Robert J. Johnson
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“The Group” The latest sculpture piece completed in August 2020. Exhibited at Park Forest Gallery in August 2020.
I reworked the “Portrait Gallery” with a different background color to give the reliefs heads more contrast.
The “A Dozen Yellow Tulips” was finished Nov. 22, 2019.
The “Fish Dinner on a Blue Plate” was finished September 8, 2019
The forest painting is a place 8 old retired guys have breakfast every Wednesday morning since our restaurant is closed now./
The room painting with the stained glass window, “The Discussion” evolved from a photo I saw in the newspaper. I only used the setting and added the figures.
I taught in the Chicago public school system for 30 years, and then was the Director, Bureau of Art, Chicago Public Schools for 5 1/2 more years until I retired 28 years ago in 1992. Since then I have continued creating art and exhibiting it.
I would like to hear your reactions and thoughts about my work. Go to the top of this page and click on the various entries to view the work. bigcrayola@aol.com
Thanks for stopping by,
Robert J. Johnson
466 Shadow Creek Drive
Palos Heights, IL. 60463
Relevant Director, Bureau of Art, Chicago Public Schools
Experience 1987-92 Retired
Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Teacher Education, Printmaking and Figure Drawing
1957, 1991 - 2001
Art Teacher, Chicago Public Schools
1959-87
Art Teacher, Bremen Community High School
Midlothian, IL. 1957-59
U.S. Army 1955- 1957
Military Police, Germany 1956
Special Service, Germany 1956
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology-
Institute Of Design 1964-67
Master of Science in Visual Design and Art Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1955
Bachelor of Art Education
Exhibits
Lockport Museum
March- April 2020
Lockport, Il.
Tall Grass Gallery
March- April 2020
Park Forest , Il.
John H.Vanderpool Art Museum
Chicago
Lewis University
Wadsworth Gallery
October 2019
Tall Grass Gallery
Aug. and Sept. 2019
Park Forest, Il.
John H., Vanderpoel Art Museum
May 1-31.
Chicago, Il
McCord Gallery &Culture Center
Palos Park, Il.
Emerald Isle Exhibit
April 2019
Tall Grass Gallery
“ Pentimento, The Art of Reworking Art”
Jan. 19- Feb. 23, 2019
Park Forest, Il
Concordia University
Ferguson Art Gallery
River Forest , Il.
50 Paintings “ Paintings of Daily Observations”
Jan. 14 - Feb. 23 , 2019
John H. Vanderpoel Art Museum
Oct. 1- 31 , 2018
Chicago, Il.
McCord Gallery & Culture Center
August 24- September 29 , 2018
70 pieces - sculpture and paintings
Tall Grass Gallery 3 pieces
Park Forest, Il
Nov. 2017 -Jan. 2018
South Shore Arts
Salon Show 2017
Munster, Ind.
September 2017
Moraine Valley Gallery
Palos Hills, Il.
July 2017
Moraine Valley College
Atrium Gallery
Palos Hills, Il.
15 Drawings and paintings
October - November 5, 2016
Tall Grass Gallery
Park Forest, Il.
August - Sept. 2016
Moraine Valley College Gallery
2 Pieces June 4 - Aug 1, 2016
Palos Heights, Il
Ferraro Gallery 4 pieces
Three Oaks Michigan
April 2016
Union Street Gallery, 3 pieces
Chicago Heights, Il.
November to December 2015
Tall Grass Gallery, 6 pieces
Park Forest, Il.
November to December 2015
Tall Grass Gallery
Park Forest , Ill.
August to September 2015
Moraine Valley College Gallery
June to July 30 , 2015
South Shore Arts - Sub Station 9 Gallery
Hammond, Ind. April to June, 2014
22 Paintings
“5830 - Memories of My Home”
Moraine Valley College
June to July 2014
Palos Heights, Il.
South Shore Arts Gallery
Crown Point, Indiana
Jan. to March 2014
30 paintings “Discovering the Forest
Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights, Il.
December 2013
Cliff Dwellers
200 S. Michigan
50 Paintings “Discovering the Forest”
November-December 2013
Moraine Valley College
June -July 2013
Palos Heights, Il.
Cliff Dwellers
200 S. Michigan
Chicago Il.
December 2012 - 25 paintings
Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights, Il.
August 2012
Moraine Valley Gallery
June 2012
Palos Hills, Il.
McCord House Gallery
May 2012
Palos Park, Il.
South Shore Arts
October 2011
Munster, In.
Tall Grass Gallery
August 2011
Park Forest , Il.
Trinity College
Palos Heights, Il.
July 2011
Moraine Valley Community College
Gallery 2011 June 1 to August 3
Palos Hills, Il.
South Shore Arts
67th Annual Salon Show 2011
Munster, Ind.
Tall Grass Gallery
July 2010
Park Forest , Il.
Chicago Artists Coalition
April 2010, Chicago
Union Street Gallery
March 2010
Chicago Heights, Il.
Cliff Dwellers
August to October 2009
Chicago
Beverly Art Center
March 2009
Chicago
Tall Grass Gallery
December 2008
Park Forest, Il.
Moraine Valley Gallery
June 2008
McCord House
Palos Park, Il. 2008
Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights, Il 2008
The Cliff Dwellers
200 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60604- 2007
Concordia University
River Forest, Il. 2006
2006 Chicago Art Open
Zhou B. Art Center 2006
Union Street Gallery
1527 Otto Boulevard
Chicago Heights, IL. -2006
CCT. Gallery
Northwestern University - 2006
St. Xavier University
3700 West 103rd St.
Chicago, IL. - 2006
Union Street Gallery
2005
Vietnam Museum 2004
7th Annual , Chicago Open -2004
Loyola University Crown Center Gallery 2004
Northwestern University Settlement House
CCT Gallery 2003
Cliff Dwellers , Chicago
2003
The 26th Annual Alice Baer
Art Competition & Exhibition 2003
Beverly Arts Center -2003
Chicago Art Open 2002
59th Annual Salon Show
Northern Indiana Arts Association 2002
17th Annual Juried Art Exhibit
John Blank Center for the Arts
Michigan City, Ind.-2002
4th Annual Chicago Art Open
October 19-27, 2001
3rd Annual Chicago Art Open
November 9-18, 2000
Norris Gallery -Vicinity Show 2000
September- October 2000
Cliff Dwellers Invitational
August- September 1998
In Flux- In Flex
Art Institute of Chicago Alumni 3D Show
September-October 1998
“Churches: A View from the Expressway”
The Cliff Dwellers January- February 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Show
The Cliff Dwellers September 1997
Art Barn, Gallery North
New Buffalo, Michigan May- June 1996 One man show -73 pieces
Irish American Heritage Center
October December 1995 One man show - 27 paintings
Cliff Dwellers Club
One man show - 18 paintings September 1994
Bob Johnson
