Gary Johnson
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Education:
BSME from Michigan Technological University, 1966, Houghton, Michigan
MBA from Loyola University, 1975, Chicago, Illinois
Self-taught watermedia artist with workshops under John Salminen, Duluth, MN, Trish Harding, Bellingham, WA and Bruce Marion, Chandler, AZ and Kathleen Conover, Marquette, MI, Richard Stevens, Hot Springs, AR, Laurie Goldstein Warren, Buckhannon, WV, Sterling Edwards, Raleigh, NC, Stan Kurth, Phoenix, AZ and Mary Whyte, Charleston, SC.
Art Organizations:
Signature Member in Excellence in South Carolina Watermedia Society (SCWS)
Diamond Signature Member of the Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Inc, Little Rock, AR. (MSW)
Signature Member of the Watercolor USA Honor Society (WHS)
Signature Member of the Kentucky Watercolor Society (KWS)
Member and Chairman of the Board of the Artists of NW Arkansas
Served as Member of the Board of Directors for the Watercolor USA Honor Society (WHS)
American Watercolor Society in New York, NY.
National Watercolor Society in San Pedro, CA
Transparent Watercolor Society in Kenosha, WI
Web Site: www.garytjohnsonart.com
Juried Show Recognition:
2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020– South Carolina Watermedia Society Annual Juried Exhibition.
2011 – Received Member in Excellence Award from SCWS
2016 – Artists of NW Arkansas Annual Regional Show in Fayetteville, AR
2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Mid Southern Watercolorists Annual Show in Little Rock, AR
2017, 2025, 2026 – Juried into the annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition
2017 – South Carolina Watermedia Society Annual Show Award winner
2017 – 3rd annual Art of the Heartland National Exhibition
2018, 2021 - Signature American Watercolor Exhibition in Fallbrook, CA
2018 - Best in Watercolor at Artists of NW Arkansas Members Exhibition
2018 - 3rd Place in South Carolina Watermedia Society Digital Exhibition
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 - Watercolor USA Exhibition in Springfield, MO (June - August, 2024)
2021– 51st Mid Southern Watercolorists Annual Show in Hot Springs, AR
2018 - 24th Annual ANA Juried Art Exhibition, Fayetteville, AR September, 2018
2018 - 2nd Place in the Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery On Line Exhibition for Abstract
2018 - B. Hunt Memorial Award, Outstanding work in Watermedia, Geo. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin,
MO.
2019 - Juried into the traveling Arkansas Territorial Exhibition throughout AR and OK, October 2019 to
January, 2021.
2019 - Bronze Award and Signature Membership in 49th Mid Southern Watercolorists Annual Show in
Little Rock, AR
2019 - Artists of NW Arkansas Members Show at FPAC on the U of A Campus
2019 - Honorable Mention in 1st National Celebration of Art Exhibition, Fayetteville, AR
2020 - MOWS 2020 International Juried Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain
2020 - Invited to join the Honor Society of Watercolor USA and received an Award of Excellence from the
Honor Society
2020 - Juried into the National Watercolor Society’s 100th Open International Exhibition, October 1, 2020
to January 31, 2021.
2020 - Juried into group show at Dallas Metro Art Contemporary, October, December 2020, and January
2021. Honorable Mention Award in October. Best in Show in January.
2020 - Juried into small works group show at Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, November-January, 2021.
2020 - Juried into State of the Arts 2020 in the R. G. Endress Gallery, Prairie Village, KS, December, 2020.
2021 - Juried into the Fort Smith RAM Exhibition - January to May, 2021
2021, 2026 - Juried into the Georgia Watercolor Society’s 2021 National Exhibition, Carrollton, GA, April - May.
2021 - Juried into the Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, Waitsfield, VT, June - July.
2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 - Juried into the Kentucky Watercolor Society Exhibition, Lexington, KY, Sept - Oct where I achieved Signature Status.
2021 - Walton Arts Center Exhibition, Fayetteville, AR, October - November.
2022 - Signature American Watermedia International Exhibition, Fallbrook, CA, April
2022 - Mid Southern Watercolorists, Little Rock, March - April, Awarded Diamond Signature Status.
2022 - Society of Watercolor Artists, Ft Worth, TX, April - June
2022 - 35th Northern National Art Competition, WI, June - July
2022 - Abstract National Exhibition, Wichita, KS, July - September
2022 - Watercolor Now Exhibition, Lindsborg, KS, August - October
2023 - Mauser Museum of Art National Juried Competition, Alexandria, LA - Feb - May
2023 - Great Northern Art Explosion International Exhibition, Grayling, MI - Aug - Sept
2023 - Untitled Athens Art National Juried Exhibition, Crawford, IN - Sept - Nov
2024 - The Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival Exhibition, Alexandria, LA - April
2024 - The 61st Annual SWS Juried Membership Exhibition, Murphy, TX - Aug - Sept
2024 - The 2024 National Watercolor Exhibition at Mark Arts, Wichita, KS, Sept - Oct
2024 - Artists Who Teach National On Line Exhibition, Fayetteville State University, NC, Sept - Dec
2204 - Award of Excellence at the Qingdao International Watercolor Exhibition, Qingdao, China
2024 - Juried into the International Society of Experimental Artists on line exhibition.
2024 - Juried into the Mark Arts International Abstract Exhibition, Wichita, KS
2025 - The San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, CA
2025 - The Heartland Art Club’s RepreSENSATIONAL 2025 Exhibition, Kirkwood, MO
2025 - The Rhode Island Watercolor Society Exhibition - Pawtucket, RI
2026 - Bronze Award from the Mid-Southern Watercolorists 56th Annual Juried Exhibition
2026 - Third Place in the West Texas Watercolor Society’s 3rd Annual Watercolor Exhibition
2026 - Awarded a Finalist in the Splash 27: The Best of Watercolor.
Recent Other Showings:
HBO Television Series “True Detective” for the 2019 season
Studio 300, Rogers, AR, Dec 2018 thru April, 2019
Art Emporium, Fayetteville, AR, Feb, 2019 thru April, 2019
R G Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, KS, May, 2019. 3 person Exhibition
Local Color Gallery, Fayetteville, AR, November 2019 -January 2020; 4 person exhibition.
Community Creative Center, Fayetteville, AR January 2020 - February 2020 Solo Exhibition
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO June2021 to August 2021 for Watercolor USA Exhibition
Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO August, September, & October, 2020; January, 2021 Group Exhibitions
Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary Gallery, Plano, TX for October, 2020 Group Exhibition
Local Color Studio Gallery, Fayetteville, AR, December - January, 2021, 2 person Exhibition.
Watercolor Now! 2020, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar, Bluff, MO, December to January 2021, .
Fort Smith RAM exhibition from January 8, 2021 to May 18, 2021. Group Exhibition.
The Walton Art Center group exhibition, Fayetteville, AR; Our Art, Our Region, Our Time Exhibition, October, 2021.
The Art Collective Gallery, Rogers, AR, July to current date, 2024
Watercolor Now! 2026 Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI. April thru May. Group Exhibition.
Representation:
Art Emporium, Fayetteville, AR, The ANA Gallery, Rogers, AR, The Art Gallery at the Mall, Fayetteville, AR