seattle, WA
1998, 93 Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Scranton, PA; Wilkes Barre, PA
1997, 96 Exhibition Director: ARTwild, Regional Juried Art Show, Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
PUBLICATIONS
Patricia Johanson at Marywood: The Mary’s Garden Project in Context,
co-authored catalogue (Parsons, Partridge), 2010.
Daniel Smith Reference Catalogue, 2007-2008, p.39.
Architectural Digest, Volume 58, Number 6, June 2001, pp. 218-219.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN
Marywood University, Scranton, PA