Tamara Johnson

Colander with Spongeand Clip, 2021
Hydrocal gypsum, silver leaf, resin, fiberglass, acrylic paint
10 x 12 x 4 inches

Colander with Party Popper, 2023
Hydrocal gypsum, copper, fiberglass, cotton, Tyvek, epoxy putty, enamel, silver leaf and oil-based paint, 10 x 12 x 4 inches

Colander with Blonde Bobby Pins, 2021
Hydrocal gypsum, fiberglass, wire, epoxy putty, enamel and acrylic paint
9-1/2 x 10 x 4-1/2 inches

Colander with Deviled Egg and Pickled Okra, 2021
Hydrocal gypsum, pigmented sand, fiberglass, resin, enamel, acrylic and oil-based paint
9-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches

Cracker, 2023
pewter, wire, oil-based paint
2-1/4 x 2 x 1/4 inches, edition of 30

Deviled Egg, 2023
resin, epoxy putty, pigmented sand, and oil-based paint
2-1/2 x 1-3/4 x 2 inches, edition of 30

Forever Blue Tape #1, 2023
Tyvek, gouache
2-1/2 x 2-1/4 x 1/16 inches

Colander with Drill Bit and Fake Eyelash, 2021
Hydrocal gypsum, fiberglass, epoxy putty, Trey Burns’s hair, silver leaf, enamel and acrylic paint, 9-1/2 x 11 x 3-1/2 inches

Colander with Cracker and Vine, 2023
Hydrocal gypsum, pewter, fiberglass, copper wire, Tyvek, epoxy putty, enamel and oil-based paint, 10 x 9-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches

Colander with Sparkler and Fake Braces, 2021
Hydrocal gypsum, fiberglass, wire, resin, Tyvek, enamel and acrylic paint
14 x 9 x 5-1/2 inches

Born Waco, Texas
Currently lives and works in San Marcos, Texas

Education
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RHode Island
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Public Projects
Public Art Commission with Art in Public Places (AIPP), Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX. 2026 (upcoming)
Picnic, Maria Hernandez Park, in conjunction with NYC Parks & Rec, Brooklyn, NY. 2018
Backyard Pool, @ The Lot in conjunction with Socrates Sculpture Park and Rockrose Development Corp., Long Island City, NY. 2014
PATHWAYS: PAST/PRESENT, Moran Plant in conjunction with Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT. 2014
A Public Pool, EAF 13: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY. 2013

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
Solo exhibition, Women & Their Work, 2027 (upcoming)
Get me, Don’t get me, Keijsers Koning Gallery, Dallas, TX. 2025 (upcoming)
Currents 123, Saint. Louis Art Museum (SLAM), St. Louis MO. 2024
House Salad, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX. 2023
Squeeze, Tweeze, Please, MAD Arts, Dania Beach, FL. 2021
The Philosophy of Goo, in collaboration with Trey Burns, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY. 2020
How to fold a fitted sheet, ex ovo, Dallas, TX. 2020
Nasher Windows Series, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX. 2020
Bold Notion, The CORE: CLUB, New York, NY. 2018
No Your Boundaries, CUE Art Foundation, NY, NY. 2016
An Interior Complex, Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY. 2015
Open to the Public, Rooster Gallery Contemporary Art: THE BATHROOM Project Space, NY, NY. 2014
Immaterial Labor, Callicarpa Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. 2012

Selected Group Exhibitions
Group exhibition, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX (upcoming)
Made You Look, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Funhouse, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, NY. 2025
GUI/GOOEY, Plexus Projects, collaboration with Trey Burns, Brooklyn, NY. 2024
Bushcrafters, The Second Act Gallery, London UK & Prism Contemporary, Blackburn, UK. 2024
Extra Taste, International Objects, Brooklyn, NY. 2024
Moon of a Moon, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX. 2024
House Party, ARTSPACE, Wimberley, TX. 2023
Château Château, The Aldredge House, Dallas, TX. 2023
Exhibitionists: Art By Artists Who Curate, Walter’s, Amsterdam, NY. 2023
Breathing Among Werewolves, Keijsers Koning, Dallas, TX. 2023
(UUU) Unbounded Unleashed Unforgiving: Reconsidering Cyberfeminism in 2021, Virtual exhibition on New Art City hosted by College Art Association and the New Media Caucus, 2021
Continuum, Carillon Gallery at Tarrant County College South, Ft Worth, TX. 2020
2019 Tuesday Evenings at the Modern: Films, Ft Worth Modern Museum, Ft. Worth, TX. 2019
You’re Invited! Spring Break Art Show 2019, New York, NY, 2019
Word/Play - SoundSpace, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, 2019
Shady Acres, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 2019
Summer Lovin', Air Mattress Gallery, New York, NY, 2018
81: the shape of things to come, LatchKey Gallery, New York, NY, 2018
Call and Response, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2017
SPRING BREAK Art Show, Fata Morgana, 4 Times Square, New York, NY, 2017
12 x 12, 2016, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY. 2016
GOING HARD: Digbeth First Friday Film Screenings, Grand Union Gallery, Birmingham, UK. 2016
U.K Performance Festival, Green River Project Room, Hillsdale, NY. 2016
SURPH, The Barn Show, East Hampton, NY. 2015
Positioning Systems, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2015
Immediate Female, Judith Charles Gallery, New York, NY. 2015                     
INFLUX 2014 pt. 1, CR10 Arts, Hudson, NY. 2014
Fluid, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY. 2014
DALLAS BIENNIAL DB14, Eastfield College Gallery, Dallas, TX. 2014
VIDEOROVER: Season 7, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2013

Collections
Saint Louis Art Museum, Cracker with Cheese, St Louis, MO
Old Jail Art Center, Cracker #2, Albany, NY