Devin Lee Johnson

B. May 30, 1991 in Covina, California

Education

MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2016 *Awarded CGU’s President’s Art Award upon graduating

BA in Visual & Public Art, Minor in Biology, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, CA, 2014 *Graduated with distinction in the major

Graduated from Damien High School, La Verne, CA, 2009


Employment History

February 2019 to Present

Adjunct Faculty at Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA.

Course: ARTD20 (2-Dimensional Design)

February 2019 to Present

Art Handler/Installer for the Art Gallery at Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA.

August 2018 to December 2018

Adjunct Faculty at Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA.  

Course: ARTD20 (2-Dimensional Design)

January 2018 to June 2018

Adjunct Faculty at Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA.

Course: ARTB14 (Basic Studio Arts: Intro to Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking) 

March 2017 to January 2019

Art Department Lab Technician at Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA.

June 2015 to May 2017

Shop/Studio Technician at Pitzer College Art Department, Claremont, CA.

Awards, Assistantships and Other Accomplishments

  • Commissioned to install three wall murals in The Grove Vintage.  A clothing store in Claremont, CA.

  • Artist in Residence July 2018 to August 2018 at Draw International in Caylus, France. http://www.draw-international.com/

  • Set Designer and Performer for Do You: Migration of the Monarchs. A performance created by artist, Yozmit, for the Hollywood Fringe Festival June 2017. http://www.hollywoodfringe.org

  • Live Painter for Earth Jam Music Festival in Three Rivers California April 2017.

  • Awarded Claremont Graduate University's 2016 President's Art Award upon graduating, in recognition of the piece entitled, Hills & Tunnels. May 2016.

  • Teacher Assistant for Sandeep Mukherjee’s Beginning Painting Course, September 2014 to December 2014, at Pomona College, Claremont, CA

  • Artist Assistant for Andrew Schoultz’s mural installation and solo show, In Process, at the Monterey Museum of Art in Monterey Bay, California. July 2013.


Selected Exhibitions and Shows


Synapse I: Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA.  March 2019. 


Artist in Residence Open Studio - Devin Lee Johnson, 1 Rue de L’ancienne Gendarmerie, Caylus, France. August 2018. http://www.draw-international.com/


Formless and Fragile. Curated by Soft.Core Los Angeles at 218 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA. January 2018. www.softcorela.com 


The Global Mixup, at The Woodstock Foundry in Capetown, South Africa. February 2017. http://www.themixup.org/


Drawn Out, East Gallery at Claremont Graduate University Art Department, Claremont, CA. MFA Thesis Show. April 2016. devinleejohnson.com


The Global Mixup, at Space Debris Gallery in Karakoy, Istanbul.  August 2016. http://www.themixup.org/


Group-a-Therapists, at A Kippenberger-Beuys Gallery Glendale, CA. June 2016.  http://haight.space/groupatherapists


The Global Mixup, at Lumberjack Coffee in Camberwell, London for Camberwell Arts Festival. June 2016. http://www.themixup.org/


Fork and Knife, East and Peggy Phelps Gallery at Claremont Graduate University Art Department, Claremont, CA. May 2016.


CGU Open Studios 2016, Atrium at Claremont Graduate University Art Department, Claremont, CA. May 2016.


Floating Constructs, Gallery 100 at Claremont Graduate University Art Department, Claremont, CA. Fall 2015. devinleejohnson.com 


The Canyon, Gallery 128 at Claremont Graduate University Art Department, Claremont, CA. Fall 2015. devinleejohnson.com 


Conventional Oven, Gallery 126A at Claremont Graduate University Art Department, Claremont, CA. Fall 2015. devinleejohnson.com