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