Barry Woods Johnston, Sculptor

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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE ( Top )

Barry Johnston dedicated himself to sculpture after earning a B.S. in architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1969. He then studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Design and the Enzo Cardini and Romanelli Studios in Florence. He began his career in Washington, D.C., where he created the acclaimed "Wedlock," a 19½' bronze for Lafayette Centre. In 1989, Mr. Johnston established a studio in Baltimore equipped for commissions several times life-size, with live-in space for students. In 1997, Mr. Johnston opened a New York City studio.

Recently completed sculptural commissions include “Faith, Hope and Love” in 2007, 8.25' high in Washington State, two life-size bronze figures "The Healer" for the Govan's Church park in Baltimore and a bronze relief for Notre Dame College of Baltimore both completed in 2004, and a bronze mother and child called "Joy" for White River Medical Center in Arkansas completed this year. Other commissions include "First from the Sea and First to the Stars" for Hampton, Virginia’s City Hall, and "Mother and Child," a fountain centerpiece for the Evanston Woman’s Hospital in Illinois. In 1996, the Washington National Cathedral commissioned a figure of El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero and the People’s Republic of China invited Mr. Johnston to create "Yin/Yang" for Weihai, Shandong Province.

Mr. Johnston has received numerous prizes, most recently “Honorable Mention,” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, in 2011 and “Best in the Show,” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, in 2010. Other award include the National Arts Club President’s Award, the Allied Artists of America Leonard J. Meiselman Award, and the Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor. Mr. Johnston brings to his work a daring imagination. Subjects are derived from religion, literature, and contemporary dilemmas. Mr. Johnston is known for capturing energized form and anatomy in motion with robust, gravity-defying figures. He brings a keen eye for realism to his numerous portrait commissions.

BARRY JOHNSTON’S RESUME

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL CITATIONS ( Top )

2012
    • “Boomerang Fund for Artists” Award
2011
    • “Honorable Mention,” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2009 to 2011
    • “Performance in Sculpture,” Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, FL
    • One man show, Schedel Gardens, Ohio..
2010
    • “Best in the Show,” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
2007
    • First Place for “Faith, Hope and Love,” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
2006
    • Five-person Show, “Virtue and Vice,” Howard County Art Center, Ellicott City, MD.
2005
 
