Joanne Jackson Johnson
{{short description|Canadian photographer (born 1943)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Joanne Jackson Johnson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|10|17|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba
| education = B.S. from University of Manitoba (1965)
MFA from University of Minnesota (1972)
| occupation = Photographer
}}
Joanne Jackson Johnson (born 1943) is a Canadian photographer.{{cite web |title=Artist/Maker name "Johnson, Joanne Jackson" |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=8275 |website=www.app.pch.gc.ca | date=October 17, 2012 |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=16 August 2019 |ref=GovCanada}}
Early life and education
Johnson was born on October 17, 1943, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/joanne-jackson-johnson|title=Joanne Jackson Johnson|website=National Gallery of Canada|access-date=May 8, 2019}} In 1965, Johnson received a BS from the University of Manitoba. In 1972, Johnson received an MFA in Film and Photography from the University of Minnesota.{{cite web |last1=Lyon |first1=Joyce |title=Metaphors Metamorphs & Just Pictures |url=https://umanitoba.ca/schools/art/media/gallery_1984_JoanneJacksonJohnson.pdf |website=www.umanitoba.ca |publisher=University of Manitoba |accessdate=15 August 2019 |ref=UManitoba-Lyon |page=16 |date=1984}}
Career and photographs
Johnson was a founding member of the Winnipeg Film Group and has served on its board since its founding in 1974. From 1974 to 1977, Johnson worked for the National Film Board of Canada and commercial companies doing freelance film work. Since 1977, Johnson has been an assistant professor of photography at the School of Art at the University of Manitoba. Johnson's photographs are held in collections at the National Gallery of Canada and Winnipeg Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wag.ca/art/recent-acquisitions/display,item/68755|title=Recent Acquisitions: Kangirsuk (Payne Bay), Nunavik (QC) May 1982, 1982|website=Winnipeg Art Gallery|access-date=May 8, 2019}}
Selected exhibitions
- Photographs: Clayton Bailey, Joanne Jackson Johnson, David McMillan, Three-person Exhibition; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Winnipeg, Manitoba (1977){{Cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/resources/searches/runChronoSearch.html?languagePref=en&qcategory=The+Winnipeg+Effect|title=Canadian Art Chronology, The Winnipeg Effect|website=Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art|access-date=May 8, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216151218/http://ccca.concordia.ca/resources/searches/runChronoSearch.html?languagePref=en&qcategory=The+Winnipeg+Effect|url-status=dead}}
- Joanne Jackson Johnson: Colour Photographs, Arthur Street Gallery (Plug In Inc.); Winnipeg, Manitoba (1980)
- Midstream in Mainstreet: New Photographs [Joanne Jackson Johnson], Solo Exhibition; Plug in Inc.; Winnipeg, Manitoba (1983)
- Joanne Jackson Johnson: Metaphors Metamorphs & Just Pictures, Gallery 1.1.1.; School of Art, University of Manitoba; Winnipeg, Manitoba (1984)
- Joanne Jackson Johnson [Lecture], Public Lecture; Floating Gallery; Winnipeg, Manitoba (1984)
- Arts Manitoba: Issue 12 [Joanne Jackson Johnson] is published, Border Crossings; Winnipeg, Manitoba (1984)
References
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Further reading
- Robertson, Sheila (1981). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34927195/robertson_sheila_1981_photos/ Photos develop mundane themes]. Star-Phoenix, P. 93.
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Category:Artists from Winnipeg
Category:University of Manitoba alumni
Category:University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni