Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Bio

Glyneisha Johnson is currently a sophomore at The Kansas City Art Institute, studying with a double major in Painting and Creative Writing. Before attending the Kansas City Art Institute, she received her diploma from the prestigious Booker T Washington Magnet High School for the Performing and visual arts in Dallas, Texas, her hometown.

Glyneisha has participated in various gallery shows, juried exhibitions, and film festivals in Kansas City, Missouri and Dallas, Texas. Including her solo show, "Abstraction Through the Mundane,” The Young American Talent Exhibition, and the Dallas International Film Festival. 

At KCAI, Glyneisha holds leadership in her school Art Play organization and she is also the Executive Vice President for her school's Black Artist Culture and Community organization.


Recently, Glyneisha was chosen to be apart of the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Summer Program at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. She is now a tour ambassador for the Kansas City Art Institute and a student office assistant for KCAI's admission's department.