Exhibition History Lester Johnson, a native Detroiter, is a professor of drawing and painting at the College for Creative Studies. His exhibition record includes the Detroit Institute of Arts (twenty five shows); Whitney Museum of American Art (three shows); Flint Institute of Arts; "Kilimanjaro", 1973; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Saginaw Art Museum; Cranbrook Academy, Museum of Art; University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; Michigan State University, Museum of Art, East Lansing; The Chicago area includes; J. Walter Thompson Company; Loyola University; Barklay Bank, LTD. The Washington, D.C. area includes: Parish Gallery - Georgetown, "Abstract Expression 2000." Rhinelander, Wisconsin - Nicolet College - "Appreciation and Insight" 2001. Intercambio 2001 - Salvador - Bahia - Brazil. Recent West Michigan exhibitions include a one person exhibition "Passione" at the Saginaw Art Museum, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in 1986 and "Maiden Voyage" at Western Michigan University in 1989. Art Center of Battle Creek exhibitions include "Michigan Black Artists" in 1987, "The 12th Michigan Artists Competition" in 1991 and Michigan Art Collection, 1998. Recent exhibitions in the Flint area include: Crossroads 1988 at the Buckham Fine Arts Project (with Al Loving and Ed Clark), : Encore '89", (invitational) and "Myths, Magic and Spirits" sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council, 1990, and "Amandla," Kettering University Humanities Art Center, 1991, and "Most Like Lee" (A Tribute for Lee Morgan), Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, 1993 and "In Search of the Promise", GFAC Art Gallery, 1998. Annual African American Exhibition, 2002. Recent exhibitions in the Detroit area include "Gratitude", 1996 Dell Pryor Galleries, "Actual Size" - Detroit Contemporary Gallery, 2000, Detroit Artist's Market - "Past, Present & Future", 2000 (view press article). JRainey Gallery - "A Celebration of Music" - 2000. The Detroit Institute of Arts - A Cultural Heritage: Selected works of African American Art from the DIA's collection - 2001. A selected Listing of collections include Dexter Fields M.D., Detroit; Holzman and Silverman Companies, Farmington Hills; Art Center, Battle Creek; Detroit Institute of Arts; Flint Institute of Arts; Michigan Manufacturer's Association, Lansing; University of Michigan, Museum of Art; City of Hope, Los Angeles. The Chicago area includes; Johnson Publishing Company; Masonite Corporation; Hyatt Corporation. Osaka University of the Arts, Japan and Bishop International Airport Authority, Flint, 1994; Tougaloo College Art Collection, Mississippi, 1999. The Museum Afro-Brasileiro at the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil 2001.. Johnson received both his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Michigan. He is listed in "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World" - 18th Edition, 2001, 19th Edition, 2002, 20th Edition, 2003.