Johnna ArnoldJohnna Arnold

Education

2005 Mills College, Oakland, CA
M.F.A. Visual Art
1996 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
BFA, Major in Photography

Exhibitions and Screenings

2007 Close Calls 2007, Headlands Center for the Arts
  Commons: Artwork of the 2nd Wednesday Salon, Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
  Art Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2006 Screening: Bay Area Shorts, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel
  MacArthur Corridor Portraits, Mills Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
  Art Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
  Art Auction, Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
  Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
  Holiday Art Fest, Blankspace, Oakland, CA
2005 Photo-Based, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
  Thirty Something, S.F. MoMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  Mills College Masters Of Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
  Art Auction, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
  Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
2004 The Murphy & Cadogan Fellowships In the Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery; San Francisco, CA
  Forth Annual Cole Valley Film Festival; San Francisco, CA
  The Big Picture, Kala Art Institute; Berkeley, CA
  Art Auction, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
  Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
2003 Some new Pictures, a two-person show; Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
  Art Auction, San Francisco Art Intstiute, CA
2002 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Traywick Gallery; Berkeley, CA
  Post-Postcard 6, Southern Exposure; San Francisco, CA
2001 Postcard 5, Southern Exposure; San Francisco, CA
  Art Auction, San Francisco Art Intstiute, CA
2000 Group Show By Gallery Artists, Traywick Gallery; Berkeley, CA
  Salon on Salon, Place Pigalle; San Francisco, CA
  Road Landscapes, a solo show, Traywick Gallery; Berkeley, CA
1999 Commotion: The 25th Anniversary Exhibition, S.F. Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
  Gen Art S.F. Emerge, hosted by the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  Post-Postcard 4, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  100 B&W International Photography Exhibition, Impression Art & Entertainment, Los Angeles
  17th Annual Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art; Alexandria, LA
1998 Midwest Photography Invitational X, Touring ten colleges and galleries throughout the Midwest United States
  Valentine’s Show, Lancomb Gallery, S.F.
1997 Cheap Art Gallery, Bread & Puppet, Glover, VT
1996 Sprout Creek Farm, Screening of a 30 minute video Documentary. Preston Theater; Bard College, NY
  Appearance and Reality, Proctor Arts Center; Bard College, NY

Professional Experience

2006- 2008 Instructor Of Digital Photography, Rayko Photo Center, S.F., CA
2006- 2007 Mentor, First Exposures, San Francisco, CA
1998- 2007 Freelance Portfolio Photographer; Oakland, CA
1997- 2007 Photography Assistant; Ian Reeves Photography
2005 Guest Lecturer, U. C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2002- 2007 Guest Lecturer, Holy Names High School, Berkeley, CA
2005 Teaching Assistant, Michael Temporio, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2004 Teaching Assistant, Catherine Wagner, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2004-2005 Instructor, Digital Photography; Mills College, Oakland, CA
2002-2006 Kala Art Institute Artist in Resident, Berkeley, CA
1991-1999 Printmaker; Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
1997 Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, VT
1992-1997 Teacher and Farmer; Sprout Creek Farm, Poughkeepsie, NY

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2006 MacArthur Corridor Portrait Photographer, a photo-documentary project funded by the James Irvine Foundation.
2005 Graduate Studies Research Grant, Mills College; Oakland, CA
  Graduate Art Alumnae Scholarship, Mills College; Oakland, CA
2004 Murphy Cadogan Fellowship Award, sponsored by the San Francisco Foundation; San Francisco, CA
  Graduate Studies Research Grant, Mills College; Oakland, CA
  Graduate Art Alumnae Scholarship, Mills College; Oakland, CA
2003 Graduate Studies Research Grant, Mills College; Oakland, CA
1999 Best Technical Photographer, Impression Art & Entertainment; Los Angeles, CA

Reviews/ Press

Tyler Green, "Miami: Ones I liked, Part Two" Arts Journal Modern Art Notes, December 12th, 2005.
Jorg Colberg, "Conscientious- Fine-Art Photography Blog"
Kelly Vance, "This Week" East Bay Express, April 7, 2004.
Lindsey Westbrook, "Some New Pictures" San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 12, 2003.
Kenneth Baker, "Traywick Transforming" San Francisco Chronicle, November 25, 2003.
Lindsay Westbrook, "Minimal Aesthetic", East Bay Express, December 18, 2002.

Publications

Mills Quarterly, Alumnae Magazine, Mills College, Fall 2006
Deep Oakland, 2007 (http://www.deepoakland.org/author?id=46)
Caesura, San Jose Center for Poetry & Literature, 1999
Word and Image, Bard College Publications Dept., 1996
Bard Papers, Bard College Student Arts Magazine, 1996

Gallery Representation

Katrina Traywick, Director,
Traywick Contemporary. Berkeley, CA
510-527-1214
http://traywick.com/gallery/arnold