Johnna Arnold is an artist, photographer, educator and urban farmer based in Oakland, CA. Her work revolves around human beings, the environments we build, and the ways these systems affect our lives.
Johnna has exhibited at venues including the Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco Camerawork, the Oakland International Airport, and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. She recently created public projects sponsored by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and by the Oakland Museum of California. Johnna has worked as an Artist-in-Residence at Banff Center for the Arts, Kala Art Institute, the Vermont Studio Center, and RayKo Photography. Her work is a part of multiple public collections including Pier 24 in San Francisco and UNESCO in Paris, France. She received her BA in Photography from Bard College in 1996, and her MFA from Mills College in 2005. She currently teaches photography classes at the San Francisco Art Institute and at the University of San Francisco. She is a board member of Photo Alliance, a studio member at Real Time & Space, and is the co-director of the Peralta native garden in Oakland, CA.
Contact: johnna.arnold at gmail.com