  • One Man Show, Harrisburg Arts Association, Harrisburg, PA.
2004
  • SunTrust Award for "Bather," The Art Market, Downtown Hampton, VA.
2003
  • The Allied Artists of America Members and Associates Award, Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club, N.Y.
2002
  • The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award, for "Faust", Annual Combined Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club, N.Y.
  • Honorable Mention for "Bather", 6th Annual Photography & Sculpture Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, N.Y.
2001
  • The Elliot Liskin Memorial Award, for "A Little Romantic Notion", The Salmagundi Club, N.Y.
  • Allied Artists of America Members & Associates Award for "Faust", 88th Annual Exhibition, New York, N.Y.
2000
  • Domenico Facci Memorial Award, for "Whipping Up Spring," Allied Artists of America, 87th Annual Exhibition, New York, N.Y.
  • Best in Show, for "Mother and Child," Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
  • Semi-finalist in Rocky Versace Vietnam Veterans Memorial Competition, Alexandria, VA.
  • Second Place, for "Millennium 2000 Medal," 67th Int’l Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society, Washington, DC.
  • Honorable Mention, for "Tree of Life," National Christian Fine Arts Exhibit, Farmington, NM.
1998
  • Cassidy Memorial Award, Annual Sculpture and Photography Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
1997
  • Ohio Designer Craftsmen Award for Excellence in Craft for "Tree of Life," Liturgical Art Guild, Worthington, Ohio.
1995
  • Selected U.S. representative, International Sculpture Competition, Weihai, China.
1994
  • President's Award, National Arts Club Annual New York City.
  • Leonard J. Meiselman Award, Allied Artists of America Annual, New York City.
  • Honorable Mention, National Art Merit Competition, Colyer-Weston Art League.
1992
  • Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize, for "Four Apocalyptic Horses," National Sculpture Society Annual.
  • Honorable Mention, for "Fountain of Life," Washington Arts Club, DC
  • Graham Gallery Sculpture Award, for "Fall," Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • Gold Medal of Honor, for "King Lear" (Small), Audubon Artists, New York City.
1991
  • Second Place in Sculpture, for "Fall," Fifty-eighth Annual Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
  • Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Award, for "Fountain of Life," National Arts Club, New York City.
  • Elliot Liskin Memorial Award, for "Ballerina" (Small), Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • The Haim Gross Foundation Award, for "Samson," Audubon Artists, New York City.
  • Graham Gallery Sculpture Award, for "Romeo and Juliet," Salmagundi Club, New York City.
1990
  • National Arts Club 1st Prize, "Best in the Show," for "Ballerina" (Large), National Arts Club, New York City.
  • Third in Human Figure, for "Starburst," Annual International Exhibition of the Georgia Miniature Art Society, Marietta, GA.
  • Second in Sculpture, for "Starburst," Fifty-seventh Annual Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
  • Elected member of the Allied Artists of America.
1989
  • Elected "Fellow Member," National Sculpture Society, New York City.
  • Leonard L. Meiselman Award, for "Wailing Wall," Allied Arts of America.
  • Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award for Sculpture, for "King Lear."
  • 92nd Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Graham Gallery Sculpture Award, for "Icarus and Mother Earth," Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • First Place, for "Community" (Small), National Open Sculpture Award, Sculpture House, Princeton, NJ.
  • Elliot Liskin Memorial Award, for "Romeo and Juliet" (Bronze), Salmagundi Club Member's Exhibition, New York City.
  • 1989 American Artists Professional League Award for Sculpture, for "Wailing Wall," in the Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City.
1988
  • Elected member of the National Arts Club, New York City
  • Barrett Colea Award, for "King Lear" (Large), National Sculpture Society, New York City.
  • Elected member of the Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • Elliot Liskin Award for Sculpture, for "Faust," Knickerbocker Artists Show, New York City.
  • Figurative Sculpture Prize, for "Mother and Child," Georgia Marble Festival.
  • Mayor's Citation, "Gratitude for Life Exhibition," Washington, DC.
  • Interfaith Forum for Religion Art and Architecture, Sculpture Award, for "Creation," Washington, DC.
  • Elected member of the National Sculpture Society, New York City.
  • Certificate of Merit, for "The Comforter," National Academy of Design, New York City.
  • Honorable Mention, for "Prodigal Son," National Academy of Design, New York City.
  • Honorable Mention, for "Freedom from War," National Conference of the Guild for Religious Architecture, Washington, DC.
  • National Annual Atlantic City Show, First Prize for Sculpture, Atlantic City, NJ.
  • Stewardson Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1986
  • Barrett Colea Award, for "King Lear" (Large), National Sculpture Society, New York City.
1985
  • Elliot Liskin Award for Sculpture, for "Mother and Child," (marble sculpture), Oil Paintings and Sculpture Exhibition, New York City.
1984 and earlier
  • Please refer to earlier brochure.

MAJOR COMMISSIONS ( Top )

2007
    • “Faith, Hope and Love,” 8¼' fountain center piece for a private client in Belview, WA
 
2005
    • “Joy,” 7' Mother and Child for White River Medical Center, Batesville, Arkansas.
 
