CV — Stephen T. Johnson

EDUCATION
1982 – 1987	University of Kansas, BFA in Painting, Lawrence, KS
	University of Kansas, BFA in Design and Illustration, Lawrence, KS
1984 – 1985	Université de Bordeaux and L’École des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022	In the Academic Tradition, Connections between the Artist’s Work and his Art Collection, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
2022	In the Abstract Tradition: Selected work from 2008-2022, Phoenix Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2019	9th Street Rhythms, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2017	New Abstractions by Stephen T. Johnson, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2016	Stephen T. Johnson: Visualizing Ideas from A to Z, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2016	Kana Abstractions, Gallery on Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, KS
2012	Abstractions by Stephen T. Johnson, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2012	Art, Language & Play by Stephen T. Johnson, Guldner Gallery, Central Library, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO
2011	Art and Ideas: Stephen T. Johnson, White Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2010	Language, Content and the Alphabet: Collages, Paintings and Sculpture by Stephen T. Johnson, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2007	An Abstract Alphabet: New Work by Stephen T. Johnson, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2007	The Interactive Art of Stephen T. Johnson, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2005	Stephen T. Johnson, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2003	Seeing is Believing: The Artwork of Stephen T. Johnson, Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
2001	The Art of Stephen T. Johnson, Art and Design Gallery, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2000	Alphabet City and City by Numbers, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2000	Alphabet City and City by Numbers, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
1997	Alphabet City, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1994	Drawings and Paintings by Stephen T. Johnson, Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
1987	Intentionality, School of Law, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

TWO- AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022	The Art of the Children’s Book: Stephen T. Johnson and John Malta, Gallery of Art and Design, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2021	Picture A Text: Original Children’s Book Artwork by Stephen T. Johnson and Brad Sneed, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2017	Sequential Narratives, Paintings and Sculptures by Stephen T. Johnson and Greg Edmondson, Gallery of Art & Design, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
2012	Accumulations: Paintings and Installations by Stephen T. Johnson and Joelle Ford, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
2009	Nocturnes: Paintings and Prints by Stephen T. Johnson and Lisa Grossman, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2008	Alphabet Soup: Work by Stephen T. Johnson, Jim Munce and Tony Fitzpatrick, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1998	Drawings from Life: Drawings and Paintings by Ted and Stephen T. Johnson, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
1989	Three Generations of Johnsons, Locust Gallery, Lawrence, KS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021	A Growing Collection: The Past 10 Years, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
2020	40 Years of Featured Artists Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2020	Vicinity: A Group Exhibition, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2019	The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2019	National Juried Art Show, Tomahawk Art Center, Overland Park, KS
2019	Process: Illustration Faculty, Art Gallery, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2018	Art Kansas: Works by Stephen T. Johnson, Randy Regier, Carol Long, and Louis Copt, McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation, McPherson, KS
2018	Mark Arts Kansas Invitational Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS
2017	99: Locally Brewed, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2016	The Printed Image 6, Sixth Biennial Juried Graphics Exhibition, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka Public Library, Topeka, KS
2016	The Winter Collective: Works on Paper, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2016	52 Reasons to Love a Vet Traveling Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ; Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
2016	Design & Art Faculty Exhibition, Kansas Board of Regents, Topeka, KS
2015	Original Art Exhibition, Society of Illustrators Museum, New York, NY
2015	Summer Collective, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2015	Design & Architecture Faculty Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2014	Spaces, Teaching Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2014	Abstractions, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2014	Sex, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2013	Hot Sheets II, Wonder Fair Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2013	Inaugural Exhibition, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2013	Gallery Artist Exhibition, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2012	Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2012	The Figure, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011	Storied City: New York in Picture Book Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2011	Fresh Start: Works in Progress, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011	Kansas Masters Invitational Traveling Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita KS; Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS; Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
2010	13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, Hunt Institute Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2010	White Exhibition, Hausmann Millworks, San Antonio, TX
2010	The New Show, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2009	How We Live Now, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2009	Kansas Invitational Masters Art Exhibition, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2009	Trees, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2009	White Exhibition, b.a.l.m, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2008	Dreams & Portals, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2008	Language, Activism and Dissent, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2008	Midwest Public Art, Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
2008	Process, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2008	Water, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2007	Ten Years, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2007	Delicious, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2007	Kansas Invitational Masters Art Exhibition, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2007	Thresholds, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2006	Group Exhibition, Fields Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2006	Person to Person, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2006	Kansas Printmakers Exhibition, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2005	Recent Acquisitions, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2005	Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Celebrating 20 years of Public Art, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
2005	Figures: Paintings and Drawings, Lawrence Art Center, Curator: Robert Brawley, Lawrence, KS
2003	The Alphabet as Art, Lowell Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
2002	Beyond Oz, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2000	Once Upon a Picture: Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, 1996-2000, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000	Imagination Highway, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2000	Faculty Exhibition, Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Manhattan, New York, NY
1999	Selections from the 27th Annual Exhibition from the Pastel Society of America, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA
1999	25 Years of Museum Acquisitions, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
1999	Art From The NYC Transit Poster Series, Bank Street College, New York, NY
1999	Pastel Society of America, New York, NY (exhibited annually 1992-1999)
1999	Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY (exhibited annually 1987- 1999)
1998	Morphed Out, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
1998	Winter Fantasy, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
1996	The Art of Enchantment, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Traveled to The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA; and Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1996	Seeing is Reading, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
1995	Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (exhibited annually 1993-1994)
1992	Annual Juried Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
1987	Annual Art Guild Juried Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
1987	Annual Student Scholarship Competition, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1987	Annual Student Scholarship Competition, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1986	Annual Student Scholarship Competition and Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

