ERIC JOHNSON
Education
1969-1971 Los Angeles Valley College
1971-1972 CAL ARTS
1986 Masters of Fine Arts University California at Irvine
Teaching Experience
2001-2002Irvine Valley College
1998-1999Saddleback College, Emeritus Institute
1987-1989University of California, Irvine
1975-1976Laguna Beach H.S., Adult Education
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008“The Maize Project”, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2006Warshaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2005 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2003Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Overview” Andrea Schwartz Gallery inaugural show, San Francisco, CA
2000 “Mesdames”, Art College, San Diego, CA
1999Solo Exhibition, Mesa College, San Diego, CA
1998Solo Exhibition, Harbor College, Wilmington, CA
1996 “Sentimento”, Simayspace, San Diego, CA
1995“An Unfinished Fetish: A Five-Year Survey”, East Gallery, Claremont
Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008“Liquid Supercool”, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007“Ned Evans & Eric Johnson”, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 “AxS”, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2004“Biobillistic”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los
Angeles, CA
2003 “Art of Paint”, Gallery “C”, Hermosa Beach, CA
2001“Taken from the Sea” Huntington Beach, CA
1999“Forms of Thought”, Charles Arnoldi, David Lloyd, and Eric Johnson,
William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA
1997“Presence: Eighteen Area Sculptors”, University of California at San Diego,
University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996“Skin and Bone”, Los Angels Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los
Angeles, CA
“Artist Beyond Disabilities”, Long Beach Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1995“Shape Forming the L.A. Look”, Main Art Gallery, Cal State Fullerton, CA
1993“Kustom Kulture”, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Bibliography
San Pedro Magazine (cover story), (July, 2008)
Daily Breeze, LA.com (cover story) (September 26, 2008)
Los Angeles Times, Calendar (E3) (November 2, 2004)
“Coagula” Art Journal (pg. 26) (August 2004)
Los Angeles Times Magazine (photo pg. 28, 31) (November 24, 2002)
Los Angeles Times, Calendar (F1-F18) (October 18, 2000)
Artweek, Reviews (photo pg. 22) (November 2000) Issue 11
Art in America (photo pg.43) (July 1997)
Art in America (photo pg.103) (January 1997)
Orange County Register, “Show Sunday” (photo pg. 44) (November 19, 1995)
Visions, “Arts Ex Machina” (pg. 22-23) (Summer 1995)
Honors/Grants/Awards
1996 Grant from the Adolph and Esther Gotlieb Foundation, Inc. New York, NY
1996 “Artist Beyond Disabilities” 1st Place, Long Beach, CA
1984-85 University of California at Irvine, Graduate Study Regents Fellowship, Irvine, CA
1983-84 First Annual Recipient of the California Retired Teachers Associations Awards, Laura
E. Settle Scholarship Fund, Irvine, CA
1980 Joan Irvine Award, Newport Beach City Arts Commission, Irvine, CA
Selected Collection Private:
Carlos Herrera, San Diego, CA
Christine and Jay Gospreditch, San Raphael, CA
Christopher Chaney Esq. and Lindy Carll, LA, CA
Dennis Hudson and Nancy Noble, Irvine, CA
Dr. Douglass Simay, San Diego, CA
Hermiera and Arnold Goldstein, CA
Jan and George Handtman, La Canada, CA
Jay Novak, Sherman Oaks, CA
Julio Juste, Madrid, Spain
Leonardo and George DiCaprio, Eagle Rock, CA
Larry Kuppin, Beverly Hills, CA
Mary Barnes, Marina Del Rey, CA
Nancy and Robert Englund, Laguna Beach, CA
Stan and Judy Jacobs, Los Angeles, CA
Stephanie and Michael McManus, Laguna Beach, CA
Steven Ehrlich, Santa Monica, CA
Corporate:
Grand Hyatt, Japan
Action Media Group, Woodland Hills, CA
C.B.S. Broadcasting Group, New York, NY
City Paints, San Francisco, CA
D Zone Studio, San Pedro, CA
Dark Horse Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
Digital Domain, Venice, CA
E.M.I. Latin Division, Venice, CA
Group W Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Hewlett Packard, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Homano Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Hormel, Chicago, IL
Nestle USA, Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Edison Co., Los Angeles, CA
Stouffer’s New York, New York, NY
Xerox, New York, NY