M. Scott Johnson (b. Inkster, Michigan)
Exhibitions:
2022 The Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined curated by Myrtis Bedolla for
Personal Structures: Time, Space, and Existence European Cultural Centre,Italy
2022 Venice Biennale Venice, Italy
2021 Literary Muse: United Talent Agency Artist Space curated by Myrtis Bedolla Los Angeles, CA
2020 Renaissance Noire: United Talent Agency Artist Space curated by Myrtis Bedolla Los Angeles, CA
Portrait of America FABRIK PROJECTS Gallery Los Angeles
2019 Building Bridges II
The Politics of Love, Identity, and Race curated by Myrtis Bedolla
13th Havana Biennial Galeria Carmen Montilla Cuba
2018 U.S. Embassy Oslo, Norway work purchased for the permanent collection
Art in Embassy Program U.S. Department of State
2015 Shadow Matter the Rhythm of Structure: Afrofuturism to Afrosurealism
The Charles Wright Museum Of African American History Detroit, MI
2014 Emergence 2014…..International artist to watch Galerie Myrtis Baltimore, MD
2013 Curate: New York ….Top Selections Rush Arts Gallery NY, NY
Free your Mind residency exhibition The Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture NY,NY
Testify: Student voices in Public Art public art residency Museum of Contemporary
African Diasporan Arts Brooklyn, NY
2012 Spirit of Community: Art and Activism in Harlem Interchurch Center NY,NY
iGriot residency exhibition The Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture NY, NY
Afrofuturism residency exhibition Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
Brooklyn, NY
Curate: New York Skylight Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2011 National Conference of Artist: The Summer Exhibition Wilber Jennings Gallery NY,NY
Abstraction: The Syncopation Of Light, Color and Form
Galerie Myrtis Baltimore, MD
From Africa to Brooklyn:From Great to Great residency exhibition Museum of
Contemporary African Diasporan Arts Brooklyn, NY
The RE-Birth of Black residency exhibition The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture NY,NY
RE-imagining Haiti Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts Brooklyn, Ny
2009 Harlem is…Voices of Youth public art and education program Bronx Historical Society
Parallel Evolution solo exhibition Galerie Myrtis Baltimore, MD
2008 Black History Month exhibition/ lecture New York Botanical Gardens Bronx, NY
Harlem 2050 residency exhibition Amos Eno Gallery NY, NY Chelsea
2007 Shadow Matter-The Rhythm of Structure Sankaranka Gallery Brooklyn, NY DUMBO
The Community of Hope resident artist Amos-Eno Gallery NY, NY Chelsea
The Colored and The Black - Past, Present & Future Eleven Ten Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Harlem is…Voices of Youth Lincoln Center /The Cork Gallery, NY, NY
Gutta Beautiful the Play Visual Designer Henry Street Settlement Playhouse NY, NY
grant recipient, Ocean Ana foundation Inc.
2006 Urban Mindscapes Lincoln Center Cork Gallery NY, NY
29th annual Small Works exhibition New York University / Washington Square East
Galleries, NY, NY
“Harlem Is” Columbia University/ Leroy Neiman Gallery, NY, NY
2005 New Power Generation Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA
Dr. Vicktor Lowenfeld sculpture prize Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA
Exhibition and lecture African Heritage Studies Association 37th Annual International Conference
My Atavistic Imagination Virginia Tech University Roanoke,VA
Claimed Space Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture public art residency exhibition
Cork Gallery Lincoln Center NY, NY
The Pupil’s Truth Cosmogram-Communications from The African Burial Ground public art residency exhibition
Cork Gallery Lincoln Center NY, NY
2004 Atavistic Memory /African American Art Embassy of the Republic of Ghana Washington D.C.
Of Color, selected artist Black Arts Festival Harvard University Boston, MA
Rhythm of Structure: The Mathematical Aesthetic in the African Diaspora
Wilber Jennings Gallery, NY, NY
The African American Atavistic Memory, solo exhibition/lecture Hampton University Museum
