Sandee Shaffer Johnson
Formal Education
1997-1999 Art Studies, BKO Kunst School, Brussels (Overijse), Belgium
1973 BA Randolph Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA
1975 MS Florida State University, Tallahassee, FLA
1976 Art graduate studies, Universidad de las Americas, Cholulu, Mexico
Additional Arts Education
Independent Study, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Residency program, Balatonfured, Hungary (HMC); 2 separate residences, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany;one year sabbatical painting all over Europe; employed as an art teacher in Bucaramanga, Colombia; art workshops in San Sano, Italy; Bonn, Germany; gave workshop in Giverny, France; workshops in Goldegg, Austria; Castillo San Rafael, Spain; Coupeville Art Center, WA.; Arrowmont School of Art, TN.; Bellevue College Art Dept., Bellevue, WA.; Arts Workshop Series, Menucha, OR.; Kanuga Watermedia; Wildacres, Ringling School of Art; Springmaid Myrtle Beach; Cullowhee Mountain Arts Workshops; Berlin master residency with Inez Fritschy; residency, Art Annex:St. Louis, Missouri and San Fidel, New Mexico; residencies at Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico; 360 Xochi Quetzal personal residency, Chapala, Mexico
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2024 Botanica, Eveleth Green Gallery, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2023 Confluence, Aurora Loop Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2023 SummerWall (virtual) Budapest, Hungary
2021 OpenWall (virtual) Budapest, Hungary
2021 Pen & Ink, Grover Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2021 ArtWall Women, (virtual)Budapest, Hungary
2020 ArtWall, Robinson Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Color, Baupres Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico
2017 Palazzo del'Annunzia, Matera del'Annunzia, Italy
2017 America on Edge, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon Tryon, NC
2017 To Live is to Create, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, VA
2017 Holy Gospel of the Free Market, Portiuncula Guild, Bedford, VA
2017 Palazzo del’Annunzia, Matera, Italy
2016 Skin Deep, A.A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow, Russia
2016 Botanica, Arboretum Education Ctr. Asheville, NC
2014 Proliferation: The Art of Sandee Johnson, Andrew Charles Gallery, Asheville, NC
2013 Masks, Africa House, Lynchburg, VA.
2010 Four Facets, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2010 Inspired by Africa, Africa House, Lynchburg, VA
2007 Day Bright, Gallery 24, New York, NY
2004/5 Musique, Passage du Nord, Brussels, Belgium
2004 Politicide, Salon Berlin, Artline Berlin, Germany
2004/5 Retrospective, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
2003/6 Château d'Argenteuil, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Le Souffle de L'Esprit, Salles Royales, Eglise de la Madeleine,
Paris, France
2006 A Study in Contrasts, Beeld en Kunst, Lovenjoel, Belgium
2004 Vessels, Gallery Charlotte Van Lorreinen, Brussels, Belgium
2003 Classical Renditions, Gallerie Kwart Cirkel, Brussels, Belgium
2003 Detail Abstrait, Gallerie de Madeleine, Brussels, Belgium
1998 Collage Rétrospective, Gallérie Trièdre, Ohain, Belgium
1998 Photo Journey, St. John’s International, Waterloo, Belgium
1997 Gallérie L N'est Pas C, Genval, Belgium
1995 Invitational One Woman Show, Lake Oswego, OR
1995 Retrospective, White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
1995 Works on Paper, Sidney Gallery, Port Orchard, WA
1995 A Retrospective, Photographic Image Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1994 State of the Arts Gallery, Olympia, WA
1993 Past and Present, City Hall, Federal Way, WA
1992 Contrasts, Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Crossing Borders GAP, Nine Eighteen Nine Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2024 Crossing Borders GAP, Westbeth Gallery, NYC, NY
2024 Women of Global Art Project, San Ramon Art Ctr, San Ramon, CA
2023 Frags and Flargen, GAP, Gallery Artisjok, Lier, Belgium
2023 Process, invitational show, Aurora Loop Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2023 Fresh Talent, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
