Rape of the Chickadee II, 30x30 inches, 2011
Drawn and Quartered, 40x40 inches, 2011
Coker College’s Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery will present “Self and Other,” an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Steve Johnson. The opening reception, which is free and open to the public, begins on Monday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Johnson’s show will continue through Feb. 27.
Johnson was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in printmaking and painting and received a Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing from Arizona State University in 2008. Johnson is the head of the drawing department at the College of Charleston.
Johnson’s work consists of chickadees, rats, hummingbirds and other small animals. Using these animals, he creates a metaphor for human life. By using contrasting figures in his paintings, he makes images that speak to the constant tension between who we are and who we want to be. “My current work navigates the gray areas and middle grounds inhabited by animals with competing interests,” said Johnson.
The Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery is located in the Gladys C. Fort Art Building on the Coker College campus in Hartsville, SC. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, while classes are in session. Parking for the art building is located directly across from 306 E. Home Ave.
For more information, contact exhibition director Ashley Gillespie at 843-383-8156 or ashley.gillespie@coker.edu. For more information on the gallery, visit ceceliacokerbellgallery.com. To learn more about Steve Johnson, visitstevejohnsonstudio.com.
Coker College upholds and defends the intellectual and artistic freedom of its faculty and students as they study and create art through which they explore the full spectrum of human experience. The college considers such pursuits central to the spirit of inquiry and thoughtful discussion, which are at the heart of a liberal arts education.
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