For Art’s Sake!
January 2, 2016
CHERYL JOHNSON Artist | Sculptor | Photographer
Found Objects From her earliest experiments with painting, Johnson has explored processes that skew the traditional grid, incorporating traditional and new materials or integrating found objects, even deconstructing her own works and reusing the elements to create any number of others. She has explored the role of the artist’s hand and the use of technologies to create works that range from the size of a page to wall murals and free form sculptures. In addition to her studio works and commissions, Johnson is an accomplished writer, teacher and mentor to other artists and designers.
Cheryl Johnson is an artist who builds with color and thinks with color and line. From her earliest work created in the late 1980s to the present day, she has crossed the bounds of painting, sculpture, design, drawing, and photography, and has been a critical force in redefining the idea of contemporary art-making. While challenging the relationship of fine art to commercial art, and studio work.
© Cheryl Johnson (born 1947)
Living with Joy Painting is my life.
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For Art’s Sake!
January 2, 2016
While challenging the relationship of fine art to commercial art, and studio practice to site-specific commissions, Johnson has, above all, reimagined the profound, vital relationship between artist and artisan. Cheryl Johnson: addresses the artist’s conceptual, procedural, and material concerns via five distinct, though intimately related, fields of inquiry: bas reliefs and sculptures; small creations and drawings; commissions works
Expressive Voices of Different Materials
made of found objects. Born in Kellogg, Idaho, Johnson received her BFA and MFA
Johnson’s self-described practice of “linear thinking” and “composing texture” reflects the Bauhaus tradition of finding the expressive voices of different materials and the dynamic interactions of color.
degrees from Oklahoma State University. “CHANGING THE WORLD ONE GREAT IDEA AT A TIME… SUCCESS LIES IN HOW WE PERFORM, INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND CHALLENGE.” Cheri’
From her earliest experiments with painting, Johnson has explored processes that skew the traditional grid, incorporating traditional and new materials or integrating found objects, even deconstructing her own works and reusing the elements to create any number of others. She has explored the role of the artist’s hand and the use of technologies to create works that range from the size of a page to wall murals and free form sculptures. In addition to her studio works and commissions, Johnson is a teacher and mentor to other artists and designers. © Cheryl Johnson (born 1947)
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