Portrait of Tamara Johnson

Tamara Johnson

  • Assistant Professor at School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Funhouse. Old Jail Art Center. February 8, 2025 - May 17, 2025 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Made You Look. William Shearburn Gallery. March 28, 2025 - May 2, 2025 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • FERIA MATERIAL. Expo Reforma with Keijsers Koning Gallery. February 6, 2025 - February 9, 2025 (International)

2024

  • Cracker with Cheese. Pewter: A Most Misunderstood Metal. Vol. Vol. 44. 70 - 70. Eugene, OR: SNAG Metalsmith Magazine. National. November 2024.
  • Sculpture School: Concrete. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. September 9, 2024 - November 16, 2024 Artists: 4 (National)
    Schedule:
    • Sculpture School Program. May 2024 - November 2024 Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX.
  • Currents 123: Tamara Johnson. The Saint Louis Art Museum. April 2, 2024 - September 22, 2024 Artists: Solo (National)
    Schedule:
    • Currents 123: Tamara Johnson. April 5, 2024 - September 22, 2024 Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), St Louis, MO.
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  • Currents 123: Tamara Johnson. Everyday Items, Carefully Fabricated by an Artist and on View in St. Louis. New York, NY: T Magazine, The New York TImes. International. July 4, 2024.
  • The Philosophy of Goo. Plexus Projects: GUI/GOOEY. October 19, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Cracker with Cheese. Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis, MO. Museum. November 2024 - December 18, 2024, Sculpture.
  • Johnson, T. S. (2024, October). The Leaky Pipe. A Crack in the Leak (Catalog for Exhibition). Austin, TX: MASS Gallery.
  • Cracker #2. Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX. Private. October 2024, Acquired: 2024, Sculpture.
  • Survival. Bushcrafters: Making/Making Do. October 3, 2024 - October 19, 2024 Artists: Group (International)
    Schedule:
    • Bushcrafters: Making/Making Do. October 3, 2024 - October 19, 2024 The Second Act Gallery, London, UK.
    • Bushcrafters: Making/Making Do. Prism Contemporary, Blackburn, UK.
  • Johnson, T. S. (2024). Sculpture School: CONCRETE Catalog. Sweet Pass Sculpture School Alternative Education and Exhibition Program. Dallas, TX: Sweet Pass Sculpture Park.
  • Johnson, T. S. (2024, August 9). From the Artist: Tamara Johnson’s tickets more than silly relics of the past. Saint Louis Art Museum Website Blog. St Louis, MO: Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved from https://www.slam.org/blog/from-the-artist-tamara-johnsons-tickets-more-than-silly-relics-of-the-past/
  • Terra Femme (2021). Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. April 27, 2024 - July 2024 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Dark Study. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. April 2, 2024 - July 13, 2024 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Centrifuge. Waterloo Greenway Conservancy: Dialogues. Austin, TX: Waterloo Greenway Conservancy. Regional. July 10, 2024.
  • Currents 123: Tamara Johnson. Artist Q&A: Tamara Johnson. St Louis, MO: St Louis Art Museum website. May 17, 2024.
  • Extra Taste. International Objects. February 10, 2024 - May 11, 2024 Artists: Group (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • Extra Taste. February 10, 2024 - May 11, 2024 International Objects, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Johnson, T. (2024). Currents 123: Tamara Johnson (Currents 123). St Louis, MO: Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved from https://www.slam.org/blog/3d-flip-book/currents-123-tamara-johnson-brochure/
  • Currents 123: Tamara Johnson. Hypernaturalistic sculpture takes center stage in “Currents 123: Tamara Johnson”. St Louis, MO: St Louis Magazine. Regional. April 8, 2024.

