NAME: Leon Johnson
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BIOGRAPHY
Leon Johnson, born in Cape Town, produces work in film, performance, and site-specific events. He has an active studio practice, is the proprietor of The Long Bell Press and a founding member of Creative Material Group. He is the recipient of a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant for Painting and a Yaddo Residency Fellowship. His film FAUST/FAUSTUS IN DEPTFORD was selected for the KunstFilmBienale in Cologne, Germany and the Raindance Film Festival in London, UK. AFTER, a new film will be published this summer as part of The End of Reality, a DVD and fiction anthology published by Chiasmus Press. Leon is a recipient of the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching.