PUBLIC ART AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS
2023	KC Streetcar, Main Street Extension, Kansas City, MO. (Finalist in proposal stage)
2022	Marshalltown Performing Arts Center, Marshalltown, IA
2022	Womble Basketball Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021	Heartland Community Health Center, Lawrence, KS
2020	LMH Health West Campus, Lawrence, KS
2018	Fire and Medical Station No.1 & Senior Resource Center, Lawrence, KS (Finalist)
2017	Lenexa City Center Public Library, Lenexa, KS
2016	9th Street Public Art Project, Lawrence, KS
2016	Kansas Alumni Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2016	Health Education Building, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, (Finalist)
2016	Johnson County Library—Monticello Branch, Kansas City, Kansas (Finalist)
2015	Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX
2013	Granville Metro Station, Chicago, IL (Finalist)
2012	Edwards Campus Grounds, University of Kansas, Overland Park, KS (Finalist)
2009	Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum, Bloomington Park, Clinton, KS
2009	Universal City/Studio City Metro Station, Los Angeles, CA
2004	Welcome Plaza, Historic Downtown, City of Lawrence Lawrence, KS
2004	New York City Subway/MTA, Centennial Poster, New York, NY (Finalist)
2003	Lied Center of Kansas, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2003	School of Law, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2002	Pediatric Wing, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS
2001	DeKalb Avenue Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY
1998	New York City Transit Authority, Poster Art Series, New York, NY

SELECTED CLIENT LIST
Abrams, New York, NY
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York, NY
Andrews McMeel, Kansas City, MO
Atheneum Books, New York, NY
Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Kansas City, MO
BMG Records, New York, NY
Business Tokyo Magazine, New York, NY
CBS Records, New York, NY
Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL
Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
Doubleday Books, New York, NY
Dutton Books, New York, NY
Ear Magazine, New York, NY
Forbes Magazine, New York, NY
General Motors, Flint, MI
GQ Magazine, New York, NY
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, NY
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Harcourt Inc., New York, NY
HarperCollins, New York, NY
Hearst Publishing, New York, NY
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
H.W. Wilson Publishing, Bronx, NY
Jewish Television Network Productions, Los Angeles, CA
The Kansas City Star Magazine, Kansas City, MO
The Kansas City Star Books, Kansas City, MO
Kansas Public Radio, Lawrence, KS
Lindt Chocolate, Kilchberg, Switzerland
Lucasfilm LTD, San Francisco, CA
Macmillan Publishing, New York, NY
Manpower Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Meals On Wheels/Mid-American Nutrition Program Inc., Ottawa, KS
Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY
Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City, MO
Natural History Museum, Lawrence, KS
The New Yorker Magazine, New York, NY
The New York Times, New York, NY
The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Tor Books, New York, NY
Peaceable Kingdom Press, San Francisco, CA
The Petrarch Press, New York, NY
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Philomel Books, New York, NY
Pipeline Entrepreneurs, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Random House, Inc., New York, NY
RCA Records, New York, NY
Samuel Adams Beer, Boston, MA
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
Sony Classical Records, New York, NY
Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX
St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY
Steven Spielberg & Starbright Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Tiffany & Co. Inc., New York, NY
Time Magazine, New York, NY
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
U.S. Postal Service, Washington D.C.
William Morrow & Company Inc., New York, NY
Vanity Fair Magazine, New York, NY

PUBLISHED CHILDREN’S BOOKS WITH SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2023	*MY BIG SILVER ROCKET SHIP,* Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
2023	*MY BIG PINK PRINCESS PURSE,* Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
2023	*MY BIG BLUE ROBOT,* Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
2023	*MY BIG RED FIRE TRUCK,* Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
2020	*MUSIC IS…,* Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (A Mom’s Choice Gold Award, Kirkus Starred Review)
2015	*ALPHABET SCHOOL, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (A 2016 Kansas Notable Book, 2016 CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center) Choice for a Concept Book, Kansas State Reading Circle List, the Society of Midland Authors Finalist, A Junior Library Guild* Selection, School Library Journal, Starred Review.)
2012	*MY LITTLE BLUE ROBOT, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (Best Pop-Up Books of 2012 by Time Out New York Kids;* 2013 Premier Print Award for Novelty Books awarded by Leo Paper Products, Inc.)
2010	*MY LITTLE PINK PRINCESS PURSE*, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (A 2011 Kansas Notable Book Award.)
2009	*MY LITTLE RED FIRE TRUCK*, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (A 2009 National Parenting Publication Award/NAPPA.)
2008	*A IS FOR ART: AN ABSTRACT ALPHABET, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (A New York Times* Best Illustrated Book of the Year, ALA/ALSC Notable Children’s Book, 2009 NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts, CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Council Award)
2006	*TOUR AMERICA: A JOURNEY THROUGH POEMS AND ART, Poems by Diane Siebert, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA (ALA Book Links’ Magazine* Best Books of 2006 and Lasting Title Award;The Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature; a 2006 Oregon Book Award; Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book 2007; School Library Journal Starred Review; NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2007.)
2006	*MY LITTLE YELLOW TAXI, Red Wagon Books/Harcourt Inc. New York, NY (An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Winner, A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, featured reviews in Parenting Magazine, Child Magazine, New York* Family Magazine and Roam Magazine, a Nick Jr. Magazine’s Best Book of the Year, and a 2007 Kansas Notable Book Award.)
2002	*AS THE CITY SLEEPS*, Viking Penguin Putnam, New York, NY (A Publishers Weekly Starred Review)
2002	*MY LITTLE BLUE ROBOT, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY (A Newsweek Magazine’s* Holiday pick, A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading & Sharing)
2001	*GOAL, Text by Robert Burleigh, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY (Kirkus,* Starred Review)
2000	*MY LITTLE RED TOOLBOX, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY (A Publishers Weekly* Bestseller, Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award, Nick Jr. Magazine’s Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Cuffie Award, Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award)
2000	*ON A WINTRY MORNING, Text by Dori Chaconas, Penguin Putnam, New York, NY (The 2001 Archer/Eckblad Award for Children’s Picture Book, Publishers Weekly* Starred Review)
1999	*LOVE AS STRONG AS GINGER, Text by Lenore Look, Anne Schwartz Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, NY (International Reading Association Notable Books for a Global Society Award, School Library Journal* Starred Review)
1998	*CITY BY NUMBERS, Viking Penguin Putnam, New York, NY (Parenting* Magazine’s Reading Magic Award, Parents Magazine’s Best Books of 1998)
1997	*HOOPS, Text by Robert Burleigh, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY (ALA Notable, New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, Booklist’s* Editors’ Choice and Starred Review, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and Starred Review, Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Silver Medal from The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY)
1996	*THE GIRL WHO WANTED A SONG*, Text by Steve Sanfield, Harcourt Brace, Orlando, FL
1995	*THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE*, Text by Steven Schnur, Morrow Junior Books, New York, NY
1995	*WHEN SOLOMON WAS KING*, Text by Sheila MacGill-Callahan, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
1995	*ALPHABET CITY, Viking Penguin Putnam, New York, NY (A 1996 Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Award, A New York Times* Best Illustrated Book of the Year, A Horn Book Fanfare, Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award, Parents Magazine’s Best Books of 1995, A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly, Horn Book Magazine, and School Library Journal, A 1996 Children’s Book of Distinction by Hungry Mind Review, Children’s Book of the Year and marked for Outstanding Merit by The Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Committee, Wisconsin Library Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Literature, A 1996 Children’s Books Mean Business ABA-CBC, featured in its entirety on ABC’s Good Morning America with Charlie Gibson and Joan Lunden, Gold and Silver Medals from The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY)
1993	*A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Text by Charles Dickens adapted by Donna Martin, Andrews & McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, MO (One of seven books recommended for the winter holidays by The Associated Press*)
1993	*THE SNOW WIFE*, Text by Robert D. San Souci, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
1992	*THE NUTCRACKER BALLET, Text by Melissa Hayden, Andrews & McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, MO. (A Book of the Month Club* Main Selection)
1992	*THE SAMURAI’S DAUGHTER*, Text by Robert D. San Souci, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY (American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists, IRA Teacher’s Choice, NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the field of Social Studies)

