Michelle Johnson

michelle@ michellejohnson.ca

Selected Exhibitions
Sept 2007            Twenty+3 Projects in Manchester, England. Curated by Heidi Schaefer
Aug 2007            Alley Jaunt, Toronto, ON
Mar 2006            “Mean Mamma”, Lenox Contemporary, Toronto ON
Dec 2005            You Get What You Get, akau inc gallery, Toronto.
Fall 2005            Lesbian.mbox Homogenius Project, Toronto, ON
July 2005            She Forgot, akau inc gallery, Toronto. Curated by Cheryl Sourkes
Feb 2005            Fly Gallery, Toronto, ON
Feb 2005            Sweet Shit, Bossy Bitchees, Lenox Contemporary, Toronto ON
Aug 2004            Alley Jaunt, Toronto, ON
Feb 2004            Best of Bus, Katharine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto, ON
Oct. 2002            “oh my”, Katharine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto, ON
July 2001              Flesh and the Machine, Art System, Toronto, ON
July 2000            Shell, Montreal, Quebec, Curated by Mia Nelson           
April 2000            Jamming the Machine, Art Firm, Toronto, ON
Oct. 1999            Pointing Out Loud, Bus Gallery, Toronto, ON
Sept. 1999            “ah um oh” Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto, ON
April 1999            Pardon Me, Bus Gallery, Toronto, ON
July 1998             Human Condition, OCAD, Curated by Katharine Mulherin
May 1998            Disquieting Strangeness, Center for Freudian Research,  London, England

Scholarships and Awards
Toronto Arts Council - 2006
Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist  - 2006
Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship, 1997
Women's Art Resource Center , 1997
Ian Carr-Harris Sculpt/Installation Award, 1994

Reviews
Journal of the Center for Freudian Analysis and Research, 2000 p.62
Tessera, Coincidence of the Page, vol.27, 1999
Globe and Mail, Gillian MacKay, Gallery Going, Oct 23, 1999
The Toronto Voice, Aug. 1999 p.5
Lola, no 4 summer 1999, Janis Demkiw, p.86-87.
Globe and Mail, Gary Michael Dault, Gallery Going, April 17, 1999
Matriart, vol. 7 no.1&2 1997, Searching for Sesame Street, p.44

Artist Talks and Panels
Uncommon Senses Conference, April 2000, Concordia University, Montreal
OCAD, Paper Bag Lunch Series, Feb 2000
Bus Gallery, April 1999 and Oct 1999

Education

York University, Toronto, ON             Masters of Fine Art           1997-1999 Focus on Sculpture and Installation

Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON                         1993-1997 Associate of OCAD

Lambton College, Sarnia, ON                                                 1987-1990 Nursing Diploma

Employment

The Art Institute of Toronto                                                Fall 2006 to present
Designing and teaching Observational Drawing to Design and Animation students. 

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON                         1990 - 2005
             Cardiac Clinical Research Nurse, administering all aspects of several research trials. ICU, Surgical, Medical & Paediatric experience

York University, Toronto, ON                                     1997-1999
            Teaching Assistant (Tutorial Leader):