Dion Johnson (American, born )

Timeline

1975
Born in Ohio
1997
BFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2000
MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles

Exhibitions

2014
NOW-ism: Abstraction Today, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
2013
Tripod: Kyla Hansen & Dion Johnson, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA
2013
Vivid Slipstream, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2012
Velocity, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2011
New Paintings, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
2011
Dion Johnson, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2011
About Paint, Carl Berg Projects, West Hollywood, CA
2010
Set Theory, Torrance Art Museum, CA
2010
Construction Zone, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Western Project: The First Six Years, Western Project, Culver City, CA
2009
Drawings, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009
Brilliant Frequencies, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH (solo)
2009
Shadows and Vistas, Project 210, Pasadena, CA (solo)
2009
Twilight, Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, CA (solo)
2008
Isotope Series, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH (solo)
2008
Plush, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Family Garden, Elizabeth Paige Smith Atelier, Venice, CA
2007
Works on Paper, Empathy Design Company, South Pasadena, CA (solo)
2006
Dion Johnson, Sush Machida Gaikotsu and Kelly McCormick, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005
Radiance, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2005
Continuous Transmission, Desiree Synder Gallery, Sarasota, FL (solo)
2004
Observations, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Reordering Reality: Collecting Contemporary Art, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2004
New Paintings:Project Room, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004
Wow and Flutter, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH (solo)
2003
Fresh: Works on Paper, A Fifth Anniversary, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2003
Ten Years in Columbus, Part 1, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2002
Popsicle Scenarios, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH (solo)
2002
Softer Frequencies, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2001
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2001
Summertime 2001, Part 2, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2001
Informants, The Harris Art Gallery, The University of La Verne: La Verne, CA
2001
Art Chicago, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
Homage: Roland Reiss, Claremont Alumni Show, Center for the Arts
2001
Cross-pollination, curated by Susan Joyce, The Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Currencies, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Art Chicago, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
New American Talent, 15th Exhibition, curated by David Pagel, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas and traveling through 2001 to Shore Art
2000
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH (catalogue) (solo)
2000
Claremont University (MFA exhibition), Claremont, CA (solo)
1999
Flying Cars, Peggy Phellps Gallery, Claremont, CA (solo)
1998
Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Ibel Simeonov), Columbus, OH (solo)
1998
ROY G BIV, Columbus, OH (solo)

Literature

Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. Painter crafts, mixed media into his personal diary,¹ The Columbus Dispatch, January 25. 2004. p.D4
Starker, Melissa. Entering The Atmosphere,¹ Alive, January 21, 2004, p.21
James, Elizabeth Ann. ŒArt Blossoms On The Wind: Celebrating Time and Talent-Past and Present,¹ The Short North Gazette, 2003. p.12
Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. Sextet's Modern Pieces Sparkle,¹ The Columbus Dispatch, April 6. 2003. p.F4
Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. Childhood's Mystery Seen in Sunny Visions,¹ The Columbus Dispatch, March, 2002. p. G7
Ken Johnson, Bill Maynes exhibition review, 2001
Scheiber, Curtis. Dion Johnson, Paintings That Dogs and Cats Can Understand,¹ Dialogue, January/February 2001, p. 28 (cover shot).
King, Joselyn. Engineering Background Evident in Former Bridgeport Man's Art,¹Wheeling News-Register, December 26, 2000 p. 21. Same article ran in The Intelligencer, Bridgeport, Ohio, December 26, 2000, p. 7
Pagel, David. catalogue essay, Dion Johnson,¹ November 2000
Hall, Jacqueline.¹Images Won¹t Stand Still,¹ The Columbus Dispatch, December 6, 1998