MUSEUM AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
American Library in Paris, Paris, France
Artists’ Files, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (forthcoming)
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Eaton Collection, University of California, Riverside, CA
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Philip A. Sadler Research Collection, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Price Tower Art Center, Bartlesville, OK
Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (forthcoming)
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum, Bloomington Park, Clinton, KS
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

SELECTED CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
Arts for Transit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY
Boston Beer Company, Inc., Boston, MA
Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs, Dallas, TX
City of Lawrence, Lawrence, KS
Emprise Financial Corporation, Wichita, KS
Eurowinegate Inc., Cognac, France
Flint Hills Holdings, Lawrence, KS
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO
Kansas Leadership Center, Wichita, KS
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, New York, NY
Mayer of Munich Inc., Munich, Germany
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Metro Art, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA
One Light Luxury Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Penn Street Lofts, Lawrence, KS
School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
Time Magazine, New York, NY
Two Light Luxury Apartments, Kansas City, MO
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Wonder Lofts, Kansas City, MO

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Alan Mulally – Former President and CEO, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Amy Berkower – President and CEO of Writers House, A Literary Agency, New York, NY
Ann Willoughby – Principal Emeritus, Willoughby Design Group, Kansas
Cherry Jones – Tony and Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Weis – Former Publisher of Barnes & Noble Books, New York, NY
Gregory Manchess – Hamilton King Award-Winning Author/Illustrator, New York, NY
Harold O. Levy – Former NYC School Chancellor, New York, NY
Jean-Sébastien Robicquet – CEO and Founder of CIROC Vodka & G’Vine Gin, Cognac, France
Marty Diamond – CEO and Head of Global Music & Paradigm Talent Agency, New York, NY
Mike Michaelis – Former President and CEO of Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS
Ned Yost – Former KC Royals Manager and Major League Baseball Catcher, Kansas City, MO
Paul O. Zelinsky – Caldecott Award-Winning Children’s Book Author/Illustrator, Brooklyn, NY
Paul Simon – Grammy Award-Winning Musician/Songwriter and Actor, New York, NY
Paula Wiseman – Publisher of Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
Rocco Landesman – Broadway Theatre Producer and former NEA Chairman, Miami, FL
Susan Tate – Former CEO, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

SELECTED NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2021	Rocket Relief Grant, Charlotte Street Foundation, Spencer Museum of Art and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Kansas City, MO
2020	CODAawards Top 100 Public Artworks for 2020, CODAworx, Madison, WI
2017	Artist Inc., Fellow, Lawrence, KS
2015	Visiting Artist Grant, US Bank, Lawrence, KS (awarded also in 2013, 2012, 2010, 2006, 2005)
2008	The New York Times Best Illustrated Book of The Year Award, New York, NY
2006	Featured Artist, Lawrence Arts Center Benefit Art Auction, Lawrence, KS
2005	Governor’s Art Award for Individual Artist, Awarded by Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Topeka, KS
2004	Phoenix Award for Exceptional Artistic Achievement by an Individual Artist. Awarded by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, Lawrence, KS
2002	Hall of Honor, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KS
2000	Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller for My Little Red Toolbox, published by Harcourt, NY
1999	Gold Medal, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1999	PSA Board of Directors Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1998	Silver Medal, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1998	PSA Board of Directors Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1997	Chair, Original Art Exhibition, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1996	Caldecott Honor Award, American Library Association, New York, NY
1996	Gold Medal, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1995	The New York Times Best Illustrated Book of The Year Award, New York, NY
1995	Silver Medal Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1995	Sanford Corporation Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1995	Washington Square Outdoor Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1994	Yarka Award, Audubon Society, New York, NY
1994	Knickerbocker Artists Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1993	H.K. Holbein Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1993	Alice Melrose Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1992	David Humphrey’s Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
1992	Philip Isenberg Memorial Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1988	Three Time Magazine Cover Commissions, New York, NY
1987	Forbes Magazine Cover Commission, New York, NY
1987	Kirshoff/Wohlberg Award, Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition, New York, NY
1987	Best of Show Award, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
1987	Student Scholarship Award, Department of Art and Design, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1986	Best of Show Scholarship Award and Traveling Scholarship Award, Department of Art and Design, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1984	Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

ADDITIONAL ART EDUCATION
1996 – 1999	Cooper Union, Figure Drawing with Shelley Haven, New York, NY
1993 – 1994	New School, Art Criticism and Going to Galleries with Jerry Saltz, New York, NY
1993	New York Academy of Art, Figure Painting with John Wellington, New York, NY
1990 – 1992	New York Academy of Art, Portrait Painting with Margaret Bowland, New York, NY
1989	Studio Hill Farm, Pastel Portrait Painting Workshop with Daniel Greene, North Salem, NY
1988	Art Students League, Figure Drawing, New York, NY
1985 – 1986	Lawrence Arts Center, Watercolor Painting with Diana Dunkley, Lawrence, KS

