Libby Johnson
535 Cornell Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Represented by:
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Harris Gallery, Houston, TX

Also Represented by:
Forrest Scott Group, Consultants, New York, NY

Personal Data Birth: August 8, 1950, Baton Rouge, LA

Education
M.F.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1982 B.F.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1972

Selected Exhibitions
2006 One Person Exhibition, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN; Selected Group Exhibitions: Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmount School or Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN; "Still Life" Harris Gallery, Houston, TX; "Sofa" Art Invitational, LSU School of Art Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

2005 One Person Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston TX; School of Art Gallery, Show Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

2004 One Person Exhibition, Edith Baker Gallery (Cidnee Patrick Gallery), Dallas, TX; Group Exhibitions: Peck Gallery, Provence, RI; Invitational Still Life Exhibition, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC; Invitational Landscape Exhibition, Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ; "Garden Party", Calcasieu Museum, Lake Charles, LA; Faculty Auction and Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO; "Interpretations of the Still Life", Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ; "Women Painting Women", Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA;

2003 One Person Exhibition, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA; One Person Invitational Still Life Exhibition, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2002 One Person Exhibition, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN Four Person Exhibition, Peck Gallery, Providence, RI "Real Women", Invitational Exhibition, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA "The Still Life", Group Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX

2001 Invitational Group Exhibition, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston TX Two Person Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX Two Person Exhibition, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2000 One Person Exhibition, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA "La Primavera", Faculty Invitational Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA One Person Exhibition, Ledbetter-Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN

1999 Two Person Exhibition, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX Invitational Exhibition for Auction, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL

1998 Red Clay Survey, 6th Biennial Exhibition of Comtemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL One Person Exhibition, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA Self Portraits: Up Close and Personal, Group Exhibition, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX

1997 Two Person Exhibition, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN Two Person Exhibition, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas TX "Red Stick Invitational", Invitational Group Exhibition, Old State Capital Gallery, Baton Rouge,LA Entergy Louisiana Open Juried Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Juror: Marty Mayo, Director of the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX Louisiana Landscapes, Clark Hall Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

1996 Project Harmony Invitational, Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA. , Juror: Judith Linhares, CASH AWARD Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA "Trees", Group Exhibition, Ledbetter-Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN

1995 Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN "Italian Influences", Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1994 "Romancing the Land", 6 Person Invitational Exhibition, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston,TX "7th Juried Exhibition for Louisiana Women Artists", Louisiana State Archives Building, Baton Rouge, LA, Juror: Janet Fish, CASH AWARD "Les Fleurs du Prentemps", Group Exhibition, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1993 "The 20th Annual Juried Competition", Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA Summer Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlingburg, TN "Louisiana Competition", Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA, Juror: Harry Rand.

1992 "10th Annual Women’s National Juried Art Exhibition", Walton Art Center, Fayetteville, AR, CASH AWARD "Flesh and Blood", Invitational Exhibition, Art Alliance Gallery, Lafayette, LA "Art and Mystery", University of New Orleans, La., Newman Center, New Orleans, LA AWARD "Louisiana Festival of the Arts 19th Annual Juried Competition", Masur Museum, Monroe, LA, Juror: Joanne Gigliotti, Director of Studio Arts for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Professional Activities Awards and Publications
2006: Teaching Faculty, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

2006:Teaching Faculty, Arrowmount School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2006: International Artist Magazine

2005: American Art Collector Magazine

2004: Teaching Faculty, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

2003: Juror: The Sixteenth International Exhibition of Animals in Art, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA

2002: Louisiana State Fellowship Award

2002: Juror, Animals in Art International Exhibition, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.

1998: New American Paintings, Catalogue of the 16th Open Studios Competition, Open Studios Press, Vellesley, June, pps. 60-61

1992 ­ Present: Owner of the Studio dei Leoni, a teaching studio for continuous classes, special seminars and community exhibitions and discussion groups.

1993: Teaching Faculty, Summer Session, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

1984 ­85: Vice-President, Associated Women in the Arts

1983:Vice President, Women’s Caucus for Art

1980 ­82: Graduate Teaching Assistant; instructor of courses in painting, drawing and design, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

1973-74: Director, Collector’s Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA Publications New American Paintings, Catalogue of the 16th Open Studio Competition, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA,6/99 Watercolor Day by Day, Michael Crespo, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications,

1987, pp. 23,107,111,123 Experiments in Watercolor, Michael Crespo,New York: Watson-Guptill Publications,

1988,pp.55,91,99,121 How to Make An Oil Painting, Michael Crespo,New York,Watson-Guptill

Publications
1990,pp.42,48,54,84-87 Watercolor Class,Michael Crespo,New York,Watson-Guptill Publications,

1994, pp.25,107,111,123,177,209,217 Louisiana Literature, Dept.of English,Southeastern Louisiana University,Hammond,La.,

Collections
Duke Energy, Houston, TX Promus Hotel Corporation, Memphis, TN New Orleans Museum of Art Pepsico International, Dallas, TX Ochsner Hospital Foundation, New Orleans, LA City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA Premier Bank, Baton Rouge, LA Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCorvan and Jarmon, Attorneys, Baton Rouge, LA Carrington, Coleman, Sloman, Blumenthal,