RESUME

• Solo Exhibitions

• Dyed to Stitch, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO, 2009
• Line vs. Shape, Washington State University, WA, 2007
• Quilts by Ann Johnston, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 2004
• Freehand: Art Cloth by Ann Johnston, Portland, OR, 2004
• Monoprints by Ann Johnston, Munich, Germany, 2004
• Ann Johnston—Art Cloth in New Zealand, Wellington, NZ, 2004
• 20 Years' Work, Quilts by Ann Johnston, Golden, CO, 2001
• Art Cloth, Quilts and Fabric, Portola, CA 2000
• Dyed to Quilt, 16 Small Works, Lake Oswego, OR, 2000
• Painted Pieces, Portola Valley, CA, 1992
• West Linn Library, West Linn, OR, 1992
• Pegasus Gallery, Corvallis, OR, 1991
• Mayor's Office, Beaverton, OR, 1991
• Governor's Office, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR, 1990
• Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR, 1990-1993, four shows
• Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 1986
• American Gallery of Quilts, Gig Harbor, WA, 1985
• American Museum of Quilts, San Jose, CA, 1984

Exhibition images from Dyed to Stitch, solo exhibition, College of the Ozarks, MO, 2009 (Please click on images for more views.)

Line vs. Shape: Quilts by Ann Johnston, solo exhibition

Photos below from various exhibitions. Please click on image for larger view.

Quilts by Ann Johnston, Coos Bay, OR, 2004

Freehand: Art Cloth by Ann Johnston, Portland, OR, 2004

Monoprints by Ann Johnston, Munich, Germany, 2004

Kramgasse-KulturgasseBerns-Quiltgasse, invitational exhibition, Bern, Switzerland, 2004

Ann Johnston-Art Cloth in New Zealand, 2004

Photos from Art Cloth 2000

• Selected Group Exhibitions

• Quilt National 2009, Dairy Barn, OH, 2009 (touring for three years)
• Craftforms 2008, international juried craft exhibition, Wayne Art Center, PA, 2008
• New Focus 2009, invitational, Coos Art Museum, OR, 2008
• Society of Layerists in Multi Media, juried, Albuquerque Museum of Art, NM, 2007
• Oregon Craft Biennial, juried, OCAC, Portland, 2007
• Transformations: Artists Working in Fiber, juried, Birmingham, England and travels 2006-2007
• Expressions: Art Quilt 2006, juried, La Veta, Colorado, and travels 2006-2007
• Suave 2, juried, Centro de Artesanía y Diseño, Lugo, Spain, 2006
• On the Wall: SAQA, juried, University of Colorado, 2006
• Explorations II, juried, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio. 2006
• Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at Fifty, juried, NW travel 2004-06
• Quilts in the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection, Colorado, 2005
• Kramgasse-KulturgasseBerns-Quiltgasse, invitational, Bern, Switzerland, 2004
• Benton Co. Historical Museum, Philomath, OR, 1990, 91, 92, 93, 97, 2004 invitational and juried
• Inspiration—Improvisation—Interpretation, Quilt & Art, Mulheim am Main, Germany, 2003
• EXPLORATIONS, Wesserling Textile Museum, France, 2-year tour, 2003-4
• Quilts? The Coos Art Museum, juried, Oregon, 2003
• Small Works, invitational, Lancaster, Ohio 1999, 2002, 2003
• Art Cloth 2002, invitational, Houston, TX, 2002
• Garten—Kultur—Landschaft, invitational, Wrickrath, Germany, 2002
• Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts, invitational, 3 year tour of US cities 2001-04
• Longview Museum of Fine Arts, invitational, TX, 2001
• Contemporary American Quilts, invitational, Tilburg, Holland, invitational, 2001
• Masters of their Craft, American Crafts Council/SE, invitational, Atlanta, GA, 2000
• Art Quilt 2000, regional invitational, Portland, OR, 2000
• Art Cloth by Jane Dunnewold and Ann Johnston, San Antonio,TX, 2000
• Edge to Edge, Museum of American Folk Art, juried entry, NY, NY, 1998
• Surface: New Form/New Function, juried, award, TN, 1998
• Quilt National, juried, Athens, OH and international tour, 1997
• Visions: Quilt Art, juried, San Diego, CA, 1996
• The Artist as a Quiltmaker, juried, Columbus, OH, 1988 award, 1990, 1996, award
• 100 in the Sun, Art Fabric by the Yard, juried, Portland, OR,1995
• DIVERSITY! Studio Art Quilt Association, juried, Gatlinburg, TN, 1995
• Celebrate Art Quilts, juried OH, 1995
• AQS, Paducah, KY 1991, 1994, juried, 1995, award
• Fairfield Fashion Show, Houston, TX and touring show, 1993-94, 95-96
• Surface Design/Fabric, Columbus, OH, 91, 92, 93, 94, award, 1995, participated as juror, 1997
• A Quilted Journey, invitational, CA, 1991
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, juried, CA, 1991
• AIQA Show, Texas, 1989, 1990, awards, 1997,1998
• International Quilter's Assoc. Show, invitational, Sapporo, Japan, 1989
• Oregon Women Artists, juried, PSU, OR, 1989
• National Quilting Assoc. Show, Arkansas, 1989, two awards

