Jayda Johnson
Education
2023 (Anticipated) Bachelors of Fine Arts
University of Kentucky, College of Fine Arts, School of Arts and Visual Studies, Lexington, KY
2018 Visual Arts
Kentucky Governor's School of The Arts, Centre College, Danville, KY
Related Experience
2022 Underground Perspectives (Student Organization) Graphic Design Internship
2022 University of Kentucky Ceramics Studio Practicum
2021 Leadership in SLIP (ceramics student organization)
Exhibitions
2021 Carey Ellis Juried Show (Group), Bolivar Gallery, Lexington, KY
2020 Foundations Exhibition (Group), jurors: Casey May McGuire and Mark Schoon, Online Exhibition
2019 Senior Show (Group), Sandy Allen Fine Arts Center, Louisville, KY
2019 AP Art Show (Group), Sandy Allen Fine Arts Center, Louisville, KY
2019 Emerging Artist Exhibition (Group), Louisville, KY
2018 Ballard’s 50th Anniversary Alumni Show (Group), Sandy Allen Fine Arts Center, Louisville, KY
2018 Derby Region All State Art Exhibition (Group), Louisville, KY
2018 Emerging Artist Exhibition (Group), Louisville, KY
2018 Regional Scholastic Gold Key Exhibition, KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY
2018 AP Art Show (Group), Sandy Allen Fine Arts Center, Louisville, KY
2017 Emerging Artist Exhibition (Group), Louisville, KY
2017 AP Art Show (Group), Sandy Allen Fine Arts Center, Louisville, KY
Awards and Grants
2021 Carey Ellis Juried Show Scholarship, awarded in Painting
2020 Foundations Exhibition Scholarship, awarded in Digital Art
2019 Regional Scholastics: Silver Key, awarded in Ceramics and Painting
2018 Derby Region All State Art exhibition: Second Place in Painting
2018 Regional Scholastics: Honorable Mention(s), Silver Key(s), and a Gold Key, awarded in Painting
2017 Regional Scholastics: Silver Key(s), awarded in Drawing
2016 Regional Scholastics: Gold Key, awarded in Drawing
Current Research
2022 Creating paintings and ceramics sculptures for BFA Thesis Show that speaks about how the black past affects the contemporary period and how that intersects with my own identity
2022 Life Sized figurative ceramics sculpture series using the hollow core method to depict how caricatures affect the contemporary black woman.