Artistic resume, 2000-present, complete resume available on request

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EDUCATION/TEACHING, selected history

Neil Johnston
M.F.A. 2002 Visual Studies/Painting: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
  B.F.A. 1998 Fine Arts/Painting: College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN
  2006-Present Professor of Studio art and Art History, Century College, White Bear Lake, MN
  2002-2006 Adjunct Professor of Foundations, College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN

SOLO EXHIBITION, selected history
  2007 New Paintings, September – November, Oil on Panel, Video Painting Performance, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2006 Temporal Spaces, Pattern and Place, November – December, 5+ years of paintings, Painting Installation, Concordia University Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
  2006 Places and Remberance, June – July, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Five Two Six Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
  2005 Layers of Time, October – November, Resin Painting Retrospective, Orfield Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2005 Beneath the Surface, June – October, Solo Exhibition, map and leaf pattern abstractions, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2002 Paintings, May-September, Solo Exhibition, resin paintings on board and pedestals, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2000 Paintings, May-September, Solo Exhibition, resin paintings on board, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2000 The Hands Between Us, June-July, Solo Exhibition, Hand gesture themed acrylic paintings on canvas, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

GROUP/JURIED EXHIBITIONS, selected history
  2010 Century College Art Faculty Exhibition, September-October, 7 paintings: map abstractions, leaf pattern abstractions 1, leaf pattern abstractions 2, Century College, White Bear Lake, MN;
  2005 Alumni Juried Exhibition, September – October, 1 map surface abstraction, College of Visual Arts Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
  2005 526 Gallery Reopening show, June – July, Group Exhibition, 3 resin paintings on pedestals, 526 Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
  2004 Calling, September-October, Group Faculty Exhibition, 4 resin paintings on board, College of Visual Arts Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
  2004 29 Artists, March-April, Group Exhibition, 1 pedestal resin painting, The Artists' Grind, Saint Paul, MN
  2003 CVA Faculty Exhibition, Group Faculty Exhibition, 1 resin painting on pedestal, College of Visual Arts Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
  2003 Douglas-Baker Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition, May, Group Exhibition, 17 resin paintings on wood panel, Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2002 12º MCAD MFA Thesis Exhibition, April, Group Exhibition, 3 – 33" x 44" resin paintings on pedestals, 7 – 6" x 6" resin paintings, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis MN
  2002 MCAD Painters, February, Invitational group exhibition, 4 – 24" x 24" paintings, Winona State University Art Gallery, Winona, MN (Catalog)
  2002 Paint, January, Juried group exhibition, Series of 7 – 6" x 6" resin paintings on board, "What I remember: Seven Landmarks in Memory and Paint", Minneapolis College of Art and Design Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2001 MFA Exhibit Selected Works, October, Group Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2001 New Paintings, January, Juried group exhibition, Series of 4 - 24" x 24" paintings, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  2000 Foot in the Door Show, January, Group exhibit, 1' x 1' acrylic painting, "Foot Forward", Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

COMMISSIONS / COLLECTIONS, selected history
2008 Century College Science and Library Building, July, Science Luminary, 1, 7 x 12' Illuminated image in permanent installation
2008 Century College Science and Library Building, July, Transformation Lanterns, 3 – 9 x 11 x 6' transparent, 6 layer light boxes, collaboration with John Kothera, Century College Science and Library Building, Library space, White Bear Lake, MN (Catalog)
2003 Medtronic Inc. International Headquarters Corporate Collection, May, "organic/inorganic" 6 – 24" x 24" resin paintings on panel, Fridley, MN (Catalog)
2003 Hines, 225 South Sixth Art Collection, 5 – 3' x 4' hand paintings commissioned for entrance lobby on 6th Street and South 2nd Avenue in the 225 South Sixth Building, Minneapolis, MN www.225southsixth.com (Catalog)
2002 Ceiling Mural, January, 400 sq. ft. barrel vault ceiling mural, Ron and Virginia Lund, Eden Prairie, MN
2001 Medtronic Inc. International Headquarters Corporate Collection, April, "Precision, Pioneering, Passion", 3 ½' x 21'' painting commission, Fridley, MN
2000 Travel the World, June, Solo Mural Project, 4' x 16', Old Chicago Restaurant, Roseville, MN
2000 Conjuring the Dream, May, Solo Mural Project, 10' x 57', Shamrock's Grill and Pub, St. Paul, MN

ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS, selected history
2008 Transformation Lanterns, 3 – 9 x 11 x 6' transparent, 6 layer light boxes, commission and collaboration with John Kothera, Century College Science and Library Building, Library space, White Bear Lake, MN
2000 StereoFreq I, January, 96 sq. ft., Collaboration with Jon Reischl, live action painting performance, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Ricochet Kitchen III, August, 96 sq. ft., Collaboration with Jon Reischl, live action painting performance, Loring Playhouse, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Cleopatra: Ambitious Child, January 28-30, Collaboration with Saint Paul Artist Jon Reischl and Vox Medusa Dance Company, Multimedia Dance Event, Five 5x8 foot paintings to be used as sets for dance production integrating the use of ultra-violet paint as a second image, O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (Catalog)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Co-vice chair: White Bear Center for the Arts, www.whitebeararts.org
Member College Art Association, CAA
Member Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, FATE