 
2004
  • Mother Teresa, 2004, Bronze and marble, 5'x 5', commissioned. This relief portrays a German sister, Mother Teresa, as the founder of hundreds of girl’s and women’s schools worldwide, including Notre Dame in Baltimore, MD. The concept shows the protective care of the sister as a child progresses into adulthood.
  • The Good Samaritan, 2004, Bronze, life-size, commissioned. This work expresses the power of mercy, compassion and healing. Expressing a parable about a good Samaritan who embraces a downtrodden victim and encourages him to rise to his feet and be whole, it is a story told by Jesus about giving mercy to a man who was beaten, robbed and forgotten. The Samaritan stopped, gave the man medical attention and lodged him during his recovery.
2003
  • Gil Portrait. 2003, Bronze, over life-size, commissioned. Gil Gillery's family commissioned the sculptor to imagine and sculpt this work. The goal was to capture the spirit and character of the man when he was about fifteen years younger. Still lucid and with a great sense of humor, Gil posed for this work while at the age of 98. Known to be quite a charmer with the ladies but a lion at heart, this work captures the wide spectra of his rare personality.
2002
  • Processional cross for Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, De.
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY. A multi-figure composition of eight bronze human figures, called “Celebration,” connected in an ascending arrangement that suggests weightlessness and human interaction.
2000
  • Purchase of "King Lear," for James Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
1998
  • Portrait of Charles Bowser, AFNA's award presentation.
1996
  • Architectural design for outdoor chapel, Madison County Commission, AL.
  • "Oscar Romero," The National Cathedral, Washington, DC.
1995
  • Yin Yang for Wei Hai, China.
1993
  • Carlo Bergonzi Award, Baltimore Opera Company, MD.
1989
  • "Mother and Child," 7' bronze, Evanston Women's Hospital, Evanston, IL.
1988
  • "Martin Luther Award", Luther Institute, Washington, DC.
1986
  • "First From the Sea, First to the Stars," 14½' bronze, City Hall, Hampton, VA.
  • Portrait bust of Provost Father Healey, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
1981
  • Medal for Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC.
1980
  • "Wedlock," 19½' bronze for entrance to Lafayette Center, Washington, DC.
1978
  • "Journey to Jerusalem," for presentation to Anwar Sadat by the U. S. Citizens Congress, Washington, DC.
  • Portrait bust of Senator Sparkman, Chamber of Commerce, Hartsell, AL.
1977
  • "The Healing Light," bronze relief for lobby centerpiece at Fentress Cancer Center, Hillside Methodist Hospital, Waco, TX.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS ( Top )

2009 to 2011

    • One man show, Schedel Gardens, Ohio
2010
    • One man show, Maryland Federation of Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD
    • The Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD.
2009
    • Rockville Art Center, Rockville, MD.
    • Olney Museum of Art, Olney, Maryland.

2008

    • The Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD.
2005
  • One Man Show, Harrisburg Arts Association, Harrisburg, PA
2001
  • American Institute of Architects, Baltimore Chapter.
1999
  • James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
1995
  • Worldwide Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
  • Mulligan Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA.
  • Maryland Federation of Art, Gallery on the Circle, Annapolis, MD.
1993
  • Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD.
1986
  • City Hall, Hampton, VA.
1982
  • Glory Hole Gallery, Lake City, CO.
1979
  • Cramer Gallery, Washington, DC.
  • Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
1978
  • Benjamin's Works of Art, Buffalo, NY.
1976
  • George Washington University Library, Washington, DC.
1975
  • St. John's Church, Washington, DC.
1972
  • City Hall, Huntsville, AL.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS ( Top )

2009 to 2011
    • “Performance in Sculpture,” Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, FL.
2010
    • Riverspan Sculpture Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.

2006

    • Howard County Center fot the Arts, Ellicott City, MD.

2005

    • "Celebrating the Goddess," Joan Hanley Fine Art Gallery, La Veta, CO.

2003

    • American Medallic Sculpture Association Exhibition, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN..
 
