ELIZABETH J. JOHNSTONE
303 Fairfield Drive • Starkville • Mississippi • 39759
662-312 3061 662 323 9941
e-mail: <lizjohnstone06@yahoo.com> e-mail: <rossandliz@bellsouth.net>
www.lizjohnstoneart.com
EDUCATION
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Emphasis Painting & Drawing
Mississippi State University (MSU), Mississippi State, MS
(GPA 3.8)
1980s Previously attended Haliburton School of Fine Arts, Ontario, Canada
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Showing work on "Galiara.com" of Artist's Alley, San Francisco
2010/2011 Participation in SAAC Art in Public Places exhibitions
2009 Participation in SAAC Starkville Art Walk, Starkville, MS
2009 Solo exhibition at the Cre8tive Warehouse, Starkville, MS
2008/2009 Participation in several Starkville Area Arts Council (Art in Public Places) exhibitions
2008 Cre8tive Warehouse collaborative exhibition, Starkville, MS
2008 Participation in SAAC Starshine exhibit
2008 Cotton District Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Starkville, MS
2007 Cotton District Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Starkville, MS (Merit Award)
2006 34th Mississippi State University Annual Art & Design
Competitive Exhibition, Juror: Jill R. Chancey, MA,
Curator, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2005 33rd Mississippi State University Annual Art & Design
Competitive Exhibition
Mississippi Collegiate Competitive Exhibition, Jackson
State University, Jackson, MS
Small Works for a Big Problem, (Hurricane Katrina Relief), MSU
Group exhibition, Art in the Airport (Golden
Triangle Regional Airport), Starkville Area Arts
Council, Starkville, MS
2004 32nd Mississippi State University Annual Art & Design
Competitive Exhibition
Mississippi State University Faculty Invitational Exhibition
1989 Buckhorn Wildlife Art Festival, Buckhorn, Ontario, Canada
1986-1989 Summer Festival of Fine Arts, Westport, Ontario Canada
1987 Eastern Ontario Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Belleville,
Ontario, Canada
1986 Corbyville Art Festival, Corbyville, Ontario, Canada
Solo exhibition, 1834 Gallery, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada
Group exhibition, Libby’s of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
1985 Group exhibition, In Between Gallery, Burnstown,
Ontario, Canada
AWARDS
2006 John Richard Scholarship, (1st place), MSU Annual Student Competitive
Exhibition
Chalet Acquisition Award, MSU Annual Student Competitive
Competition
JoAnda and Warren F. Baumgartner Purchase Award, MSU Annual
Student Competitive Exhibition
RGH Paint Award for Excellence in Painting, MSU Annual Student
Competitive Exhibition
Print File Award of Distinction, MSU Annual Student Competitive
Exhibition
COLLECTIONS
Edward Cronk
Dr. and Mrs. Jason Baker
Debbie Blokland
1834 Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Campbell Bogue
Marilyn E. Jackson
Joan Wilson
Ena Bowes
Jane Hilliard
Audrey McQuarry
Ralph E. Scane
Iris & Bob Gilchrist
Kathy Niezen
Sandy Drake
George Wade & Cari Forteath
David & Vicki Lawrence
Opal Austin
Terry & Diane Hanson
Eric Diamond & Eve Gentile
Ellen McGuffey
Wingfield Bouchard
Bill & Stacie Andrews
REFERENCES
Available upon request