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