Layet Johnson
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Education
University of Georgia, 2008-2011
Lamar Dodd School of Art
Master of Fine Arts
Lamar Dodd School of Art
Master of Fine Arts
Hendrix College, 2004-2008
Bachelor of Arts in Drawing
Cum Laude, Department Distinction
Bachelor of Arts in Drawing
Cum Laude, Department Distinction
Organizations
Cinema I/O Film Society, Secretary, cinemaio.org
420 Byrd Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
420 Byrd Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
Art Instruction
2020, 2021, Fall – Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
Adjunct Instructor, Introductory Drawing
Adjunct Instructor, Introductory Drawing
2020, Spring – University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas
Adjunct Instructor, 2D Design
2017-2019 – Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut
Assistant professor, drawing 1, design 1, cartooning, figure drawing, landscape drawing, and curation
Gallery co-director, department secretary, foundations and capstone committee member
2015, Fall – University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas
Adjunct Instructor, 2D Design
2019 – Guest Lecture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2014 – Guest Lecture, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013 – Guest Lecture, University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, Kansas
Residencies
2016 – Mural Artist in Residence, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, Florida
2016 – Emerging Artist in Residence, 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
2016 – Emerging Artist in Residence, 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, pinavienna.eu
2017 – August September, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2016 – Is This My Tongue? Institute 193, Lexington, Kentucky, institute193.org
2015 – Caffé Lasso, Ritual Valencia, San Francisco, California
2013 – Trip, Good Weather Gallery, North Little Rock, Arkansas, goodweather.llc
2017 – Mystery Bird, Pina Gallery, Vienna, Austria, pinavienna.eu
2017 – August September, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2016 – Is This My Tongue? Institute 193, Lexington, Kentucky, institute193.org
2015 – Caffé Lasso, Ritual Valencia, San Francisco, California
2013 – Trip, Good Weather Gallery, North Little Rock, Arkansas, goodweather.llc
Group Exhibitions
2022 – Compassion Works for All: Prison Portrait Project, New Deal Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
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
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 – Microscopic Eyes Detective Minds, Café Anxiety Drawing Club International, Vacation, New York, NY
2018 – Utopian Visions Art Fair, Presented by Good Weather, Portland, Oregon
2018 – The Contemporaries: Hot Takes, Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2016 – Bandini International Film Festival, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, California
2015 – Drive, Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2014 – Athens Arcana: A Contemporary Tarot, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
2014 – Common Descent, Central Booking, New York, New York
2013 – In All Kinds of Weather, /Protocol/ Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2013 – Bad As I Wanna Be, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Queens, New York
2013 – Landscape Painting, The Bedfellows Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013 – Vitrine Exhibition, 21 C Museum Hotel Bentonville, Arkansas
2013 – Bulldog Inn Art Show, Bulldog Inn, Room 104, Athens, Georgia
2012 – SIDESPACE: A contemporary video series at ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2012 – Chow Chow!, Eastern Tennessee State University Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
2012 – Perfect Lovers, White Box, Manhattan, New York
2011 – So Many Open Houses, Low Key Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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
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 – Microscopic Eyes Detective Minds, Café Anxiety Drawing Club International, Vacation, New York, NY
2018 – Utopian Visions Art Fair, Presented by Good Weather, Portland, Oregon
2018 – The Contemporaries: Hot Takes, Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2016 – Bandini International Film Festival, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, California
2015 – Drive, Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2014 – Athens Arcana: A Contemporary Tarot, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
2014 – Common Descent, Central Booking, New York, New York
2013 – In All Kinds of Weather, /Protocol/ Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2013 – Bad As I Wanna Be, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Queens, New York
2013 – Landscape Painting, The Bedfellows Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013 – Vitrine Exhibition, 21 C Museum Hotel Bentonville, Arkansas
2013 – Bulldog Inn Art Show, Bulldog Inn, Room 104, Athens, Georgia
2012 – SIDESPACE: A contemporary video series at ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2012 – Chow Chow!, Eastern Tennessee State University Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
2012 – Perfect Lovers, White Box, Manhattan, New York
2011 – So Many Open Houses, Low Key Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Public Work
2023 – Mural, Cantrell Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2023 – Mural, Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
2023 – Mural, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 – Mural, The Hall, Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 – Mural, Shift Cyclery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 – Mural, Loblolly Creamery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 – Mural, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, Florida
2003 – Mural, Riverfront Park River Walk, Little Rock, Arkansas
2023 – Mural, Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
2023 – Mural, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 – Mural, The Hall, Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 – Mural, Shift Cyclery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 – Mural, Loblolly Creamery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 – Mural, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, Florida
2003 – Mural, Riverfront Park River Walk, Little Rock, Arkansas
Curatorial Work
2019 – Rachel by Chase Westfall, Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery, New Britain, Connecticut
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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, Louisiana, January 12- February 3, 2019 — THE FRONT
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 Galler, New Britain, Connecticut, Sex,Death,VisceralHonesty-TheRecorder-10.31.2018.pdf
2018 – Crypto$Crystal by Plakookee, Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery, New Britain, CT
2017 – Blazing on the Pinnacles and Minarets and Balanced Rocks, Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery, New Britain, Connecticut
Projects
2025 – Collaborating Artist, “Queer Worldbuilding in the Modernist Archive” with Amy E. Elkins (Associate Professor of English, Macalester College)
2019 – Big Woods for Amazonia, Organizer, Rainforest Action Network Art Fundraiser, Little Rock, Arkansas
2019 – Big Woods for Amazonia, Organizer, Rainforest Action Network Art Fundraiser, Little Rock, Arkansas
Reviews and Publications
2023: Blue collar comics: A morning (and an afternoon) with Layet Johnson, Arkansas Times, August 23, 2023, https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2023/08/29/blue-collar-comics-a-morning-and-an-afternoon-with-layet-johnson
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/articles/the-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
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, 2011
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
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
Selected Illustrations
2025 - Van Wrap Illustrations, Schlep Inc., Chicago, Illinois
2024 - Cover Design, "Cookin' with Camden Cookbook", Fayetteville, Arkansas
2024 - Tunnel Illustration, Arkansas Times Magazine, Little Rock, Arkansas
2024 - Logo Design, King Laugh Band, Little Rock, Arkansas
2024 - T-Shirt Design, Scimitar Shriners, Little Rock, Arkansas
2023 - WFMU Pledge Drive Coloring Book Page, East Orange, New Jersey
2023 - Corduroy Illustration, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Children's Theatre, Little Rock, AR
2022 - Scholarship Flyer Design, Thea Foundation, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2024 - "Steam Powered" Comic book Collaboration with Angelika Loderer for Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria
2022 - Exhibition Flyer for Angelika Loderer, Sophie Tappeiner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2021-2023 - Year End Cover Design, Arkansas Times Magazine, Little Rock, Arkansas
2021 - Mascot Design, Gibbs Elementary School, Little Rock, Arkansas
2021-2022 - Memphis Bridge Crack Illustration, Arkansas Non-Profit News Network
Awards
2015 – Good Samaritan Award, Little Rock Fire Department, Little Rock, Arkansas