Biography

Julie Johnson is a studio potter living in Trumansburg, NY. She began working in clay while attending SUNY Cortland and graduated in 1995 with a BA in Studio Art. She further pursued her interest in ceramics by attending the Kansas City Art Institute to concentrate in ceramics and earn a BFA. She also holds a MFA from Utah State University, where she also studied printmaking and taught classes .In 2002, she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Carbondale Clay Center, located in Colorado. As a resident, she taught throwing, handbuilding and specialty workshops. She has also taught at the Cornell Ceramics Studio in Ithaca, NY and at the Schweinfurth Museum in Auburn, NY.  Julie is also a 2007 Fellowship Recipient from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

RESUME

EDUCATION

2002   MFA Utah State University, Logan, UT
1999   BFA Kansas City Art Institute(KCAI), Kansas City, MO
1995   BA State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current     Studio Potter, Trumansburg, NY
2002-03   Artist-in-Residence, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2003   Workshop Assistant: Lynn Smiser-Bowers, Carbondale Clay Center,
Carbondale, CO
2002   Workshop Assistant: Ron Meyers, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2002   Graduate Student Senate Dept Rep, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2000-02 Treasurer/Secretary, Utah State University Ceramics Guild, Logan, UT
1998-99   Studio Assistant, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
1998   Exhibition Director, KCAI Ceramics Dept Spring Exhibition, Kansas City, MO

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007  Workshop Instructor, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2005  Workshop Instructor, Stable Art Studio, Cortland, NY
2004  Instructor, Cornell Ceramics Studio, Ithaca, NY
2003  Instructor, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2002  Instructor, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2000-02 Graduate Instructor, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2000  Teaching Assistant, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
1999  Teaching Assistant, Utah State University Ceramics Dept, Logan, UT
1998  Instructor, Roeland Park Community Center, Roeland Park, KS
1997-01  Instructor, Stable Art Studio, Cortland, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012
Handle with Care, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Consider the Cup, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA
La Mesa, Hosted by Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Seattle, WA

2011
Winter’s Florifertum: Annual Holiday Invitational, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

2010
From a Throat Smaller Than a Finger, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Pairings, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Yunomi Invitational, Akar, Iowa City, IA
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
MOM, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Gifted: Part I, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Holiday Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Consider the Cup, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA
Winter Show Invitational, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

2009
The Animal Within, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Made in Clay Invitational, Greenwich House Pottery, New York City, NY
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Yunomi Invitational, Akar, Iowa City, IA
La Mesa, Hosted by Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Phoenix, AZ

2008
The Cup, Red Star Studio, Kansas City, MO
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
All Fired Up, Art Gallery at Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY
Utilitarian Clay V: Celebrate the Object Invited Artists Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Ithaca Ceramics, Johnson Museum of Art: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Winged Earth, Roswell Clay Collective, Roswell, GA
Sip, Slurp, Gulp, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
The Bird: Homage to Brancusi, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
La Mesa, Hosted by Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA
Yunomi Invitational, Akar, Iowa City, IA
Another Cup, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Encore, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

2007
Gifted: Part I, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Mastery in Clay 2007, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Botanical, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Work Exhibition, Lillstreet, Chicago, IL
Salt and Pepper, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Plates and Platters: Salon Style, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Made in Clay Invitational, Greenwich House Pottery, New York City, NY
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
A Bird in the Hand, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
Line To Volume, NCECA, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
La Mesa, Hosted by Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Louisville, KY
Yunomi Invitational, Akar, Iowa City, IA

2006
Featured Artist, Akar, Iowa City, IA
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Holiday Exhibition, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
Holidazzle, Kentucky Museum of Art, Louisville, KY
One and Only, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
100 Max: artful clay under $100, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
100 Teapots, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Recent Work, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
La Mesa, Hosted by Santa Fe Clay/NCECA Portland, OR
Coming of Age: Twenty-one Years of Ceramics at Utah State University, NCECA Portland, OR

2005
Good Bird/Bad Bird, Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, OR
UnWrapped: A National Invitational of Contemporary Art & Craft, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Clay and Glass Invitational, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
Cups, Cups, Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
The Box, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
La Mesa, NCECA Baltimore, hosted by Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

2004
A Show of Bowls, Invitational, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
Forms and Shapes: Box Show, Akar, Juried Iowa City, IA
Artists At Stages, Delavan Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
12th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA
Annual Juried Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
For the Table: A National Invitational Dinnerware Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

2003
Arts Along the Canal, Seneca County Arts Guild, Seneca Falls, NY
Recent Work: Resident Artist Exhibition, Colorado Mountain College Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO
Bestiary: A Collection of Animal Imagery on Clay, The Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC

AWARDS

2007 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship Recipient
2004/2005/2006  Merit Award, Clothesline Art Festival, Rochester, NY
2002 Juror’s choice. 10th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA

PUBLICATIONS

Ceramics Monthly, The Building Blocks of a Career, Oct. 2006
Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface, Robin Hopper, 2004
The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing & Firing at Cone 10, John Britt, 2004