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