TEACHING
2021 – 2023	Sequential & Narrative Illustration and Drawing Media Courses, and Drawing Workshops, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2020 – 2021	Artistic Healing Arts Initiative, Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, KS
2013 – 2019	Extreme Drawing, Drawing for Design, Drawing Media and Illustration Concepts Courses, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2017	Mentorship Program in Children’s Book Illustration, SCBWI, Kansas City, MO
2013	Mentorship Program in Painting, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2013	Junior Narrative Illustration Course, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2006	Mentorship Program in Creative Studies, University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
2001	Independent Graduate Study Program in Illustration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2000	Senior Illustration Course, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1999	Independent Graduate Study Program in Illustration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1999	Mentorship Program in Illustration, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1998	Senior Illustration Course, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1996	Mentorship Program in Illustration, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1987	Portrait Painting in Watercolor Course, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND REPRESENTATION
Present	Author Representation, Writers House – A Literary Agency, New York, NY
Present	Member, The Authors Guild, New York, NY
Present	Member, Graphic Artists Guild, New York, NY
Present	Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Los Angeles, CA
2012 – 2013	Exhibition Committee Board Member, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011 – 2013	Friends of the Spencer Board Member, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1998 – 2013	Richard Solomon Inc., New York, NY
2006 – 2008	School of Fine Arts Advisory Board Member, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

SELECTED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
2023	Featured Presenter – Children’s Literature Festival, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2022	Artist Talk – Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
2022	Featured Presenter – Matfield Green Works Summer Series, Matfield Green, KS
2022	Featured Presenter – 2022 Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
2022	Featured Presenter and Panalist – Subject, Transformation, Joy – Exploring an Idea from Spark to Publication, 2022 Kansas Authors Club Conference, Lawrence, KS
2021	Panelist – Picture That: The Artist’s Side of Picture Books, 2021 Kansas Book Festival, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2021	Drawing Workshop – Design Week, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2020	Keynote Speaker – Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival 4^th Annual Breakfast and Books, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2019	Panelit – Power of Place, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2019	Featured Presenter – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019	Featured Presenter – Children’s Literature Festival, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2019	Featured Presenter – Insight Talk, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2019	Artist Talk – Lenexa City Center Library, Lenexa, KS
2018	Featured Presenter – Children’s Literature Festival, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2018	Featured Presenter – McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation, McPherson, KS
2017	Artist Talk – Art Directors Circle, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2017	Featured Presenter – Children’s Literature Festival, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2017	Featured Presenter – Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
2017	Artist Talk – Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, MO
2017	Artist Talk – Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
2016	Keynote Speaker – Strong Collection Literature Children’s Lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2016	Featured Presenter – Children’s Literature Festival, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2016	Featured Presenter – Allen County Community College, Iola, KS
2016	Artist Talk – Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2016	Featured Presenter – Second Story Festival of Arts & Ideas, Fort Scott, KS
2016	Featured Presenter – 6^th Annual Kansas Book Festival, Topeka, KS
2016	Featured Presenter – Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, KS
2015	Featured Presenter – American Library Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
2015	Featured Presenter and Workshop – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
2015	Featured Presenter – Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
2015	Featured Presenter – National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Conference, Orlando, FL
2015	Presentation and Workshop – Young Writers Workshop, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
2014	Presentation and Workshop – Friends University, Art Challenge Featured Presenter, Wichita, KS
2014	Presentation and Workshop – Kansas Alliance for the Arts in Education, Wichita, KS
2013	Featured Presenter – Allen County Community College, Iola, KS
2013	Featured Presenter Workshop – SCBWI Regional Conference, Kansas City, MO
2013	Featured Presenter – Wichita Alumni Association, Kansas Author Dinner, Wichita, KS
2012	Artist Talk – Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
2012	Featured Presenter – Endacott Society, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2012	Featured Presenter – Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
2012	Featured Presenter – Iola Public Library Reading Festival, Iola, KS
2012	Featured Presenter – Kansas City Public Library, Central Library, Kansas City, MO
2012	Featured Presenter – SCBWI Conference, Kansas City, MO
2012	Artist Talk – Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
2011	Weeklong Presentations – American School, Lima, Peru
2011	Featured Presenter – Kansas Book Festival, Topeka, KS
2011	Featured Presenter and Workshop –Marywood University and Keystone College, Scranton, PA
2011	Featured Presenter – Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
2011	Artist Talk – Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
2011	Featured Presenter – Hallmark Symposium Speaker Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2010	Artist Talk – Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2010	Featured Presenter – Penn State Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2009	Artist Talk and Workshop – Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2009	Featured Presenter – Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
2009	Featured Presenter – New York City Public Library, New York, NY
2009	Featured Presenter – NCTE Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2009	Featured Presenter – Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
2009	Artist Talk – Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2008	Featured Presenter – American Library Association, Anaheim, CA
2008	Featured Presenter – Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
2008	Featured Presenter – Kansas Art Education Association Conference, Lawrence, KS
2008	Featured Presenter – Kansas City Literary Festival, Kansas City, MO
2008	Featured Presenter – Children’s Literature Conference, Manhattan, KS
2008	Featured Presenter – Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, OK
2008	Featured Presenter – Rotary Club, Lawrence, KS
2008	Artist Talk – Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum, Clinton, KS
2007	Featured Presenter – Brigham Young University Literature Conference, Provo, UT
2007	Featured Presenter – Kansas Book Festival, Koch Arena, Wichita, KS
2007	Artist Talk – Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2007	Weeklong Presentations – Midway Reads Festival, Waco, TX
2007	Featured Presenter – River City Reading Festival, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2007	Featured Presenter – Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
2007	Featured Presenter – Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2006	Featured Presenter – Art History Department, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2006	Featured Artist Lecture, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2006	Artist Talk – Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2005	Featured Presenter – DNA Literature Festival, Kansas City, MO
2005	Featured Presenter – School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2004	Featured Presenter – The American Institute of Architects Conference, Kansas City, MO
2004	Artist Talk – Lied Center of Kansas, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2004	Featured Presenter – Oregon Trail Reading Council, Marysville, KS
2004	Featured Presenter – Writers Conference, Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods, Kansas City, MO
2003	Featured Presenter – Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2003	Keynote Commencement Speaker – Central Junior High School, Lawrence, KS
2003	Artist Talk – School of Law, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2002	Featured Presenter – Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2002	Featured Presenter – Spencer Museum of Art, Guest Artist Lecture Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2001	Featured Presenter – Hallmark Symposium Speaker Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2001	Featured Presenter – Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2000	Featured Presenter – Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
2000	Featured Presenter – Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2000	Featured Presenter – New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
1999	Featured Presenter – Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1999	Featured Presenter – Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1998	Featured Presenter – The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1998	Featured Presenter – Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1997	Featured Presenter – American Library Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
1997	Featured Presenter – Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1996	Featured Presenter – Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
1996	Featured Presenter – University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1994	Featured Presenter and Workshops – Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
1994	Featured Presenter – Hallmark Symposium Speaker Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1990	Featured Presenter – University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
1989	Featured Presenter – Hallmark Symposium Speaker Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

