Benjamin Johnsen

EDUCATION

2009 MFA University of New Mexico - Albuquerque

2005 BFA University of Nebraska - Lincoln

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-Present Inventory Supervisor Crozier Fine Arts (Acquired Global Art Transport 2022)

2017-2019 Art Handler Global Art Transport

2016-2017 Fine Arts Area Coordinator & Gallery Director University of New Mexico-Valencia

2008-2009 Gallery Director John Sommers Gallery

2007-2008 President Graduate Art Association-University of New Mexico

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017-2023 Adjunct Faculty College of Southern Nevada Sculpture I, Ceramics I, Design Fundamentals I&II (2-D, 3-D)

2016-2017 Visiting Lecturer III University of New Mexico-Valencia Sculpture I, Art Practices II (3-D Design), Shop Foundations, Ceramics I&II, Special Topics: 123D Create (3-D Printing Primer), Art History 101

2013-2016 Adjunct Faculty University of New Mexico-Valencia Sculpture I, Art Practices II (3-D Design), Shop Foundations, Ceramics I&II, Special Topics: 123D Create (3-D Printing Primer), Art History 101

AWARDS

2016 Adjunct Professor of the Year University of New Mexico-Valencia

LECTURES

2013 Artist Lecture Faculty Show, UNM-Valencia Campus Gallery (Los Lunas, NM)

2011 Artist Lecture Superheroes, 516 Arts (Albuquerque, NM)

2010 Guest Lecture University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

2009 Artist Lecture Re:solving Self, AC2 Gallery (Albuquerque, NM)

JUROR

2015 Belen Art League Fall Show Harvey House (Belen, NM)

2015 Art for Pet’s Sake Belen Art League Gallery (Belen, NM)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Re:solving Self AC2 Gallery (Albuquerque, NM)

DUO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Frozen In Flux (w/ Benjamin Schmitt) Windmill Public Library Gallery (Las Vegas, NV)

2018 Frozen In Flux (w/ Benjamin Schmitt) Centennial Hills Public Library Gallery (Las Vegas, NV)

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2012 ISEA2012 Albuquerque Museum of Art (Albuquerque, NM) Jury: International Program Committee

2011 Superheroes 516 Arts (Albuquerque, NM) Jury: Neilie Johnson and 516 Arts Staff

2008 Lost Time Code Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) Jury: ASU Society for Video Art

2008 Into This Waterless Land N4th Gallery (Albuquerque, NM) Jury: Jason Reed, Peter Rand, Kristin Cairo, Ashley Denton, Bethany Delahunt

2004 18th Annual Undergrad Exhibition Eisentrager-Howard Gallery (Lincoln, NE) Juror: Mark Masuoka, Director, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art

2003 Sixieme Triennale Mondiale D’estamples Petit Formate (Chamalieres Auvergne, France) Juror: Karen Kunc, Professor of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020-21 Randomly Mutual City Hall Grand Gallery (Las Vegas, NV)

2019 Faculty Show College of Southern Nevada Campus Gallery (Las Vegas, NV)

2013, 14, 15, 16 Faculty Show UNM-Valencia Campus Gallery (Los Lunas, NM)

2008 All Fresh and Organic John Sommers Gallery (Albuquerque, NM)

2007 Land Arts of the American West Exhibition AC2 Gallery (Albuquerque, NM)

PUBLICATIONS

2012 ISEA2012 Catalog Radius Books

2012 Sculpture Alum Selected for ISEA Arts Magazine UNL

2011 Superheroes Review by Jon Carver, THE Magazine (November)

2009 Re:solving Self Catalog, Blurb Press (Self Published)

2003 Sixieme Triennale Mondiale D’estamples Petit Formate Catalog