About the Artist: Gregory Johnson

Resume

• Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• USAF Museum, Warner Robins, Georgia
• Columbus Museum of Art, Georgia
• Albany Museum of Art, Georgia
  
• State of Illinois Museum, Illinois
  
• Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Georgia
  
• Butler Institute of Fine Arts, Ohio
  
• Forsyth County Nature Preserve, Georgia
  
• Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Alabama
  
• Southern Technical University, Georgia
  
• Northwestern University, Illinois
  
• Brenau University, Georgia
  
• North Georgia University, Georgia
  
• Illinois State University, Illinois
  
• AME of Paul Quinn College, Texas
  
• Northwest State University, Missouri
  
• University of Chicago, Illinois
  
• Tennessee Wesleyan College, Tennessee
  
• Furman University, South Carolina
  
• Appalachian State University, North Carolina
  
• Mercer University of Atlanta, Georgia
  
• Mercer University of Macon, Georgia
  
• Campbell University, North Carolina
  
• Southern Adventist University, Tennessee
  
• University of Tennessee, Tennessee
  
• Newberry College, South Carolina
• Hutchinson College, Kansas
  
• City of Alpharetta, Georgia
  
• City of Woodstock, Georgia
  
• High Point Medical Clinic, Braselton, Georgia
  
• City of Cumming-Forsyth County War Memorial, Georgia
  
• Castlegar Public Awards Purchase, Canada
  
• Greeley Colorado Peoples Choice Award (2), purchase award (1)
  
• Mankato Children's Clinic, Minnesota 2014
  
• City of East Peoria, Illinois, purchase award
  
• Butler National Golf Course, Illinois
  
• Big Canoe POA, Georgia
  
• Suwanee Salude Health Center , Georgia (2)
  
• Eau Claire Sculpture Walk Purchase Award (4), Wisconsin
  
• State of Georgia Botanical Gardens, Georgia
  
• City of Altona, Manitoba Gallery Park, Canada
  
• Leaders Conference Center, New York
  
• Avera McKennan People's Choice Award, 2012 South Dakota
  
• Salina Kansas Sculpture Tour, Purchase Awards 2011-13, (5) Kansas
  
• Kingsport TN Sculpture Walk, Purchase Award 2013, Tennessee
  
• JUST Purchase Award, Jackson-Union University, 2013 Tennessee
  
• Hutchinson KS Sculpture Tour, Purchase Award (4) 2013-15 Kansas
  
• Gillette WY Avenues of Art, Purchase Award, (3) 2013-14 Wyoming
  
• Sandy Springs Public Library, Georgia
  
• Forsyth County Developmental Authority (5), Georgia
  
• Union County-Blairsville War Memorial, Georgia
  
• Jefferson Courthouse Square, Georgia
  
• United States Army at Fort McPherson, Georgia
  
• Sawnee Cultural Center, Georgia
  
• Guilford Federal Courthouse, North Carolina
  
• Dahlonega- Lumpkin County Administration Plaza (3), Georgia
  
• Franklin Office Park (4), Thomaston, Georgia
  
• City of Atlanta, Dorothy Benson Center, Georgia
  
• City of Blue Ridge- Fannin County War Memorial, Georgia
  
• Hacienda Panilla Golf Resort (2), Costa Rica
  
• City of Gainesville, Gen. James Longstreet Memorial, Georgia
  
• Challenged Child Educational Facility (2), Gainesville, Georgia
  
• Athens Symphony Orchestra, Classic Centre, Georgia
  
• City of Barnesville, Veterans War Memorial, Georgia
  
• Gainesville Military Academy, Georgia
  
• Swan Gardens, South Carolina
  
• City of Collegedale (3), Vietnam Medic Memorial, Tennessee
  
• Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama
  
• Marcus Institute and Arthur Blank Foundation (2), Atlanta, Georgia
  
• Golden State Foods, (2) Irvine, California
  
• Washington County, Sandersville, Georgia
  
• City of Madison-Morgan (3), Georgia
  
• Baldridge Boys Home, Georgia
  
• Lost Children’s Park, People’s Choice Award 2008, Wyoming
  
• City of Sioux Falls People’s Choice 2007, South Dakota
  
• Brookings City Walk, South Dakota
  
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (4), Illinois
  
• Organon, Netherlands
  
• Alabama Power (4), Alabama
  
• Tysons Foods, Inc. Alabama
  
• The Blount Collection, Alabama
  
• Duchossois Industries, Illinois
  
• CGR Advisors, Georgia
  
• Peachbowl Inc, Atlanta, Georgia
  
• Salinas Kansas, (8), Kansas
  
• Sioux Falls, South Dakota (3)
  
• Alpharetta, North American Properties, Avalon, Georgia
• High Pointe Medical Center, Braselton, Georgia (2)
• Longstreet Clinic Park, Gainesville, Georgia
  

Artist's Statement

I view “life as a journey that comes full circle.” Born in Chicago, my interest in art started at the age of 5. I went from sculpting and smoothing dirt in a tree well to now smoothing stainless steel sculptures. I’ve always been detail oriented and have enjoyed building unique things that challenge our mind and boundaries.

My current work focuses on simple, elegant geometric shapes- I like to create in sculpture, lyrical shapes that suggest things that we see and are familiar with but cannot touch or quantify, like the warmth of the sun, or the energy of a crashing wave. Inspired by curves depicted in life and nature, I like how they meander and cross over each other. My opinion is that curves are more happily found in nature than straight lines.

So, simply said, by using curves I am now sculpting feelings instead of people. This is more challenging, and more fun- there are no wrong interpretative viewpoints.

My emphasis on the circle as a thematic symbol is something artists have been dealing with since the Renaissance. A circle portrays presence in everyday life. A circle in its beauty is a spiritual shape with no beginning, middle or end. Wm Shakespeare quoted, “The object of art is to give life shape”.

My art, which is now in 1500 collections located in over 44 States and seven countries has shaped the journey of millioms of people each day, all while bringing a few smiles along the way. And taking you the viewer on a right line that comes full circle.

Education

• Bowling Green State University, Ohio 1974
  
• Illinois State University, Bachelors of Arts 1977
• Masters in Art, Illinois State University, 1980

References

1. SCULPTURE - NOTES FLOATING OFF THE PODIUM
   LOCATION TECH SCHOOL, GILLETTE, WY
   PURCHASE AWARD- 2015
   CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer Toscana
   800 Burma Street Gillette, WY
   PHONE: 307.689.5202
   EMAIL: jennifer@gillettewy.gov
   
   
2. SCULPTURE- MODERN PEACH
   LOCATION: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA.
   CONTACT: Gary Stokan CEO,
   3284 Northside Parkway NW Suite 550,
   Atlanta, GA 30327
   PHONE- 404.586.8501
   EMAIL- gstokan@cfabowl.com
   
   
3. SCULPTURE – PROTECTIVE EMBRACE
   LOCATION: NE GAINESVILLE MEDICAL CAMPUS, GA
   CONTACT: Mr. Frank Norton Jr.
   434 Green StreetGainesville, GA 30501
   PHONE: 770.718.5252
   EMAIL: fknjr@nortonnorthga.com