Dion Johnson

(American, born 1975)

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Dion Johnson

Turnstile, 2015

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Dion Johnson

Time Travel, 2017

26,000 USD

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Dion Johnson

Ghost Sky, 2017

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Dion Johnson

Next, 2016

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Dion Johnson

Cherry Bomb, 2019

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Mercury Curtain, 2019

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Kyoto Sky, 2019

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Dion Johnson

Psychic, 2019

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Dion Johnson

Spring (fresh), 2020

2,500 USD

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Dion Johnson

Introduction (blue), 2020

2,500 USD

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Dion Johnson

Acrobat, 2020

18,000 USD

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Dion Johnson

Aquarium, 2019

16,000 USD

Biography

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
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)
Dion Johnson, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
About Paint, Carl Berg Projects, West Hollywood, CA
2010
Set Theory, Torrance Art Museum, CA
Construction Zone, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
Twilight, Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, CA (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