Edward S. Johnston is an American multimedia artist and designer creating works involving
interactive media,
animation, and
3D printing. Johnston has exhibited and screened his work widely in the international
Lumen Prize Exhibition, World Maker Faire New York 2012,[1] Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (
DigitalArt.LA 2010),[2] the
Philoctetes Center, New York, NY (
The Matter of Time 2010); the Tank Space for Performing and Visual Arts, New York, NY (
ArcheTime 2009);[3][4]Video Art Festival Miden 2009,[5] Kalamata, Greece; the Best of Artomatic 2009 at the Fraser Gallery,[6] Bethesda, MD; PLAY Gallery on Michigan Television;[7] the Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado (Substance 2007); and the Cothenius Gallery, Berlin, Germany (In Circulation 2006). His work has been included and reviewed in magazine articles,[8][9] online newspapers,[10][11] catalogues for exhibitions,[12] and other publications.[13]
2009 YAP Supplemental Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
2009 Best of Artomatic – Work selected from over 1000 artists at
Artomatic 2009, Washington, D.C.; included in "Best of Artomatic"
Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2008 Honorarium, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2008 Research Grant, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Honorarium, Big Ten Conference, Park Ridge, IL
2007 Harold and Vivian Shapiro/John Malik Award, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2005–08 Jean Paul Slusser Fellowships, University of Michigan School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI