GREG JOHNSON MANIFESTO:
"I bring forth my creations from Wichita Kansas. Untainted by formal education, my works stand as unique as they are diverse. My media are the materials, tools, and techniques from my 35-year Career in the automotive collision industry. rolex gmt replica"
"Though I’ve done many 2-D pieces in acrylic and pastel, as well as some 3-D wood and soapstone, I’ve found my own unique sculpture, mining salvaged and wrecked auto Louis vuitton outlet parts, reshaping, replica rolex explorer combining them, then painting them in state of the art acrylic urethane finish."
"Creating and repairing are parallel with very different outcomes. To repair is problem solving to duplicate the original. To create is problem solving toward an unknown and dynamic conclusion."
"I’m thankful that I have found this talent. I’m like a midwife when I get into the “zone”, I’m more facilitator than creator. I love art and enjoy my work being appreciated."
- Greg Johnson -
GREG JOHNSON'S RESUME:
TIME LINE:
11-11-50 Entered this adventure in life
1967 High School job in body shop
1972-78 Commissioned body man
11-1975 First acrylic painting
1978-79 Managed dealership Body Shop
9-1979 Opened "Auto Body Complex"
1984 First art class -pastel- 3 day with Albert Handell
1996 First Gucci outletautomotive art show
SHOW HISTORY:
9-1984 Kansas State Fair-Art exhibit: First Place, overall point's winner.
12-1989 Kansas Pastel Society - annual show- Best of Show
12-1990 Kansas Pastel Society - annual show- Best of Show
10-1996 "High Octane Decadence" art show- Wichita
1996-1998 "Art at the Depot", Steamboat Springs, Colorado, vintage auto races
5-1996 "Botanarama" - Botanica, Wichita gardens Rolex Replica
7-1997 "America's Passion for the Road", Marketplace Gallery, best replica watches Wichita KS
6-1999 "Wichita Sculptors Guild" show, CityArts Wichita Kansas
6-1999 History channel, "Great Race Show", Grand Island, Nebraska
11-1999 "Rocky Mountain Rod and Custom Show" Denver Colorado
1-2000 Wichita, KS, City Hall, Selected Exhibit
6-2000 "Millennium in 3-D", CityArts, Wichita Kansas
9-2000 "Knockin Over Mailboxes", CityArts, Wichita Kansas
6-8-2001 "Customized and Converted," Automotive Art Show, Pueblo, Co
2-2002 "Sweet-Heart" Show, CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
5-2002 "Carriage Factory Show", Newton, Kansas
5-2002 "Wichita Sculptors Guild Exhibit", Wichita Center For The Arts, Wichita KS
6-2001 "Rippin off the Greek", show CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
10-2002 "Red" Show, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
12-2002 "Chrome Smoke and Flames" show Russell, Kansas
5-2003 "High Octane Decadence", Art show, CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
5-9-2003 "Plane Crazy" Wichita Kansas Civic sculptures.
7-2003 "Tiki" Showing, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
10-2003 "Day of the Dead" showing CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
11-2003 "Wichita Sculptors Guild" showing, Hutchinson Art Center, Hutchinson KS
2-2003 "Sweet Arts" CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
2-2004 "Beanifit" CityArts, Wichita, Kansas (A benefit show sale)
3-2004 "Bringin Down the House" showing at CityArts, Wichita Kansas
5-2004 "Wichita Sculptors Guild", MBT scarpe show at Coutts Art Museum, El Dorado Kansas,
5-2004 "Kansas Sampler Festival" Newton, Kansas
6-9-2004 "Baby You Can Drive My Car" show at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado.
12-20-2004 Craig Allen's Fine Art Gallery an ongoing exhibit of artworks on display in Wichita KS
04-29-2005 "IDOLOGY II" Showing at Linesight Gallery, in Wichita, Kansas
04-25-2005 "Firehouse Gallery" showing in Wichita, Kansas
06-03-2005 "Melange Gallery" showing in Wichita, Kansas
07-08-2005 "Kustom Kulture Show". CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
07-28-2005 "Art & the Automobile" showing in Courtland Art Center, Courtland, KS
08-04-2005 "A Different Point of View", a two man show at the Coutts Art Museum, El Dorado Kansas
09-17-05 Men's Ministry / Central Christian Church
10-28-05 Home Remodeling and Log Home Show, Century II , Wichita Kansas
11-08-05 En Plein Air Show, El Dorado Kansas
02-16-06 Fortunes in Art show, CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
3-24-2006 Commerce Gallery, Idology the Art of Multiple Personalities
4-22,23-2006 Great Plains Woodcarvers Show and Sale hosted the Wichita Sculptors Guild show Century II, Wichita Kansas
9-3-2006 Chrome Smoke and Swiss replica watches Flames Reignited show in Russell Kansas at the Deines Cultural Center
9-2006 Hot Rod Art Show, Boostem Gallery, El Dorado Kansas
12-2006 Acquisition of the art piece, "Broach" for the Bridgestone Firestone Cooperate office, in Bloomingdale, Ill.
