Patrick Johnson

Sculpture

Artist Statement

Art offers insights that can make life understandable, enjoyable and manageable. It can stir the mind, heart and soul and become a catalyst that kindles the work of discovery. Great art must express all that “genius feels in the presence of Nature”, according to Auguste Rodin. Through beauty, peace, humor, provocation, shock and surprise, art may find a way to enter the consciousness often bearing insights that make life meaningful as the gift that it is. When this happens, art is truly a rewarding endeavor!

As a musician often has a favorite instrument, many artists have a favorite medium. I have chosen clay because it is warm, appealing, humble and sincere as the earth itself. It is unique as the most impressionable and spontaneous material. It records every thought, movement, hesitation and confidence of the artist handling it. Finally, with its associations and history, it is the best choice to explore the human figure in relationship to other life and to the landscape, a central concern of my work.

Artist Biography

Education:

1988-1991 Mathew Tell Pottery, Doris Fredericks Studio, Brattleboro Clayworks Collective
1975-1978 University of Akron Myers School of Art, BFA
1972-1973 Kent State University

Selected Exhibitions

2009 Animal Attractions at The Fells, Newbury, NH

2008 Jaffrey Civic Center Group Show, NH

2008 Ongoing Exhibitions: Vermont Artisan Designs, Brattleboro, VT and The Banks Gallery, New London, NH

2008 Invitational Sculpture Exhibit at The Millbrook Gallery, Concord, NH

2007 Go Figure! A Sculptural Salute to the Life Figure by 28 artists including Max Ernst, Arman, Audrey Flack, George Segal, Bill King at The Fells, Newbury, NH

2007 Two Person Show; Patrick Johnson and Jesse Pollock at The Redmond Bennett Gallery, Dublin, NH

2007 Outdoor Invitational Sculpture Exhibit at The Millbrook Gallery, Concord, NH

2006 New Hampshire Institute of Art Ceramic Biennial Exhibition Juror: Mary Barringer

2006 Dual Nature Sculpture at Vermont Artisan Designs Gallery Two, Brattleboro, VT

2006 30th Annual American Crafts Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

2006 Redmond Bennett Gallery Group Exhibition, Dublin, NH

2005 Gateway to Sculpture, The Fells, Newbury, NH

2005 29th Annual American Crafts Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

2005 League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Annual Festival and Sculpture Garden

2005 Ceramic Invitational, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

2005 Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery Biennial Regional Choice Competition. Jurors: Andrew Spahr, senior curator the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH. Sean Dye, Department of Art and Art History the University of Vermont

2004 Artrider Productions Crafts at Park Avenue, Spring

2004 Third Prize in Sculpture, Bruce Museum Art Festival, Greenwich, CT

2004 The Port Clinton Art Festival by Amdur Productions, Highland Park, IL

2004 28th Annual American Crafts Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

2004 League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Annual Festival and Sculpture Garden

2003 Third Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH Juror: Vicki C. Wright, Director, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire

PO Box 384, Marlboro, VT 05344 (802) 257 - 0922; Email: pj@myfairpoint.net
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