GARTH JOHNSON

“My family has a huge problem with craft. My mother and father participated in just about every craft fad that I can remember. Wire art, macrame, and decoupage in the 70’s, and stained glass in the 80’s. My mother is an insane quilter, my Aunt Barbara a glass painter. One great-grandfather was a blacksmith, another collected and carved gemstones. I was born and raised on a farm in Nebraska, attended art school at the University of Nebraska, then got my MFA in ceramics at Alfred University. Craft has dogged me all my life. I love it, I hate it, I write about it because it seems totally alive to me. Craft hard!” – Garth Johnson
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska
Works in Eureka, California
Garth Johnson is Assistant Professor at the College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California. He writes about craft, blogs at ExtremeCraft.com, and he is the author of 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse. His DVD, ReVision: Recycled Crafts for Earth-Friendly Living, was released by Eyekiss Films in 2009.
EDUCATION
2000 MFA, Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred
1997 BFA, Ceramics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
SOLO EXHIBITION
2009 Garth Johnson: Plates, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 RE: Reanimate, Repair, Mend, and Meld, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
At Your Service, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2014 Made in China: The New Export Ware, Ferrin Contemporary at Miami Project, Miami, FL
2012 Play/House, a collaboration by Claire Joyce and Garth Johnson, First Street Gallery,
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2011 Glitter and Dirt: Garth Johnson and Claire Joyce, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
CURATORIAL WORK
2011 Era Messages: Selections by Garth Johnson, Museum of Contemporary Craft, The Lab, Portland, OR
2010 Renewal Notice, American Conservation Film Festival, Shepherdstown, WV
PUBLICATIONS
2009 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, published by Quarry.
Johnson has contributed to publications such as CRAFT, Readymade, FiberArts and Hand/Eye.
He has also contributed to books such as Handmade Nation, Craftivity, Craft Corps and World of Geekcraft.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Garth Johnson is Assistant Professor at the College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California.