2000

Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

1997

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

2009

‘Brilliant Frequencies’, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
‘Shadows and Vistas,’ Project 210, Pasadena, California
‘Twilight,’ Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress, California

2008

’Isotope Series’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2007

‘Works on Paper’ Empathy Design Company, South Pasadena, California

2005

‘Radiance,’ Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
‘Continuous Transmission,’ Desiree’ Synder Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

2004

‘New Paintings: Project Room,’ Stephen Stux Gallery, New York, New York
‘Wow and Flutter,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2002

'Popsicle Scenarios,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
'Softer Frequencies,' Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2001

Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, New York

2000

Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio (catalog)
Claremont University (MFA exhibition), Claremont, California

1998

Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Ibel Simeonov), Columbus, Ohio
ROY G BIV, Columbus, Ohio

1997

Exposures Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2009

‘Western Project: The First Six Years,’ Western Project, Culver City, California
‘Drawings,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
‘Art for a Recession,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2008

‘Plush,’ curated by Martin Durazo, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California

2007

‘Family Garden,’ curated by Shana Nys Dambrot and Elizabeth Paige Smith, Elizabeth Paige Smith Atelier,  Venice, California
‘Pixel’ Harris Art Gallery, La Verne, California

2006

‘Dion Johnson, Sush Machida Gaikotsu and Kelly McCormick,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
‘Beauty/ The Sublime/ Intensity,’ Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2004

‘Microclimate,’ The Harris Art Gallery, La Verne, California
‘Claremont Seven,’ Seven Degrees, Laguna Beach, California
‘Observations,’ Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
‘Reordering Reality: Collecting Contemporary Art,’ The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Ohio

2003

‘Fresh: Works on Paper, A Fifth Anniversary,’ James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
'Ten Years in Columbus, Part 1,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2001

'Summertime 2001, Part 2,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
'Informants,' The Harris Art Gallery, The University of La Verne: La Verne, California
'Homage: Roland Reiss,' Claremont Alumni Show, Center for the Arts, Claremont, California
'Cross-pollination,' curated by Susan Joyce, The Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, New York

2000

'Currencies,' Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, California
'New American Talent, 15th Exhibition,' curated by David Pagel, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas and traveling through 2001 to Shore Art Gallery, Abilene, Texas; Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas; Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas; Fire House Gallery, Del Rio, Texas
'Refractions in the Plastic Pulse' Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

1999

'Emerging Artists in Ohio,' Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio

1998

'Both,' First Year Graduate Exhibition,' Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

1997

'Ohio,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Ibel Simeonov), Columbus, Ohio

2008

Nys Dambrot, Shana. ‘Plush’ Flavorpill Los Angles, November 7, 2008

2005

Myers, Holly. ‘Around the Galleries’ Los Angeles Times, December 2, p. E30 ill

2004

Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Painter crafts, mixed media into his personal diary,’ The Columbus
Dispatch, January 25, p. D4
Starker, Melissa. ‘Entering The Atmosphere,’ Alive, January 21, p. 21
James, Elizabeth Ann. ‘Art Blossoms On The Wind: Celebrating Time and Talent-Past and
Present,’ The Short North Gazette, p.12

2003

Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Sextet's Modern Pieces Sparkle,’ The Columbus Dispatch, April 6. p.F4

2002

Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Childhood's Mystery Seen in Sunny Visions,’ The Columbus
Dispatch, March, p. G7

2001

Johnson, Ken. Bill Maynes exhibition review, The New York Times, October 19, p. E40
Scheiber, Curtis. ‘Dion Johnson, Paintings That Dogs and Cats Can Understand’ Dialogue,
January/February, p. 28 (cover shot)

2000

Pagel, David. catalog essay,  ‘Dion Johnson,’ November

1998

Hall, Jacqueline. ’Images Won’t Stand Still,’  The Columbus Dispatch,  December 6