VIRTUAL WEBINARS. WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS & ONLINE CONFERENCES
2021	Featured Presenter – Kleppe Visiting Artist Series, School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2021	Featured Presentation and Workshop – The American Library in Paris, Paris, France
2021	Featured Presenter – “Illustrators Tonight Show with Professor Ted Michalowski,” SCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2020	Featured Presenter – “Music Is…,” Snack & Read LIVE, SimonKIDS/Facebook.com
2020	Presentations and Workshops – “Music Is…,” Elisabeth Morrow School Virtual Storytelling Festival, Englewood, NJ
2020	Keynote Speaker – “Subject, Transformation & Joy, Virtual Weekend Conference. Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
2020	Panelist – “Art in Jails: Healing the Harm Panel,” Resilient Justice: Design for Purpose, Power, and Potential – AAJ Conference 2020, American Institute of Architects, NYC
2020	Panelist – “Art for Healing and Mitigation of Harm in Our Jails and Prisons,” AIANY Architecture for Justice Virtual Conference, American Institute of Architects, NYC

TELEVISION, RADIO AND PODCAST BIBLIOGRAPHY
McIntyre, Kaye. “Interview with Kansas Notable Books Awardee Stephen T. Johnson,” KPR Presents, Kansas Public Radio, Lawrence, Kansas, 7:00PM, Sunday, May 22, 2022.
Berland, Jackson. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson about his career as an Artist,” Shadow Kansas, Wildcat 91.9FM, 1:00PM, Sunday, February 28, 2021.
Vasquez Boyd, Maria. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson regarding his new book Music Is…,” KKFI 90.1FM, Kansas City, MO, 12:00PM, Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
SimonKids, “Snack & Read LIVE,” 1:00PM, Wednesday, December 2, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/284035091676615/videos/396005745053616
Barr, Jason. “Artist Stephen T. Johnson.” A.D.D. Podcast with Jason Barr, April 24, 2018.
Vasquez Boyd, Maria. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson regarding his Lenexa Library Public Art Commission,” KKFI 90.1FM, Kansas City, MO, March 21, 2018.
Vasquez Boyd, Maria. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson regarding his solo exhibition at Weinberger Fine Art,” KKFI 90.1FM, Kansas City, MO, May 3, 2017.
Hertzog, Steven. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” Lawrence Business Magazine Show, KLWN-AM 1320, Lawrence, KS, November 15, 2016.
Hipp, Ralph. “Red Couch Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” WIBW-TV, CBS, Topeka, KS, September 6, 2016.
McIntyre, Kaye. “Interview with Kansas Notable Books Awardee Stephen T. Johnson,” KPR Presents, Kansas Public Radio, Lawrence, Kansas, 6PM, Thursday, December 8, 2016.
Anderson, Mike. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” The Not So Late Show, WOW Television, Lawrence, KS, October 7, 2015.
Spencer, Laura. “Eight Artists Selected for East Ninth Street Project in Lawrence, KCUR.ORG 89.3FM, Tuesday, August 4, 2015.
Long, Carolyn. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” KCTV5 News at 4 p.m., Kansas City, KS, Friday, April 20, 2012.
Anderson, Mike. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” The Not So Late Show, Knology, Lawrence, KS, January 11, 2012.
Capitol Federal Bank. Television commercial featuring the book “Alphabet City” by Stephen T. Johnson for a promotional campaign. ABC, CBS & NBC regional affiliates. October – November, 2011.
Hurd, Greg. Rebroadcast of “Dance of the Rings,” Interview with Stephen T. Johnson and his Freedom Rings Sculpture,” River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS, May 2-6, 2011.
Hipp, Ralph. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” WIBW-TV, CBS, Topeka, KS, April 25, 2011.
Quinn, Kathy. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” KC Forum, Q104 & Alice 102 Radio, Kansas City, MO, Sunday, October 26, 2011.
Hurd, Greg. “Dance of the Rings,” Interview with Stephen T. Johnson and his Freedom Rings Sculpture, River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS, July 21-28, 2010.
--. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson and his exhibit and book “An Abstract Alphabet” Rebroadcast with new footage, River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS, September 9 - 23, 2009.
--. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson regarding his new work “An Abstract Alphabet and his Exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art,” River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS, July 25, 2007.
Anthony, Brett. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” Kansas City Live, KSHB-TV, NBC Television, December 21, 2007.
--. Special showcase of “My Little Yellow Taxi,” by Stephen T. Johnson, Kansas City Live, KSHB-TV, NBC Television, October 2, 2007.
Hurd, Greg. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS, March 29, 2006.
Reid, Janet. “Stephen T. Johnson & The Sesquicentennial Sculpture,” 6 News Lawrence, Sunflower Broadband Cablevision, July 21, 2005.
Lehrer, Harvey Producer/Director. Actress Jamie Gertz Narrator. JTN Productions in association with PBS Television. “Chanukah Stories featuring “The Tie Man’s Miracle,” Released on DVD, Februray, 2005.
Wehner, Brooke. “Stephen T. Johnson’s Sculpture unveiled at Lied Center,” 6 News Lawrence, Sunflower Broadband Cablevision, April 1, 2004.
Hiland, Susan. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” Fox Evening News, WDAF- TV FOX4, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2002.
Hurd, Greg. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson,” River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS, January 3, 2001.
Long, Melissa. “Interview with Stephen T. Johnson regarding the exhibition Alphabet City and City by
Numbers at the Memorial Art Gallery,” Sunrise, WROC-TV, Rochester, NY, April 5, 2000.
Gibson, Charlie and Lunden, Joan. Discussion of images and book Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson, Good Morning America, ABC Television, March 6, 1996.

