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Philoxenia By Stella Johnson
25Jul
Philoxenia
When my Grandmother’s sister turned 100 years old, I asked her about her life in Mytilene, the city where she was born. She told me stories about her father’s olive oil business, the flowers and the trees, and seeing her mother being taken away as she was dying of tuberculosis. As I listened, it became clear to me that I needed to visit Greece, the country my grandparents emigrated from in the early 1900's because of war and hunger. ...
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Stella Johnson’s monograph, AL SOL: Photographs from Mexico, Cameroon and Nicaragua was published by the University of Maine Press in 2008. www.alsolbook.com

Stella teaches at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston University and for the Maine Media Workshops in Mexico and Greece.

Collections include: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, The Haggarty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turners Falls, MA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FLA, The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine and private collections.

She received her first Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico 2003-2004 to photograph and returned to Mexico in 2006 as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, teaching at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Cuernavaca.

Exhibitions include The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee Wisconsin, The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine, The Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Tuners Falls, MA, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Jardin Borda, Instituto Cultural, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico and other venues both in the US and Mexico.

Her work has spanned editorial assignments, corporate projects, documentaries and personal artistic expressions. Stella has worked extensively in both the U. S. and overseas with commissions from The Ford Foundation, EarthWatch Institute and Continental Airlines and assignments from Time, Fortune and US News and World Report.

 

 

 

 

 

Education:

M.S.,    1988   Boston University College of Communication,  Boston, MA.

B.F.A., 1979   San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

Artist Residency:

2007: Northeastern University, Department of Visual Arts, Boston, MA.

Grants:

2010: Faculty Development Grants, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

2006: International Music and Art Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

2006: Fulbright Senior Specialist,Mexico

2003-2004: Fulbright Research Scholar, Mexico

1991: Cultural Collaborative Artist-In-Residence Grant N. E. Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA

Awards:

2010       Julia Margaret Cameron Award, The Worldwide Gala Awards, Runner Up

2009        Lens Culture International Exposure Award, 2nd place, Singles

2008        Silver Award, B&W Magazine Single Image

2007         Top 50, Critical Mass, PhotoLucida, 2006

2007          Women In Photography International Competition, Honorable  

2007          B&W Magazine Portfolio Spotlight 

Collections: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University Milwaukee, WI, Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turners Falls, MA, The Museum of Art, Houston, Texas, The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FLA, The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine, and private collections.

Monograph: Al Sol: Photographs from Mexico, Cameroon and Nicaragua, published by the University of Maine Press, 2008. 

Gallery Representation: Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA. 

Publications: Leica Fotografie International, March 2010, AL SOL photo essay 

Exhibitions:

2010: Al Sol. Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

2010: Off The Wall. Awarded 3rd Prize: Danforth Museum of Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA. Jurors: Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the MFA, Boston, and Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator of the ICA, Boston

2010: A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum of Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA

2010 Exposure: Photographic Resource Center Annual Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA. Juror, Mia Fineman, Senior Research Associate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

2010    Al Sol. Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University Milwaukee, WI. Solo Exhibition.

2010    Al Sol. Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona, Florida.  Solo Exhibition.

2010    I-95 Triennial Invitational Exhibition, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine

2010     Onward 10, juried exhibition, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA

2009 Three Concerned Women. Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

2009    Zone Zero Online Portfolio, Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua

2009    Al Sol. Spencer Presentation Gallery, School of Visual + Performing  Arts, Endicott College, Beverly, MA. Solo Exhibition. 

2009    Al Sol. Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. Solo exhibition.

2009    Al Sol. Gallery 303, The Galleries at The New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA. Solo Exhibition.

2009    Photo Forum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.  

2008    13th Annual Juried Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Juror - Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art

2008    Al Sol. The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine.  Solo Exhibiton.

2008    Al Sol. The Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turner Falls, MA. Solo Exhibition.

2008     Faculty Exhibition. Art Institute of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA 

2008    “Texas Photographic Society National Competition 16,” St. Edward’s University Art Gallery in Austin, TX. Juried by Michelle Dunn Marsh.

2007  Interactions. Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Co. Juror Alison Nordstrom, Curator of Photography at the George Eastman House 

2006     Dancing With Turkeys. Galletly Gallery, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH.  Solo Exhibition.

2006     Dancing With Turkeys. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.

2006     Cipactli, La Primera Luz. Buba Café, Cuernavaca, Morelos.

2006     Intangible Cultural Heritage. Filmoteca de la UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. 

2005     Living in Other Worlds. Milton Academy, Nesto Gallery, Milton, MA.

2005     Intangible Cultural Heritage. Jardin Borda, Cultural Institute of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Solo Exhibition.

2005     Elusive Photography. Impromptu…A Gallery for Fine Art, Huntington, NY. 

2005     Humanity Is One. Spencer Lofts Gallery, Chelsea, MA. Solo Exhibition.

2005     Photographic Resource Center Members’ Exhibition. Boston MA.Juror, Alison Devine Nordstrom, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman   House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY.

2005     Humanity Is One. Casa Tomada, Mexico City, Mexico. Solo Exhibition.

2005     Life Is One. Gallery Frida Kahlo, UVyD, Mexico City, Mexico. Solo Exhibition.

2005     Living in Other Worlds. Endicott College, J. David Broudo Gallery of Art, Beverly, MA

2004     Humanity Is One. Tepotzlan, Tlayacapan, Zacualpan de Amilpas, Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico. Traveling exhibition celebrating 10th anniversary of cultural protection assigned by UNESCO to convents. Solo Exhibition.