2023 Invitational, Summer Gallery Wall, (virtual) Hungary
2023 Love Explodes in Red, GAP, Margian Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023 What's This Thing Called Love? Aurora Loop Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2023 Collage Collection Musee Artcolle, Plemet, France
2023 The Exquisite Corpse, Aurora Loop Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2022 Dislocations: Artists' Books, GAP, Lafeyette Public Library, Lafayette, CA
2022 invitational Group Collection, Musee ArtColle, Plemet, France
2022 The Drawing Box, Diablo Valley College, Diablo , CA
2022 Invitational, Wall Support of Ukraine (virtual) Hungary
2021 37th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Collage Society (virtual)
2021 Printmaker's Hand V, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA
2021 Rhythm of Light, PNW Fiber and Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA
2021 Lost Words, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA
2021 Collage Art, Retro Avangarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2021 Rhythm of Light, juried, PNW Fiber and Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA
2021 Paste, Paper, Scissors, juried, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Pandemic, ArtWall, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Women of GAP, Gallerie Renee Marie, Benicia, CA
2020 NWCS, Collaging Through a Pandemic, (virtual)
2020 ArtWall Flow/Summer Flow, selected virtual, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Just Passing Through, Juried, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA
2020 Collage Art, Juried, RetroAvangarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2020 Paradigm Art Expo, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Selected Collection Exhibition, Collage Museum, Pleumet, France
2019 No Mind, Global Art Project, East Village Art View Gallery, NYC NY
2019 Botanicals, Carolina Art Gallery, Highland, NC
2018. ArtWall 101, K11 Art & Cultur Ctr. Budapest, Hungary
2018 Visual Strategies, Clearwater Gallery, Concord, NC
2018 Juried, OSTEN4ART, OSTEN Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia
2018 Environment, Juried, DUAL Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2018 . Quadrafuss, Juried, Gallery 66, St Fidel, NM
2018 Radar II, Harrison-Lobdell Gallery, Sarasota Springs, NY
2018 Juried exhibition, Asheville Arts Council, Asheville NC
2018 Radar, Juried NAWA, Arterly 160 Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Juried, NCS Exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Il.
2017-18 With Our Eyes Open, Thompson Gallery, Cambridge, Weston, MA
2017-18 4th “Enter into Art,” Traveling exhibition in Germany, Bad Breisig, Bonn-Konigswinter, Cologne, Weissenthrum, Kobern-Gondorf
2017 Awagami Print Exhibition, Hall Awa, Tokushima, Japan
2017 Global Art Project, Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico
2017 Works on Paper, Coffey & Thompson, Charlotte, NC
2016. Botanica, Juried NAWAm Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, MA
2016 Rise Up, Juried, Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
2016 Continuum, NAWA, Juried, Fountain Street Fine Art, Framington, MA
2016 ARTE International, Palazzo del’Annunziata, Matera, Italy
2016 12X 12, Quadrafuss, NX2, Berlin, Germany
2015 Award, National Collage Society Juried Exhibition
2015 WIA, Juried “Artists and Poetry” WSAC Broadway Mall NYC
2015 ISEA Juried Show, Dennos Museum Ctr. Traverse City MI
2015 Invitational artist, Alizarin Galler, Durham, NC
2015 4 Invitational exhibitions, Andrew Charles Gallery, Asheville, NC
2014 ISEA Juried Exhibition, NWS Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2014 Library Thoughts 4, Hegyvidek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Multiple Invitational themed shows, Andrew Charles Gallery, Asheville, NC
2014 Hot and Cold, juried, Gallery 310, Asheville, NC
2014 ISEA juried International Exchange, Big Arts Center, Sanibel Island, Florida
2014 ISEA juried International Exchange, NWS, San Pedro, CA
2014 ISEA juried International Exchange, Art Central, Barry, Wales
