Playful yet methodical, Ron Johnson’s process-driven work is defined by chance. Pouring pigmented polyurethane over wood panels, he investigates the effects of layering transparent color. In a recent Art Pulse interview, he states “The medium allows me to control (for the most part) this idea of translucency which in turn allows the viewer to access my work in layers. So viewers are literally able to see the archeology, or experience my thoughts in an archeology of seeing.” What they see is vibrant, abstracted landscapes simultaneously constrained and released in flowing pools of acrylic. Johnson received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio State University (1999) and Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University­ (2003), where he currently works as an assistant professor in the Painting and Printmaking department. His work has been exhibited at Washington & Lee University, VCUarts Anderson Gallery, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, and the Cite des Arts Gallery in Paris. His work is in numerous public and private collections including Altria Group, Capital One, the Federal Reserve Bank, and Markel Corporation.

Curriculum Vitae

Past Exhibitions:
Between Surface
New Work 
Inside Out/Outside In 

Reviews & Links:
Ron Johnson’s Between Surface reviewed in the May/June 2012 issue of Art Papers 

Try Not To Lose Myself Again, 2021, acrylic on Plexiglas box, 24 x 24 inches

We Could Escape, 2021, acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 inches

Imagination can't resist, 2024, Acrylic on panel, 16 x 16 inches

When you beam it out across the sky, 2023, Acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 inches

 

Sally Mann’s importance as a photographer, contemporary artist, and Southern cultural icon cannot be overstated. Since publishing her first books of photography in the 1980’s, she has been a pioneer in the national and international contemporary art scene. She fiercely produces art that challenges the role of photography in contemporary art, relying on antique film processes to compose reflective, eerie images. Her work ties back to her life in the South, photographing scenes of Virginia, Georgia, and Mississippi with an intensely poetic, nuanced touch. Mann was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1951 and earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Writing from Hollins College (1974, 1975). She has held major solo museum exhibitions including Sally Mann: The Flesh and the Spirit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2010); Sally Mann: What Remains at the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC (2004); and Sally Mann: The Family and the Land which traveled throughout Europe to the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway (2007-2008). Her 2015 memoir, Hold Still, is a National Book Award Finalist and NY Times Bestseller and won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. She has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Guggenheim Foundation grants, and additional significant recognitions. She is represented by Gagosian Gallery, New York and currently resides in Virginia.

Curriculum Vitae

Reviews & Links
Art Papers, 2011
Arts in Art in America, 2011
New York Times Magazine, 2011

Marienbad, 1998/2010, silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 inches, edition 1 of 10

Piankatank, 2010-2015, platinum print, 20 x 24 inches. edition 1 of 5

Mississippi at Natchez, 1998/2010, silver gelatin print, 20 x 24 inches, edition 1 of 10

James 1, 2010-2015, platinum print, 20 x 24 inches

Blackwater, 2010-2015, platinum print, 20 x 24 inches