Contact / CV
Born 1981 Nebraska, USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Studio
440 Broadway 1R
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel. 917-727-8472
michaelclydejohnson [at] gmail [dot] com
Education
2009 M.F.A. Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York
2004 B.A. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Untitled (Two Viewing Rooms, Offset), Randall’s Island Park, New York, New York*
2011 Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial (curated by Jose Ruiz and Wayne Northcross),
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York (exh. cat.)
2011 Vista (curated by Alyson Baker), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
2011 Iced (curated by Patrick Grenier), Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York
2011 Mailto (organized by Jeff Thompson), Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2011 Anomalistic Urge (curated by Courtney Tramposh), Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Physical Center (curated by Amanda Schmitt), Saint Cecilia’s, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Curate NYC, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, New York
2010 Haiti Benefit Auction, Sotheby’s, New York, New York
2009 Michael Clyde Johnson and Yeon Jin Kim, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, New York (dual)
2009 Sacrosanct, St. John's Episcopal American Catholic Church, New York, New York
2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, New York (exh. cat.)
2008 How We Know (curated by Emma Spertus), BETA Spaces, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Room For Viewing Viewing, Catskills Forest Preserve, New York (solo)
2008 Triangle Show, One Seventh Avenue, New York, New York
2007 Paintings and Models, Elements Gallery, Kearney, Nebraska (dual)
2006 Collaboration, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Tugboat Presents, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska
2005 2005 Paintings, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska (dual)
2004 S, M, L, XL, Buffalo Johnson Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2004 Down & Dirtier, Gomez Art Space, Lincoln, Nebraska
2004 Fall Exhibition (curated by Keith Jacobshagen), Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Selected Residencies, Grants & Awards
2011 Residency Fellowship, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York
2010 In the Public Realm Development Grant, Public Art Fund, New York, New York
2010 Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
2008 Private Residency Fellowship, Catskills Forest Preserve, New York
2008 White Columns Curated Slide Registry, New York, New York
2004 Francis William Vreeland Award Finalist, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2004 Jean R. Faulkner Memorial Award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Selected Teaching, Panels & Presentations
2011 Artist Lecture, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, New York
2011 Artist Talk, Bronx Museum, New York
2011 Vista Exhibition Panel, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
2009 Artist Talk, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, New York
2009 Artist Talk, Art + Appraisal, New York University, New York
2008 Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Advanced Painting, Hunter College, New York
* forthcoming