• Publications

• Books by Ann:
• The Quilter’s Book of Design, 2nd Ed., 2008, AJ, Lake Oswego, OR
• Speaking in Cloth: 6 Quilters, 6 Voices, 2006, AJ, Lake Oswego, OR
• Color by Design: Paint and Print with Dye, 2001, AJ, Lake Oswego, OR
• The Quilter's Book of Design, 1999, Quilt Digest Press/McGraw Hill, NY
• Color by Accident: Low-Water Immersion Dyeing, 1997, AJ, Lake Oswego, OR
• Dye Painting! 1992, AQS, Paducah, KY

• Ann's quilts are shown in the following books:
• The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books, NC, 2009
• Exploring Multiple Dimensions, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, NM, 2007
• Suave 2, Asociación de Creadores Textiles de Madrid, Spain, 2006
• Art Quilts: A Celebration, Lark Books, NY, 2005
• Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, 2005
• Von Der Krämgasse Zur Quiltgasse, Steckborn, Switzerland, 2004
• Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at Fifty, Seattle, WA, 2004
• Garten—Kultur—Landschaft, Neumann, Monchengladbach-Wrickrath, Germany, 2002
• Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts, AQS, Paducah, KY, 2001
• Spotlight 2000, American Craft Council, Kennesaw Press, Kennesaw State University, 2000
• Silk Quilts, Hanne Vibeke de Koning-Stapel, Quilt Digest Press, 1999
• A Pattern for Success, Office of Women's Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Adm., 1998
• Dyes and Paints, Elin Noble, Fiber Studio Press, WA, 1998
• The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, Hugh Lauter Levin, CT, 1997
• Imagery on Fabric, Jean Ray Laury, C and T Publications, CA, 1997
• Color, Christine Barnes, That Patchwork Place, WA, 1997
• The Quilter's Computer Companion, Hansen and Heim, No Starch Press, CA, 1997
• Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National, 97, Lark Books, NC, 1997
• Visions: Quilt Art, C and T Publications, CA, 1996
• Diversity! C and T Publications, CA, 1995
• Stitched in Place; Stitched in Time, Rebecca Reis, University of Oregon, 1995
• Contemporary Pictorial Quilts , Gibbs Smith, UT, 1993
• Fiberarts Design Book 3, Lark Books, NC, 1987
• Quilt Engagement Calendar, E.P. Dutton, NY, 1986

• Author of magazine articles featuring Ann's work:
• “Speaking in Cloth,” British Patchwork & Quilting Magazine, January 2008
• “Golden Bridge," British Patchwork and Quilting Magazine, June 2005
• “Color as I See It,” Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, June 2005
• “Blanket Statements,” Artisan Northwest, Fall 2004
• "Steps to Creativity,” Love of Quilting, May/June 2003
• "Color By Accident," Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts, 4/98
• "Merry-go-round 2," Quilter's Gallery, 10/97
• "Ann Johnston," Patchwork Quilts Tshushin, Japan, 5/94, 6/96
• "Dyeing Fabric for Garments," Threads, Aug/Sept 1995
• "Dye Painting," Japan: Patchwork Quilt, #56, 1993
• "Dye Painting on Silk," Surface Design Journal, Spring 1993
• "Designing for Dye-Painted Quilts," Miniature Quilts, Summer 1991
• "Dye Painting for Quilts," American Quilter, Spring 1990

• Ann's quilts shown in the following magazines:
• Surface Design Journal, “Whole Cloth Composition,” Winter 2009
• Occidental, “Quilt Connoisseur,” Winter 2005
• New Zealand Quilter, "Essential Viewing," Number 46, January 2004
• Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, "What's New," March 2004
• Patchwork Asociacion Espanola, March 2002
• American Quilter's Society, Winter 1997
• Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, 6/00; 8/91;10/90; 3/89; 6/86; 5/86; 11/85
• Quilting Today, Fall 1990
• Surface Design Journal, back covers, Summer 1991, Spring 1992
• Fiberarts Magazine, 2/89

• Video productions:
• "Quilting Stars: Ann Johnston," Quilter's Quest, WA, 1994
• "State of the Art," Portland Community College, OR, 1991

• Collections and Commissions

• Ann's quilts are in public and private collections in England, France, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.

• Teaching and Education

• B.A. English, Stanford University, 1969
• M.A. Geography, University of Oregon, 1978

Ann teaches workshops and lecture at national and international conferences, arts organizations, and schools including the following:

• Alaska Fiber Festival
• Asociación de Creadores Textiles de Madrid
• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN
• Asociación de Creadores Textiles de Madrid, Spain
• Buffalo State College, NY
• Coupeville Arts Center, WA
• Creative Arts Community, OR
• Crow Timber Frame Barn, OH
• Empty Spool Seminar, CA
• International Quilt Festival, TX
• IQA  Europa, Spain, Holland
• North Carolina Quilt Symposium, NC
• National Quilting Association, WA
• Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, OR
• Portland State University, OR
• Quilt Art Rockies, Canmore, Canada
• Quilt/Surface Design, OH
• Quilt Design Workshops in Kloster Rolduc, Netherlands
• Quilt + Art, Mulheim am Main, Germany
• Quilting by-the-Lake, NY
• R C Patchwork and Quilts, San Feliu de Boada, Spain
• Southwest School of Art and Craft, TX
• Textile Center, MN
• The New Zealand Quilter, Wellington, New Zealand
  
  
  
  
  

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