NORA HUTCHINSON JOHNSON

MONOLITH SERIES

2009-10-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

MONOLITH #11
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
26”x38”

MONOLITH #2
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
22”x28”

MONOLITH #1
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
22”x28”

MONOLITH #4
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
22”x28”

MONOLITH #5
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
22”x28”

MONOLITH #6
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
22”x28”

MONOLITH #7:
SKETCH FOR BROKEN MONOLITH
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
22”x28”

BROKEN MONOLITH
WOOD, RESIN, RUST,METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA
(INSTALLATION VIEW. INSTALLED DEPTH: 18" FROM WALL)
15”x72”x4”

SPIRIT VESSEL #4
28”x38”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER

SPIRIT VESSEL #5
28”x38”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER

LEARNING CHINESE

2008-02-26T10:55:00.000-08:00

LEARNING CHINESE DIPTYCH
33” x 69” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #2 12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL	SMALL SQUARE #4 12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL
SMALL SQUARE #7 12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL	SMALL SQUARE #6 12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL
SMALL SQUARE #8 12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL	SMALL SQUARE #3 12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

JOSHUA TREE

2008-02-25T11:03:00.000-08:00

JOSHUA TREE #3

GEOLOGY SERIES

2008-02-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

POINT DUME #4
30”x84”x2”
Rust, graphite, metallic powders on panel

POINT DUME #7
30”x84”x2”
Rust, mixed media, metallic powders on panel

ABOUT COPPER MOUNTAIN

2008-02-23T11:30:00.000-08:00

ABOUT COPPER MOUNTAIN #1
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
16”x20”x2"

ABOUT COPPER MOUNTAIN #2
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
16”x20”x2"

IN SITU

2008-02-22T11:38:00.000-08:00

"SALUTE" RESTARAUNT
(LEFT: POINT DUME #9, RIGHT: LEARNING CHINESE)

2007-10-25T11:41:00.000-07:00

LEARNING CHINESE DIPTYCH
33” x 69” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL
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MONOLITH #11
26”x38”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
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TRIPTYCH ABOUT RUST

36”x100”
MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

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PONT DUME #4
30”x84”x2”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS ON PAPER

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DIPTYCH/1
MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL 48”x73”x2”
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JOSHUA TREE SERIES
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SPIRIT VESSEL #4
28”x38”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
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“TWO AS ONE”
5”x5”x12” BRONZE MESH, STAINLESS STEEL ARMATURE, AND CABLES.
CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE ICONOGRAPHY OF WINGS IN NORA HUTCHINSON JOHNSON'S WORK

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“BELLS FOR THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE”
St Vincent’s Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
OVERALL HEIGHT OF SCULPTURE: 98feet
(View looking up)
TO VIEW MORE PUBLIC/SITE SPECIFIC WORK CLICK HERE

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CONTACT NORA HUTCHINSON JOHNSON:

NORAJOHNSONIS@GMAIL.COM

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"LEARNING CHINESE" SERIES

2007-10-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

LEARNING CHINESE DIPTYCH
33” x 69” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #2
12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #3
12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #4
12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #6
12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #7
12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

SMALL SQUARE #8
12”x12” MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

LEARNING CHINESE #12
48"x60" MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

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"ABOUT RUST" SERIES

2007-10-06T10:09:00.000-07:00

A LITTLE NOTE ABOUT RUST
14”X36”X2.5”
MIXED MEDIA, RUST, AND METALLIC POWDERS ON PANEL

NOTES ABOUT RUST
34.5”x80”x2.5”
RUST, METALLIC POWDERS, GRAPHITE. BOLTS AND GROMMETS ON PANEL

ALL ABOUT RUST
24”x40”x2”
RUST, METALLIC POWDERS, GRAPHITE ON PANEL

PAGES FROM THE BOOK OF RUST
21”X48”X2”
MIXED MEDIA, RUST, METALLIC POWDERS, AND NAILS ON PANEL

TRIPTYCH ABOUT RUST
36”x100”
MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL

A DOZEN SKETCHES FOR NOTES ABOUT METAL
23”x53” MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER

BRONZE DIPTYCH ON RUST
22”x38”
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER

"BLACK AND SILVER"

2007-10-05T10:09:00.000-07:00

BURNISHED METAL #1
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 21”x28”

BURNISHED METAL #2
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 22”x28”

BURNISHED METAL #3
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 22”x28”

BURNISHED METAL #4
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 21”x28”

BURNISHED METAL #5
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 21”x28”

BURNISHED METAL #6
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 21”x28”

DIPTYCH/1
MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL 48”x73”x2”

METAL PAINTING#1
MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL 48”x60”x2”

NOTES ABOUT SILVER
12”X12” (each panel)
MIXED MEDIA ON PANELS

"JOSHUA TREE" SERIES

2007-10-03T10:04:00.000-07:00

JOSHUA TREE #1

JOSHUA TREE #3

JOSHUA TREE #13

JOSHUA TREE #11

JOSHUA TREE #14

JOSHUA TREE #6

"SPIRIT VESSEL" SERIES

2007-10-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

SPIRIT VESSEL #4
28”x38”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER

SPIRIT VESSEL #5
28”x38”
RUST, BURNISHED METALLIC POWDERS, AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER

C.V.

