CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Johanna Guilfoyle (b. 1993)
WEBSITE: www.johannaguilfoyle.art
ADDRESS: 2800 Rueckert Avenue PHONE: 443-955-8421
Baltimore, MD 21214
EDUCATION
2022-Present PhD Student. Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts.
2021 MFA. Colorado State University Department of Art and Art History.
2017 Accelerated Certification in Teaching. Notre Dame University of Maryland.
2014 Schuler School of Fine Art, Coursework in Plein Air Watercolor, Baltimore, MD.
2015 BA. Studio Art. St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
2013 STAND Training, Certification to supervise children in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
2010 Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA), Coursework in Metalworking and Enameling.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
(August 2023-Present) Adjunct Professor, Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture, History of Illustration, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Lancaster, PA.
(January 2023-January 2024) Graduate Admissions Advisor, Post University. Waterbury, CT.
(August 2022-January 2023) Undergraduate Admissions Advisor, Post University. Waterbury, CT.
(Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Printmaking: Intaglio and Relief. Department of Art and Art History, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
(Fall 2018- Spring 2019) Work Study, Print Shop Tech (supervised by Johnny Plastini). Department of Art and Art History, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
(Fall 2018) Print Studio Teaching Assistant (under Johnny Plastini) Printmaking. Department of Art and Art History, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
(Spring 2015) Teaching Assistant, Principles of Biology II, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD.
(Spring 2014) Prion Lab Assistant, University College Dublin. Dublin, Ireland.
OTHER RELATED POSITIONS
(June 2024-Present) Press Operator. Bizerba. Joppa, MD.
(August 2021-August 2022) Press Operator. DIY Media Group. Pennsauken, NJ.
(October 2021-Present) Art Teacher, ages 11-15. Portside Arts Center. Philadelphia, PA.
(August 2015-June 2018) Spanish Teacher, grades 6-8. St. Francis of Assisi School. Baltimore, MD.
(August 2016-June 2018) Art Teacher, grades K-8. St. Francis of Assisi School. Baltimore, MD.
(August 2016-June 2018) Science Teacher, grades 5-7. St. Francis of Assisi School. Baltimore, MD.
(May 2014) Substitute Teacher, St Francis of Assisi School, Baltimore, MD.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011-2015, St. Mary’s Scholar.
Juniors and seniors with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or better, who have taken at least 32 credit hours for a letter grade at St. Mary’s College, are designated St. Mary’s Scholars. St. Mary’s Scholars are determined once a year at the end of the spring semester.
Fall 2011-May 2015, Achieved Dean’s List.
2014-2015, Omicron Kappa Delta Honor Society.
The Omicron Delta Kappa Society, Inc. the national honor society for student leadership, recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership, and exemplary character. Membership in ODK (founded in 1914) is awarded to undergraduate junior and senior students; to graduate students; to faculty, staff, administration, and alumni; and to persons qualifying for honorary membership (“honoris causa”). Student membership candidates must rank in the upper 35 percent in scholarship of their school or college and must show leadership in at least one of five areas: scholarship; athletics; campus or community service, social and religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech, and the mass media; and creative and performing arts. The circle at St. Mary’s College of Maryland was chartered in 1999. The chapter sponsors faculty-student panel discussions, leadership activities, and participates in several community service projects each year.
2014, Birds of My Life, Zine selected for inclusion in the St. Mary’s Collection.
Spring 2014, William Thomas Rowe Endowed Scholarship in Art,
Awarded annually to a junior or senior art major for the purpose of defraying the cost of his or her art education. Awarded by the studio art faculty through an online portfolio submission process. Works submitted must include 5 examples of artworks created from direct observation (figures, still-lives, landscapes etc.) and 5 examples of artworks that demonstrate outstanding artistic ability in any media area.
2015, Best Work by a Senior “All-Student Art Show”
Juror:
Exhibition Space: Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2014, Best Work by a Junior “All-Student Art Show”
Juror:
Exhibition Space: Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2014, Juror’s Choice Award “All-Student Art Show”
Juror:
Exhibition Space: Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2013, Best Work by a Sophomore, “All-Student Art Show.”
Juror:
Exhibition Space: Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2012, Best Work by a Freshman, All Student Art Show.
PUBLISHED WORKS
2021, Rope Language, MFA thesis, Colorado State University.
2018-2020, Handkerzines.
