Martina Johnson-Allen (born 1947) is an American artist and educator.
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Born | (1947-08-04) August 4, 1947 (age 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Nationality | American |
Education | Pennsylvania State University, University of the Arts (Philadelphia), |
Known for | Painter, sculptor, and printmaker, educator |
Johnson-Allen was born in Philadelphia on August 4, 1947.[1] She attended Pennsylvania State University[2] and the University of the Arts. She taught art in Philadelphia Public Schools and had retired from the public school system.[1][3] In 2006 the Brandywine Workshop and Archives printed an edition of her lithograph Another Realm, a copy of which is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[4][5] Her work is also in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art.[3]
Johnson-Allen's mixed media sculpture "The Seven Crones" was included in the African American Museum in Philadelphia's 2002 exhibit "4 Artists of Distinction"[6] and is now in their permanent collection.[7]
Johnson-Allen's work was included in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.[8]
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