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: Confinement –Anthrow 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, France – Anthrow 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 Vernaculars – Group Exhibition
Mark A Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – 2009
Multitudes – Group Exhibition
Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS – 2009