2014 River of Art 2, WIA, Gallery 310, Asheville NC
2013 NIJIIRO, invitational international exhibition, Castel dell’Ovo Gallery, Naples, Italy
2013 SDA exhibition, Gallery SaySi, San Antonio, Texas
2013 Transfiber and Paper, Juried, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio
2013 Desert in Bloom, International Paper Biennial, Juried, Beer-Shava Artists House, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2013 La Liberte est un collage, Centre Culturel Tcheque, Paris, France
2013 Home and Habitat, WIA, New York Public Library, Riverside, NYC
2013 ISEA/NWS Wales International Exhibit, juried, traveling show
2013 ISEA 22nd Annual International Art Exhibit, juried, Philips Gallery, Sanibel Island
2013 Invited artist, Gallery Asheville, Asheville, NC
2013 Blooming Desert, Ein Afeq, near Haifa, Israel
2013 Juried, National Collage Society Annual Exhibition
2012-11 Atelier Gallery, Asheville, NC
2011 Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2011 Digital Unity, ANNEX:art, Berlin and Lubzow, Germany
2011 River of Art From NY to Asheville, 310 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2011. WIA exhibit, Callahan Gallery, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Juried, Library Thoughts, Raday Konyveshaz Gallery, Budapest
2011 One World, Traveling Exhibit, Manila Philippines and elsewhere
2011 Lab AD, BECA, award winner, New Studio AD, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Wild Ones and Wax, 310 Art Gallery, Asheville, NC
2010 Paperoad, IAPMA, Juried, Seoul, Korea
2010 Collage International, Juried, Loft Galerie, Paris, France
2010. Initiative de Peinture, Musée de Poste, Paris, France
2010 Cartasia Biennale d’Art, Lucca, Italy
2007-13 Amateras Juried Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 Juried IAPMA Exhibit, Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2006-13 International Collage, Juried, Art Colle, Hauts de Belleville, Paris
2009 12 X 12 X 122, BECA Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009 International Invitational Calligraphic Exhibit, Seoul, Korea
2009 Juried, High Fiber, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2009 Juried, Paper Art Exhibition, Amateras Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Juried, Paper Global, Stadtmuseum, Deggendorf, Germany
2009 My Paper, My Land, Creative Paper Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
2008 International Salons, SIAC 2008, Marseille, France
2008 Art Collage, Invitational, Schaerbeek Hotel Communal, Brussels
2007 Juried, Psalms International, Beith Ariela Gallery, Bible Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006 International Dialogue of Calligraphers, Beijing, China
2006 Korean Hanji Festival, Jeon-Buk Ctr., Jeonju City, Korea
2006. HMC, EU Gallery, Central European Cultural Institute, Budapest
2006. Juried, International Salon, Galerie Gradska, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2006 Juried, Art International Shanghai. Shanghaimart, China
2006 International Collaboration, Galleri Nytorget, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Keki Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Juried, SupreMADIsm, National Ctr Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2005/6 API, Centre Culturel de Woluwe St. Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
2006/8 Mobil MADI Museum, Gyor Hungary and Bratislava, Slovakia
2005 East and West, Gallery Ginza, Himawari, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Movement MADI International, Galerie Orion, Paris, France
2005 Monarch Park and Gallery, Olympia, WA
2005 Selected artist, auction, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2004-6 Selected artist, Galerie Themax, Geneva, Switzerland
2005-7 Juried, Embarquement pour la Paix, Jeruselum, Israel, Hôtel George V, Paris; Nice, Marseille, Aix-en Provence, Vézelay , France
2002-6 Salle Royale, l'église de la Madeleine, Paris, France
2005 International Assemblage Art Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2004-6 Galerie Kwart Cirkel, Brussels, Belgium
2004-6 Juried shows, Pepperton Gallery, London, England
2004-8 Gallerie Varmes, Geneva, Switzerland
2004/3 Juried, Showcase winner, Manhattan Arts, New York, NY
