Exhibitions
I taught in the Chicago public school system for 30 years, and then was the Director, Bureau of Art, Chicago Public Schools for 5 1/2 more years until I retired 28 years ago in 1992. Since then I have continued creating art and exhibiting it.
I would like to hear your reactions and thoughts about my work. Go to the top of this page and click on the various entries to view the work. bigcrayola@aol.com
Thanks for stopping by,
Robert J. Johnson
466 Shadow Creek Drive
Palos Heights, IL. 60463
Lewis University
University Gallery University
October 2021
Tall Grass Gallery
Park Forest, Il.
July 2021
Lockport Gallery
Lockport IL
March 2021
March - April 2020
Lockport, IL
March- April 2020
Park Forest , IL
October 2019
Chicago, IL
October 2019
Wadsworth Gallery
August - September 2019
Park Forest, IL
Emerald Isle Exhibit
April 2019
Palos Park, IL
“Pentimento, The Art of Reworking Art”
January - February 2019
Park Forest, IL
Concordia University
Ferguson Art Gallery
50 Paintings “ Paintings of Daily Observations”
January - February 2019
River Forest , IL
October 2018
Chicago, IL
70 pieces - sculpture and paintings
August - September 2018
Palos Park, IL
3 pieces
November 2017 - January 2018
Park Forest, IL
South Shore Arts
Salon Show 2017
September 2017
Munster, IN
July 2017
Palos Hills, IL
Moraine Valley College
Atrium Gallery
15 Drawings and paintings
October - November 2016
August - September 2016
Park Forest, IL
2 pieces
June - August 2016
Palos Hills, IL
4 pieces
April 2016
Three Oaks, MI
3 pieces
November - December 2015
Chicago Heights, IL
6 pieces
November - December 2015
Park Forest, IL
August - September 2015
Park Forest, IL
June - July 2015
Palos Hills, IL
“5830 - Memories of My Home”
22 paintings
April - June 2014
Hammond, IN
June - July 2014
Palos Hills, IL
"Discovering the Forest"
30 paintings
January - March 2014
Crown Point, IN
December 2013
Chicago Heights, IL
50 paintings
November - December 2013
Chicago, IL
Moraine Valley College Gallery
June - July 2013
Palos Heights, IL
Cliff Dwellers
25 paintings
December 2012
Unions Street Gallery
August 2012
Chicago Heights, IL
Moraine Valley College Gallery
June 2012
Palos Hills, IL
May 2012
Palos Park, IL
October 2012
Munster, IN
August 2011
Park Forest, IL
Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago, IL
April 2010
Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights, IL
March 2010
Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
August-October 2009
Beverly Art Center
Chicago, IL
March 2009
Tall Grass Gallery
Park Forest, IL
December 2008
Moraine Valley Gallery
Palos Heights, IL
June 2008
McCord House
Palos Park, IL
2008
Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights, IL
2008
The Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
2007
Concordia University
River Forest, IL
2006
2006 Chicago Art Open
Zhou B. Art Center
2006
Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights, IL
2006
Northwestern University Settlement House
CCT Gallery
2006
St. Xavier University
Chicago, IL
2006
Union Street Gallery
Chicago, IL
2005
Vietnam Museum
Chicago, IL
2004
7th Annual Chicago Open
Chicago, IL
2004
Loyola University
Crown Center Gallery
2004
Northwestern University Settlement House
CCT Gallery
2003
March - April 2020
Lockport, IL
Cliff Dwellers
Chicago, IL
2003
The 26th Annual Alice Baer Art Competition & Exhibition
Chicago, IL
2003
Beverly Arts Center
Chicago, IL
2003
59th Annual Salon Show
Northern Indiana Arts Association
2002
17th Annual Juried Art Exhibit John Blank Center for the Arts
Michigan City, Indiana
2002
4th Annual Chicago Art Open
Chicago, IL
October 19-27, 2001
3rd Annual Chicago Art Open
Chicago, IL
November 9-18, 2000
Norris Gallery - Vicinity Show 2000
Chicago, IL
September- October 2000
Cliff Dwellers Invitational
Chicago, IL
August- September 1998
In Flux - In Flex
Art Institute of Chicago Alumni 3D Show
September-October 1998
“Churches: A View from the Expressway”
The Cliff Dwellers
January-February 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Show
The Cliff Dwellers
September 1997
Art Barn, Gallery North
New Buffalo, Michigan
May-June 1996
One man show - 73 pieces
Irish American Heritage Center
October-December 1995
One man show - 27 paintings
Cliff Dwellers Club
September 1994
One man show - 18 paintings