Kelly U Johnson

Kelly U Johnson, born in Louisville, KY now living in Richmond, VA, is a self -taught artist who has been creating art since childhood. She also spent some time honing skills at University of Louisville. Acrylic painting has always been a favorite because the pace at which ideas and layering can form and change while creating. She enjoys working with a variety of mediums from graphite, acrylics to found objects. Using color and textures to convey a story, thought or idea. She has exhibited at The Black History Museum and Cultural Center, the Slate Wall Gallery at The Cultural Art Center at Glen Allen, Taubman Museum, Mize Gallery, and The 25th African American Exhibit at Actor’s Theatre. Her work is in private collections across the US.

“Art is about life. I interpret experiences that influence stories and reveal beauty and strength of each subject.” -Kelly

A self -taught artist, with some classes at
University of Louisville’s Allen Hite Institute
BFA Program

2023 Celebrating The Black Experience, Kentucky Center For African American Heritage, Louisville, KY
2023 Jazz, Artspace, Richmond, VA
2023 Celebrating Black History Month Through Art, Crossroads Richmond, VA
2022 Liberated Flow Foundation Masquerade Art Gala, Richmond, VA
2022 Black History Now II, The Well Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 Liberated Flow Charity Art Gala, Richmond, VA
2021 The Many Faces of Black Women, The Well Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020 Bon Appetit, Mize Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL
2020 Black History Now, The Well Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 Radius, Artspace, Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 Black Lives Matter, Gallery at First UU, Richmond, VA
2019 Liberated Flow Foundation Art Gala, Richmond, VA
2019 Art of Freedom, Black History Museum, Richmond, VA
2019 25th African American Exhibit, Actors’ Theater of Louisville, KY
2019 Dreams Deferred, Mize Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL
2019 Mini, Mize Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL
2018 Randomize, Mize Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL
2018 Into Their Eyes, Slant Wall Gallery, Cultural Art at Center Glen Allen, VA
2018 Black Lives Matter, Gallery at First UU, Richmond, VA
2018 Bearing Witness to Womanism, Richmond, VA
2017 Think Small 9!, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 Homew...