2018-2020, We Need to Do Better than This.
2012, Least Tern, Illustrated a least tern on page 25 of M. P. Guilfoyle, J. S. Calver, J. J. Valente, S. S. Jackson, M. E. Richards, and R. A. Fischer (2018). “Benefits of Engineered Habitats to Seasonal Bird Communities on the Savannah Harbor Navigation Project, Dredged Material Containment Areas, 1994 to 2012,” ERDC/EL TR-18-01. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS.
2014, Fireflies, drawing for Avatar, St. Mary’s College literary magazine.
2012, Bob the Cow, brochure for Historic St. Mary’s City.
2012, Knockout Rose, illustration for St. Mary’s Arboretum.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Queer Joy” Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL. [juried exhibition] (Jurors Elliot Bowers and Amy Shelton).
2021 “Art in the Time of Corona” Dab Art Co., Online exhibition, Vol. 2, 2021 (YEAR 2) [Juried exhibition] (Juror: Yessíca Torres) https://www.dabart.me/atc-exhibit-page-2021
2020 “528.0 Regional Juried Exhibition” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado [Juried exhibition] (Jurors Brandon Gunn (Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico), Karen Kunc (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and Collin Parson (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado))
2019 “Call to the Wilds” National Print Portfolio Exchange [National Invitational Collaboration] (Organizer: Matthew Christie, former Artistic Director of Printmaking at Anderson Ranch Arts Center [2001-2010] and current instructor of Printmaking at University of Colorado, Boulder). A consistent edition of 30 multi-plate intaglio prints titled Stalin, the Silver Dollar, and America [One set of this portfolio entered the Special Collections Archive in the Norlin Library at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and one set entered the Artist Printmaker Research Collection (AP/RC) at the Museum of Texas Tech University]
2019 “Self Identity,” Art Lab, Fort Collins, CO. [Juried Exhibition] (Juror: Saxon Paredes)
2018 “CSU Student Show,” Curfman Gallery, Colorado State University. [Juried exhibition]
2018 “Environment of Memory,” Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
2015 “All-Student Art Show,” Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of MD. [Juried exhibition] [Received Best Work by a Senior Award]
2014 “All-Student Art Show,” Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of MD. [Juried exhibition] [Received Best Work by a Junior Award and Juror’s Choice Award]
2013 “All-Student Art Show,” Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of MD. [Juried exhibition] [Received Best Work by a Sophomore Award]
2012 “All-Student Art Show,” Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of MD. [Juried exhibition] [Received Best Work by a Freshman Award]
2008-2015 “Big Show” Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD.
2015 “Winter Show” Hans Schuler Studio and Residence, Baltimore, MD. [Juried exhibition]
Permanent Collection Affiliations
Artist Printmaker Research Collection (AP/RC), Texas Tech University
Balch Art Research Library, LACMA
Special Collections Archive at the Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Collection
Community involvement
October 2024 SECAC – Presenter- Rope Language. Presented my MFA artwork made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the panel Silver Linings: Treasures from the Zoomscape.
February 2024 Co-facilitator of artist talks for Transitions online exhibition with Dispatch Gallery. Introduced the artists and led question and answer session.
Spring 2020-Spring 2021 Secretary of MoVAA (Master of Visual Arts Association)
Student government of MFA programs at CSU. Took and distributed minutes from all MoVAA meetings, organized and planned events such as visiting artist talks.
September 2020 Organizer and Supervisor of mural at CSU Spur Campus as part of Crush Walls
Street art festival in Denver, CO. Organized 10 volunteers, conceptualized imagery, created stencils, painted, operated scissor lift.
10/18/19 CSU Diversity Symposium Presenter- Expressing Yourself through Alternative Media
Instructed a group of 15 participants about the history and purposes of mini-zines. Led hands-on tutorial of making mini-zines. Addressed student questions and concerns. Provided creative guidance.
2019 Guest Speaker for 3D Foundations- Professor Mark Dineen
Spoke briefly about my professional experiences in the arts after my undergraduate. Interacted with members of a panel of 3 in actively engaged discussion. Answered student questions.
2018 “Printed Ephemera 2: DIY Zine Culture Amid the Currency of Post-Truth Social Media” Glass Box Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. [National Invitational Exhibition, Curating] (Johnny Plastini as curator in collaboration with co-curator Johanna Guilfoyle and the Denver Zine Library).