SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 Eric Johnson, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, CA
2018 Helex 2, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2017 Heart Sequential, SCAPE Gallery Crona Del Mar, CA
2015 “Legacy”, Museum of Art & History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
2013 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2012 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 “The Maize Project”, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2006 Warshaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2005 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 “Overview” Andrea Schwartz Gallery inaugural show, San Francisco, CA
2000 “Mesdames”, Art College, San Diego, CA
2000 Mesa College, San Diego, CA
1998 Harbor College, Wilmington, CA
1996 “Sentimento”, Simayspace, San Diego, CA
1995 “An Unfinished Fetish: A Five-Year Survey”, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1987 “Retrospective” Bank of America, Laguna Beach, CA
1986 Gallery “Sangre y Arena” Granada, Spain
1984 Paintings and Sculptures at “On the Boards”, A.I.A. Design Awards Banquet, Newporter Hotel, Newport Beach, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2017 Eric Johnson & Peter Ladato, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2014 “The Artists of the Film MANA”, Museum of Art & History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
2014 “50 Passing Time: Fifty Years of Exhibitions”, Art Gallery at Los Angeles Valley College
2012 “Smooth Operations: Substance and Surface in Southern California Art,” Lancaster’s Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
2012 “Ed’s Party”, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012 “PSST: Art in San Pedro
2000-2012 Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2011 “Shift. Space. Slick.”, Eric Johnson, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, De Wain Valentine, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2010 “New School Cool”, Eric Johnson & DeWain Valentine, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2010 “Almost Perfect”, Andlab, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Liquid Supercool”, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 “Ned Evans & Eric Johnson”, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 “AxS”, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2004 “Biobillistic”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
2003 “Art of Paint”, Gallery “C”, Hermosa Beach, CA
2001 “Taken from the Sea” Huntington Beach, CA
1999 “Forms of Thought”, Charles Arnoldi, David Lloyd, and Eric Johnson, William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA
1997 “Presence: Eighteen Area Sculptors”, University of California at San Diego, University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996 “Skin and Bone”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Artist Beyond Disabilities”, Long Beach Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1995 “Shape Forming the L.A. Look”, Main Art Gallery, Cal State Fullerton, CA
1993 “Kustom Kulture”, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1987 “Broken Heart Art”, Sparc Gallery, Venice, CA
1985 “New Juice in Orange County”, Fine Arts Center, Irvine
1984 “30th Annual Exhibition”, San Diego Art Institute
1983 “Untitled ‘83”, Museum of North Orange County, Fullerton, CA
1980 “Artists by Artists”, Laguna Beach Musuem of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1979 “Beauty and the Beasties”, City of Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
1968 “L.A. County Art Museum/ Los Angeles Rotary Club Scholarship Competition
EDUCATION
1969-1971 Los Angeles Valley College
1971-1972 Cal Arts 1
1986 Masters of Fine Arts University California at Irvine
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001-2002 Irvine Valley College
1998-1999 Saddleback College, Emeritus Institute
1987-1989 University of California, Irvine
1975-1976 Laguna Beach H.S., Adult Education
HONORS / GRANTS / AWARDS
2009 American Association of Museums Honorable Mention Award for The Maize Project catalog
1996 Grant from the Adolph and Esther Gotlieb Foundation, Inc. New York, NY
1996 “Artist Beyond Disabilities” 1st Place, Long Beach, CA
1988 “Best of Show”, Visual Arts ‘88, Art Institute of Southern California
1984 University of California at Irvine, Graduate Study Regents Fellowship, Irvine, CA First Annual Recipient of the California Retired Teachers Associations Awards, Laura E. Settle Scholarship Fund, Irvine, CA
1980 Joan Irvine Award, Newport Beach City Arts Commission, Irvine, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Helene Brown, Los Angeles, CA
Marlo and Kathy Bartels, Laguna Beach, CA
Buck Collection, Laguna Beach, CA
Jay Gospodnitch, San Raphael, CA
James Cameron, Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Chaney Esq. and Lindy Carll, Los Angeles, CA
Gisela Colon and Steve Eglash, Calabasas, CA
Nancy and Robert Englund, Laguna Beach, CA
Joe and Nita Gottesman, New York, NY
Dr. Douglass Simay, San Diego, CA
Josetta Sbeglia, Los Angeles, CA
George Handtman, La Canada, CA
Carlos Herrera, Milledgeville, GA
Jay Novak, Los Angeles, CA
Noramae Musnster, San Pedro, CA
Cynthia and Renato Penna, Naples, Italy
Larry Kuppin, Beverly Hills, CA
Jeff Lanzolatta, Woodland Hills, CA
Grand Hyatt, Japan Kelly & Jo Hames, Los Angeles, CA
Action Media Group, Woodland Hills, CA
C.B.S. Broadcasting Group, New York, NY
Dark Horse Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
Digital Domain, Venice, CA
E.M.I. Latin Division, Venice, CA
John Monahan, Palm Springs, CA
Group W Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Hewlett Packard, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Homano Institute, Tokyo, Japan Hormel, Chicago, IL
Nestle USA, Los Angeles, CA
Patrick Saglietti, Beverly Hills, GA
Saks, Los Angeles, CA
California Edison Co., Los Angeles, CA
Stella Artois, New Mexico
Stouffer’s New York, New York, NY
DeWain Valentine, Gardena, CA
Xerox, New York, NY