PAT JOHNSON RESUME

EDUCATION: B.F.A., Ceramics, North Texas State University                                                                    EMPLOYMENT: present - Associate Curator of Collections, Round Top Festival Institute, Round Top, Texas 1998-2010 - Director, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, Texas

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025

59th Cain National, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juror: Alejandro Macias, Artist and Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Arizona

2024

Nervous Water and Other Stories That Might Be True, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas

Material Evolution at ACC, Texas Sculpture Group, Austin, Texas, Juror: Lana Meador, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art

2023

Fayetteville Clay Invitational 2023, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

93rd Annual Juried Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League and Museum, San Antonio, Texas, Juror: Catherine Walworth, Curator of Drawing, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art

Clay Matters, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas

2022

Texas Vignette Art Fair 2022, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vickie Meek

3rd Coast Biennial National Juried Exhibition, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juror: Mark L. Smith, PhD, Award

24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, Juror: James Watkins

2021

We Know Who We Are. We Know What We Want, Women and Their Work Inaugural Exhibition, Austin, Texas, Curator: Vicki Meek

The State of Sculpture: 10th Anniversary All-Member Exhibition of the Texas Sculpture Group, San Angelo Museum of Arts, San Angelo, Texas, Juror: Johannah Hutchinson, Executive Director of the International Sculpture Center

On the Bayou, Texas Sculpture Group, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas

2020

Nervous Waters - Solo Exhibition, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas

23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, Juror: Jo Lauria, Curator, Los Angeles, Ca., Award

Texas Clay by the Bay, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas

2019

Tiny Art of Texas, 218 Co-op Gallery, San Marcos, Texas. Juror: Catherine Lee, Award

State Wide: The Texas Sculpture Group at HBU, Houston, Texas. Curator: Jim Edwards

Pat Johnson, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas

Timeless Clay: Future Artifacts, ClayHouston 2019 Regional Biennial Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Award

2018

The Victoria Show: Decode 361, Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art, Victoria, Texas

Fayetteville Clay Invitational, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

40th Anniversary Red Dot Invitational, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas

2017

Seven Ceramic Artists, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas

Art + Craft, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

Narrative Offerings, SAMFA Gallery Verde, San Angelo, Texas

2016

Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Cedar Valley College Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Table for Three, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

Pat Johnson and Jim Bob Salazar, Gallery at South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, Visiting Artist

21st San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas. Juror: Christy Johnson, Independent Curator and Artist

Clay, Body, Mind and Soul: A ClayHouston Biennial Regional Exhibition, Jung Center, Houston, Texas. Juror: Garth Johnson, Curator of Ceramics, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

2016 Invitational, Conroe Art League, Conroe, Texas. Juror: Francesca Fuchs, Award

Celebrate Texas Art, Assistance League of Houston, Williams Tower Gallery, Juror: Brady Roberts, Milwaukee Art Museum

2015

Texas Artists Exhibition, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas

Irony and Ambiguity, Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ArtScan, Houston, Texas

The Collection of John and Darlene Williams, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas

2014

Short List, ArtPace International Residency, San Antonio, Texas

Craft Texas 2014 Biennial, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, Jurors: Carol Sauvion, Piero Fenci, & Clint Willour

56th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Juror: Brian Rutenberg

Jesus Moroles, Mary Quiros and Pat Johnson, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

20th National Ceramics Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas. Juror: Leopold Foulem, Catalogue

35th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona. Juror: Julie Muniz, Oakland Museum of Art, Catalogue

2013

Pat Johnson: New Works, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

Artist Tries to Save the World, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas

Pat Johnson, Lebeth Lammers and Paulina van Bavel, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas, NCECA

Attachments, Texas Clay Arts Association, Ceramic Store, Houston, Texas, NCECA

The Right Atmosphere: Clay in Central Texas, Heritage Plaza, Houston, Texas, NCECA

2012

Pat Johnson and Billy Ray Mangham, Gallery at South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, Visiting Artist

The Texas Six Pack Show, Texas Clay Arts Association, Coop Gallery, San Angelo, Texas, Award

Debonaire Oddities, FOUND, San Antonio, Texas, Guest Artist, Contemporary Art Month

2011

Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, Texas, Juror: Clint Willour, Award

Pat Johnson, 35 Years of Art in Fayetteville, Arts for Rural Texas, Ross Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas

6 x 6 x 30 Tile Invitational, Sul Ross State University Gallery, Alpine, Texas, Coop Gallery, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, Traveling Exhibition

2010

Pat Johnson and Louis Greco, Galveston College Fine Arts Gallery, Galveston, Texas, Visiting artist

2009

Functional, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas

2008

Strange Bedfellows, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas

2007

The Six Pack Show, Texas Clay Artists Association, E4 Gallery, Austin, Texas, Award

2005

Electrified: Invitational, St. Edwards University, Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, Texas

2004

CraftHouston 2004: Texas, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas. Juror: Lawrence Rinder, Whitney Museum of American Art, Catalogue

15th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas. Juror: Ruth and Rick Snyderman, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., Award, Catalogue

2003

Texas Society of Sculptors, Rockport Art Center, Rockport, Texas, Award

2002

14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo. Juror: Jimmy Clark, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa., Catalogue

2001

Two Pair: Significant Others, d berman gallery, Austin, Texas

2000 and past exhibitions

Pat Johnson: 20 Years of Art, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, Texas

39th Annual Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas, Juror: Bill Wiman, Award

