ARTIST CV
EMPLOYMENT:
Unit Coordinator, ADD101 (Design Thinking), February 2022– present,
Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Unit Coordinator, ACI102 (Digital Photography), June 2019 – present,
Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Unit Coordinator, ALR104 (Strategic Writing and Communication), February 2023– present,
Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Casual Lecturer, ACG708 (Design Thinking and Problem Solving), February 2023– present,
Masters of Creative Arts, Deakin University, Burwood.
Casual Lectuer, ACI101 (Analogue Photography), February 2023 - present,
Diploma of Creative Arts, Deakin University, Burwood.
Lecturer in Charge, ARTS238 (Photography), June 2014 – Feb 2022,
Department of Arts/Creative Arts, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy.
Unit Coordinator, ACI101 (Analogue Photography), February 2019 – present,
Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Unit Coordinator, ACC101 (Creativity and Dangerous Ideas), February 2018 – June 2019, Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Casual Lecturer, ACI102 (Digital Photography), February 2016 – June 2019,
Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Unit Coordinator, ADD101 (Design Thinking), February 2018 – 2019,
Diploma of Film, Television and Animation, Deakin College, Burwood.
Casual Lecturer, ACI101 (Analogue Photography), February 2014 – present,
Department of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Burwood.
Casual Lecturer, ACI203 (Darkroom Photography), February 2019 – June 2019,
Department of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Burwood.
Casual Lecturer, ACI102 (Digital Photography), February 2015 – 2017,
Department of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Burwood.
Casual Lecturer, ACI303 (New Worlds: Intersections of Art and Science), February 2017 – 2018, Department of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Burwood.
President/Facilitator, National Photography Club, July 2014 – 2016,
Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy.
Research Assistant, June 2013 - 2016
Department of Arts/Education, Deakin University, Burwood.
EDUCATION:
2013 - 2022
PhD: Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
2022 - 2023
Masters of Secondary Education, Melbourne University, Australia.
(MGSE Award Winner. Dean's Honours List. Received results in top 2% of University students).
2012
First Class Honours, Digital Media and Photography, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
2008 - 2011
Bachelor of Film and Digital Media, Deakin University, Burwood.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Materialist Photography Practice in the Digital Age, Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent, November 2021.
Treading Water, SomoS Art House, Berlin, Germany, February 2018.
Fossils, Kaunas Photo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania, 27th May - 31st October, 2017.
Fossils, c3 Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Australia, June/July 2017.
Evidence: The Archaeology of Urban Spaces, c3 Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Australia, June/July 2015.
From Here We Go Sublime, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray, Australia, 13th August – 30th August 2014.
Sugar Lights, Rubicon Ari, North Melbourne, Australia, July 23th – August 9th 2014.
Evidence #2, c3 Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Australia, 25th June – 13th July 2014.
Evidence, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne CBD, Australia, 12th March – 29th March 2014.
Diverse Encounters, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Australia, November 20th 2013 (Two Matinee Screenings).
Light is just a mirage on the world, Raglan St. Gallery, North Melbourne, Australia, 13th November – 4th December 2013.
Screen Ghosts, Phoenix Gallery, Burwood, Australia, 15th September – 4th October 2012.
All that is solid will melt into air, Phoenix Gallery, Burwood, Australia, 2nd October – 23rd October 2011.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Art School Confidential, Deakin University Art Gallery, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia, 13 February - 5 April, 2023. *Work acquired by the University for their permanent collection.
Climarte - Tree, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia, 11-22 October, 2022.
Optika Photography Prize (first prize winner! $4000), Kingston Arts Gallery, Melbourne, 24 June - 23 July, 2022.
Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia, 27th November - 19th December 2021.
Abstract, South East Centre for Photography, South Carolina, United States, 4th – 26th December 2020.
Traces Unseen, PhotoAccess, Canberra, New South Wales, Australia, 21st May - 20th June 2020.
Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia, 27th November - 19th December 2019.
Everyday Research, Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood, 24th July - 1st September 2019. *Work acquired by the University for their permanent collection.
Environment Documenta, Millepiani Exhibition Space, Rome City, Italy, 24th April - 1st May 2019.
Art+Science, A Smith Gallery, Texas, United States, March 15th - May 19th 2019.
Surfaces, Millepiani Exhibition Space, Rome City, Italy, 21st December 2018 - 2nd January 2019.
Positions, Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany, 27th - 30th September 2018.
The Found Object, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, United States, 24th August - 18th September 2018.
Materialist Photograph, Jarvis Dooney Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2nd December 2017 - 24th February 2018.
CATALOGUE, Deakin University Creative Arts Researchers and Staff Exhibition, Sally Walker Space, Geelong, Australia, 2nd -18th March 2017.
FOTOFILMIC, Pulp Showcase, Bowen Island, Vancouver, BC, 12th November - 26th November 2016.
Independent Photo Festival, The Good Copy, Melbourne, Australia, 12th November - 20th November 2016.