2004-6 EUROP'ART, Expo Center, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 Juried photo show, Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY
2004 IAPMA exhibition, Sori Arts Center, Korea
2004 Juried, The Erotic Nude, Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Red Room Gallery, Balatonfured, Hungary
2004 Juried exhibition, Centre Culturel Bellreguard, Gandia, Spain
2004 Juried, L'Orangerie du Château des Célestins, Marcoussis, France
2003 Featured artist, Gallerie GNG, Paris, France
2003/4 Juried, Galerie L'Amis des Lettres, Bordeaux, France
2003 API, Vertebra Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2003-1 State of the Arts Gallery, Olympia, WA
2001-5 White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, ORE
2001 Echoes from the Past, Tuggerangong Art Ctr. Canberra, Australia
2001-9 LVG-Rotating artwork in corporations in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, England, Holland
2001-5 Brussels Art Connection, Traveling Exhibit in Belgium
1998 Juried, Camera 98, Knokke-Duinbergen, Belgium
1998 Artistieke ontmoetingen met de Britse Gemeenschap, Brussels
1996 Invitational artist, Milner Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA
1996 Featured artist, White Dove Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1996 NLAPW Juried show, Charles Sumner Museum, Washington DC
1995/6 Juried, Washington Ctr for the Performing Arts, Olympia WA
1995/6 Featured artist, The Collection Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995-7 Featured artist, Aesthetics Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1995/6 Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
1994/3 Juried shows, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1994 NLAPW Juried Show, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Ctr. New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2013 L’art du collage au cœur de la creation, Paris, France
2013-2015 Dictionaire des collagistes contemporains
2012 La Liberte e’st un collage
2006-9 L'art du collage a l'aube du 21eme siècle, Books I and III
1995-2012 Multiple international and national exhibition catalogs
2005 Personal interview, Art Interview on Line Magazine, Edition 002, Berlin, Germany, international coverage
2003-2015 Countless international press articles and features
2006-9 International Graphics Fine Art Collection
2005 Photographe, Baiser de Pierre Craintive, L'Harmattan, Paris
2002 Poetry of Color, solo photographer, gold prize-winning calendar, Progress Printing, US
2001 North American Indian Myth collection, solo artist, Brussels
1998 Camera 98, Solo selected photographer, Catalog, Knokke- Duinbergen. Belgium
1996 Cover and featured artist, Spring/Summer issue, "Visuel"
COLLECTIONS *
Mobil MADI Museum, Gyor/Budapest Hungary
Andreas Bocelli, Italy (internationally acclaimed singer)
Ambassador and Mrs. Martin Cheshes (American)
Ambassador and Mrs. Alex Brooking (Australian)
Ambassador Lars and Mrs. Widgemark (Swedish)
Mr. and Mrs. James Graff, Bureau Chief, Time Magazine, Paris, France
Winning Juried selection, Embarquement pour la Paix, Permanent collection, Film Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Galerie Kwart Cirkel, Brussels, Belgium
Musee Artcolle, Plemet, Bretagne, France
Collections of Mary Todd Beam and Gerald Brommer (prominent artists)
ADDENDUM
Exhibited in hundreds of public spaces and businesses on a rotating basis with LVG based in Brussels, Belgium. Work is still being displayed and for sale in Paris, France; Luxembourg; London, England; Amsterdam, Holland; Berlin, Germany; Brussels, Belgium
Represented for reproduction of the series “Vessels” by Graphics International in Germany. Work is currently being produced for posters, on canvas and also for wallpaper through a Swedish firm in London.
PERMANENT
Gallery Charlotte van Lorreinen, Brussels (Tervuren) Belgium
Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico
Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, Mississippi
* My artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and Middle East but most records were lost in the final move from Europe to the United States in 2008.