| Painter and Printmaker | ||
| Born 1958 Manhattan, Kansas | ||
| EDUCATION | ||
| 1993 | Bennington College, M.F.A. Painting and Printmaking | |
| 1986 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture | |
| 1986 | Kansas City Art Institute, B.F.A. Painting | |
| 1980 | University of Kansas, B.F.A. History of Art | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2001 | Pamela Johnson: Recent Work | |
| Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine | ||
| 1998 | Disenchantment and Abiding Pleasure | |
| Hall Haskell House, Ipswich, Massachusetts | ||
| 1992 | Works in Progress | |
| President’s Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| 1991 | What the Eyes Have Made Welcome to the Heart | |
| Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts | ||
| 1991 | Undertow | |
| Goodwin Gallery, Essex, Massachusetts | ||
| 1987 | Looking Thinking Doing Knowing: Sequential Lessons | |
| Exhibition of my teaching methods commissioned by the Department of Education, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| 1986 | Dreaming Consciousness | |
| Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri | ||
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2005 | Ongoing: Bates College Faculty | |
| June 14-September 25 | ||
| Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine | ||
| 2004-05 | Pamela Johnson/Penelope Jones | |
| Zero Station, Portland, Maine | ||
| 2004 | On Line | |
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine | ||
| Maine Music Society Benefit Auction | ||
(featured auction item) |
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| Martindale Country Club, Auburn, Maine | ||
| All Maine Invitational 2004 | ||
Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, |
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Lewiston, Maine |
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| 2003 | Zero Portfolio | |
| Zero Station, Portland, Maine | ||
| Art Makes a Difference | ||
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine | ||
| All Maine Invitational 2003 | ||
| Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, | ||
| Lewiston, Maine | ||
| Small Works on Paper - Benefit Exhibit | ||
| Museum of African Tribal Art, Portland, Maine | ||
| 2002 | Past, Present, Future: 50th Anniversary Exhibition | |
| (by nomination) Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine | ||
| 2002 | Juried Biennial Exhibition | |
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine | ||
| Plugged In 2002 | ||
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine | ||
| All Maine Invitational 2002 | ||
| Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, | ||
| Lewiston, Maine | ||
| 2001 | Group Exhibition | |
| Zero Station, South Portland, Maine | ||
| 2000 | Abstract Painting in Maine | |
| Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine | ||
| 1999 | Faculty Exhibition | |
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College , Vermont | ||
| Montserrat College of Art Auction 13 | ||
| Beverly, Massachusetts | ||
| 1998 | Faculty Exhibition | |
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| 1997 | The Montserrat Print Portfolio | |
| Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, | ||
| Beverly, Massachusetts | ||
| Faculty Exhibition | ||
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| Montserrat College of Art Auction 11 | ||
| Beverly, Massachusetts | ||
| 1996 | Faculty Exhibition | |
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| 1995 | Faculty Exhibition | |
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| 1994 | Faculty Exhibition | |
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| 1993 | Faculty Exhibition | |
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| Graduate Thesis Exhibition | ||
| USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont | ||
| 1992 | Five | |
| No. B.I.A.S. North Bennington Independent Artists’ | ||
| Space, Vermont | ||
| 1991 | Ipswich Cultural Council Juried Exhibition | |
| Ipswich, Massachusetts | ||
| 1990 | Essex County Greenbelt Association Benefit Exhibit | |
| Cox Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts | ||
| 1987 | Confluence: Collage/Assemblage | |
| The Kansas City Artists Coalition Gallery, Kansas | ||
| City, Missouri | ||
| 1986 | Educator as Artist | |
| The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| 1984 | Educator as Artist | |
| The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| AWARDS AND GRANTS | ||
| 2005 | Collaborative Techonology Development Grant - | |
| Bates College | ||
| Technos University International Week - | ||
| Cultural exchange in Japan by invitation | ||
| 2004 | Research Apprenticeship Grant - Bates College | |
| Roger C. Schmutz Faculty Research Grant - | ||
| Bates College | ||
| 2002 | Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers | |
| 2001 | Barlow Faculty Travel Program (Italy) - Bates College | |
| Faculty Development Grant - Bates College | ||
| 2000 | Faculty Development Grant (travel to Japan) - | |
| Bates College | ||
| 1991 | 2nd Place Jury Award - Ipswich Cultural Council Juried Group Exhibition | |
| 1990 | Massachusetts Arts Council - Ipswich Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant | |
| 1987 | Massachusetts Arts Council - Ipswich Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant | |
