clay johnson

Who Is This Guy?

Clay Johnson was born and raised in Durham, NC, where he studied art and art history at Duke University, receiving a B.A. degree in 1985. He then worked for three years as assistant to painter Robert Natkin in Connecticut and New York City. After several years each in San Francisco and Washington, DC, he now lives and works in Corvallis, OR.

Mr. Johnson is a nationally known artist whose work has been widely exhibited and is featured in many prominent collections.

Selected Exhibitions

2004
  • Art of the Twentieth Century, Park Avenue Armory, New York
2003
  • Clay Johnson: New Paintings, District Fine Arts, Washington DC
2002
  • Gallery Artists, Samson Fine Arts, New York
  • Clay Johnson: New Paintings, District Fine Arts, Washington DC
  • Poetic Minimalism, District Fine Arts, Washington DC
  • 14th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Park Avenue Armory, New York
2001
  • Gallery Artists, Samson Fine Arts, New York
  • 13th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Park Avenue Armory, New York
2000
  • 12th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Park Avenue Armory, New York
1999
  • Small Works, District Fine Arts, Washington DC
  • Talent 1999, New Artists / New Works, Samson Fine Arts, New York
  • 11th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Park Avenue Armory, New York