Exhibitions

DAN JOHNSON: JOHNSON COUNTY HIGH CARNIVAL

Gallery 121 / 1900 Belmont Blvd. November 18 - December 6th

Dan Johnson

Johnson County High Carnival features a collection of carnival attraction installations exploring the dynamics of limited, finite resources. Familiar carnival attractions are reimagined in the context of dynamic historical, familial, naturalist, and mathematical concepts. This collection originated from a provocative 1892 newspaper article quote referring to a grisly hanging that occurred during the Johnson County, Wyoming Range Wars.

This exhibit is the culmination of many years of creative research for Dan Johnson, including a Spring 2024 sabbatical.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1963, Dan Johnson grew up in Wyoming. He received an AA Degree in from Casper College, a BFA from Texas Tech University, and an MFA from West Texas A&M University. Johnson practiced graphic design, creating work for numerous major brands and Fortune 500 Companies in Seattle, Texas, and Nashville. Johnson taught at Texas Tech University before founding the Design program at Belmont University in 1994. He was instrumental in the creation and development of Belmont’s College of Art. Alumni of Johnson’s programs include award winning designers in every major American market. Based on his Finnegans Wake series Johnson was awarded a fellowship in Aix-en-Provence, France from the Institute for American Universities in 2019. Professor Johnson is currently the Program Coordinator of Graphic Design at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.”