1- 2007 New York Art Expo, Art Exchange slide show.
4-21,22-2007 Great Plains Woodcarvers Hosts Wichita Sculptors Guild, Wichita Kansas
7-7-2007 Hair Mechanix, Unique Art display. Final Friday, Wichita Kansas
9-7- 2007 The Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2007, Wichita Center for the Arts, Juried Show, Wichita Kansas
9-15-2007 Gallery in the Gardens, Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, Wichita Kansas
9-23-2007 St Anthony Foundation, City Concours d' Elegance, Gucci Evening Clutches Oklahoma City, Governors Mansion.
9-28-2007 Hooligan's Hot Rods Custom Car and Art Gallery Final Friday show.
10-13-2007 En Plein Air, El Dorado, Art Fair, Kansas Wichita Sculptors Guild
5-30-2008 "Eye Candor" The Fiber Studio, Wichita Kansas
5-30-2008 "Hollywood Muses", CityArts, Wichita Kansas
5-30-2008 "Omega replica Rumble in Delano" Firehouse Gallery, Wichita Kansas
5-24-2008 "Mayfest", El Dorado, Kansas
7-25-2008 "Dumpster Diving" Cityarts, Wichita Kansas
8-31-2008 "Chrome Smoke & Flames Art Show", Deines Cultural Center, Russell Kansas
10-11-2008 "En Plein Air" El Dorado , Kansas
10-31-2008 "Robot" Commerce Gallery. Go Away Garage, Wichita, Kansas
PRESS HISTORY:
10-1995 "Hatteberg's People", Television News article, Wichita, Kansas
9-5-1996 "Steamboat Today". Front picture, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
9-4-1998 "Steamboat Today", "Art that goes Vroom", Steamboat Springs CO
11-25-1998 Denver Rocky Mountain News, "Automotive Art Show Bigger", Denver CO
11-27-1998 Denver Rocky Mountain News, "Rocky Mountain Rod and Custom Show", Denver Colorado.
6-9-2000 The Wichita Eagle, "Revving Up For Sculpture", Wichita, Kansas.
3-21-2001The Wichita Eagle, Bob Getz, " Of City Halls Inner Beauty, Velocity, and High Appraisals", Wichita Kansas
6-2002 General Aviation News, "Plane Crazy", Wichita Kansas
12-3-2002 Wichita Business Journal, "Business owner finds "62 Thunderbird" source of inspiration for colorful art"
12-6-2002 Russell County Times, "Chrome, Smoke and Flames...A Celebration of Art and the Automobile" Russell, Kansas
1-12-2003 The Wichita Eagle, Wichita on Wheels, " A Crash Course in Art"
5-4-2003 The Wichita Eagle, "Where to See the Planes".
5-8-2003 F5, Magazine, "High Octane Go Back Home", Wichita Kansas
7-3-2003 The Wichita Eagle, " Wild Wichita", Wichita Kansas
7-6-2003 The Wichita Eagle, "Plane Crazy Trivia Contest", Wichita, Kansas
7-8-2003 The Wichita Times, "Plane Crazy", Wichita Kansas
11-30-2003 The Wichita Eagle, "Art Rolex replica in Parks", Wichita Kansas
5-4-2004 The El Dorado Times, "Sculpture Has Arrived At the Coutts Museum of Art"
8-2004 The Wichita Eagle "The auto goes artsy", Wichita on wheels section, Wichita Kansas
4-2006 Web Page called GREGJOHNSONSCULPTURE.COM was started on the Internet.
9-2007 Fifth annual "Gallery in the Gardens" at Botanica, Wichita Kansas
9-2007 The Wichita Eagle "Art in crafts" Entertainment/ Arts, Wichita Kansas
11/12-2007 Wichita Center for the Arts "Center News" The National All Media Craft Exhibition 2007
6-2009 The Downtowner "Special delivery" Arts, Wichita Kansas
5-2010 The Wichita Eagle "New sculptures adorn oldtown" Local & State, Wichita Kansas
11-2010 El Dorado times,
"Art in a different light", El Dorado Kansas
8-2011 The Wichita Eagle, "Local artists add distinct touches to Botanica's children's garden" Life section, Wichita Kansas, Louboutin Outlet Shoes
Member:
1983-1986- Community Art Guild
1986-1990- Kansas Pastel Society
1998 to present- Wichita Sculptors Guild
Judge:
1999-2008, Kansas "Skills USA" statewide V.I.C.A. auto body competition.
Offices:
President- Auto Body Complex, Inc. since 1979
President- Greg Johnson Sculpture, since 1996
President- Wichita Sculptors Guild, 2003 and 2004
