Chido Johnson is a Detroit artist, recent 2009 Kresge Fellow, 2009 MacDowell Colony Fellow, and Knight Foundation recipient 2013-16. Johnson was born and raised in Zimbabwe and Zambia, then moved to the U.S.A. Both his BFA degrees in Sculpture and Painting, with a minor in Drawing, were from the University of Georgia, Athens. Johnson earned his MFA in sculpture from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. Johnson has worked, exhibited, and taught both nationally as well as internationally. Some of these shows include PAFA Museum in Philadelphia, Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit (MOCAD), the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA), Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA), the Sullivan Galleries in Chicago, Printed Matter in New York, Umea University in Sweden, Chinhoyi University of Technology, the Cortona Study Abroad Program in Italy, and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe. His work has been reviewed in Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine, Bad in Sports as well as other notable publications and catalogues. Founder of the Wire-car Auto Workers Association of Detroit, and co-founder of the Zimbabwe Cultural Centre of Detroit. Currently he is a full-time associate professor and the section chair of Sculpture at the College for Creative Studies.
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