EDUCATION

2017 VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS // MFA — Montpelier, VT
1999 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO // BFA — San Francisco, CA
1999 ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY // BFA in Graphic Design — San Francisco, CA

EXHIBITIONS

2025 YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE 40 // Juried Traveling Exhibition — Yosemite Valley, CA
2025 ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES // Art of the State 2025, Juried Exhibition — Arvada, CO
2024 SILVERTHORNE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER // Looking Back, Solo Exhibition — Silverthorne, CO
2024 SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS // The Art of Food, Group Exhibition — Sebastopol, CA
2024 UNFOLDED // Gmund Paper Design & Print Festival, Award Exhibition — Gmund Am Tegernsee, GERMANY
2024 33 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY // Interplay: Geometric Abstraction, Group Exhibition — Palm Beach, FL
2024 SHOCKBOXX GALLERY // Not! An Art Fair, Group Exhibition — Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 RED DOT / MIAMI ART BASEL // Represented by Jen Tough Gallery, Miami Art Week — Miami, FL
2023 B.J. SPOKE GALLERY // Paper Works 2023, Online Group Exhibition — Huntington, NY
2023 PINE MOON FINE ART // Nightfall, Joint Exhibition with Jill Bergman — Steamboat Springs, CO
2023 YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE 38 // Juried Traveling Exhibition — Yosemite Valley, CA
2023 McNEESE ST. UNIVERSITY // 36th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, Juried Exhibition — Lake Charles, LA
2022 ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES // One Sheet, Group Exhibition — Arvada, CO
2022 PINE MOON FINE ART // All of us are… Solo Exhibition — Steamboat Springs, CO
2022 ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES // Art of the State 2022, Juried Exhibition — Arvada, CO
2021 MVA GALLERY // Nature – Landscape Serene & Savage, National Juried Exhibition — Bethlehem, PA
2021 MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY // National Juried Exhibition — Cleveland, OH
2020 PINE MOON FINE ART // Short Stories, Solo Exhibition — Steamboat Springs, CO
2020 GET THE GALLERY // Exhibiting Member — Denver, CO
2020 R GALLERY // Exploring Sunlight, Group Exhibition — Boulder, CO
2019 DEPOT ART CENTER // The Yampa River Art & Science Exhibition, Group Exhibition — Steamboat Springs, CO
2019 THE SKI LOCKER // Wax On Wax Off – A Year of Paper Practice, Solo Exhibition — Steamboat Springs, CO
2019 JACE ROMICK GALLERY // Shine On, Group Show for Sancy Shaw Memorial Fund — Steamboat Springs, CO
2018 ELEANOR BLISS CENTER FOR THE ARTS // Riverwalk Collective Group Exhibition — Steamboat Springs, CO
2018 RED WEST CONTEMPORARY ART // Grand Opening Exhibition — Steamboat Springs, CO
2017 VCFA GALLERY // Un- Exhibition, Graduate Show — Montpelier, VT
2014 ART & LIGHT GALLERY // Mini Book Collective, Group Exhibition — Greenville, SC
2014 LIPSCOMB GALLERY // Faculty Exhibition, SC Governor’s School for the Arts — Greenville, SC

PRESS

2024 CITY OF SILVERTHORNE, CO //  New Paper Exhibit Graces Silverthorne Performing Arts Center
2024 TROUBLE //  Paulina M. Johnson Interview with TroubleMakers.org
2024 YAMPA VALLEY ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE //  Studio Tour: Paper Artist Paulina Johnson Shares her Space, Technique and Favorite Color Scheme by Sophie Dingle
2023 ALL THINGS PAPER //  Stylish Unisex Gifts for Paper Lovers by Ann Martin
2023 CRAFT INDUSTRY ALLIANCE //  Paper Quillers Bend it Their Way by Roberta G. Wax
2022 VOYAGE DENVER //  Rising Stars: Paulina M. Johnson Local Stories
2022 SHOUTOUT COLORADO //  Meet Paulina M. Johnson | Paper Artist
2020 STEAMBOAT PILOT //  100-Day Project Turns Into Art Exhibition by Sophie Dingle
2020 ALL THINGS PAPER //  Profoundly Spare and Elegant Paper On Edge by Ann Martin
2020 STEAMBOAT MAGAZINE //  Paulina M. Johnson: Exploring The Art Of Paper by Rachel Miller
2020 STEAMBOAT PILOT //  Nuns, Snow Cones, Prosecco, Watermelon & Wine by Frances Hohl
2019 PERPETUAL BETA // Interview with Ian Lynam
2018 YMILY PODCAST // Podcast Interview with Jason Fowler

MEMBERSHIPS

The International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA)
Steamboat Magazine Editorial Board Member

GRAPHIC DESIGN BACKGROUND

2015-2020 COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE // Adjunct Faculty, Community Education — Steamboat Springs, CO
2005-2017 COPPER CASE DESIGN // Owner, Principal & Designer — Steamboat Springs, CO
2012-2015 SC GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES // Adjunct Faculty, Visual Arts — Greenville, SC
2006-2007 FEREBEE/LANE // Art Director — Greenville, SC
2005-2007 CONVERSE COLLEGE // Adjunct Faculty, Graphic Design — Spartanburg, SC
2003-2005 GREENHAUS // Graphic Designer — San Diego, CA
2001-2003 MIRES BALL // Graphic Designer — San Diego, CA
2000-2001 MORRIS CREATIVE // Graphic Designer — San Diego, CA
1999-2000 MICHAEL OSBORNE DESIGN // Junior Graphic Designer — San Francisco, CA
1997-1999 META DESIGN // Design Intern — San Francisco, CA