George Johanson

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1946- 50
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1950- 51
Atelier 17, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Augen Gallery, Portland, OR, also 2009, 2010 and 2012
2010
Seven Decades, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Portland, OR, Painting retrospective
2007
Image and Idea, a 60 year retrospective, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
2005
Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Equivalents, Portraits of 80 Oregon Artists, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Five Decades, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
2000
Cityscapes, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1998
Sculpture, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1997
Music - 25 Drawings, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1996
Night Games, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1995
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1992 and '93)
1993
University of Oregon, Lawrence Hall, Eugene, OR
1991
Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1989)
1989
Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1987)
Drawings - a 40 Year Retrospective, Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1988
Major Paintings 1972-1987, (curated by John Weber) Reed College, Portland, OR
1987
Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
Drawing Retrospective, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
1985
Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
Wentz Gallery, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
Rentaloft, Seattle Art Museum Pavillion, Seattle, WA
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1976, '79, '81, '83, '84)
Rogue Art Gallery, Medford, OR
1982
Oranges & Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975
Sally Judd Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1972, '74
1977
Governor's Ceremonial Offices Exhibition, Salem, OR
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
1976-77
Traveling Show of Prints, Washington State Atrs Commission, WA
1976
18 People in 14 Paintings, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Boise Art Center, Boise, ID
1972
Louisiana State University Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
1971
White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Valley Art Association, Forest Grove, OR
Corvallis Art Association, Corvallis, OR
1969-71
Traveling Show of Etchings for Statewide Services, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1968
Image Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1964, '61)
Mt, Angel College, Mt. Angel, OR
1967
Bush House, Salem, OR, (also 1963)
1963
Vancouver Art Association, Vancouver, WA
1962
Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
1960
College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
1958
Reed College, Portland, OR
1957
Artists of Oregon Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1956
Morrison Street Gallery, Portland, OR
1954
Zoe Duzanne Gallery, Seattle, WA
1953
Wittenborn Gallery, New York, NY
1950
Kharouba Gallery (run by Louis Bunce), Portland, OR

Group Exhibitions

2012
PNCA, Trust, Juried Alumni Exhibition, Portland, OR
2011
Two of a Kind, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
Drawings, A 25th anniversary Exhibition, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR
2005
“Altered States,” Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
2003
"Painting Portland,” Marylhurst University”
2003
CORRESPONDENCE: Ten Oregon Artists- Their Works; Their Portraits, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Time- Variable Art, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Big Woodcut Prints, Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Northview Gallery, Portland, OR
2001
Contemporary Prints and Works on Paper, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, Bruce Guenther, juror, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
1998
Here and Now, an invitational exhibit organized by Randy Gragg, Tidbit Gallery, Portland, OR
Heads, curated by Suellen Larkin, Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1997
International Print Show, curated by Gordon Gilkey, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Prints, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
Prints by 30 NW Artists, inaugural show and permanent collection of the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, Vancouver, WA
Drawing Invitational, Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR
1996
Fifteenth Anniversary Show, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1994
Focus on Fire, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
1993
Then and Now, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
1992
Spirit of the West, traveling show, West One Bank
1990
Painted Fictions, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
1988
Visual Presence in the Northwest, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1987
Northwest '87, Seattle Art Museum Pavillion, Seattle, WA
Undercurrents, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
1986
Artists of Oregon, Oregon Pavillion, EXPO '86, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Northwest Prints, Beijing, China
Drawings Northwest, Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA
Rain, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
1985
Mayor's Office Invitational, Portland, OR
Western States Print Invitational, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1984
Portland Oregon Exchange Print Show, Sapporo, Japan
Northwest Print Council Exhibition, Oslo, Norway
1982
Inaugural Exhibition of the Northwest Print Council, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1981
International Miniature Print Exhibition, Pratt Center, New York, NY
Artquake, Portland, OR
1980
American Drawings 1970-1980, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
1979
Three by Three, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1978
Yellowstone Print Club Invitational, Billings, MT
1976
Bicentennial Show of Oregon Artists, Statewide Services, Eugene, OR
1975
Northwest Painting, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1974
Art of the Pacific Northwest, (purchase) Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
1971
Graphics '71, University of Kentucky, circulated nationally for two years by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Inaugural Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Print Workshop Group, Curwen Gallery, London, England
1970
Graphics '70, A.I.A. Gallery, London, England
1968
The Figure in Painting, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1967
The West - 80 Contemporaries, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
1966
Transatlantics, American Embassy, London, England
Print Workshop Exhibition, Curwen Gallery, London, England
1965
Drawing Society Invitational, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1959
Oregon Artists, Ruthermore Galleries, San Francisco, CA

