LINDSAY JOHNSON
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Biography
Lindsay Johnson works as a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, writer, and speaker.  She earned her MAT and MEd from National-Louis University and BFA in Visual Communication from The University of Kansas.

Johnson has exhibited in galleries, museums, and festivals throughout the United States, including Reece Museum, Swope Art Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Her art can be found in numerous private and public collections, including The University of Illinois Springfield.

Johnson has been published across a variety of platforms, writing about art at the classroom and personal level. An accomplished speaker, she has led creative workshops and advocated for arts education across the United States, with appearances at UNGA Healing Arts Week and the US Play Coalition. She currently teaches at the middle school level and serves on the Teacher Advisory Council for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Artist Statement
I work across varied materials—paint, collage, clay, papier-mâché, paper, and fiber—to explore human experience as something fluid, layered, and resilient. ​Elemental motifs—water, sky, shifting horizons—recur as metaphors for interior states and emotional movement. My practice navigates the space between constraint and release, inviting reflection on how we endure, transform, and imagine more expansive ways of living.

Recent Exhibitions
The Power We Hold
Gallery 1701
Chicago, IL

Feb 11 - March 6, 2026
Terrain Biennial 2025
Chicago, IL
Oct 1 - Nov 1, 2025
Personas
Springfield Art Association
Springfield, IL
June 6 - July 30, 2025
Unseen Forces
T. Mari Gallery
Chicago, IL
June 7-June 22, 2025
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