Layet Johnson
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2011 MFA – The Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2008 BA – Cum Laude, Departmental Honors, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
Art Instruction
2020, Fall – Instructor, Drawing 1, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
2020, Spring – Instructor, 2D Design, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2019, Spring – Visiting artist lecture and graduate studio visits, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2017-2019 – Assistant Professor, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut (courses taught include Drawing 1, Design 1, Cartooning, Figure Drawing, Landscape Drawing, and Curation)
Public Works
2020 – Hand-painted Mural, The Hall, Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 – Hand-painted Mural, Shift Cyclery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 – Hand-painted Mural, Loblolly Creamery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 – Mural, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, Florida
2003 – Mural, Riverfront Park River Walk, Little Rock, Arkansas
Residencies
August 2016 – Mural Artist in Residence, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, Florida
2015 - 2017 – Emerging Artist Resident, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2012 – Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2012 – Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
2011 – Grinnell Area Arts Council, Grinnell, Iowa
2011 – Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro, North Carolina
2011 – Andes Sprouts Society, Stamford, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2021 – Layet Johnson Cartoon Studio, Thea Foundation, North Little Rock, AR
2017 – Mystery Bird, Pina Gallery, Vienna, Austria, http://pinavienna.eu/
2017 – August September, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2016 – Is This My Tongue? Institute 193, Lexington, Kentucky
2015 – Caffé Lasso, Ritual Valencia, San Francisco, California
Group Exhibitions
2021 THE ZINE SHOW, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 Art @ Hendrix, Windgate Museum of Art, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
2019 – NADA Chicago Invitational, presented by Good Weather, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 Art @ Hendrix, Windgate Museum of Art, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
2019 – NADA Chicago Invitational, presented by Good Weather, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2019 – Compassion Works for All: Prison Portrait Project, New Deal Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2019 – Video Booth, NADA Chicago Invitational Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
2019 – Video Booth, NADA Chicago Invitational Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
2019 – Microscopic Eyes Detective Minds, Café Anxiety Drawing Club International, Vacation, New York, New York
2018 – Utopian Visions Art Fair, Presented by Good Weather, Portland, Oregon
2018 – The Contemporaries: Hot Takes, Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2017 – Icebox 3, Gallery 360, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 – Bandini International Film Festival, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, California
2016 – Art Bandini Art Fair with Good Weather, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, California
2015 – Drive, Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington, with Joshua Bienko and Piper Brett
2014 – Athens Arcana: A Contemporary Tarot, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2014 – Common Descent, Central Booking, New York, NY
2013 – In All Kinds of Weather, /Protocol/ Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2013 – Bad As I Wanna Be, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Queens, NY
2013 – Landscape Painting, The Bedfellows Club, Minneapolis, MN
Curatorial Work
2019 – Rachel by Chase Westfall at Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery
2019 – Sex, Death, and Visceral Honesty: Artworks and Publications by Independent Women’s Comic Artists from the 1960s Underground Movement to Today, co-curated by Leela Corman, presented by Good Weather, The Front, New Orleans
2018 – Sex, Death, and Visceral Honesty: Artworks and Publications by Independent Women’s Comic Artists from the 1960s Underground Movement to Today, co-curated by Leela Corman, Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery
2018 – Crypto$Crystal by Plakookee, Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery
2017 – Blazing on the Pinnacles and Minarets and Balanced Rocks, Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery
Reviews and Publications
2023:
2019:
THV11 interview for Compassion Works exhibition: Arkansas artists paint 12 prisoners from around the country for the Prison Portrait Project | thv11.com
2018:
Comic Art At CCSU Gives Voice To Issues Of Women, From Beauty Standards To #metoo, Hartford Courant, October 22, 2018, Hartford, Connecticut, https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-ctnow-sex-death-ccsu-1025-story.html
Srijon Chowdhury: Quantas Utopias Podem Coexistir e Sangrar umas nas Outras?, ÚRSULA, September 24, 2018, http://revistaursula.com.br/blog/2018/09/24/srijon-chowdhury-quantas-utopias-podem-coexistir-e-sangrar-umas-nas-outras/
The Downward Spiral: Portland. Dean Kissick visits Portland, Oregon for the Utopian Visions Art Fair, Spike Art Magazine, September 19, 2018, Portland, Oregon https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/en/articles/downward-spiral-portland
TBA: Utopian Visions Art Fair Lives Up to Its Utopian Ideals, Portland Mercury, Portland, Oregon, September 16, 2018 https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/09/16/22940971/tba-utopian-visions-art-fair-lives-up-to-its-utopian-ideas
2017:
Essay and Drawing for Angelika Loderer, Quiet Fonts, Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria http://www.pw-magazine.com/2017/angelika-loderer-at-sophie-tappeiner/ & http://www.sophietappeiner.com/
To Make a Public: Good Weather, Temporary Art Review, February 14, 2017 http://temporaryartreview.com/to-make-a-public-good-weather/
2013:
“The wait is over! 8 art openings this weekend…” Bushwickdaily.com, Brooklyn, September 12, 2013, http://bushwickdaily.com/2013/09/the-wait-is-over-8-art-openings-this-weekend-will-be-here-before-you-know-it/
Don’t Move to New York, Art Fag City, New York, April 24, 2013, http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/dont-move-to-new-york/Content?oid=2309784
2012: Mark McHenry’s sculptures inspire awe, while Layet Johnson’s get laughs, The Pitch, Kansas City, January 8, 2013 (http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/mark-mchenry-late-show-layet-johnson-invisible-hand-gallery/Content?oid=3112138)
2011:
100 Artists to Watch, Modern Painters, December/January 2012
From Anselm Keifer’s Alchemy to Katharina Grosse’s Rainbows, ARTINFO’s 10 Weekly International Art Picks, Artinfo.com, December 13, 2011 (http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/753611/from-anselm-kiefers-alchemy-to-katharina-grosses-rainbows-artinfos-10-weekly-international-art-picks)
University of Georgia MFA show: Precision and just a little grandeur, Burnaway.org, Atlanta, GA, April 7, 2011 (http://burnaway.org/review/university-of-georgia-mfa-show-precision-and-just-a-little-grandeur/)
2010: The (social) media and the new pioneers of our virtual universe, Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC, March 3rd, 2010, (http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/point8/tag/platonic-voyage/)
2009: Young, Foxy & Free Winter Calendar Issue 2010, (November Featured Artist), Athens, GA, December 26, 2009, (http://issuu.com/candycreative/docs/youngfoxyfreewintercalendarissue2009-issuu)
Awards
2015 – Good Samaritan Award, Little Rock Fire Department, Little Rock, Arkansas
2003 – Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America