Hampton, VA
2003 Viewpoint Lecture and Exhibition Series TransAfrica Forum, Washington, D.C.
Deviations Nigel Hamill Gallery NY, NY
2002 The New Power Generation, African American Art at the millennium
Hampton University Museum Hampton, VA
Conference, Artist of Color responding to 9-11-01 Wilber Jennings Gallery NY, NY
National Black Fine Arts Show Kenkelaba gallery The Puck Building NY, NY
2001 African American Art of the 19th and 20th Century Kenkeleba Gallery NY, NY
New Black Men Atmosphere Gallery Soho NY, NY
2000 National Black Fine Art Show Savacou Gallery The Puck Building NY, NY
1999 National Gallery of Zimbabwe selected artist Harare, Zimbabwe
Publication / Lectures/Articles:
2017 Long Islander News “A strong connection to Stone” by Sean Austin
2015 Artsy.net From “Zimbabwe to Detroit” by Bridget Gleeson
2015 Atlanta Blackstar.com “The Rhythm of Structure” by Shelby Jefferson
2015 Detroit metro times “Sculptor finds the link between African stone carving and Detroit techno” by Lee DeVito
2011 The Dark Tower residency catalog Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York, NY
2011 Civilization 9 residency catalog Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts Brooklyn, NY
2010 Reality Retrospect Rebirth residency catalog, Community work Inc. New York, Ny
2010 Invictus 2012 residency catalog, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts Brooklyn, NY
2009 Panelist: Transformations - New Directions in Black Art - Maryland Institute College of
Art, Harvard University W.E.B. Dubois Center and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Africana Studies.
2009 Harlem Be thy Name residency catalog Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture New York, NY
2009 Shadow Matter the Rhythm of Structure self published sculpture portfolio
2008 Baltimore Museum of Art, sculpture lecture for Joshua Johnson Council
2007 Mimosa Magazine, interview for exhibition Shadow Matter, 1 St Quarter 2007
2007 Valentine New York, “Man of Stone” interview Myrtis Bedolla vol.ll Issue lV
2007 New York Living Magazine, “By Design” March 2007
2007 The Network Journal, “Sankaranka Gallery, new blood to DUMBO” March 2007
2007 New York Beacon, “Three Stone Sculptors” 3/7/2007 Vol. 14 No. 09
2005 International Review of African American Art, “post-black “post-soul”
winner of the Dr. Vicktor Lowenfeld sculpture prize Vol. 20, No. 2
2005 The New York Amsterdam News, “Schomburg Scholars exhibit at
Lincoln Center” New York, New York article by Damaso Reyes
2005 The New York Amsterdam News, “Harlem is…”article by Damaso Reyes
2005 The Daily News, “Harlemania” review of "Harlem Is "exhibition at Columbia university, article by
Clem Richardson. New York, NY.
2005 Lecture: Shadow Matter: the art of M. Scott Johnson. Virginia Technical University
Blacksburg,VA
2005 Catalog: Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA “New Power Generation 2005“-a
National juried exhibition and survey of African American Art since the millennium.
2004 Lecture: “The Atavistic Imagination” African Heritage Studies Association 37th Annual
International Conference Roanoke, VA
2004 The Black Suburban Journal, “Taking Black Sculpture to Greater Heights” Pennsylvania;
Delaware and New Jersey editions
2004 International Review of African American Art, “Rhythm of Structure” Vol.19.no3
2004 Lecture: Hampton University Museum, “The Atavistic Memory”
2004 Afrique Newsmagazine, “Spirits in the Stone” by Afua osei Bonsu Chicago, IL
2003 Lecture: TransAfrica Forum, “The Atavistic Memory” Washington, D.C.
2003 Lecture: “Stone sculpture and the imagination” The Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture, Junior Scholars Program, New York, NY
2003 International Review of African American Art “Private Show” juried exhibition in print
1998 Miami Herald, Knight Ridder Publications, “Spirit of the Stone”, Interview with foreign
Correspondent Neely Tucker Nicholas Mukomberanwa Studios, Ruwa, Zimbabwe 12-30-98
Teaching Residencies:
2015-20 The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
Visual Arts teaching residency Teen Curators Program
2009-17 MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts), Brooklyn NY
Visual arts teaching residency
2003-21 The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
Visual Arts teaching residency Junior Scholars program
2016-17 Art League of Long Island Stone Sculpture Instructor
2005-10 Community Works Inc. New York, NY photography instructor New York public schools
2005 Incollaboration Inc. New York, NY sculpture instructor New York public schools
2004 The Educational Alliance Art School, New York, NY Stone Sculpture Instructor
2001-2 New York City African Burial Ground Project, New York, NY
public art educator/lecturer, researcher
1994 Operation Crossroads Africa, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Volunteer
Education:
1996-99 Sculpture Apprenticeship Nicholas Mukomberanwa Studios Ruwa, Zimbabwe
1999-01 Sculpture Apprenticeship Boaz Vaadia Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2000 B.A. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan