F. Geoffrey Johnson / Curriculum Vitae

Education and Workshops
2007
Tougaloo Art Colony, Tougaloo, MS
1974
Morehouse College – B.A., Political Science           

Literary Awards, Residencies, Grants
2009
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers, International Residency Fellowship, Balgowan, South Africa, Fulton County Arts Council, Fulton County, GA

Artists Registry
2012
Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs National Artist Registry

Published Poetry - Anthologies, Literary Journals, Books
2023
 OBSIDIAN Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora - Issue 48.1 - Duriel E. Harris, Editor - Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2021
Green Mountains Review - Vol: 32.2  BLACK VOICES! - Guest Editors - Tara Betts, Naomi Jackson and Keith S. Wilson - Green Mountains Review based at 
Northern Vermont University, Lyndonville, VT
2017
BRILLIANT FLAME! AMIRI  BARAKA | POETRY, PLAYS & POLITICS FOR THE  PEOPLE
Anthology - Edited by  Haki Madhubuti / Michael Simanga / Sonia Sanchez / Woodie King, Jr. - Third World Press, Chicago, IL
2014
African American Review - Volume 46.1 - Spring 2013 - Special Issue: Hip Hop & the Literary  - Candice M. Jenkins, Guest Editor - Nathan Grant, Editor - Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; The Johns Hopkins University Press, Publisher, © 2014, Baltimore, MD
2011
Reverie: Midwest African American Literature - 2011 Edition, Volume 5 - Randall Horton & Qiana Towns, Editors - Aquarius Press, Detroit, MI
Java Monkey Speaks: A Poetry Anthology​, Volume 4 - Kodac Harrison & Collin Kelley, Co-Editors - Poetry Atlanta Press
​Encounters: Poems About Race, Ethnicity and Identity – Poetry Anthology, Paula Cole Jones, Editor, Skinner House Books, Boston, MA
2010
Mythium Literary Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2,  Crystal Wilkinson & Ron Davis, Co-Editors, Lexington, KY
Black Magnolias Literary Journal – Fall Edition - C. Liegh McInnis, Publisher, Jackson, MS
2009
Brickworks – Chapbook - The Caversham Press, Balgowan, South Africa
Kara Walker-NO/ Kara Walker-YES/ Kara Walker-?  - Howardena Pindell & Cynthia Navaretta, Co-Editors – MidMarch Arts Press, Publisher
2008
How We Love / Letters and Lessons for the Next Generation, Anthology, Published by Capital BookFest
Black Magnolias Literary Journal – Vol. 2, No. 4 - C. Liegh McInnis, Publisher, Jackson, MS
The Caribbean Writer – Volume 22 – Annual Anthology – University of the Virgin Islands Press
2007
CRUX: A conversation in words and images/South Africa to South USA – Anthology - Fulton County, GA, Publisher
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine – April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2006
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2005
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
No More Silent Cries – Anthology – Floyd Boykin,Jr., Publisher – St. Louis, MO
Restoration - a collection of poetry and prose – self published
2004
Smells I See - a collection of poetry and prose – self published
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - August – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2003
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - August – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
1975
Neworld Magazine – Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1975 - Inner City Cultural Center, Publisher – Los Angeles, CA - Fred Beauford, Editor

Teaching/Speaking/Community
2011
The Crayons Girls Draw With, Self-Development Group - Re-purposed Object Art Workshop - Kennedy Middle School, Atlanta, GA - December
2009
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2008
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2007
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – February
2005
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – June
2004
Thomas G. Pullen Middle School – 5th-8th Grade - Imani Cheers, Instr.- Capital Heights, MD - September 27
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – September 18
Yari Yari Literary Group – D. Morrowloving, Founder – St. Louis, MO – July 20
Gems and Jewels – Kathy Nesbit, Admin. – Atlanta, GA - July 14
Benjamin S. Carr Honors Middle School – Atlanta, GA - March 3
Poetry Readings
2018
Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA - Felton Eaddy's Poetry Kitchen, Featured Artist - August 31
2011
Java Monkey Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA – Featured Artist – September 18
2009
The Slavery Chronicles, Wood is Wonderful Gallery- Atlanta, GA – Featured Artist – June 26
2008
Java Monkey Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA – Featured Artist – August 3
2007
The Apex Museum – Slavery: Telling the Next Generation – Featured Artist - November 10
Auburn Avenue Research Library – The Black Man Film Festival – November 3
Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA – Crux: South Africa to South USA, Reception – October 19
The Apex Museum – National Black Arts Festival – Featured Artist - July 21
2006
First Afrikan Presbyterian Church, Lithonia, GA – Featured Artist - Kwanzaa Celebration - December
2005
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA – Featured Poet – November 9
2004
Kwanzaa Celebration - St. Louis, MO - December
Kwanzaa House – Reading and Book Signing – Columbia, SC – September 11
Radio Interview – 620AM – Host, Don Ferguson – Columbia, SC – September 8
Schlafly Branch Library, St. Louis, MO – April 19
Benjamin S. Carr Honors Preparatory Middle School – Atlanta, GA - March 3
The LINKS, Inc. - Atlanta, GA - February 7

Artist Organizations and Affiliations
2013
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Member
2011 – 2012
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Board Member
2008 – 2010
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – President, Board Member
2006 – 2007
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Board Member​
2003 – 2007
Sisters Nineties Literary Group, St. Louis, MO

Visual Art Awards, Residencies, Grants, Fellowships
2022
Best of Show, Reimagine Peace: The Art of Resistance, Juried Art Exhibition, (Charmaine Minniefield, Guest Judge), ArtsXchange Community Cultural Center - Atlanta, GA 
2018
L. A. Summer Residency, Otis College of  Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Honorable Mention, Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, (Laura Hathaway, Guest Judge), Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA
2014
Artist Grant, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA
2010
Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, (K. Joy Peters, Guest Judge), Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, Mapenzi, (Dr. Michael Simanga, Guest Judge), Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers,  International Residency Fellowship, Balgowan, South Africa, Fulton County Arts Council, Fulton County, GA
2007
Honorable Mention, Holidays Aglow, (Brian Hebert, Guest Judge), Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA

Selected Solo & Two Person Art Exhibitions
2022
Confluence: The Art of F. Geoffrey Johnson,​ Curated by Kevin Sipp, Chastain Arts Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA - February 11 - April 8
2015
Then and Now, Art of F. Geoffrey Johnson, Riverdale Center, Riverdale, GA - February 6 - March 12
2011-2012
Love &...Hear Me Now!, Lamar Arts Center & Gallery, Barnesville, GA – December 23, 2011 - February 25, 2012
2011
CURRENTS, AFSC Georgia Peace Center Gallery,  Curated by Alice Lovelace, Atlanta, GA – November 5 - December 10