SELECTED PRINT AND WEB BIBLIOGRAPHY
Editor. “Who’s Who in America, 76th Anniversary Edition,” Marquis Publishing, 2023.
Meyer, Susanna. “Music to the Eyes: ’Scherzo’ sculpture installed at Marshalltown Performing Arts Center,” Times-Republican, June 25, 2022.
Staff. “New artwork installation coming to Marshalltown Performing Arts Center,” Times-Republican, June 15, 2022.
Hellman, Rick. “In New Exhibition, Stephen T. Johnson Shares His Influences,” News.ku.edu/the University of Kansas, Friday, April 4, 2022.
Hellman, Rick. “Music Is…a Gift,” KU today & Tomorrow Magazine, Issue 2021-2022.
Callahan, Kim. “Giant flower paintings on new East Lawrence building are about celebrating the community.” Lawrence Journal-World, November 19, 2021.
Lawharon, Chad. “Heartland Community Health expects new location will bring new patients, greater appreciation for the nonprofit’s mission.” Lawrence Journal-World, October 30, 2021.
Colvin, Andrea. “Pandemic Missed Connections: Books for kids and teens that may have gotten lost in the shuffle.” Publishers Weekly, August 19, 2021.
Babcock, Trevor. “Performing Arts Center Artwork Finalized,” Times-Republican, August 4, 2021.
Staff. “What Art Should Be At Center?” Times-Republican, June 29, 2021.
Brandstätter, Ursula. “Transformieren: Wissen generieren durch intermodale und intermediale Wechselspiele,” Das Wissen Der Künste, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Issue #10, May, 2021.
Danielson, Julie. “Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast Featuring Stephen T. Johnson, Romana Romanyshyn & Andriy Lesiv.” #724, January 3, 2021. Retrieved from http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=5254.
Staff. “Books in brief,” featuring “Music Is…,” Kansas Alumni Magazine, Issue 1, 2021.
Hellman, Rick. “For Caldecott Medal-Winning Author Stephen T. Johnson, ‘Music is…’ a Gift” News.ku.edu/the University of Kansas, Monday, November 16, 2020.
Staff. “Music Is…,” [Starred Review], Kirkus Reviews, October 27, 2020.
McConnel, Jen. “Music Is…” School Library Journal, September 2020.
“Interconnections by Stephen Johnson,” Mension – The Newsletter of the Mid-America Mensa Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri, Vol. 48, No.7, July 2020.
Featured Illustrator Stephen T. Johnson, SCBWI. (November 2019.) Retrieved from https://ksmo.scbwi.org.
Hellman, Rick. “Artist Focuses on the Rhythms of the Street.” News.ku.edu./the University of Kansas, Wednesday, March 23, 2019.
Lazzarino, Chris. “Johnson uses new Lenexa murals to inspire students to go make art.” Kansas Alumni Magazine, Issue 5, 2019.
Lance, Angelica. “KU professor features new mosaic artworks at Johnson County Public Library,” The University Daily Kansas (UDK), July 25, 2019.
Hellman, Rick. “Alphabet Books Inspire New Library’s Public Art.” News.ku.edu./the University of Kansas, June 12, 2019.
Rossi, Skyler. “Newest library is ‘a natural fit’ for Lenexa City Center.” Kansascity.com, Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
Wankum, Leah. “Brand new Lenexa City Center Library set to open June 2, Shawnee Mission Post, May 29, 2019.
Adams, Elaine. “New Lenexa library to open on June 2,” The Kansas City Star, February 21, 2019.
Fraley, Amber. “Kansas Children’s Book Illustrators to Know,” KANSAS! Magazine, Literary Issue, Spring, 2018.
McNair, Jonda C. “Featured Artist,” Mirrors and Windows, Fall, 2018.
Edlund, Carolyn. “Featured Artist,” ARTSY SHARK, January 9, 2018.
Editor. KUDO’s, Volume 3, University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design, Fall, 2018.
Hawks, John Jared. “Area seniors receive unexpected gifts,” Ottawa Herald - Weekender, December 23-24, 2017.
Hammill, Roxie. “Caldecott award-winning author will design $200,000 art installation for new Lenexa library branch,” Shawnee Mission Post, December 18, 2017.
Biele, Heather. “Hail to the Hawks - local artists pay tribute the 150 years of tradition with new twists on our treasured mascot” Kansas Alumni Magazine, No 2, 2016.
Gage, Mary. “LM Bookmarks: Lawrence authors explore family relations, family upheaval and familiar letters in familiar places,” Lawrence Magazine, Fall 2016.
Fortun, Kim. “Figuring Out Theory: Ethnographic Sketches,” essay in “Theory can be more than it used to be,” Cornell University Press, 2015.
Staff. “Talking with artist and children’s author Stephen Johnson.” Lawrence.com, Friday, December 18, 2015.
Hlavacek, Joanna. “Getting to know you: An introduction to East Ninth Project’s Commissioned artists,” Lawrence Journal World, Wednesday, August 5, 2015.
Ayres, Bill and Bloodworth, Sandra. “New York’s Underground Art Museum: MTA Arts & Design,” The Monacelli Press, 2^nd edition, New York City, NY, 2014.
Green, Chris. “FREEFORM – Stephen T. Johnson,” featured Artist profile, The Journal, Volume 6, Issue 3, published by Kansas Leadership Center, Fall, 2014.
“Newsletter,” Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Fall Edition vol XXXIV, no 1, 2014.
Mayer, Gabriel. “Architecture Glass Art: Franz Mayer of Munich Mayer’sche Hofkunstanstalt,” Himer Verlag, Munich, 2013.
Fraley, Amber. “In the visual, linguistic world of Stephen T. Johnson… Anything is Possible,” Lawrence Magazine, Summer, 2013.
Shepherd, Sara. “New gallery and event space brings fine art to east Lawrence,” Lawrence Journal World, Wednesday, April 24, 2013.
Magill, Lee. “Best pop-up books of 2012 for pre-K and elementary-school kids,” Time Out New York Kids, Tuesday, December 4, 2012.
Paul, Pamela. “New Interactive and Pop-Up Books,” The New York Times, Wednesday, November 28, 2012.
Hoedel, Cindy. “Portrait of an Illustrator,” The Kansas City Star Magazine, Sunday, April 15, 2012.
Conoley, Jessica. “Kansas City Voices,” Whispering Prairie Press, 2012.
Grega, Alicia. “Literate Art,” Electric City, Scanton, PA, November 10, 2011.
Miller, Joe. “Kansas Book Festival showcases homegrown talent,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, September 18, 2011.