Still in Progress, Deakin Art Gallery, Burwood Campus, Melbourne, Australia, 13th April - 27th May 2016.
Prize Winner, Evidence #289, Centre for Contemporary Photography: Salon, Fitzroy, Australia, 27th November - 19th December 2015.
Trouble Every Day, The Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, Australia, 2014.
Finalist, City of Yarra Environmental Art Prize, Collingwood Gallery, Australia, June 4th – 13th, 2014.
Liquid Lights, The Light in Winter, Federation Square, Melbourne CBD, Australia, June 3rd, 2014.
Cartographies of Memory, Faulkner Gallery, Faulkner, Australia, November 1st – November 25th, 2013.
First Prize, Swann’s Way, What’s in your Headspace? Elsternwick Headspace Gallery, Australia, October 20th – November 11th, 2013.
Finalist, Plastic Pipe Dreams, Click, Brunswick Street Gallery, Australia, 30 August - 12th September 2013.
The White House, Raglan St. Gallery Art Prize, Raglan St. Gallery, North Melbourne, Australia, 16th May - 30th May 2013.
Daisy, The Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, Australia, 2011.
CONFERENCES AND ARTIST TALKS:
Johnson, T 2021, ‘A Materialist Practice in the Digital Age’, Eco Media Conference, 30th August, RMIT University, Melbourne.
Johnson, T 2020, ‘Duration of Decay: Materialist Photography in the Digital Age’, Eleventh International Conference on the Image, 9-10th September, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Johnson, T 2019, ‘The Archaeology of Urban Spaces’, Body of Knowledge: Art and Embodied Cognition, 27-29th June, Deakin University, Burwood.
Johnson, T 2016, Guest Panelist, Illuminating Australian Art Series, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Australia, 23rd October 2016.
Johnson, T 2016, Out of Practice Conference, University of Birmingham, England, 8th June 2016.
Johnson, T 2015, Salon, CCP Members Night, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia,10th December 2015.
Johnson, T 2015, Playing Against the Camera: Materialist Photography in the Digital Age. CCP Echo Chamber: Public Lecture Series, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia, 25th June 2015.
Johnson, T 2014, Talk for the City of Melbourne, ‘Elderly’ Persons Program, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne CBD, Australia, 21st March 2014.
Johnson, T 2014, Evidence, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, Australia, 22nd March 2014.
Johnson, T 2013, Diverse Encounters, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Australia, 20th November 2013.
PUBLISHED WORKS, ARTICLES & MEDIA:
Tetrahymena Interview, 4th September, 2018, https://www.tetrahymena.xyz/todd-johnson
'3 weeks, 5 days, 12 hours', Fraeulein Magazine, October 2018, https://www.fraeulein-magazine.eu/zellgefluester/
‘The Archaeology of Urban Spaces’, Blame Magazine, no. 3, 2015.
‘The Archaeology of Urban Spaces’, ArtAscent: International Art Publication, Vol. 8 August 2014.
‘Evidence: Holden Bonnet’, Sneaky Magazine, March issue, 2014.
A Highly Unadvisable Undertaking and Evidence, Undercoat Online Publication, March 2014:
http://www.undercoat.net/undercoat-reviews-a-highly-unadvisable-undertaking-and-evidence/
Todd Johnson and Julia Romaneix, 'Contact Print' opening at Raglan Street, Toby Fehily, March 2014:
Sifting Evidence, Dirk DeBruyn, February 2014:
http://www.blindside.org.au/portfolio-item/12-29-mar-evidence-todd-johnson/
CURATORIAL WORK:
EXPOSURE, online student photography showcase, November 2016 - ongoing.
Deakin Capture Photography Exhibition and Prize (co-curated works on slide projector), Sally Walker Project Space, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus, October 23rd - November 3rd, 2016.
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:
First prize winner ($4000), Optika Photography Prize + Exhibition, Kingston Arts Gallery, Melbourne, 24 June - 23 July, 2022.
SomoS Art Space International Residency, Berlin, Germany, December 2017 - March 2018.
Deakin University International Travel Grant ($3500), 2016.
Prize Winner: 'Best In Camera Photography' ($500), CCP Salon, Center of Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia, 2015.
Finalist, ArtAscent: International Art Magazine ‘Hidden’ Art Prize, 2014.
Shortlisted, Fotofilmic 14, International Travelling Photography Exhibition, 2014.
City of Kingston Arts Grant, 2013.
Runner-up, My Brother Jack Photography Award, 2012.
First Prize, Elsternwick Camera Centre Photographic Award, 2013.
First Prize, What’s in your Headspace? – Open Art Prize, 2013.
Finalist, Click @ Brunswick Street Gallery, 30 August - 12th September 2013.
Golden Key Award 2012 (Achieved results in top 15% of University students).
General Excellence Award (half scholarship), Caulfield Grammar School.
COLLECTIONS:
Deakin University Art Gallery Collection, Burwood, Australia.
SomoS Art Space, Berlin, Germany.
Private Corporate Institutions.