 
2002
  • Salmagundi Club, Annual Photography & Sculpture Exhibition.
  • Sculpture at Noble Horizons, Fourth Annual Juried Group Show, Salisbury, Ct.
  • Art in Embassy Program, Mbabane, Swaziland.
2001
  • Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. 68th Annual Intl. Exhibition.
  • Jubilee Christian Art Show, Fallbrook, CA.
  • "The Face and the Figure," Danville, KY.
  • 4th National Juried Art Exhibition, The Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS.
  • Allied Artists of America, Inc. 87th Annual Exhibit.
  • Sculpture at Noble Gardens.
  • Ridgewood Art Institute, National Open 2001.
  • National Sculpture Society, N.Y., Excellence in Sculpture.
  • Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Md., Annual Sculpture Show.
  • "Surface", Sculptors Inc., Hood College, Frederick, Maryland.
  • Korean Embassy Show, Washington, D.C.
  • Allied Artists of America, Inc., 88th Annual Exhibition, N.Y.
  • National Arts Club, 103rd Annual Exhibiting Artist Member Exhibition.
  • Salmagundi Club, Annual Graphics & Sculpture Exhibition.
  • Sculptors, Inc., Mill River Show.
2000
  • 101st Annual Member’s Exhibition, The National Arts Club, NY.
  • “Millennium,” Sculptors Inc., Mill River Gallery, Ellicott City, MD.
  • "Y2000 Design & Spirit," Green Tara Gallery, Carrboro, NC.
  • The American Medallic Sculpture Assoc. 2000 Int’l Juried Exhibition, Bayside, NY.
  • 3rd Annual Juried Competition, Gallery West, Ltd., Alexandria, VA.
  • "Art in the Garden," Stadler Nursery, Laytonsville, MD.
  • "Ancient Mother," Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD.
  • National Art League 70th Annual Open Exhibition, Douglastown, NY.
  • "Twenty Sculptures, Twenty Pedestals," Artscape, Baltimore, MD.
  • National Christian Fine Arts Exhibit 2000, Farmington, NM.
  • "Paper, Stone, Scissors – Part II, Stone," Torpedo Factory Art Ctr., Alexandria, VA.
  • "Inside - Out," Sculptors Inc., Comm. College of Baltimore County, Dundalk, MD.
  • 67th Annual Int’l Exhibit of Fine Art Miniatures, Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
1999
  • "Sculpture of the Spirit," Forest Lawn Cemetery, Williamsville, NY.
  • The Allied Artists of America 86th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY.
  • Audubon Artists Inc. 57th Annual Exhibit, New York, New York, NY.
  • 20th Annual International Marine Art Exhibit, Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT.
  • Art Gallery of Fells Point Annual Miniature Exhibit, Baltimore, MD.
  • "Big Show ‘99: Transitions," Fells Point Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD.
1997
  • Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA.
  • Danada Sculpture Gardens 6th Annual Sculpture Show, Wheaton, Illinois.
  • "Art and Religion: The Many Faces of Faith," Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia.
  • Contemporary Works of Faith 97, Liturgical Art Guild, Worthington, Ohio.
  • Salmagundi Club Members' Show, New York City.
  • Art on the 7th Floor, Washington Design Center, Washington, DC.
  • Sacred Arts All-Media Art Exhibit, Billy Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Illinois.
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, New York City.
  • Art Maryland 97, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD.
  • 99th Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
  • National Arts Club Annual, New York City.
1996
  • "Going for the Gold," National Sculpture Society, New York City.
  • Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
  • Third Annual Regional Art Show, Savage Mill, MD.
  • Salmagundi Club Annual, New York City.
  • National Arts Club Annual, New York City.
  • "The Legacy Lives," American Renaissance for the Twenty First Century, New York City.
  • Washington Design Center Art Fair, Washington, DC.
  • "13th National Miniature Show," Art Gallery of Fells Point, Baltimore, MD.
1995
  • Allied Artists of America, 81st Annual, New York City.
  • 98th Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, West Chester, PA.
1994
  • Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, MA.
  • National Art Merit Competition, Colyer-Weston Art League.
  • "Decade," Sculptors, Inc., City Hall Courtyard Galleries, Baltimore, MD.
  • ArtScape, Baltimore, MD.
1994
  • Allied Artists of America, 80th Annual, New York City.
  • National Arts Club Annual, New York City.
  • "All Sculpture Great and Small," National Sculpture Society, New York City.
  • Rock Creek Gallery, Washington Figurative Sculptors, Washington, DC.
  • "Joanie: Multiple Visions," Fredrick, MD.
  • "Sculpture in the Center," Stanford, CT.
  • Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI.
  • 1993 -- National Sculpture Society Annual, New York City.
  • National Sculpture Society Fall Show, New York City.
  • Cavalier Gallery, Stanford, CT.
1992
  • Minotaur Gallery, The Forum, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Michael Stone Collection, Canal Square, Washington, DC.
  • Washington Arts Club, Washington, DC.
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, Level House, New York City.
  • Salmagundi Club Annual, New York City.
  • "The Four Arts," Audubon Artist 50th Annual, New York City.
  • Washington Square Exhibition, Washington, DC.
1991
  • Allied Artists of America Annual, National Arts Club, New York City.
  • "Figures in Motion," Washington Square, Washington, DC.
  • Georgia Miniature Art Society, Marietta, GA.
  • Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
  • Knickerbocker Artists, Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • National Arts Club Annual, New York City.
  • Fall Graphics and Sculpture Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • Salmagundi Club Annual, New York City.
  • "The Four Arts," Audubon Artist 49th Annual, New York City.
1990
  • National Arts Club Annual, New York City.
  • Annual International Exhibition of the Georgia Miniature Art Society, Marietta, GA.
  • Fifty-seventh Annual Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
1989
  • 92nd Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
  • American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York City.
  • Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club, New York City.
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, Soho, New York City.
  • Salmagundi Club Annual, New York City.
  • Audubon Artists, National Arts Club, New York City.
  • Salmagundi Club Members Exhibit, New York City.
  • National Open Sculpture Competition, Princeton, NJ.
1988
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, New York City.
  • Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
1987
  • Bucca di Magra, Massa, Italy
1986
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, New York City.
  • Allied Artists of America Exhibition, New York City.
  • Arts Festival, Castello di Besozzo, Italy.
  • Centre International D'Art Contemporain, Paris, France.
1985
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, New York City.
1984
  • National Sculpture Society Annual, New York City.
1983 and earlier
  • Please refer to the brochure.