Thummel, Cisley. “Mixed Media Master - Area artist draws nationwide attention for art in (almost) every form,” 435 South Magazine, July issue, 2011.
Hart, Nicki. “Q & A with Stephen T. Johnson,” MOSAIC, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center Publication, Winter/Spring issue, 2011.
Spiro, Ruth. “Our Favorite Things; A Special Guide to the Best Birthday Gifts for $20 or Less,” Disney Family Fun Magazine, March Issue, 2011.
Sonnema, Roy B. “From A to Z, Artist explores links between words and images” LIFE: Arts & Entertainment, The Pueblo Chieftain, Thursday, February, 10 2011.
Henderson, Susan. “Freefrom, a sculpture by acclaimed artist Stephen Johnson,” Lawrence Visitor Guide, 2011-2012.
Girl, Kristin. “Star Wars Art: Visions,” Comic Attack.net, November 24, 2010.
Abraham, James. “A Long Time Ago, In a Gallery far, Far Away,” Inland Empire Weekly, November 2, 2010.
Rinzler, J. W. “Star Wars: Visions,” Abrams, NYC, 2010.
Lambert, Don. “Mounting the Mundane At the Mulvane,” REVIEW, September 15, 2010.
Blankenship, Bill. “Freedom for the arts,” Weekend—The Capitol-Journal, Friday, July 2, 2010.
Heos, Bridget. “Story time with our illustrious Kansas City Illustrators,” M Magazine, April, issue, 2010.
Townsend, Scarlett. “Bulletin of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation,” Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 1, Carnegie Mellon University, Spring, 2010.
Scieszka, Jon. “The Ambassador’s State of the Union,” The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, December 13, 2009.
Cary, Alice. “Our favorite gifts for the littlest readers,” December Issue, Bookpage.com, 2009.
Niccum, Jon. “Tower of Power,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, Friday, June 19, 2009.
Tollefson, Julie. “Lost Valley,” Lawrence Magazine, Summer Issue, 2009.
Zerkin, Becca. “A is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet” The New York Times Book Review, November 9, 2008.
Kumar, Lisa. “Something About The Author, Vol. 189,” Gale Group Publishers, September, 2008.
Rombeck, Terry. “Lawrence Author Releases ‘A is for Art’,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, September 14, 2008.
Castaneda, Erin. “Museum Sculpture Design Unveiled,” Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, June 22, 2008.
Rombeck, Terry. “Guiding Light: Sculpture aims to attract visitors to museum,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, May 25, 2008.
Nel, Philip. “The Fall and Rise of Children’s Literature.” American Art: Smithsonian American Art Museum, The University of Chicago Press, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 2008.
Kumar, Lisa. Something About The Author, Vol. 175, Gale Group Publishers, September 2007.
Hoag, Andrea. “More than a footnote.” Lawrence Magazine, Fall issue, 2007.
Stokstad, Marilyn. “Ingenuity enlivens KU gallery.” Lawrence Journal-World, July 26, 2007.
Blackledge, Lee. “Register, Volume VII, No. 9,” Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, July 1, 2006—June 30, 2007.
Helm, Megan. “Adult Art Aficionados Appreciate Alliteration: Stephen Johnson’s Abstract Alphabet at the Spencer Museum of Art.” Present Magazine, June Issue, 2007.
Rombeck, Terry. “A is for Artist - Abstract Alphabet spells new direction for Lawrence creator,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, Saturday, May 19, 2007.
Sanner, Jennifer Jackson. “Class Credit,” Kansas Alumni Magazine, No. 2 issue, 2007.
Ayres, Bill and Bloodworth, Sandra. “Along the Way MTA Arts for Transit,” The Monacelli Press, New York, NY, 2006.
Luening, Bill. “Top of the Week,” The Kansas City Star, Sunday, December 24, 2006.
Rombeck, Terry. “Fun fare for kids,” Lawrence Journal-World, October 16, 2006.
Woodward, Bill. Register, Volume VII, Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 7, Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Kansas, July 1, 2001^—June 30, 2006.
McMahon, Regan. “Tour America,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 2006.
Zerkin, Rebecca. “Tour America,” The New York Times Book Review, June 4, 2006.
Sawyers, June. “Tour America,” Chicago Tribune, June 4, 2006.
Bock, Lee. “Tour America,” School Library Journal, June issue, 2006.
Paget, Mindie. “For Art’s Sake; Stephen Johnson Honored,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, March 29, 2006.
Mitchell, Rick. “Stephen T. Johnson Featured Artist Lawrence Art Auction,” The Arts In Action, February 26-April 8, issue, 2006.
Engelfried, Stephen. “Artful Alphabets,” School Library Journal, January issue, 2006.
Barland, Aly. “Stephen Johnson: An arrangement in creativity, passion and courage,” KUJH Online, September 21, 2005.
Rombeck, Terry. “Fresh Faces — Spencer Museum shows off newest members of its collection,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, August 1, 2005.
Lawhorn, Chad. “Sculpture celebrating freedom unveiled in downtown Lawrence,” Lawrence Journal- World, July 22, 2005.
Paget, Mindie. “Freeform,” Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, July 17, 2005.
Schmitt, Chris. “Michelangelos To Go,” The New York Sun, Thursday, March 3, 2005.
Eckel, Sara. “Common Touch,” Kansas Alumni Magazine, No. 6, 2004.
Paget, Mindie. “High Art: Phoenix Award recipients rise to top of creative community,” Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, November 7, 2004.
Rombeck, Terry. “Free’ sculpture selected to commemorate sesquicentennial,” Lawrence Journal-World, October 12, 2004.
Paget, Mindie. “Four artists competing in Percent for Art contest,” Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, August 22, 2004.
--. “Lied Center marks 10th year with a special ‘Arrangement’,” Lawrence Journal-World, April 2, 2004.
Eglinski, Georgann. “Happy Birthday, KU Law!,” KU Law Magazine, Spring Issue, 2004.
Lazzarino, Chris. “Uncle Jimmy’s home at last,” Kansas Alumni Magazine, Issue No. 1, 2004.
