Michael Clyde Johnson is an object-based artist and architectural designer whose work ranges from participatory public space installations to domestic objects, encompassing aspects of both sculpture and architecture. His work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx, NY), Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens, NY), Brooklyn Bridge Park (Brooklyn, NY), Randall’s Island Park (Manhattan, NY), and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art (Staten Island, NY). He has been the recipient of a number of awards including grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Public Art Fund, the DUMBO Arts Festival, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (New York, NY), and residency fellowships from Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens, NY) and Sculpture Space (Utica, NY), among others. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College of the City University of New York, and Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded the Richard Bender Fellowship and the Eisner Prize in Architecture. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, US, Instructor / Teaching Assistant
Terner Center for Housing Innovation, Berkeley, CA, US, Researcher
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, US, User Interface (UI) Engineer
Eisner Prize in Architecture, Award
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Richard Bender Fellowship, Award
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Emergency Grant, Award
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
Artist Residency Fellowship, Award
Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Studio Residency Fellowship, Award
Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Artist in the Marketplace Fellowship, Award
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
In the Public Realm Public Art Award Finalist, Award
Public Art Fund, New York, NY