2006-10-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

EDUCATION

Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA. 1967; BFA

Post Graduate Studies, New York University, 1980; Film making.

Post Graduate Studies, Parsons School of Art and Design, 1984; Paper making.

Post Graduate Studies, Les Beaux Arts , Paris, France. 1990; Metal Sculpture.

Post Graduate Studies, Art Student League, New York, 1991-92; Print making.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Howard Hall Farm: Paint Technology Teacher

Illinois Central College: Visiting Artist Lecture

Philadelphia Art Institute: Textile Design.

Barbizon School of Fashion Merchandising: Textile Design.

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

1994 Public Sculpture Competition; Peoria Civic Center Theater; Peoria, IL

1994 The State Museum of Harrisburg; “Art of the State ‘94″; Honorable Mention

1993 San Bernardino County Museum Fine Arts Institute/28th Annual Exhibition; Presidents Award.

1993 Percent for Art Competition; Florida Council for the Arts/ Commission for the Ft. Lauderdale Department of Transportation

1992Percent for Art Competition; City of Trenton/Commission for Capitol Center

1983 Fiber Arts Design Book II

1967 Moore College of Art; Best Designer/Fashion Design Department

EXHIBITIONS (PARTIAL LISTING)

Roseline Keoner Atelier, W. Hampton,
NY; Group Invitation 2005

The Art Alliance, New York, NY;
Solo Exhibition; 2005

Museo Regional de Michoaca, Morelia, Mexico; Group Exhibition; 2004

Gallerie S.D.E./V., Venice, Italy;
Solo Exhibition; 2000

Gallerie S.D.E., Paris France;
Solo Exhibition; 1998

Wisconsin Women in the Arts; 22nd
Anniversary National Juried Exhibit;
1995

The State Museum of Harrisburg:
“The Art of the State: Pennsylvania ‘94″. 1994.

Marsha Child Contemporary at 101 Wooster:,
New York, NY, 1994.
Group Invitational

Beaverton Art Commission,Beaverton,
OR, 1993.

San Bernardino County Museum Fine Arts Institute, San Bernadino, CA, 1993.
28th Annual Exhibition

Marsha Child Contemporary,
New Hope, PA, 1992.
Group Invitational

Gallerie S.D.E., Paris, France, 1990.
Solo Exhibition

Gallery Hispano, Seville,
Spain World Expo , 1989.
Group Exhibition

C.S. Schulte Gallery, New York, NY,
1988. Group Exhibition

The Art Collector, San Diego, CA, 1987. Group Invitational

Carlisle Gallery, New York, NY, 1983. Group Invitational

Pennsylvania Craft Artist’s Exhibition;
Harrisburg, PA, 1982.
Group Invitational

Carlisle Gallery, New York, NY, 1981. Group Invitational

Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1981. Group Invitational

Genus Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 1980. Group Show

Walnut Street Theatre Gallery; Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
Group Invitational

Langman Gallery, Jenkentown, PA,
1979. Group Invitational

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 1979. Group Invitational

Salisbury State College Exhibition, Salisbury, MD, 1978.
Group Invitational

Virginia Beach Art Association,
Virginia Beach, VA, 1977. Group Invitational

Vincent Kling Associates, Philadelphia,
PA, 1977. Solo Exhibition

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Sierra View District Hospital,
Porterville, CA

Peoria Civic Center Theater, Peoria, IL.

Dedier Reza Consulting; Paris, France

Florida Department of Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Cubix; Bankok, Thailand

Xerox Corporation, Leesburg, VA

Elf Altochem, Philadelphia, PA

Pantone, Inc., Moonachie, NJ

Federal Reserve Bank,
East Rutherford, NJ

Capitol Center,Trenton, NJ

E.I. Lily & Co., Chicago, IL

St John’s Medical Plaza, Santa Monica,
CA

Hyatt Regency, Fort Worth, TX

M&M Mars Co., Hackettsown, NJ

E.I. Dupont de Nemours, Washington,
DC

AT&T, Somerset, NJ

City Federal Savings and Loan,
Somerset, NJ

E.I.Dupont de Nemours,
Wilmington, DE

Hercules Inc., Wilmington, DE

General Electric Space Division,Valley Forge, PA

Crocker National Bank, Sacremento,CA

Sun Information Services,
Philadelphia PA

Macdonald Corporation, Philadelphia,
PA

Smithkline Beecham, Philadelphia, PA

Sloan’s Curve Condomininum,
Palm Beach, FL

Laventhal and Horwath,Philadelphia, PA

General Accident Insurance Group, Philadelphia,
PA

Bank of America; Tegucigalpa,Honduras

State Capitol Savings and Loan,
Harrisburg, PA

Burlington Industries, New York, NY

Philadelphia 76′ers Basketball Club, Philadelphia, PA

Miller Anderson, Conshohocken, PA

St Vincents Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Sacred Heart Hospital; Eau Clare WI