Paget, Mindie. “Visions of grandeur; Area designers reveal their visions for World Trade Center Memorial,” Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, December 14, 2003.
Galvin, Jennifer. “Read and Play; Children score with soccer fun,” Boston Herald, September 16, 2003.
--. “Lawrence artist chosen to craft anniversary sculpture,” Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal- World , Sunday, August 3, 2003.
Bookshelf Section. “As The City Sleeps,” The New York Times Book Review, March 9, 2003.
Kohl, MaryAnn F. “Storybook Art: hands-on art for children in the styles of 100 great picture book Illustrators,” Quality Books, Inc, 2003.
Schlageck, Kathrine Walker. “Beyond Oz: Children’s Book Illustrations from the Region,” Catalog of Exhibition. Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2002.
Walker, Leita. “LHS inducts 4 into Hall of Honor,” Lawrence Journal-World, September 23, 2002.
Hearne, Christopher Jr. “Robo Alert,” FYI Section, The Kansas City Star, April 25, 2002.
Tip Sheet Section, “My Little Blue Robot,” Newsweek Magazine, December 2, 2002.
Court, Ayesha. “My Little Blue Robot,” USA Today, December 5, 2002.
Paget, Mindie. “Project would add art to hospital,” Lawrence Journal-World, December 15, 2001.
Bossert, Jill. “The Society of Illustrators 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Annuals of American Illustration,” Watson Guptill Publications, 2001.
Mikinski, Rod. “Children’s Artist” The Manhattan Mercury, September 6, 2001.
Aid, Gator. “Moving On Up,” Publishers Weekly, February 26, 2001.
Lazzarino, Chris. “Visitor Illustrating Man,” KS Alumni Magazine, Volume 99, No. 6, 2001.
Price, Anne and Yaakov, Juliette. Children’s Catalog, The H.W. Wilson Company, New York, Eighteenth Edition, 2001.
Marcus, Leonard. “Reading Magic Awards,” Parenting Magazine, January/December issue, 2001.
Bossert, Jill. “The Society of Illustrators 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Annuals of American Illustration,” Watson Guptill Publications, 2000.
Blair, Alex. “Books to Gladden the Hearts,” New York Post, November 25, 2000.
Gowen, Heather. “Interactive Stories,” Parents Magazine, November issue, 2000.
Hummels, Jill. “Johnson Builds a Unique Children’s Book,” Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal- World, Sunday, August 6, 2000.
Carpenter, Tim. “Author Sparks Youths’ Imagination,” Lawrence Journal-World, March 8, 2000.
Bossert, Jill. “The Society of Illustrators 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Annuals of American Illustration,” Watson Guptill Publications, 1999.
Soppelsa, Robert T. “Recent Acquisitions,” catalog. The Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University Publications, 1999.
Bookshelf Section. “City By Numbers,” The New York Times Book Review, January 17, 1999.
Marcus, Leonard. “City By Numbers,” Parenting Magazine, December/January, 1999.
Cummins, Julie. “Children’s Book Illustration and Design Volume II,” PBC/Rizzoli International, Inc.,1998.
Estes, Sally. “Top 10 Youth Sports Books,” Booklist, September 1, 1998.
Mitchell, Rick. “Drawings From Life, Drawings, Paintings and Illustrations by Ted and Stephen Johnson,” The Arts In Action, December/February Issue, 1998.
Aria, Barbara. “Dinosaur Sculpture and Alphabet Art: Original Children’s Book Art,” Time Out Magazine, NYC, December Issue, 1998.
Biles, Jan. “Drawing From Life,” The Mag, Lawrence Journal-World, January 8, 1998.
Willard, Christopher. “Combining Materials,” American Artist Magazine, January Issue, 1998.
Montgomery, Paula. “Hooked on Seeing in a Different Way to Make Picture Books; Stephen T. Johnson,” School Library Media Activities Monthly, April Issue, 1997.
Book Editor. “Hoops,” Publishers Weekly, October 6, 1997.
Veeder, Mary Harris. “Hoops,” Chicago Tribune, Sunday, October 12, 1997.
Rockman, Connie C. “Hoops,” School Library Journal, November issue, 1997.
Phelan, Carolyn. “Hoops,” Booklist, November 15, 1997.
Book Editor. “Hoops,” The Boston Globe, December 7, 1997.
Bossert, Jill. “The Society of Illustrators 37^th Annual of American Illustration,” Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996.
Woodward, Bill. “Man of Letters,” Kansas Alumni Magazine, May issue, 1996.
Beck, Martha Davis. “1996 Award Finalists,” Hungry Mind Review, Spring issue, No. 37, 1996.
Kandler, Sara. “Colorful Characters,” Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, February issue, 1996.
Morrison, Sarah. “For KU Graduate Stephen Johnson, writing an award-winning alphabet book for children was as easy as ABC,” The University Kansan, January 29, 1996.
Woodward, Fred & Hessler, Geraldine. American Illustration 15, Hearst Books International, 1996
McCormick, Patricia. “Parents Picks; The Best of 1995,” Parents Magazine, December Issue, 1995.
Goldberger, Paul. “Alphabet City” The New York Times Book Review, November 12, 1995.
Hall, Linda. “The Letterman,” New York Magazine, October 30, 1995.
Biles, Jan. “One man’s city, is another man’s ART,” Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, November 26, 1995.
Bossert, Jill. “The Society of Illustrators 37^th Annual of American Illustration,” Watson-Guptill Publications, 1995.
Bookshelf Section. “When Solomon was King,” The New York Times Book Review, June 18, 1995.
San Souci, Robert D. “Out of Misty Dreams; The Enchanted Art of Stephen T. Johnson” Realms of Fantasy Magazine, October Issue, 1995.
Krogius, Henrik. “Stephen Johnson’s Pastels,” Brooklyn Heights Press, NY, April 21, 1994.
DeWees, Gayle. “Paintings on Display,” The Daily News, NYC, April 22, 1994.
Addington, Brad. “Central alum returns,” Lawrence Journal-World, February 6, 1993.
Associated Press. “Books Remain as the Best Holiday Choice for Children,” Connecticut Post, December 2, 1993.
DeWitt, Barbara. “Kids Having a Dickens of a Christmas,” Los Angeles Daily News, Sunday, December 12, 1993.
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