| 1986 | Peter T. Bohan Drawing Award - Graduating Class, Kansas City Art Institute | |
| 1980 | Amsden Award: Outstanding Undergraduate in Art History, University of Kansas | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| 2004 | Davidson, Helen. "Auction of note." Lewiston Sun Journal [Lewiston, Maine]. August 27, 2004, supplement pp. 11-12, (with illustration). | |
| 2003 | Keyes, Bob. "Not in Kansas anymore: Once wandering artist finds home in Maine." Maine Sunday Telegram [Portland, Maine]. Sunday, November 16, 2003, pp. 1E and 7E, (with illustrations). | |
| 2002 | Andersen, Kristen. "Art of Gold: Rockport institution marks 50 years with vision of 'Past, Present, Future'." Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]. | |
| Saturday/Sunday, September 28-29, 2002, pp. E1-2. | ||
| Isaacson, Philip. "Not a Who’s Who, but a very good start." Maine Sunday Telegram [Portland, Maine]. Sunday, September 1, 2002, p. 3E. | ||
| Thompson, Chris. "Golden Horde: Center for Maine Contemporary Art's 50th anniversary." The Portland Phoenix [Portland, Maine]. August 23, 2002, p. 16. | ||
| Grima, David. "Fear of the Rat: the biennial juried show." The Camden Herald [Camden, Maine]. May 23, 2002, | ||
| pp. B1-B3. | ||
| Two Juried Exhibitions Open at CMCA Saturday. The Free Press [Rockland, Maine]. Thursday, May 9, 2002. | ||
| Biennial returns to Rockport gallery. The Courier-Gazette [Rockland, Maine]. Thursday, May 9, 2002, p. C5. | ||
| Renner, Charlotte. "Lake Affect." Interview with quartet and myself featured on Maine Things Considered, Maine Public Radio. Aired March 18, 2002 | ||
| 2001 | Beem, Edgar Allen. "They’re deconstructing Sleeping Beauty at Bates." Maine Times [Bangor, Maine]. November 15-21, 2001, pp. 19-20 | |
| "Bates artist exhibits works in first solo show." Lewiston Sun Journal [Lewiston, Maine]. October 26, 2001, | ||
| (with illustration). | ||
| Halliwell, Jane. "Bold methods on view at Bates." Portland Press Herald [Portland, Maine]. Thursday, October 25, 2001, pp. 2D and 6D (with illustrations). | ||
| 1990 | "Undertow." The Boston Sunday Globe. October 21, | |
| 1990, p. N9. | ||
| "Displaying their talents," "Prizes go to six artists," and "Local artists on exhibit." Ipswich Chronicle [Ipswich, Massachusetts]. Thursday, August 9, 1990, pp. 1 | ||
| PUBLICATIONS | ||
| 2005 | Upcoming: Exhibition catalogue | |
| Documenting faculty exhibition, Bates College | ||
| Museum of Art | ||
| 2001 | Pamela Johnson | |
| Exhibition catalogue with essay by Aimee Bessire and artist interview. Designed in collaboration with Charles Melcher and Margo Halverson of Alice Design Communications. Published by The Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine. | ||
| 1991-92 | Notes from Houghton St. | |
| Wrote biweekly column and arts reviews including visual and performing arts, book reviews, and interviews. Bennington Banner, Bennington, Vermont. | ||
| 1980 | A Decade of Collecting 1970-1980 | |
| Researched and wrote exhibition catalogue documenting holdings from the permanent collection. Published by the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. | ||
| PRODUCTIONS | ||
| 2000-present | Lake Affect: Music/Word Performance | |
| Avant-garde quartet performing original compositions using my visual art as the musical score. Concerts feature slide projections of my work. Selected concerts include: Arts in Education Institute of Western New York, Niagara Falls, July 2002. Boston Conservatory of Music in association with the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Graphic Design Education Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2002. Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, April 2002. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, March 2002. State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, November 2001. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, April 2001. Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, New York, November 2000. | ||
| 2003-04 | Maine Music Society Concert Series | |
| Yearlong sequence of published materials featuring reproductions of my painting Birdsong. Campaign developed by Alice Design Communications. | ||
| 2003 | Tereus in Fragments: A Lost Play of Sophocles | |
| Role of Siren’s Voice in play conceived by Ellen Seeling and Lisa Maurizio, written by Lisa Maurizio, directed by John Ambrosino. Gannett Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. | ||
| 2002 | The Sea Wall | |
| Role of Narrator in adaptation written and directed by Ellen Seeling from the novel by Marguerite Duras. Gannett Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine and the Whittemore Theater, Marlboro College, Vermont. | ||
| 1993 | Dido and Aeneas | |
| Costume design. Workshop production of Purcell’s opera directed by Jonathan Bepler (composer for Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Series), set design by Sue Rees (Bessie Award winner for set design). Visual and Performing Arts Center, Bennington College, Vermont. | ||
| 1992 | Orfeo ed Euridice | |
| Costume design. Workshop production of Gluck’s opera directed by Jonathan Bepler, set design by Sue Rees. Visual and Performing Arts Center, Bennington College, Vermont. | ||
| ARTIST’S TALKS, PANELS, AND CRITIQUES | ||
| 2005 | Artist’s talk and guest critique, Technos University, | |
| Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 2004 | Artist’s talk, Maine Music Society, Auburn, Maine. | |
| 2003 | Artist's talk, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Rome campus, Italy. | |
| 2001 | Artist's talk, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, | |
| Lewiston, Maine. | ||
| 2000 | Liquid, Solid, Virtual: Visual Arts in a Visual Culture, paper | |
| presentation at New Information Technologies and Liberal Education: A National Symposium, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. | ||
| 1993-99 | Artist's talk (annually), Bennington College, Vermont. | |
| 1993 | Fiction/Non-fiction, reading of original stories and essays, Bennington College, Vermont. | |
| 1989-99 | Artist's talk (annually), Horizons New England School of Arts and Crafts, Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Oaxaca, Mexico and Provence, France. | |
| 1988 | Artist's talk and workshop, Parsons School of Design, | |
| New York. | ||
| Artist's talk and workshop, New York Institute of Technology, New York. | ||
| FORTHCOMING | ||
| 2006 | Maine Prints Since the 1980’s | |
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine | ||
| 2005 | Lake Affect: Between Breathing | |
| Publication of CD recording of seven original compositions based on my visual work. Music written and performed by the quartet Lake Affect. Studio recording is complete. Anticipated release 2005. | ||
| Fall 2005 | Artist's Talk, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine by invitation of Sean Foley. | |
| Pending | Solo exhibition of intaglio prints in either Barga, Italy or Florence, Italy by invitation of Swietlan Kraczyna, founder of the Il Bisonte International School of Advanced Printmaking in Florence, and co-author of I Segni Incisi. Date to be determined. | |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | ||
| 1993-94 | Personal Assistant to Helen Frankenthaler. NYC and Stamford, Connecticut. | |
| 1992-93 | Graphics Technician, Bennington College, Vermont. Intaglio and lithography studios. Hired and supervised staff, allocated annual budget, maintained facility, provided technical support for students and faculty. | |
| 1979-80 | Assistant Curator - Prints and Drawings, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Research assistant to Dr. Elizabeth Broun (currently director of Smithsonian American Art Museum). Catalogued and curated prints, drawings and photographs. Prepared and installed museum exhibitions, wrote exhibition catalogue, lectures on requested topics. | |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | ||
| 1999-present | Associate Professor, Art and Visual Culture, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. | |
| 1996-99 | Assistant Professor of Art, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts. Departments of Printmaking, Foundation, Senior Seminar and School of Continuing Education. | |
| 1997-99 | Faculty, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill and Lowell campuses, Massachusetts. | |
| 1993-99 | Faculty, Bennington College July Program, Vermont. Collaborative workshops include Beat Generation with David Serlin (author, editor of Cabinet), and Art, Movement, Writing with dancer Felice Wolfzahn. | |
| 1992-93 | Teaching Assistant, Bennington College, Vermont. | |
| 1989-99 | Faculty and On-Site Coordinator, Horizons New | |
| England Craft | ||
| Program, Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Provence, France. Intensive residency workshops and elderhostels in painting, drawing, watercolor, and art history. Helped establish programs in Oaxaca | ||
| and Provence. | ||
| 1989-91 | Teacher and Administrator, Medford Family Life Education Center (Shelter for Homeless Women and Children), Medford, Massachusetts. Programming and administration; skills specialist. Developed arts therapy classroom for children with special needs. Recruited, trained and supervised assistants and volunteer staff; developed and implemented community outreach programs; developed and implemented services for families in transition to independent housing. | |
| 1987-88 | Teacher, Cambridgeport Multicultural Children’s Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Co-taught in multicultural open classroom with emphasis on literacy, math, science, and social skills. | |
| 1980-87 | Master Teacher, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Designed and taught classes and workshops using permanent collection and traveling exhibits. Served on Committee for Curriculum Revision and Development; trained museum teachers. Represented museum as visiting artist in public schools throughout metropolitan area; workshops for public school teachers and students on traditional Chinese culture. | |
| COURSES TAUGHT | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Visual Meaning: Process, Material, Form (intermedia) | ||
| Painting I, II | ||
| Realist Painting Methods | ||
| Etching Workshop I, II, III | ||
| Printmaking Workshop | ||
| Materials and Meanings: Constructing Visual Narratives | ||
| Nature and Abstraction | ||
| Images and Ideas | ||
| Life Drawing | ||
| Drawing I, II | ||
| Drawing and Intention | ||
| Color and Design | ||
| The De/Op Pressed Muse: Creating and Reading Images | ||
| (co-taught with faculty in Dept. of Philosophy and Religion) | ||