Selected Group Art Exhibitions
2023
'Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists, Ann Steet Gallery - Newburgh, NY - Curated by Jonette O'Kelley Miller & Karen E. Gersch, 
March 25 - April 28
'Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists, Art/Design/Spirit Gallery - Newburgh, NY - Curated by Jonette O'Kelley Miller & Karen E. Gersch,
​February 3 - March 3
2022
Reimagine Peace: The Art of Resistance, A Juried Exhibition, Jack Sinclair Gallery, ArtsXchange Community Cultural Center - Atlanta, GA, July 29 - September 9
Protest Signs Juried Art Exhibition, UNCW CAB Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Wilmington, NC, February 24 - April 1
Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, ILL., January 17 - April 17
2018
Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA, - May 4 - June 15
2017
​150 Years of Perseverance, Progress and Promise, An Exhibition of Visual Arts Representing the History and Culture of Alabama State University - The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL - February 19 - December 2 - Juried
2013
Birmingham 2013: Remembering the Movement That Changed the World, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, AL November 6 - December 27, Dr. William E. Colvin, Curator
From the Mountain Top, Atlanta Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
2012-2013
Holidays Aglow, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 2 - January 6
2012
Artist Expulsed From Art Basel Miami Beach for Peaceful Anti-Homelessness Demonstration, December 6 & 7
Metro Montage XII, Marietta / Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA - July 7- September 9, Juried
Upcycle...dreaming it out of the waste system, ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA - April 22 - June 24, Juried
Dialogue: Past, Present, Future, Atlanta Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
2011-2012
Holidays Aglow, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 9 - January 3
2011
Elevate / Art Above Underground, Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA - August 26 - October 29, Juried
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
“African Americans for the Arts, Recent Works” – Cultural Arts Council of Douglassville, Douglassville, GA – January 18 – February 28
2010
Holidays Aglow, Mapenzi, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 3-17
"The Dream Continues", The National Center for the Study  of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
“Nina: No Illusions, No Escape”, Nina Simone Legacy Project Invitational,  Atlanta, GA – April 16-20
Exhibition of Caversham Prints, Southwest Arts Center Performance Theater Gallery - Fulton County, GA – January 23 – March 25
Fort Valley State University – Fort Valley, GA  – January – February, Juried
2009
A Long Time Comin' : From Toil and Tears to Triumph,The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture at Alabama State University,, Montgomery, AL
2008
Digital Arts Studio, Atlanta, GA – November – December
ArtWalk Harlem, Indigo Arms Guest House Gallery - New York, NY – October
AAFTA, Gallery One Eleven, Eatonton, GA – February, Juried
AAFTA, Atlanta Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA  – February, Juried
2007-2008
Holidays Aglow, Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA – December – January, Juried
2007
Crossroads, Lucy Craft Laney Museum, Augusta, GA  – September - November, Juried​
Atlanta Jazz Festival Emerging Artists, Atlanta, GA  – May, Juried
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA  – February, Juried
2006-2007
Holidays Aglow, Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA  – December – January, Juried
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Art and Literature Catalogues / Video / Press / Other
2023
 Forthcoming: OBSIDIAN Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora - Outta Sight: Black Listening Special Issue 49.2 - Duriel E. Harris, Editor - Illinois State University, Normal, IL
'Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists" /Art Design Spirits Gallery, Newburgh, NY / Poughkeepsie Journal by Melissa Dvozenja-Thomas
“Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” /Art Design Spirits Gallery, 105 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY, through March 3 / By Carl Van Brunt
​2022
 Representing Ourselves / Surveying Works by African American Artists from the  19th, 20th & 21st Centuries' / Jonette O' Kelley Miller | JOM.Writes
ARTSATL - Cullum’s Notebook: Exhibits at three off-the-beaten-path galleries deserve a visit / Confluence: The Art of F. Geoffrey Johnson / April 4, 2022
GMR Online: eight years - Green Mountains Review Online Mar 31, 2022
2019
Flyway Journal of Art & Environment, Winter 2019 Issue, an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction and visual art-based out of Iowa State University
2018
Panel Discussion - Gallery 72, Memory, Race and Erasure in Urban Atlanta, Panelists - Paul Crater,  Maurice J. Hobson, F. Geoffrey Johnson, Mtamanika Youngblood.  Moderator - Susan Todd-Raque, July 27, 2018
Panel Discussion - Gallery 72 Panel Discussion: The Art and Ecology of Recycling,  Artists, Steven Steinman, Lonnie Holley, Corrina Sephora.
​Moderator - F. Geoffrey Johnson, January 4, 2018
2015
Ethnic American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students, Edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson, African American Poetry p. 42
2013
Panel 03 • Umass Contemporary Art Museum Dubois in Our Time Symposium (Video), September 28, 2013
Book - 9.5 Theses on Art and Class, by Ben Davis, Haymarket Books, Publisher, Chapter Sixteen, pp. 175-176
2012
BLOUINARTINFO - Artist Expulsed From Art Basel Miami Beach for Peaceful Anti-Homelessness Demonstration
Elevate: Art Above Underground - Exhibition Catalog, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
2011
Currents: Black Men's Cultural Activism - www.afsc.org/event/currents-black-mens-cultural-activism-visual-arts-exhibit-poetry-music-and-film
Armed with Art : Radcliffe Bailey, AWA Founder & Artist, Kerly Suffren & Artist, F. Geoffrey Johnson for CURRENTS Exhibit
2010
"The Dream Continues - Exhibition Catalog, The National Center for the Study  of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
2009
A Long Time Comin' : From Toil and Tears to Triumph - Exhibition Catalog, The National Center for the Study  of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
Panel Discussion: The Ways and Means of Making Art, Panelists, Dr. Tina Dunkley, Artist, Ed Spriggs, Artist & Curator, Kevin Sipp, Artist & Curator, Radcliffe Bailey, Artist, Curly Suffren, Artist, F. Geoffrey Johnson, Moderator
2005
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature: Volume I, A-C, African American Poetry, pp. 86-87

Collections
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers, Balgowan, South Africa
​Fulton County, Georgia
Private collectors'