Resume
Of Marius Johnston’s mixed media work:
”The artist is leading us gently into the . . . space where his work exists, [w]here
form supersedes the medium in a conventional perception.” O’Farrell, Etude No. 3,
University of Arts, London, 2006.
[F]igures emerge from and disintegrate back into a storm of pattern. Sketchy
strokes of soft, muted colors overlay the fine, mosaic-like prints and give the images
a rare sense of mystery and restraint.” Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 1989.
EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, Oakland: MFA 1978
Northeastern University, Boston: BA 1965
EXHIBITS
Solo and Two-Person Shows:
Gallery House, “Digital Prints,” Palo Alto, CA 1995
Miki Graphics, “Recent Work,Ó Palo Alto, CA 1992
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Paintings,” Santa Ana, CA 1989
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “New Work,” Santa Ana, CA 1986
Gallery 318, “Recent Work,” Los Angeles, CA 1986
Gallery 318, “Excavations, Connections,” Los Angeles, CA 1985
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Species of Time,” Santa Ana, CA 1984
L.A. Artcore Gallery, “Paintings,” Los Angeles, CA 1983
L.A. Artcore Gallery, “Transformations,” Los Angeles, CA 1982
Open Studio, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions 1982, 1981
Salt Lake Art Center, “Recent Work,” Salt Lake City, Utah 1979
Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, MFA Show, Oakland 1978
ASUC Gallery, “Paintings,” University of California, Berkeley, CA 1972
Selected Invitational and Juried Exhibits:
“Simply the Best,” International Digital Exhibit 2013
[www.ucira.ucsb.edu/California-artists-win-top-international-art-awards/]
Marin Civic Center Gallery, “Enter the Digital World, a Show of Digital Artwork,”
curator Loren Means, San Rafael, CA 2002
Artisans Gallery, “Art, Science and Technology,” curators Donnalee Dunne and
Melanie Hoffman, Mill Valley, CA 2001
Online Show, “The Digital Fine Art Challenge,” curators Harold Johnson and Art
Avery. http://www.worldprintmakers.com/digifine/diginto.htm
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, “Art on the Net, a juried online show,”
Machida, Japan 1995
University of Maryland, “A Virtual Room in the Collective Memory Palace,” curator
Serena Lin, Baltimore, MD 1995
Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, “iMage Electronic,” Cupertino, CA 1995
University of Eastern Washington, “6th National Computer Art Invitational,”
traveling show, Cheney, WA 1992-1993
University of Eastern Washington, “5th National Computer Art Invitational,”
traveling show, Cheney, WA 1991-1992
CyberArts Gallery, “CyberArts International,” Pasadena, CA 1991
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, “Pioneers in Computer Art,” La Jolla, CA 1991
Grove Gallery, University of California San Diego, “Hard Copy, A Juried PC Art
Exhibition,” La Jolla, CA 1990
U.S. International University, “Imagine: An Exhibit of Personal Computer Art,” San
Diego, CA 1989
Konica Gallery, “Imagine: An International Evolving Exhibit of Personal Computer
Art,” Tokyo, Japan 1989
Mission West Gallery, “Beyond Trend: An Invitational Exhibition,” South Pasadena,
CA 1988
The Computer Museum, “Imagine: An Exhibit of Macintosh Art,” Boston, MA 1988
Apple Imaging Sciences Offsite, “Imagine: A Digital Art Exhibition,” Newport Beach,
CA 1988
Metro Rail Project, LAVA juried exhibition, Los Angeles, CA 1984
National Small Works juried show, Whitney Museum, New York 1983
Other Group Shows (selected):
Tucson Contemporary Art Society Members’ “Pop-up” Show, Old Steinfeld
Warehouse, Tucson 2015
The Blue Room Gallery, “Interfacing Ideas: Fine Art Meets Technology,” San
Francisco 2003
Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Foothill College, “Interfacing Ideas, Ten Ylem
Artists,” Los Altos Hills, CA 2003
Art Concepts Group Show, Hewlett Packard, Cupertino, CA 1997
Gallery on the Rim, “Ylem: Artists Using Science and Technology,” San Francisco
1996
Creative Computer Workshops (work on display), Palo Alto, CA 1994
Xerox Research Center, “Copy Art,” Palo Alto, CA 1993
Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, “Digital Photography/Interactive Multimedia,”
Santa Rosa, CA 1992
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Three Friends,” paintings (with
Robert Lerner and Eileen Hyman) Santa Ana, CA 1988
Mission West Art Gallery, “Art From the Computer,” South Pasadena, CA 1988
Southwestern College, ‘Computer Art: New Work from 12 Artists,”
Chula Vista, CA 1988
Amos Eno Gallery, East/West Interchange, New York 1987
Saddleback College,”Artists in Transition,Ó Mission Viejo, CA 1986
Los Angeles Artists at Seoul, Donsanbang Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1982
PUBLICATIONS:
Work: Digital Arts, California, 2011 [www.digitalartscalifornia.com/]
“Etude No. 3, Marius Johnston in Profile” Emmet O’Ferrel, University of Arts,
London 2006 [https://emmetofarrell.files.wordpress.com/2006/04/vine.jpef]
“Interview with Marius Johnston by Loren Means,” Ylem Journal, vol. 22, 2002
Work: Publish Magazine, April 1995
“Favorite Fetishes at Gallery House,” David Roth, The Guide, January 1995
“Doors of Perception, There”s More to Marius Johnston”s Art Than Meets the Eye,”
Ruth Hagopian, On Line Design, November 1994
Work: “Transcending Pixels: Art in the Digital Age,” Les Cohen, 1993
Work: “Cyberarts Exploring Art & Technology, Jacobson & Freeman, 1992
Work: Verbum Book of Digital Painting, Michael Gosney, Prentiss Hall 1990
Work: “At the Galleries,” Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1989
“The MAC's Just Half the Equation: Marius Johnston mixes media to get surprising
results,” Jiri Weiss, MACWeek, September 6, 1988
“Artists with MAC on their Palettes: MAC Art at Boston Computer Show,”
Anita Malnig, MACWeek, September 6, 1988
Work: Verbum Journal of Personal Computer Aesthetics, 1988
Catalogue, “Imagine: A digital art exhibit,” Newport Beach, CA 1988
Work: “Orange County Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, 1988
Review: “Danger and Vulnerability,” Elenore Wells, Artweek 1986
Review: “Questions of Reality,” Dorritt Fitzgerald, Artweek 1984
Catalogue, “The American Art,Ó Mona Lisa Shokai Gallery, Tokyo 1983
Review: “LA Artists Open Exhibition at Donsangbang Gallery, Korea Herald 1982