Mary Frisbee Johnson Professor of Art drawing and painting Mary Frisbee Johnson (MFA, University of Cincinnati) has taught for thirty years in many areas of art study: drawing, painting, foundations, mixed-media, art appreciation, and contemporary art seminars. At UNI, she teaches drawing, and professional practices—a course about building a successful career in the arts. She is the author of Visual Workouts: A Collection of Artmaking Problems, a foundations textbook published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Her work in drawing, installation sculpture, mixed media sculpture, and metals has been exhibited extensively in over eighty national and international exhibitions, including twenty solo exhibitions, and is in the collection of the British Museum in London. Recent exhibitions include: Solo exhibition, New Works in Tin and Silver, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee State University, Smithville TN (2008). Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition, Russian State Pedagogical University, St Petersburg, Russia (2008). 25th Anniversary Smithsonian Crafts Show, National Building Museum, Washington DC (2007). Anti-War Medals Re-Visited, Gallery IO, New Orleans LA (2007). The Game Show, Portland Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland OR (2006). Work currently exhibited at Artisan’s Gallery, New York NY; Gallery MIM (Made In Metal), Baltimore MD; and Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco CA. For more examples of her work, click here to visit her website. contact <maryfrisbee.johnson@uni.edu> Please note The copyright for any and all artwork on this website belongs to its originators. • • • http://www.maryfrisbeejohnson.com/mailto:maryfrisbee.johnson@uni.eduhttp://www.maryfrisbeejohnson.com/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
department of art faculty and staff university of northern iowa Recent works by Mary Frisbee Johnson— Above Cartouche (Two Peas In A Pod). Brooch: Cast, etched, and fabricated sterling silver, lithographed tin, gold leaf, gold-plated bolts. 4 1/4” x 1 1/2” x 7/16”. Below Tee Many Martoonies. Brooch: Cast, etched, and fabricated sterling silver, lithographed tin, anodized bolts 4 1/8” x 2 1/8” x 5/16”. Left Catch and Release. Brooch: Cast and fabricated sterling silver, lithographed tin. 4 1/8” x 2 1/8” x 5/16.