2023

  • House Salad. Glasstire: Best of 2023. online: Glasstire: Texas Visual Art. Regional. December 12, 2023.
  • a long leash. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. September 9, 2023 - November 18, 2023 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Johnson, T. S. (2023, October). Forever Blue Tape. Nasher Magazine. Dallas, TX, USA: Nasher Sculpture Center. Retrieved from https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/read-watch/nasher-magazine/magazine/id/326
  • Various. Moon of a Moon. September 10, 2023 - October 22, 2023 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Cracker with Cheese. Joel Murray and Clint Bargers have curated their annual “Chateau Chateau” show with the work of twenty artists at the Aldredge House. International: WHITEHOT Magazine. International. October 2, 2023.
  • Colander with Cracker and Vine. Lora Reynolds Gallery Collection, Austin, TX. Private. September 2023, Sculpture.
  • Château Château mmxxiii. Aldredge House. September 23, 2023 - September 27, 2023 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • House Salad. Lora Reynolds Gallery. July 8, 2023 - September 2, 2023 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Exhibitionists: Art By Artists Who Curate. Walter's. August 5, 2023 - August 13, 2023 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • House Salad. Handmade Readymades: Tamara Johnson’s Kitschy Kitchen Imposters in “House Salad” at Lora Reynolds Gallery. Santa Fe, NM: Southwest Contemporary. August 4, 2023.
  • Jjjjjerome Ellis, Loops of Retreat. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. May 25, 2023 - July 22, 2023 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Breathing Among Werewolves. Keijsers Koning Gallery. December 8, 2022 - January 28, 2023 Artists: Group

2022

  • It Takes Two. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. October 2, 2022 - December 4, 2022 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • VACATION. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. October 2, 2022 - December 4, 2022 Artists: 2 (Regional)
  • Chin Chin and Muck Muck. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. October 1, 2021 - October 5, 2022 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Sculpture School: Bottomland. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. May 14, 2022 - September 24, 2022 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • A Pit Fire with Partial Shade. All the Sudden. February 13, 2022 - February 14, 2022 Artists: Group (Regional)

2021

  • Nearly Natural. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. September 8, 2021 - December 11, 2021 Artists: Group (International)
  • Desire Paths. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. May 29, 2021 - July 31, 2021 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Two New Video Works. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. May 24, 2021 - July 31, 2021 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Squeeze, Tweeze, Please. MAD Arts. April 14, 2021 - July 24, 2021 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • (UUU) Unbounded Unleashed Unforgiving. New Media Caucus. February 9, 2021 Artists: Group (International)

2020

  • Black Power Naps Park/Parque Siesta Negras. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. October 24, 2020 - December 10, 2020 Artists: Solo (International)
  • How to fold a fitted sheet. ex ovo projects. September 12, 2020 - November 1, 2020 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • The Philosophy of Goo. Wassaic Projects. October 31, 2020 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Her New Cuckoo. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. October 31, 2020 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • How to fold a fitted sheet. In a west Dallas gallery, artist Tamara Johnson harnesses the power of goo. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News. October 17, 2020.
  • BREATH ASCENT REVEAL. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. August 29, 2020 - October 17, 2020 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Continuum. Carillon Gallery at Tarrant County College South. March 7, 2020 - August 2020 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Various works. Women of Texas. online: Less Than Half. July 27, 2020.
  • Deviled Egg and Okra Column. Nasher Window Series, Nasher Sculpture Center. May 22, 2020 - May 27, 2020 Artists: Solo (International)
  • Deviled Egg and Okra Column. The Nasher Wants You to Visit Its Windows. Dallas, TX: D Magazine. May 21, 2020.

2019

  • Johnson, T. (2019). Balloon Piece: Soil, Surface, Sky. In Dallas Pavillion 2019. Dallas, TX. Retrieved from https://michaelcorris.net/2019/06/04/dallas-pavilion-2019-may-8-9-10-venice-biennale/
  • PONY COCOON. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. May 25, 2019 - July 14, 2019 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • LOOMS. Curated as Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. May 25, 2019 - July 14, 2019 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Intermediate. Tuesday Evenings at the Ft Worth Modern. June 11, 2019 Artists: Group (International)
  • Shady Acres. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. January 25, 2019 - May 25, 2019 Artists: Group (International)
  • Picnic. Maria Hernandez Park. June 24, 2018 - March 20, 2019 Artists: Solo (Regional)
  • Word/Play - SoundSpace. Blanton Museum of Art. February 17, 2019 Artists: Group (Regional)

2016

  • Paper plate. Donald Moffet + Robert Gober Collection, New York, NY. Private. March 2016, Sculpture.