REBECCA JOHNSON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Light as Blue, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA — 2017
Window Project, PDX Gallery, Portland, OR — 2015
Something, Farm Gallery and Project Room, Wellfleet, MA — 2014
Field of Vision – Northern California Barns, Spindrift Gallery, Gualala, CA — 2012, 2008
Prayer for Rivers, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA — 2006
Moving Light, William Torphy Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA — 2005
Matter of Being, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH — 1997
Larry Becker Gallery, Philadelphia, PA — 1997, 1995, 1992, 1989
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA — 1994
Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York, NY — 1988, 1986
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI — 1986
Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial / Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA — 1984
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA — 1983
Sculpture Installation, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA — 1982
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
In Her Hands: Marble to Wood, ONNA HOUSE, East Hampton, NY — 2026
The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA — 2012
Long View Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX — 2005
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ — 2005
Varieties of Form, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA — 2005
Elemental Interpretations, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA — 2001
Two Dimension Three Dimension, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA — 1998
Delaware Art Museum Biennial, Wilmington, DE (Grand Prize) — 1996
Nature Morte: Contemporary Still Life, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA — 1996
Survey of Gallery Artists, Larry Becker Gallery, Philadelphia, PA — 1989–1996
In and Out of the Landscape: Site Specific Outdoor Sculpture, Penn State Berks County, Reading, PA — 1994
Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA — 1994
Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA — 1991
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA — 1990
Art Quest '87, Art Institute of Boston / California State University, Los Angeles — 1987
Drawings by Sculptors, Dolan Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA — 1987
Works on Paper, Beaver College, Glenside, PA — 1987
Rebecca Johnson Sculptures / Susan Rothenberg Prints, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA — 1984
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
Peaked Hill Trust Arts & Science Residency, Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown, MA — 2016
Grand Prize, Delaware Art Museum Biennial, Wilmington, DE — 1996
Chester Springs Studio Residency Fellowship, Chester Springs, PA — 1992
British American Arts Council Residency Fellowship, Parc Glynllifon, Caernarfon, Wales, UK — 1991
Neighborhood Arts Grant, Office of Arts and Culture, Philadelphia, PA — 1991, 1990
Vermont Studio Colony Residency, Johnson, VT — 1988
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship for Sculpture — 1985, 1983
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA — Stone Sculpture Bench for the Wild Gardens — 2018
Anderson Valley Elementary School, Boonville, CA — Mosaic Entrance — 2007
Boonville People's Park, Boonville, CA — Ferro-cement Mosaic Arch — 2004
Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA — Laurel Award Design — 2000
Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden, Jenkintown, PA — Outdoor Sculpture — 1997
Material Culture, Philadelphia, PA — Murals and Showroom Design — 1996
ABC Carpet & Home, New York, NY — Showroom Murals — 1996
Eliot Pearson Children's School, Tufts University, Medford, MA — Stone Bollards — 1995
DESIGN COLLABORATIONS
Diana Wiedemann Architect, Mendocino County, California — Artist / Designer, 2002–2026
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artforum, review by Eileen Neff — 1995
Art in America, review by Miriam Seidel — 1992
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “In Works Made in Wales, Artist Uses Stone to Make Her Point,” Ed Sozanski — 1992; other reviews — 1985, 1984
Philadelphia City Paper, “Have Chainsaw Will Travel,” Robin Rice — 1992
New Art Examiner, review by Anne Shuster Hunter — 1989
EDUCATION
MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA — 1994
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA — 1980
Johnson Atelier of Sculpture, Princeton, NJ — 1980
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH — Assistant Professor of Sculpture — 1997
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA — Instructor, Painting — 1994–1995
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH — Assistant Professor of Sculpture — 1994
Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA — Instructor, Painting and Drawing — 1993–1995
West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV — Visiting Artist — 1993
Camden County College, Camden, NJ — Instructor, Art History — 1990
Bucks County College, Newtown, PA — Instructor, 2-D and 3-D Design — 1989–1990