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Artist Statement:
The geological formations of
Arizona, and the relationship
the local people have with
this piece of earth moved me
to focus on ceramic stoneware
forms that relate human
attributes to stone, and
earthen aspects to humans.
There I began to incorporate
hand building with clay,
statue restoration trade
secrets, metal, and the use of
resins to achieve his
high-fired stoneware
creations, which range in size
from small to heights of ten
feet or more.
My art is heavily figurative
and illustrates 'the
distorted realism of the human
condition'. They transmit
human qualities from
compassion and understanding,
to degradation and despair.
Confronting the gambit of
human emotional states and
physical conditions, I try to
relate my observations
honestly. Sometimes it is
beautiful, sometimes it is
not, but life is not always
pretty. I look for simple
truths to illustrate that may
not be seen by all. I continue
to be inspired by observing
individuals and their
interactions with each other,
society and the earth.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions
2008 Chaos Chaotically
Continued
Broderick Gallery,
Portland OR
2007 Chaos Broderick
Gallery, Portland OR
2007 The Window Show Sugar
Gallery, The Pearl in
Portland, OR
2007 The Figure and Beyond
Arte-misia Gallery, Sedona AZ
2005 Yavapai College Adjunct
Art Faculty Invitational
exhibit, YC Art Gallery,
Prescott, AZ
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Daniel Johnson Biography:
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Age
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43
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
3
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| Religion |
an excuse to not use reason |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
coffee, dogs, politics |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Sculpture Ceramic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Expressionism - (1905 - 1945)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
VanGogh, Munch
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Edvard Munch, Madonna
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
All levels of human interaction....Personal, social, political, physical, psychological, ecological |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Daniel A. Johnson
Born in Nebraska in 1963. Grew up in central Nebraska, doing all the things NE boys do. Graduated From North Platte Senior High in 1982.
Married in 1983 to Tina Bohlender. Tina is an artist specializing in Fiber Art. She is also the mother of their three children, and soon to be a Grandma!
Earned a BFA from Kansas State University in 1990, after completing basic training and electronics training for the Army National Guard in South Carolina and Georgia.
Earned a MFA from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS in 1992 .
Dan has taught Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Design, Sculpture, and many General Ed art classes at several colleges and Universities within the last 15 years. These include The University of Nebraska at Kearney, Bradley University, in Peoria Illinois, Mid-Plains Community College, in North Platte Nebraska, and most recently, Ceramics at the Verde Campus of Yavapai College, in Clarkdale, Arizona.
Dan and Tina have always lived with art as the center of their lives. We have collaborated and sold at festivals for years, built and operated two coffeehouse/ venues, and owned a Fiber Art Shop for several years among other things.
In 2002, we moved from Peoria, Illinois to Sedona, Arizona, one of the most beautiful and inspirational areas of the country.
Dan found representation in five galleries in Northern Arizona, and began to disperse sculptures around the country.
Dan, Tina, and youngest child Cabel, moved to the beautiful Cascade mountains of central Oregon in 2007.
Good connections with the Portland art community were made before they all moved to a small town in central Nebraska to enjoy the good life..... |
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