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Sarena Johnson

Fine Artist

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Sarena Johnson, is an Oil Painter with a concentration in figure painting. She graduated from The University of the Arts with her BFA in 2018. She received her MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2020. Sarena has shown in gallery's across the country and internationally including Washington state, Philadelphia and New Jersey, and Portugal. She taught as a professor of drawing and painting in the Fine Arts program at The University of the Arts. She was a Resident Artist at Gigi Peter's Gallery in Portugal. As an artist seeks to empower the feminine, exercise authenticity and absolute freedom.

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Education: 

2020 Masters in Fine Arts, PAFA, Philadelphia PA 

2018 BFA in Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

Grants/Awards  

2014 Scholarship Recipient for BFA , The University of the Arts 

2018 Recipient of Cross Currents Award from ,Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 

Larry Day Award, From, University of the Arts 

  

Plastic Arts Club Award ,University of the Arts 

  

Whistler Fish Award Honorable Mention (University of the Arts) 

  

Ted Carrey Artist Grant, (University of the Arts) 

  

  

  

Collaborative Project’s 

  

2018     Back to Nature,Gallery 1,Philadelphia , PA ( Curated by Jessica Dowicz) 

  

2018    Tongue and Cheek, Headlong Studio Philadelphia, PA,(Curated by Maya Pen) 

  

  

  

Group Exhibition Record 

2017 University of the Arts,Gala, Philadelphia, PA 

2017 Art Unleashed, Faculty, student alumni Show 

2018 Back to Nature,Gallery 1,Philadelphia , PA ( Curated by Jessica Dowicz) 

2018 Tongue and Cheek, Headlong Studio Philadelphia, PA,(Curated by Maya Pen) 

2018 Cross Currents Exhibition Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

2019 Extra;Ordinary, Trolley Shop, Girard Ave Philadelphia PA 

2019 Break, MASS Building, Randolph st, Philadelphia PA 

2019 Being Present, 1528 Gallery, Christian st, Philadelphia PA 

2019 Group Show, 1528 Gallery, Christian st, Philadelphia PA 

2019 Art Unleashed, Dorrance Hamilton Hall, Philadelphia PA 

2019 Benefit Show, Inliquid, Philadelphia PA 

2019 Dynamism In Art, Plastic Club, Philadelphia PA 

2019 Members Choice, Plastic Club, Philadelphia PA 

2020 Dance of Shapes, FMC Tower, Philadelphia PA 

2022 Biophilia, The Confluence Gallery, Twisp 

2022 Dirty little Secret, The Confluence Gallery, Twisp 

2022 Into the Woods, Loft Projects, Chattooga NY 

2022 Dreamscapes, Jewish Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA 

2023 Nurture, FMC Tower, Philadelphia PA 

2023 Time to Pretend, Philadelphia PA 

Recognition: 

Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts Recognition, Best in Show

2024 Group Show, Gigi Peters Arts of life Gallery, Portugal

2024 Group Show, Gigi Peters Arts of life Gallery, Portugal 

2025 Women Painting Women, Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg Pa

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Solo Exhibtions

2024 An Homage to Love, The Gallery, New Jersey

2024 Bleeding Heart, Downtown 500, Philadelphia 

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