Profile
Professional biography
Mary Shannon Johnstone is the recipient of numerous awards including 鈥淧ause, To Begin鈥 artist, Critical Mass Top 50 (2009, 2010), and Honorable Mentions in Lens Culture鈥檚 2010 International Exposure Awards and International Photography Awards (2009, 2010) . Born in Milwaukee, WI, Mary Shannon Johnstone holds an聽MFA聽in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and a聽BFA聽from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). As an undergraduate student, in a nationwide photography competition, the famed J. Walter Thompson selected Ms. Johnstone to test Eastman Kodak Company鈥檚 new Advanced Photo System Products. Her work from this competition was presented in American Photo, Peterson鈥檚 PhotoGraphics, Popular Photography, and Outdoor Photograph. After graduation Johnstone became an artist for ArtLink where her work was exhibited and sold at Sotheby鈥檚 in both Tel Aviv and Chicago. In 2005 Algonquin Books selected one of her photographs as the cover image for a novel by Michael Parker. Johnstone has had solo exhibitions in Chicago, Rochester, Durham, and Raleigh. Her current artwork visualizes the implications of animal overpopulation within our community.
As an avid marathoner and ultra-marathoner, Johnstone also photographs while she races and her photographs have been featured in numerous running blogs as well as TrailRunner Magazine, Ultrarunning Magazine, and Runner鈥檚 World Online. She hopes to complete her first 100-mile race in March 2012, which, of course, will be thoroughly documented. Johnstone is a tenured Associate Professor at 糖心Vlog in Raleigh, NC.
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Academic Credentials
MFA Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course work University of Wisconsin-Madison