ANNA ELISE JOHNSON
Born in Starnberg, Germany

EDUCATION
2012 MFA, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 BFA, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

WORK IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Vertical Ground, The Mission Projects, Chicago, IL
2021 West Texas Earthworks, Cris Worley Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2019 So-called Reality, Off1c1na, Rome, Italy   
2018 Second Sight, Cris Worley Fine Art, Dallas TX
2016 Structural Adjustment, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
2013 Slantwise, Otherwise, Blaffer Art Museum, Windows into Houston, Houston, TX
2012 Congress Applauding Reagan, April 28, 1981, Windows on Main, Houston, TX
2011 We Cannot Accept Position, Lage Egal, Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Passing Through, Logan Center, Chicago, IL
 Summer, Maple Street Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
 Garden II, Ladies’ Room, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Nomad, Torrance Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
 Unfamiliar Appearing, Maple Street Construct, Omaha, Nebraska. 
 Back to the Garden, CADD SPACE, Dallas, TX
 Garden, Ladies’ Room, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Mythopoeia in Three Acts, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
 Waves, Ladies’ Room, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Selections, Cris Worley Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2018 Landscapes, Space Gallery, Denver
2016 Patternmaster, W Hotel, Los Angeles
 Sapphire, Weinberg/ Newton Gallery, Chicago. IL
 Flat Foldability, Harmony Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 Looking Askance, Gallery SKE, New Delhi
 Looking Askance, The University of Chicago Delhi Center, New Delhi
 EXPO CHGO, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
 Ambassadors, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
 Linear Imaginations: Whistles, visions, fields and figures along the lines of Gego, curated by Patrik Haggren, Sicardi Gallery   Houston, TX
2014 Miami Project, THE MISSION, Miami, FL
 Moments in the System, THE MISSION, Houston, TX
 Brucennial, New York, NY
 Core Group Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
 Moving, Not Moving, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2013 Mass Media, Mixed Media, Chuchifritos Gallery & Project Space, New York, NY
 Core Group Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
2012 Art and Politics, Hewitt Gallery of Art, New York, NY
 2084, Slovenian Cinematheque, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 On Loan, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
 Wildernesses, Logan Center, Chicago, IL
 Annual Juried Show, DOVA Temporary, Chicago, IL
2011 MDW Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2010 Heilige Lüge, Art Space informal, Berlin, Germany
2009 Lay Down Your Ruler, Schleiermacher Gallery, Berlin, Germany
 Group Exhibition, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2007 Play, Glogauer Residency, Berlin, Germany
 Group Exhibition, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Juried Photography Show, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
 Hallway Pieces: Ongoing Interactive Installations, 123 Lanvale Street, Baltimore, MD
2005 Art in Human Motion, Fredricksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredricksburg, VA
 Photographic Image Biennial, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2004 Photography: A Moment in Time, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, MO
 Best of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO
 National Computer Art Invitational Exhibition, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA
 The Minnesota National Print Biennial, Minneapolis, MN
 The Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Warrensburg, MO
2003 The Best of America, Osage Beach, MO

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Maple Street Construct Artist Residency, Omaha, NB
2012-2014 Core Program Fellow, Houston, TX
2014 Rice University Adjunct Faculty, Human Figure Drawing, Houston, TX
2013 Rice University Adjunct Faculty, Drawing 1, Houston, TX
2012 Rice University Adjunct Faculty, Drawing 1, Houston, TX
Smart Museum of Art, Drawing teach, Sketching at The Smart Museum
Painting Assistant for David Robbins at The Smart Museum’s show “Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art”, Chicago, IL
2011 Tottenham Hale International Studio’s Residency Program, London, England
2008-2010 Artist’s Assistant for Julie Mehretu, Berlin, Germany
2007 Artist’s Assistant for Roger Hayden Johnson