1984 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

1977 Art Education and Art Therapy Degree, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL.

1977-84  - Apprenticeship in Modeling, Mold making, and Casting, Eldon Danhausen, Chicago, IL

1999 ,05  - Web page design/ TPAC and Pima College

1999  - Welding-Pima College

1997-99  - Print-making, Pima College

1995-2000  - Eight week research tour of drawing and painting studios in Florence, Italy, Art Research Tours International Studios, Columbia, MO.

1995-98  - Ceramics Glazing, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ.

1993-95  - Ceramics, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ.

1994  - Print Making, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ.

1992-98  - Foundry, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ.

1991  - Field and Studio Video Production, Tucson Community Cable Corporation,

1978-79  - Apprenticeship in Bronze Casting and Investment Molds, William H. Winchlenski, Chicago, IL.

1977  - General Studies, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.

1976  - Special Studies, Chicago Planetarium, Chicago, IL.

1975  - Special Studies, Chicago Field Museum, Chicago, IL.

2000- 04 University Of Arizona, Tucson, Az. Adjunct, Figure Sculpture

1992-2007 Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ. Instructor, Sculpture I & II, Basic Design, Figure Drawing, and Drawing I&2, Figure Sculpture

1995-2000 Italy Teaching and Research Tours(4 weeks) Drawing, painting, Art History /Pima College

1998-2001 Tucson Parks and Rec., Ceramic Sculpture, Hand Building, and Figure Sculpture

1990-2007 Tucson Museum of Art School, Adult Program, Tucson, AZ. Instructor, painting, drawing, figure drawing, and sculpture classes.

2000-2001 Tucson Museum of Art School, "Working Smart with Art"/painting, drawing, sculpture public art projects for city of Tucson, banners sculptural ornaments (K-12)

1990-2007 Tucson Museum of Art School, Summer Children’s Program, Tucson, AZ. Teaching painting, drawing, mask making, and mixed media sculpture.

1990-2001 Studio 113, Tucson, AZ. Demonstrating various processes in sculpture.

1991 University of Arizona, Extended University, Tucson, AZ. Teaching Life Drawing.

1990 University of Arizona “Borders and Bridges Conference,” Tucson, AZ. Teaching workshops in relief sculpture and mold making.

1986-90 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Visiting lecturer and full time instructor, Figure Modeling, Drawing, Beginning Sculpture, 3D Design, Mold making, Casting, and Extensions of the Figure. Assistance with and critique of graduate and independent projects. Graduate projects.

1986, 1975 Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL. Intern, figure modeling. Student teacher, Young Artist’s Studio and Figure Drawing.

1984-85 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Full time instructor, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Figure Modeling; Figure Drawing; Mold graduate projects.

1982-86 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Substitute teacher.

1982-83 Studio Four Art Center, Chicago, IL. Full time instructor, sculpture

1982 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Instructor, Figure Modeling, Drawing, Casting, and Mold making.

1976-77 Roberto Clemente High School, Chicago, IL. Student teacher, drawing and painting.

1975-76 Mile Square Elementary School, Chicago, IL. Student teaching.

1975 Metro High School, Chicago, IL. Student teacher, mural painting.

1974-86 Amtrak National Passenger Railroad. On board services on Trains across the United States.

1971-73 McConnell Lithography, Chicago, IL. Commercial printing and silk-screening.

1969-73 McHenry High School, Woodstock Performing Arts, Crystal Lake, IL. Designing play sets, arranging lighting and makeup, and poster silk-screening.

1972 General Studies, McHenry Community College, Crystal Lake, IL.

1991 Festival & Event Grant, All Souls’ Day Festival, Tucson, AZ - $1,250.

1991 Artist in Residence, Tucson Partnership, Inc., Tucson, AZ - $5,000.

2004-07 Dumbar Spring Mural Project /Phase 1, 2, and 3

2000 Banners for city of Tucson

1997 R. Carlos Nikai, Male Figure $12,000

1995-96 TV Production, Legends, Portrait Bust of Richard Anderson $5,000.

1994-95 United Artists Productions, Tank Girl: 16’ x 8’ x 8’ sculpture, Landscape Torso. $6,500

1994-95 Tucson Unified School District/Independent Citizens’: Relief Sculpture $5,000

1994-95 Arizona Opera Company, Wagner’s Four Rings: Leather Armor (12 pieces)$5,000.

1994 MET Research Corporation - Sculpture. $12,000

1994 Arizona Opera Company, Wagner’s Four Rings - Leather Armor (40 pieces).$8,000

1992 Tucson Community Cable Corporation, Tucson, AZ - Mural.

1992 Posse, motion picture production - Oil Painting.$3,000

1992 Arizona Opera Company, Wagner’s The Valkyrie - Leather Armor (21 pieces).$3,500

1991 Tucson Partnership Video - Sculptural Signs.$5,000

1991 Robin AaBerg - Leather Mask: Beauty’s Beast.$2,000

1989-91 Carolyn Susnow - Portrait Bust.$4,500

1986-87 Hilton Hotel East, Tucson, AZ - Life Size Figure.$24,000

1999-2007 Restoration of an old church 1914/ converting to studio and home.

1995-2000 Developing Glazing and Clay Slip Glazing, Pima College and Parks and Rec. and TMA

1995-2000 Research and Study in Italy, Spain, Holland& France ( Paint, Draw, Sculpt, Print)

1990-95 Arizona Opera Company, Tucson, AZ. Leather forming techniques.
1987-90 The American Veteran, the Vietnam Veteran Workshops. Therapy with veterans.

1986 University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Department, Tucson, AZ. Mold development for glass casting.

1983-1989 Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL and the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Rubber mold making and casting techniques.

