Sandee Shaffer Johnson
artist

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
Have taken 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;
Cullahwhee Mountain Arts Workshops
Berlin residency with Inez Fritschy
Residency, Art Annex, St. Louis, Missouri

EXHIBITIONS
Solo

• 2017 - America on Edge, Upstairs Gallery, 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 Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
• 2010/13 - 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 - Chateau d’Argenteuil, Brussels, Belgium
• 2006 - Le Souflle de L’Esprit, Salles Royales, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France
• 2006 - A Study in Constrasts, 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 Retrospective, Gallerie Tridre, Ohain, Belgium
• 1997 - Gallerie L N’est Pas C, Genval, Belgium
• 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, Tacoma, WA
• 1992 - Contrasts, Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, WA

Group

• 2017 Juried, NCS Exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Il.
• 2017 With Our Eyes Open, Thompson Gallery, Cambridge, Weston, MA
• 2017 4th “Enter into Art”, Traveling exhibition in Germany, Bad Breisig, Bonn-Konigswinter, Cologne, Weissenthrum, Kobern-Gondorf
• 2017 Awagami International Print Exhibition, Hall Awa Japanese Handmade Paper, Tokushima, Japan
• 2017 Global Art Project, Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico
• 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 - 12 X 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
• 2015-04 - Permanent Representation, Gallery Charlotte van Lorreinen, Brussels, Belgium
• 2016-13 - Invited represented artist, The Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, MISS
• 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 Liberté est un collage, Centre Culturel Tchèque, Paris, France
• 2013 - Home and Habitat, WIA, New York Public Library, Riverside, NYC
• 2011-12 - 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
• 2007-11 - Amateras Juried Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2010 - Juried IAPMA Exhibit, Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2006-11 - 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 - High Fiber, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
• 2009 - Juried Paper Art Exhibition, Amateras Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2009 - 12 X 12 X 122, BECA Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2009 - Paper Global, Stadtmuseum, Deggendorf, Germany
• 2009/7/6 - International Collage, Art Colle, Hauts de Belleville, Paris
• 2009 - My Paper, My Land, Creative Paper Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
• 2008 - Art Collage, Schaarbeek Hotel Communal, Brussels
• 2007 - Psalms International, Beith ArielaGallery, 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 - International Salon, Galerie Gradska, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2006 - Juried show, Art International Shanghai. Shanghaimart, China
• 2006 - International Collaboration, Galleri Nytorget, Stockholm,Sweden
• 2006 - Keki Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• 2006 - SupreMADIsm, National Centre for 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 - Embarquement pour la Paix, Jeruselum, Israel, Hotel George V, Paris, Nice, Marseilles, Aix-en Provence, Vezeley
• 2002-5 - Misc. group shows, Salle Royale, l’Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris
• 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 - 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 - The Erotic Nude, Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY
• 2004 - Residency exhibition, Red Room Gallery, Balatonfured, Hungary
• 2004 - Juried exhibition, Centre Culturel Bellreguard, Gandia, Spain
• 2004 - L’Orangerie du Chateau des Celestins, Marcousis, France
• 2003 - Featured artist, Gallerie GNG, Paris, France
• 2003/4 - Juried exhibition, 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
• 1997 - Artistieke ontmoetingen met de Britse Gemeenschap, Brussels
• 1995/6 - Juried, Washington Ctr for the Performing Arts, Olympia WA
• 1995/6 - Featured artist, The Collection Gallery, Seattle, WA
• 1996 - Featured artist, Aesthetics Gallery, Tacoma, WA
• 1995/6 - Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
• 1996 - NLAPW Juried show, Charles Sumner Gallery, Washington DC
• 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 création, Paris, France
• 2013 - Dictionaire des collagistes contemporains
• 2012 - La Liberté est un collage
• 2006-9 - L’art du collage à l’aube du 21ème siècle, Books I and II
• 1995-2009 - Multiple international and national exhibition catalogs
• 2005 - Personal interview, Art Interview on Line Magazine, Edition 002
• 2003-9 - Countless international press articles and features
• 2006-9 - International Graphics Fine Art Collection
• 2005 - Co-author book, Baiser de Pierre Craintive, L’Harmattan, Paris
• 2002 - Poetry of Color, prize-winning calendar, Progress Printing, US
• 2001 - North American Indian Myth collection, Brussels, Belgium
• 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.
* 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.

Permanent

Gallery Charlotte van Lorreinen, Brussels (Tervuren, Belgium
Baupres Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico
Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, Mississippi