Martha Ensign Johnson

Work

 

Education

• Summer Sabbatical, research on Romanesque Art and Architecture, Languedoc and Massif Central, Burgundy, Aquitaine, France. 2000, 2002
• B.A. Visual Arts with Honors, Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), St. Petersburg, Fla. 1975
• Studied and Worked at the Santa Reparta Graphic Art Center, Florence, Italy. 1973-74

Selected Professional Positions

• Instructor of Printmaking, Westmont College, 2008-Present
• Professor of Printmaking, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN, 1997-2004

Selected Shows and Exhibitions

• Language Skills: the art of the expanded print, one person show, Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, S.B., CA, fall, 2008
• This Temporary Life, 3 person show at Galleri Norske Grafikere (National Gallery of Printmaking) Oslo, Norway, August-September 2007
• 5th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, 2006
• 4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, 2005
• Galleri Smia, show with 3 former students, Kristiansand, Norway, June, 2005
• “40 Years and Counting: Eckerd College Alumni Exhibition”, The Arts Center of St. Petersburg, FL, 2004
• “The Fine Art of Handmade Prints”, one of 8 featured artists at Duck Blind Ltd., Duck, N.C., 2004
• Neogalleri. Stavanger, Norway. One Person Show. June, 2003
• Two Printmakers Show with Audrey Niffenegger, North Park University, Carlson Tower Gallery. October 2002
• "Mourning and Dancing" Juried exhibition at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia,April 8- May 25, 2002
• "Directions For The Hunt" One-Woman Show, Colonial Church of Edina, MN, March-April, 2001
• Fine Print Exhibit, June-July 2000, Greenleaf Gallery, Nags Head, N.C.
• "Song & Metaphor" One-Woman Show, First Universalist Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Feb-Apr, 1999
• "Permission to Play" One-Woman Show, Plymouth Congregational Church Fine Arts Series, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 1997
• "Two Generations" Mother-Daughter Show at Greenleaf Gallery, Nags Head, NC July-Aug, 1996 and in Duck, NC, Sept, 1996
• "Stitched, Layered, Pieced" Curated Show of Innovative Quilt Artists at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct-Dec, 1995
• "Juxtapositions" Three Person Show at Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN, 1994
• "Connecting Fragments" Exhibition of Sculptural Works, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN, 1994
• North Dakota National Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1993
• Featured Artist, Eastbank Art Council Exhibition, Eastbank Building, Grand Rapids, MI, 1992
• The Print: Statewide Printmaking Competition Show, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992
• 65th Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1992
• 64th Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1991
• 63rd Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1990
• The Print: Statewide Printmaking Competition Show, Ann Arbor, MI, 1990
• Featured Artist Show, Carlyn Gallery, Grand Haven, MI, Oct. 1990
• 62nd Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1989
• 61st Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 1988
• 60th Regional, Muskegon Museum or Art, Muskegon, MI, 1987
• One-Woman Show, Elliot Teaching Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL., Dec. 1987
• One-Woman Show, Unique Country, Lafayette, IN, Oct-Nov, 1984
• Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN, 1984
• Art Forms '84 Biennial Exhibition, Greater Lafayette
• One-Woman Show, Carlson Gallery, North Park College, Chicago, IL, 1978
• One-Woman Show, Carlson Gallery, North Park College, Chicago, IL, 1977
• Women in Art Show, Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA, 1976
• Virginia Women Artists' Show, Virginia Museum, 1976
• Hanover Artist's Show, October, 1975

Awards and Honors

• Photograph of work "THE GATHERER" selected for Gallery/Fiber listing, Feb-Mar, 1994 issue of American Craft published by American Craft Council
• Honorable Mention Award, 63rd Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI, 1991 "FLIGHT JACKET"
• O'Toole Johnson Law Offices, Muskegon, MI
• Purchase Awards, Round the Fountain Art Fair, Lafayette, IN, 1988, 1989
• Interiors Corporation Award, Lakeland Painters' Show, 1988 Grand Haven, MI, "SUN'S RAIMENT"
• Honorable Mention and Purchase Prize, 16th Annual Celebration, First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, MI, 1988 'JOSEPH'S COAT"
• Purchase Award, 10th Annual Christian Fine Arts Festival, Samuel Lutheran Church, Muskegon, MI, 1987 "WHEN THE TEMPLE VEIL WAS SPLIT"
• Merit Award in Fine Crafts and Purchase Awards, Round the Fountain, Lafayette, IN, 1987
• Betty Olson Award, Lakeland Painters' Show, 1987, Grand Haven, MI "EMERGING LANDSCAPE"
• Courthouse Award, Round the Fountain, Lafayette, IN, 1986 work now in permanent collection of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse
• Three Purchase Awards from local businesses, Round the Fountain, Lafayette, IN 1986
• Round the Fountain Merit and Purchase Awards, Lafayette, IN, 1986
• Lafayesta '85 Award of Merit, West Lafayette, IN 1985
  
• Lafayesta '84 Award of Merit, West Lafayette, IN, 1984
• Work selected for the Phillip Morris Inc., Permanent Collection, "THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES"

Lectures and Teaching Grants

• Instructor of Printmaking, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, 2008-present
• Myren Printmaking Atelier, Short course in advanced printmaking techniques, August 2007
• Professor of Printmaking at Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN,1997-2004
• Roseville, MN, Schools, Printmaking Workshop, 1996
• Roseville, MN, Schools, Gifted and Talented Printmaking Workshop, 1995
• Roseville, MN, Schools, Bookbinding Workshop, 1994
• Zaire (now Congo), Africa, Ubak Academy, Children's Printmaking, 1994
• Roseville, MN, Schools, Gifted and Talented Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops, 1993
• Printmaking Workshops, Stephenson & Menominee, MI School Districts, 1992
• Artist-in-Residence, 1991-1992 School Year, Churchill School, Muskegon, MI
• Teachers' In-Service, Marquette Alger Intermediate School District, Bookmaking/Printmaking, 1991
• Exhibits of Students' Work "Handmade Prints and Other Paper Delights" Muskegon Intermediate School District, 1989, Paintings, 1991
• Churchill School, Painting Workshop, Norton Shores, MI, 1991
• Lincoln Park School, Muskegon, MI, 1991
• Teachers' In-Service, Newaygo County Intermediate School District, Bookmaking/Printmaking, 1989
• Papermaking Workshops, Oehrli School, Montague, MI, 1989, 1991
• Kellogg Grant, Artist in Residence, Oehrli School, Montague MI, Printmaking Workshops, Apr, 1989
• Moora Grant, Young Author's Program, Mona shores Schools, Mask Making/Fables Workshops, 1989
• Children's Printmaking Courses, Muskegon Museum of Art, summer 1987, 1988
• Elliot Teaching Gallery, Video Presentation, Dec, 1987
• Lakeland Painters, 1987
• Muskegon High School, 1987
• Muskegon Fine Arts Guild, 1987

Galleries

• Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
• The Button Gallery, Douglas and Saugatuck, MI
• Duck Blind Ltd. (now Greenleaf Gallery), Duck, NC
• Bay Street Gallery (closed 2000), Northport, MI
• Little Gallery, Raleigh, NC
• Neo Galleri, Stavanger, Norway

Website:

http://www.marthaensignjohnson.com/