Tsehai Johnson

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Tsehai Johnson

Professor of Art

Art

Biography

Notable exhibitions exhibitions include Denver Art Museum (Colorado), Plus Gallery (Colorado), Biennale Internationale de Vallauris, Magnelli Museum (France), White Columns (New York City, NY), and the World Ceramic Biennale (Korea). Collections include the Museum of Ceramics (New York), Museum of Outdoor Arts (Colorado), and the Reyzjanesbaer Art Museum, (Iceland). She is the recipient of a Colorado Council of the Arts Fellowship and residencies in Spain, Iceland and at Platteforum in Denver, Colorado. Johnson was recently awarded an Art in Architecture Commission for the Rogers Federal Building in Denver, CO.

Research Interests

    My research interests explore the boundaries between public and private life. Creative avenues of inquiry include performative events and installations encouraging reflection on the tensions between control, function, and chaos as expressed through the objects that populate our daily lives. Using porcelain objects, interactive installations, and performance I utilize references to dense ornamentation and its social and cultural role as a signifier of individual behavior.

Teaching Interests

    I embrace both a multi-disciplinary approach to art production and a material based practice that is inclusive of the history and traditions of the ceramic material. This includes a critical and theoretical embrace of the history of the material and a commitment to contemporary studio production in ceramics that emphasizes critical thinking and problem solving and a thorough understanding of a broad spectrum of contemporary art, its trends, theories and histories.

Education

Other in Ceramics

University of Colorado

Other in Ceramics

Massachusetts College of Art

BA in Art History

Reed College

Personal Website

https://www.tsehaijohnson.com

Published Works

    Johnson, T. T. (2020). Pink Progression: Collaborations. , Johnson, T. T. (2014). FLOW: 2014 NCECA Ceramic Arts Invitational. . . Johnson, T. T. (2012). Overthrown: Clay without Limits: A Review. Ceramics: Art and Perception, www.ceramicart.com.au Johnson, T. T. (2012). Distinguished Co-Lecture: Curatorial Perspectives. National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts, www.NCECA.net Johnson, T. T. (2011). Overthrown: Clay Without Limits. . . Johnson, T. T. (2011). From Porcelain Forests to Pre-Columbian Pubic Covers (By Way of Your Grandmother’s Tea Set). California Literary Review, Johnson, T. T. (2010). 2010 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris. 2010 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris (Exhibition catalogue). Somogy Editions D'Art. Johnson, T. T. (2010). Artist's Footprints. Redline, Johnson, T. T. (2010). Field #11. Artforum, Johnson, T. T. (2009). 500 Ceramic Sculptures. Sterling Publisher, Johnson, T. T. (2008). Confrontational Ceramics. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Johnson, T. T. (2006). The Knitting of Time. The Knitting of Time (Exhibition catalogue). . Johnson, T. T. (2005). NCECA 2005 Clay National. NCECA 2005 Clay National (Exhibition catalogue). NCECA. Johnson, T. T. (2003). Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics. Rutgers University Press, Johnson, T. T. (2003). World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International Competition. , Johnson, T. T. (2003). Gloria and Regarding Gloria exhibit review by Barbara Pollack. ArtNews, Johnson, T. T. (2002). Eroticism in Ceramics. NCECA Journal 2002, www.NCECA.net