Forbes 30 Under 30 2020 2015 Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Award
2014-15 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Canada
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
Existence on the Periphery Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University, NC, USA
Arctic: Culture and Climate British Museum, London, UK
Tokyo International Photography Competition – 7th Edition New York, NY; London, UK; Tokyo, Japan; Dublin, Ireland; Taipei, Taiwan
2018
Art Busan International Art Fair Busan, Korea
2017
Polaris (solo) Gallery SYNTHESIS, Sofia, Bulgaria
Polaris (solo) Galleri Elf, Gothenburg, Sweden
2016
Portraits of Place: The Arctic in Photographs Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
Cibo dell'Artico (Arctic Food) Fermo, Italy
2015
Under the Same Stars (solo) Embassy of Canada Art Gallery, Washington DC Going North: Stories from Canada's Arctic Gallery 44 Production Gallery, Toronto, Canada
GRAYS Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Tomorrow Has Passed One Eyed Jack's Gallery, Brighton, UK
Under The Same Stars (solo) Constitution Square, Ottawa, Canada
2014 Cabin Fever The Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
Breaking Ground College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
State of the Art 2014 Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
New Contemporaries Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Senior Invitational Exhibition Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Photography/Jewelry & Metalsmithing Senior Show Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
FotoVisura Spotlight Exhibition Brisbane Powerhouse Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Flash Forward Festival: Undergraduate Photography Now Harrison Gallery, Boston, MA
Origins, thesis exhibition with Rachel Jump Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
Der Greif "A Process" Exhibition Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany
2013
Alaska Photographic Center Member's Show Carr-Gottstein Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
Rarefied Light Exhibition International Gallery of Contemporary Art Anchorage, AK (Juried by Sean Kernan)
The Cream of the Crop, the Cherry on Top group exhibition RISD Exposé Gallery, Providence, RI
At Home In The Universe group exhibition Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
2012
Rarefied Light Exhibition Anchorage Museum of History & Art Anchorage, AK (Juried by Cig Harvey)
New York Photo Awards powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY First Place Award
RISD Exposé Fall Exhibition RISD Exposé Gallery, Providence, RI
COLLECTIONS
Gallery SYNTHESIS, Sofia, Bulgaria Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK Embassy of Canada, Washington, DC Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC
Acacia Johnson | Photographer
Acacia Johnson is a photographer from Alaska, focused on human relationships to the earth's Polar Regions.