Teaching

1955- 1980
Painting, drawing and printmaking at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1972
Visiting Professor in printmaking, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1967
Danforth Institute, “Four Arts Today,” Reed College, Portland, OR
1960
Salem Art Association, Salem, OR,

Awards, Honors, Residencies, Commissions

2012
“Day and Night,” mural painting for Oregon Dept. of Transportation, Salem, OR
1999
Residency in printmaking, Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
1998
Peninsula Park Community Center, two 20-foot tile murals, 1% for Art, Portland, OR
1997
Hillsboro Corrections Community Center, four 5-foot tile murals, 1% for Art, Hillsboro, OR
1996
Rachmaninoff: Program Cover, Oregon Symphony 101 st Season, Portland, OR
1992
Received the Oregon Governor's Award for the Arts
Artquake, poster commission
Dixon Aquatic Center, three 12-foot tile murals, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1991
"Upstream, Downstream," commissioned painting for Pacific Development Lobby, Portland, OR
President, Northwest Print Council, 1981-83.
Special Edition Poster, Pacific Development, Portland, OR
1989
Bremerton High School, a 30 foot tile mural, Bremerton, WA
"Northwest Power", eight foot tile mural commission, Bonneville Power Administration, Vancouver, WA
1988
Portland Building, ten foot tile mural commission,Portland, OR
City Center Parking Office Lobby, six foot tile mural commission,Portland, OR
1981
Lithograph commissioned for Augen- Fountain Editions, Portland, OR
1980
Purchase Award, Oregon Printmakers, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
1977
Presentation print commissioned for the first Oregon Governors Arts Awards
1976
Grant (with Manson Kennedy) for film on printmaking, National Foundation for the Arts
Print Award, "First Editions," Oregon Arts Commission
1971
Curated an exhibition, Contemporary English Prints, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1972
Painting Award, "Artists of Oregon," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1969
Magician’s Screens, 15-foot mural painting for the Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR
Art Advocates grant for printmaking in London, England
1967
Curated exhibition Eleven Oregon Artists, Reed College, Portland, OR
1966
Painting Award, "Living with Art," Friends of the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1963
Purchase Award, Northwest Printmakers, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Purchase Prize, Northwest Printmakers, Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1954
Purchase Prize, Northwest Printmakers, Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1953
Purchase Prize, Fourth Annual Drawing Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

Public Collections:

  • Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
  • Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
  • New York Public Library, New York, NY
  • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
  • Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
  • Seafirst Bank, Portland, OR
  • Bess Kaiser Hospital Collection, Portland, OR
  • Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR
  • Delta Airlines Lounge, Portland International Airport, Portland, OR
  • State of Washington, Art in Public Places
  • State of Oregon, Art in Public Places
  • Johnson Wax Collection, U.S.A.
  • Oldham County Collection, Oldham, England
  • Fred Meyer Savings & Loan, Portland, OR
  • Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR
  • Visual Chronicle Collection, Portland, OR
  • Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR
  • Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  • Portland State University, Portland, OR
  • Reed College, Portland, OR
  • Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
  • Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
  • Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, OR
  • Ashforth Pacific, Portland, OR
  • Transitions for Health, Portland, OR
  • Microsoft, Redmond, WA
  • Coos Bay Artist League, Coos Bay, OR
  • Beaverton Lodge, Beaverton, OR

Publications

  • George Johanson, Themes and Variations, Augen Gallery, 2012
  • George Johanson: Seven Decades of Painting, Pacific Northwest College of Art, 2010
  • George Johanson, Image and Idea, Roger Hull, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2007
  • Equivalents- Drawings of 80 Oregon Artists, George Johanson, Portland Art Museum, 2002
  • Figure of Mastery, D.K. Row, The Oregonian, Page C5, March 16, 2002,
  • Oregon Artists, First Hundred Years, Ginny Allen and Jody Klevit, Oregon Historical Society, 1999
  • Contemporary Printmaking in the Northwest, Lois Allan, Craftsman House Press, 1997
  • Contemporary Art in the Northwest, Lois Allan, Craftsman House Press, 1995
  • George Johanson, Drawings, Barry Johnson, University of Oregon Press, 1989
  • 40 Oregon Printmakers, published by the Oregon Arts Commission, 1988
  • Focus Magazine, June, 1988
  • Artweek, March 5, 1988
  • American Craft, June, 1987
  • Art in America, September, 1986
  • Fifty Northwest Artists, by Bruce Guenther, 1983
  • Stepping Out Northwest, feature article, 1981