COLLECTIONS ( Top )

  • Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC.
  • Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL.
  • James Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
  • Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC.
  • The Vatican Museum, Rome.
  • Martin Luther King Library, Washington, DC.
  • Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
  • Wei Hai Museum, China.
  • Vrye Universitiet, Amsterdam, Holand.
  • CBN University, Virginia.
  • Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington, DC.
  • Sharon Johnston Park, Madison County, AL.
  • Private Collections in the United States and Europe.

PUBLICATIONS ( Top )

  • Rainbow Magazine, Summer 2009, pg. 44 - 45.
  • Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, Summer 2003, “The Right Brain” Tech’s Alumni Artists
  • American Arts Quarterly, Summer 2001, pg. 9-13
  • The American Muse, Summer 2001, pg. 42-43
  • “Creative Spirituality, The Way of the Artist”, book by Robert Wuthnow, 2001.
  • Numismatic News, January 21, 1997, pg. 27.
  • China National Magazine of Sculpture, Winter, 1996, pg. 58.
  • Baltimore Sun, July 17th, 1994.
  • Vietnam and the Arts, April, 1993
  • American Society of Designers, June-July, 1992.
  • Artists of Mid-Atlantic, 1991.
  • Baltimore Sun, Summer, 1990.
  • Sunshine Artists, Summer, 1989.
  • Sculpture Review, Spring 1986.
  • Sculpture Review, Winter 1985-86.
  • Sculptors International, Spring, 1986.
  • Sculptors International, vol.3 no. 2, 1984.
  • National Sculpture Society News, March 1984.
  • Sculptors International, vol. 3 no. 1, 1984.
  • Men of Achievement, 1983.
  • International Who's Who of Intellectuals, 1983.
  • American Artists of Renown, 1981-82.
  • Madison County Review, Vol. 3 no. 4, 1981.
  • Waco Herald Tribune, August 6, 1978.
  • The Georgetowner, May 26, 1976.
  • Faith and Form (AIA affiliate), vol. vii, Fall 1974.

EDUCATION ( Top )

  • B. S. in Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1969.
  • National Academy of Design under Michael Lantz, New York City, 1969.
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Walker Hancock, Harry Rosen and Tony Greenwood, Philadelphia, 1964-66.
  • Art Students League under Joseph De Creeft, New York City, 1963.
  • Independent study in Italy with Madame Simi, Enzo Cardini and Romanelli Studios, 1970-72, and in Switzerland with Francis Schaeffer, 1969-70.
  • Fluent in Italian, partially fluent in German and Chinese

FOUNDER ( Top )

  • Annual National Sculpture Society Competition, National Sculpture Society, formerly James W. Johnston Sculpture Competition for Figurative Sculpture and Art for Humanity Foundation.

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