About the artist

ARTIST • EDUCATOR

JC Johnson is an artist and educator in Nashville, TN. She earned her MFA with a Photography Concentration from Kansas State University in 2010. Overwhelmed with wanderlust, she has a passion for travel and study abroad as both an artist and educator. Her photographic work makes associations with the nostalgic and whimsical, and European architecture makes an appearance in her images as often as possible. Common themes in her photography include European architecture and history, fashion, travel, toys, and miniatures.

She is currently the Director of Photography and Digital Art at the Ensworth School in Nashville, TN.

EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS

2023:

MicroStories” – Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Solo Exhibition, June-July 2023

JC Johnson, Commissioned Art pieces – 421 Union, Nashville, TN

VISIBLE, Faculty Art show

Ingram Gallery, Ensworth Frist Campus, January – March 2023

2022:

“Interacting with Art: A Catalog of Tourists in Italy” – Anthrow Circus Online Journal

September, 2022

Nashville Teachers: Beyond the Classroom” – Conte Community Arts Gallery,
FRIST ART MUSEUM  – Nashville, TN

March-August 2022

“Among the Beyond: an alumni exhibition” – Leu Center for Visual Arts,
Belmont University – Nashville, TN

December 2021-February 2022

2021:

“Toy Stories”–  Analog Forever Magazine

Online Group Exhibition – September 2021

NOIR –  Analog Forever Magazine

Online Group Exhibition – April 2021

“MicroStories: After 2020” – Ingram Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN, January 2021

2020:

MicroStories: ConfinementAnthrow Circus Online Journal

September, 2020

How To View Art  – Anthrow Circus Online Journal
August 2020

2019:

The Sarratt Seven, Ingram Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN

January-February 2019

MicroStories *  –  Anthrow CircusOnline Journal

 2017: January, March, May, September  / 2018:  March, April, July / 2019: March, June 2019

2018:

The View From Here: Chenonceaux, FranceAnthrow Circus / Culture Keeper Online Journal

October 2018

Odds & Ends: JC Johnson & Donnie Bryan –  Ingram Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN

May 2018

Manifest Light: Exhibition of Experimental Photography – The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

January – March, 2018

The Sarratt Seven, Sarratt Art Studios Collaborative Exhibition– Flying Solo: Arts at the Airport, Nashville, TN

March, 2018

2017:

“My Empty House”Electron Salon Exhibition – Juried Invitation to Exhibit

LACDA , Los Angeles Center for Digital Art – Los Angeles, CA – July 13 – August 10, 2017

Group Show 52: Alternative Facts – HAFNY (Humble Arts Association, NY)

Online Exhibition – March 2017
“JC Johnson”
– Solo Exhibition                                   
Collection of First Tennessee Bank Woodland Street, Nashville, TN – July 2017 – Present

 “Looking For Greys in Nashville and the Women’s March” * – Culture Keeper Online Journal

February, 2017


2016:

Things I Should Have Thrown Away – Solo Exhibition

Turnip Green Creative Reuse Gallery – Nashville, TN – September 2016

“Not A Legend But A Fact: The Mermaid, The Pegasus & The Monster” –  ArtFields 2016     

Juried Competition & Exhibition, Lake City, SC – April – May 2016

“Sanctuary”Unmasked

Juried Exhibition, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – October 2016

“Heron Hall 1916 & 1920” – Photographic Commission

Belmont University, Nashville, TN – April 2016

2015:

“MicroStories” Book Collaboration & Publishing – 2015 – Present

The Mask – Courage UnMasked TN 2015

Auction Contributing Artist, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – October 2015

“My Ladies” – Art Exhibit 2015

Eoff Hall Gallery, Motlow State, Lynchburg, TN – October 2015

“My Ladies”ArtFields 2015                                                                                       

Juried Competition & Exhibition, Lake City, SC – May 2015

“Places”Fields of Investigation                    

Faculty Exhibition, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – January 2015

2014:

“Altered Realities” – Solo Exhibition   

ACE Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – October, 2014

“The Dollhouse”Courage UnMasked TN 2014                                                        
Oz Nashville, Nashville, TN – September – October, 2014

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Auction & Exhibit:

Nashville Arts Magazine http://nashvillearts.com/2014/08/courage-unmasked/

“My Ladies” – Variance                                                                                             

Leu Art Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, TN – January –February 2014

2013:

“Bobbio Pellice” – The Sky’s The Limit                                                                         

Juried Photography Competition & Exhibit, The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN – 2013

“On The Big Screen”London 2012, A Glimpse and a Blur –Solo Exhibition

ACE Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – 2013

2011:

JC Johnson – Private Collection – Solo Exhibition                                                      

Entrance Galleria, The Forterocca Center, Bobbio Pellice, Italy – 2011

2010:

“Eurocentrism: A Worn Out Novely?MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition

Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – 2010

“The Carousel” – Helping Hands Art Exhibit & Auction                                                          

Third Place Winner, Best in Show

Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University Campus, Atlanta, GA– 2010

Soup to Nuts ­ – Group Exhibition                                                                                

WSU Shiftspace Gallery, Wichita, KS, GSOVA Spring Exhibition,

Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – 2010

Between Order and Chaos                                                                           

Mark A Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – 2010

2009:
KSU vs. WSU, – Group Exhibition                                                                      

Shiftspace Gallery, Wichita, KS – 2009

19 Random VernacularsGroup Exhibition                                                   

Mark A Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – 2009

Multitudes – Group Exhibition                                                                         

Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS – 2009