2002     From Cape Cod To Cape Of Hope. Fidelity Investments Advertising Agencies Gallery, Boston, MA. Solo exhibition. Solo Exhibition.

2002     Homage to Tina Modotti. International Day of Women, Mexico City, Mexico.

1996     Photographic Resource Center Member’s Exhibition (juried). Boston MA.

1994     Day of the Dead. Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA.

1992      Mujeres Mexico. Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Solo exhibition.

1990     Mexican Montage. Colortek Gallery, Boston, MA. Solo exhibition.

Teaching Experience:

2005-present   Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

2005-present   Boston University, College of Communication, Boston, MA

2003 & 2005   The Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Studies of the National  Autonomous University of Mexico, CRIM-UNAM Cuernavaca, Morelos,Mexico

2001-present   The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport ME and Oaxaca, Mexico, Crete, Greece

1994-2000      Boston University, College of Communication, Boston, MA

 

AUCTIONS

Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin HS, NY, NY March 2010

Annual Benefit Auction, Photographic Resource Center, 808 Gallery at Boston University, September, 2009

Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas November 2009

Annual Benefit Auction, Photographic Resource Center, 808 Gallery at Boston University, September 19-October 19, 2008

LECTURES AND CONFERENCES:

2010    “Al Sol” Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2010    “Three Concerned Women” panel discussion, moderated by Glenn Ruga, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

2009    “Al Sol” Performance Hall, School of Visual +Performing Arts, Endicott College, Beverly, MA 

2009    “Al Sol” Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2009    “Al Sol” New England Institute of Art, Boston, MA

2009    “Al Sol” El Centro Morelense de las Artes, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

2009    “Al Sol” The Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photographic Center, Oaxaca, Mexico

2008    “Al Sol” B&H Event Space, NY, NY

2008    “Al Sol” Photographic Resource Center at Boston University

2008    “Al Sol” The Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece

2008    “Al Sol” The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

2008    “Al Sol” Simmons College, New England Women in Photography

2008    “Al Sol” The Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turners Falls, MA

2008    “Al Sol” The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

2008    “Al Sol” Endicott College, Beverly, MA.  

2006    “Youth Arts for Social Change.” Leadership Institute and the Cultural Agents

             Initiative, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA.

2006    “Self Portraits and Identity.” Germain Lawrence School, Winchester, MA.

2006    “Documentary Photography.” Pratt Institute of Art, New York, New York.

2006    “Documentary & Digital Photography.” Lecture, Boston University, Boston, MA

2006     “The First Multidisciplinary Conference on Mexico/US Immigration: Mexico.

 Multimedia in the Border Zones.” Lecture,  Filmoteca de la UNAM, Mexico 

 City, Mexico.

2005    “Documentary Photography.” Lecture, Weston High School, Weston, MA.

2005   “Critical Conversations.” Portfolio Review, Griffin Museum of Photography,

             Winchester, MA.

2005    “Living in Other Worlds.” Artist Lecture. Nesto Gallery, Milton Acadamy,

            Milton, MA.

2005     “Humanity Is One.” Artist Lecture, Steppingstone Gallery, Huntington,

            New York. 

2005    “Documentary Photography.” Lecture, The Maine Photographic Workshops,

            Rockport, Maine.

2005    “Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Lecture, Boston University, College of

            Communication, Boston, MA.

2005    “Making a Living as an Artist.” Seminar, The Maine Photographic Workshops,

            Rockport, Maine

2005    “Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Lecture, The Maine Photographic Workshops,

            Rockport, Maine.

2005    “Documentary Photography.” Lecture, New England School of Photography,

            Boston, MA.

2005    “Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Lecture, Emerson College, School of

            Communication, Boston, MA. 

2005    “Collaboration.” Lecture, Endicott College, School of Art and Design,

            Beverly, MA.

2005    “Living in Other Worlds.” Artist Lecture, Endicott College, School of Art and

            Design, Beverly, MA.

2005    “Ways of Seeing.” Global Studies Lecture, Endicott College, College of Liberal

            Arts, Beverly, MA.

2004    “Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Visual Anthropology Lecture, Autonomous

            University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), Cuernavaca,  Morelos, Mexico.

2004    “Reflections of Three Cultures.” Lecture. International University, Third

            International Congress of Linguistic Studies. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

2004   “Villages.” Lecture.  American High School. Cuernavaca,  Morelos, Mexico.

2003    “Intangible Heritage: Day of the Dead.” Hemispheric Institute, Performance and

            Politics, New York University at CRIM-UNAM, Cuernavaca,  Morelos, Mexico.

2003    “Two Cultures.” Lecture.  The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2005   Portfolio Review.  The Maine Photographic Workshops,

            Rockport, Maine

2005   Juror, Stepping Stone Gallery and Center of Photography, Huntington,

New York

5th National Photography Exhibition

2003   Portfolio Review.  The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine

 

BOOKS

 

“Intangible Heritage In Mexico.”  Collaborative textbook, with Anthropologist Dr. Lourdes Arizpe of CRIM-UNAM. 2003-2004. Published by UNAM in 2009.

 

 

 

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