Critic’s Choice, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Steve Vollmer, Curator, El Paso Museum of Art and Ann Ferrer, Director, Austin Museum of Art, Catalogue

Solo Show, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas, Grant

Materials+Form 3, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas, Award

Shared Space/Shared Experience, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas

Artists of the Gulf States-Third Biennial, Gulf of Mexico Symposium, The Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juror: Luis Jimenez, Award

The Art of Giving, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Fedencio Duran/Pat Johnson, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas

Texas Environmental Art, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

Another Reality, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Ark., Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Juror: Bert Long, Catalogue

 Introductions, Robinson Gallery, Houston, Texas

National Competition, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas, Juror: Henry Hopkins

Celebration, San Antonio Women’s Caucus for Art, San Antonio, Texas,

Houston Saluda en sus 50 años de Fundació, Museos de Banco Central de Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Michael Barnes, Austin360, Austin American-Stateman, 20 Reasons to love the new Women and Their Work Gallery and its first show (Number15), August 2, 2021

Barbara Purcell, Sightlines, Who We Are and What We Want, August, 2021

Catherine D. Anspon, Paper City, Three Texas Artists, September, 2016

Leopold Foulem, catalogue: 20th National Ceramic Competition, page 5, 2014

500 Figures in Clay Vol.2, Lark Publishing, 2014

Altamese Osborn, Houston Press, review: Satire on Display, July 2013

Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, Fur, rubble and fierce fun, July 11, 2013

Catherine D. Anspon, Paper City, Soda Fountains to Art Cars, July 2013

Lindsey Love, Houston Chronicle, Cool Summer Happenings at the Art Car Museum, July 5, 2013

Bill Davenport, Glasstire, Clay Ain’t Dirt! NCECA Conference Hits Houston with Whirlwind of Earth Energy, March 20, 2013

500 Tiles, Lark Publishing, 2008

Bryan Russell, San Angelo Standard Times, Endeavor in Tile Earns Ceramist Recognition from Contest Judges, April 16, 2004

Rebecca Cohen, ARTLIES, review: Two Pair, d berman gallery, Fall 2000

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, review: d berman shows playful side of “Significant Others,” September 30, 2000

J. R. Olsen, Austin American-Statesman, review: Recycled Artworks, November 23, 1992

Marcia Goren Weser, The San Antonio Light, review: Artist Airs Social Concerns in Television Exhibit, August 30, 1992

Thomas McEvilley, catalogue: Another Reality, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, “Yet Another Reality,” Text page 82, 1989

Patricia C. Johnson, Houston Chronicle, review: Another Reality, June 8, 1989

COLLECTIONS: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, The John and Darlene Williams Collection Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, Texas Round Top Festival Institute, Round Top, Texas Fayette County Courthouse, La Grange, Texas Monument Hill State Historical Site, La Grange, Texas April Kimble and Lyle Lovett, Austin and Klein, Texas Joan and Jerry Herring, Ellinger, Texas Robert Sandfield, Houston, Texas Noah Edmundson, Houston, Texas Gayle and Mike DeGeurin, Houston, Texas Sharon Steen and Gary Dunnam, Victoria, Texas Tom Brookshire, Corpus Christi

VISITING ARTIST, JUROR AND WORKSHOPS: Corpus Christi Art Center, Visiting Artist and Juror, 2019 Galveston Arts Center, Instructor, 2016-2019 South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, Ceramic Showdown, Visiting Artist, 2014, 2016 Clay Continuum, San Marcos, Texas, Visiting Artist, 2014 Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas, Visiting Artist, 2012 Texas Clay Arts Association, Annual Six Pack Show, Juror Galveston College, Galveston, Texas, Visiting Artist, Clay Sculpture Workshop, Instructor, 2010 Eye of the Dog Art Center, San Marcos, Texas, Clay Sculpture Workshops, Instructor, 2009-2013 ClayHouston, Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, 2008 The Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, Texas, 2000-2024 Texas Commission for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence, 1997-2002

PAT JOHNSON - artist statement

Working in clay for over 45 years in the small town of Fayetteville, the slow pace of rural life has given me plenty of time to sort things out & plenty of reasons to use my art as a mode of expression as rural Texas is bombarded by constant change. Through my art I attempt to unveil my fears & desires. I show the fine line between THE seen & the unseen, humor & sadness, right & wrong.

The narrative clay work references personal, political, & social issues. Influences range from antiquity to popular culture. In these imagined scenarios, I depict myself as the protagonist taking action against racial injustice, political corruption & corporate greed. Using humor to quickly grab the viewer's attention, the weighty statements become evident on observation.

My art is labor-intensive, obsessively detailed, coiled & slab built. Combining my interest in drawing & clay, I developed a style of working on ceramics with underglaze pencils & pastels. Another exploration in technique involves wax, underglaze, & an etching tool, & reflects my interest in printmaking. On newer work I abandoned glazes & used the ancient form of casein paint on clay.

Works consists of multiples, in a range of size; clay bodies; glazed or unglazed; & grouped around specific themes. I am constantly looking at art history. During production new areas of interest arise & lead to the next body of work.  

The most recent work based on a childhood fear of scary things under the bed has served as a metaphor for my current life situation. The beds are based on my real bed & I wanted to challenge the fragility of clay. I reverted to using glaze so that the viewer is very aware that they are made of clay.             

Making work clarifies my beliefs & feelings. The ritual of making can bring me back from the brink of frustration to a balance, hopefully, producing a similar effect on the viewer. I feel I have made a successful piece when the viewer can make it their own story.