WINGED THINGS ICONOGRAPHY

2006-10-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

“Two As One”
5”x5”x12” Bronze mesh, stainless steel armature and cables

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One of my earliest memories as a child was of looking up and seeing spruce airfoils, which had been parts for my father’s gliders that he made as a teen, and flew off local cliffs near his home.

I always loved the forms, but had no idea how to incorporate them into my art work, which had previously been inspired by African inspired fetishes. One day, I decided to just to leap into sculpture that revolved around the forms I loved.

Around that time, I was asked to design 3 lobby works for a developer building a corporate headquarters for NY AT&T. I did not realize when I proposed works with winged imagery that the client had been an aeronautical engineer in his previous life and loved the theme.

I also did not realize at first that using winged imagery was consistent with the fetish imagery, as both incorporated archetypal symbols and imagery..

Exploring winged symbolic forms gradually folded inward and became cocoons and boats, a way of dealing with the death of my father, who had worked with me fabricating some of the larger commissioned works.

Perhaps the clearest opportunity for using wings as an obvious spiritual symbol was for Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI. The hospital, owned an operated by a Franciscan order of nuns felt strongly that art had a very important part in the healing process and in their ministry, which centered on service. The core element of the 34’ sculpture suspended in the lobby atrium as an homage to St Francis, was a pair of 2 golden wing forms surrounded by tiny versions of the same curved elements in glass resembling clusters of birds. Just in case it was lost on the viewer, on of the large abstract golden wings morphed into realistic looking “feathers” at its tip.

Heaven-specific design again was used in another hospital, St Vincent’s in Linwood, CA, operated by the Daughters of Charity Order; the same order of nuns that came to CA with the Spanish priests and established the mission trail centuries ago. The newest addition to the hospital, where I was commissioned to design and produce an 87’ suspended work, was designed as an abstract glass version of a cathedral, using the symbolic numerical equivalents to express the trinity, the 4 apostles, etc, The sisters specifically requested that the sculpture be a series of bells, as the lobby tower resembled a campanilla, albeit a glass one. The bells, conforming to the interior space of the gradually narrowing “tower”, spiraled as if ascending to the heavens. In the place of the expected clappers, were cast roses, an homage to the patron saint of the hospital and to the Latino community, largely Mexican immigrant, of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the iconography of the virgin surrounded by roses.

Using the roses was a design risk, loved by the nuns, but not understood by all. But I knew that I had succeeded in my personal goal when a neighborhood visitor saw the sculpture for the first time, dropped to his knees with tears in his eyes and genuflected.

PUBLIC/ SITE SPECIFIC WORKS

2006-10-25T09:36:00.000-07:00

“BELLS FOR THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE”
(View looking up)

“BELLS FOR THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE”
Installation view of 1 of 7 groups of bells suspended in glass atrium lobby of St Vincent’s Hospital
Los Angeles, CA (overall height of sculpture: 98feet)

Installation at 125 feet of first group of bells

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One of my earliest memories as a child was of looking up and seeing spruce airfoils, which had been parts for my father’s gliders that he made as a teen, and flew off local cliffs near his home.

I also did not realize at first that using winged imagery was consistent with the fetish imagery, as both incorporated archetypal symbols and imagery..

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St Francis Hospital, Eau Claire, WI

Detail of glass birds; St Francis Hospital; Eau Claire, WI

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SEVEN GENERATIONS
Peoria Civic Center, Theater Lobby
34'high x 32' wide x 64'long
Peoria, Illinois

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ZEPHYR GODDESS
approximately 32' feet high
CAPITAL CENTER
TRENTON, N.J.

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"GEOLOGY SERIES"

2002-12-13T10:27:00.000-08:00

1) PONT DUME #4
30”x84”x2”
Rust, graphite, metallic powders on panel

POINT DUME #7
30”x84”x2”
Rust, mixed media, metallic powders on panel

Canyon Diptych #7
10”x30”
Mixed Media/metallic powders on paper

Diptych #10
10”x30”
Mixed Media/metallic powders on paper

1999-12-27T13:43:00.000-08:00

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