Mural for Tucson Art Market Square /1999

TMA Ed. Courtyard, Finalist, Design Team / 1999

Golf Course Commission, Finalist, City of Tucson /1997

Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ. Merit Award/ 1990

Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ. Best of Show /1990

The James Wilbur Johnson Sculpture Competition, Washington, DC. Best of Show/ 1986

Corcoran School of the Arts, Washington, DC. Sculpture competition /1983

National Sculpture Society Awards, Washington, DC. Finalist /1984

John Gregory Memorial Prize, Washington, DC. Recipient /1985

Charles Hayden Sculpture Competition, Tempe, AZ. Finalist /1994

Lucile Wright Sculpture Competition. Finalist 1995
Represented By:
Arrington's Gallery, Tubac, AZ.
Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Studio 113, Tucson, AZ.

1998 Arizona Illustrated; " Studio 113, Works by Susan Kay Johnson, KUAT - PBS

1996 "Legends", Bust of Richard Dean Anderson as hero, Movie, TV Production/ Fox- Produced by Richard Dean Anderson

1995 Tank Girl, United Artists Productions

1994 "Seduced by Evil", TV movie produced by Suzanne Summers

1992 Posse, New Town Productions

1992-2007 Founder of  All Souls’ Day Processional Festival, Produced by the Tucson Community Cable Corporation

1991 Sculptural Signage: Parts I and II, Produced by Tucson Community Cable Corporation

1991 Revealing Hidden Secrets, Produced by Susan Kay Johnson and Dennis Darling

1991 Fine Art for Fine Causes, Arizona Illustrated, Produced by KUAT Channel 6 (PBS), Tucson, AZ

1990 Miller Homes, Produced by KVOA Channel 4 (NBC), Tucson, AZ

1990 The Shane Eden Show, Tucson Community Cable Corporation, Tucson, AZ

1988 Arizona Illustrated : The Sculptures and Drawings of Susan Kay Johnson, KUAT Channel 6 (PBS), Tucson, AZ

1987 Processes of My Work, Produced by Susan Kay Johnson and Shane Eden for the Hilton Hotel East, Tucson, AZ

1986 Internal Fragmentation, Funded and produced by Susan Kay Johnson

1985 Women in the Arts, Funded by the Milwaukee Museum

1983 From the Vatican to Present day, Funded by Loyola University & Chicago Art InstituteMuseum

2005 Dinnerware

2003-07 Opening of Studio 108/ West 5th Street

1994-07 Artist Studio Tours

2003-05 Drawing Studio/ Sculpture Show

2003-04 Drawing Studio / Painting and Drawing Show

2002 -4 U. Of A. Faculty Show

2001-3 Temple of Music and Art/ TMA, "Prints, Paintings & Sculpture

1999-2002 Pima College Art Center Gallery, "Prints"

1998 Pima College Art Center Gallery, " Prints"

1998 Tucson Partnership, "Paintings and Print" One Women Show

1998 Cafe Quebec, "Paintings, One Woman Show

1996-97 Pima College Art Center Gallery, Sculpture

1995 Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ, “Mentors.”

1994-95 Arrington’s Gallery, Tubac, AZ.

1990-95 Studio 113, Tucson, AZ.

1993-94 Temple of Music & Art, Tucson, AZ.

1993 The Screening Room, Image Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “One Woman Show.”

1993 Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ, “Face to Face.”

1992 Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ, “Face to Face.”

1992 Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Shades of Gray.”

1991 University Museum, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, “Southwestern Sculptures.”

1991 AKA Theater, Tucson, AZ, “Masks.”

1991 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, “Fine Art of Fine Causes.”

1991 Primavera Foundation, Tucson, AZ, “A Celebration of Women in the Arts.”

1990-93 Tucson Art Expo, Studio 113, Tucson, AZ.

1990 Tucson Community Resource Center, Tucson, AZ, “Figurative Sculpture.”

1990 Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ, “Art Exhibition.”

1990 Tucson, AZ, Sculpture Installation and Performance, “Revealing Hidden Secrets.”

1990 Wilhelm Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

1990 Cafe Magritte, Tucson, AZ.

1990 Miller Homes/Show House, Tucson, AZ.

1990 Cafe Quebec, Tucson, AZ, “The Art of Susan Kay Johnson.”

1990 Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

1990 Women Craft Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

1989 Cafe Olé, Tucson, AZ.

1989 Miller Homes/Show House, Tucson, AZ.

1989 Cafe Magritte, Tucson, AZ.

1989 Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

1989 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, “One Woman Show.”

1988 Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “One Woman Show.”

1987 Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “One Woman Show.”

1986 Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “One Woman Show.”

1986 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ.

1986 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, “Faculty Show.”

1986 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, “The Art of Susan Kay Johnson and July Dater.”

1986 University of Arizona Department of Drama (Theater Arts), Tucson, AZ, “Wall Reliefs.

1985 Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Figure-Form-Content.”

1985 Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Artists to Watch For.”

1984 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, “6 by 6 by 6.”

1984 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Fellowship Exhibition.”

1984 Superior Street Gallery of SAIC, Chicago, IL, “Inaugural Exhibition.”

1982 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute Museum, Chicago, IL.

1981 Alexis Urba Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1977 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Fellowship Exhibition.”
 

1998-01 Urban Picnic

1998-02 Art Market Square

1990-01 Downtown Business Alliance

1987-99 Downtown Artists Restoring Tucson (D’ART), Tucson, AZ.

1990-99 Tucson Museum of Art Lecture Series, Tucson, AZ.

1991 Called Jones/Off-Congress Alley Projects, Tucson, AZ.

1991-96 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Five Year Cultural Plan, Tucson, AZ.