2004

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2002

MFA in Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1998

BA in Social Ecology, University of California Irvine, California

2007

Internal Climates, Thelma Harris Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004

The Art of Amana J. Johnson, Ethnic Notions, Benicia, CA

2002

Walking Fences, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Curator: George Ciscle

2000

Of Lightness and Burdens, Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA, Curator: Yanie Chaumette

1997

Surroundings, Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, CA

1992

Inner Passages To Flight, Rasmussen Gallery, Pacific Union College, St. Helena, CA

2007

Wide Open: Four Artists Explore Identity, Culture, & Aesthetics, Oakland Airport, CA, Curators: Kaoru Kitagawa, Carin Adams

2006

Bill A. Dallas and Amana Brembry Johnson, Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004-6

The Art Of Living Black, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

2005

Selected Works, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA, Curator: Svea Lin Vezzone

2004

Skinship: African American and Asian American Connections, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Betty Kano

2002

Artscape Monument Exhibition, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Gary Kachadourian

2001

Constructing Time, Community College Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD

2001

From Private Fortunes to Public Gifts, Thomas Miller, Jr. Senate Building, Annapolis, MD, Curator: Mimi Calver, Director of Exhibitions

2000

In Search Of, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 

2000

ProArts Annual 2000, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA

1998

Bay Area Sculpture, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA, Curator: Betty Kano

1996

Amana Johnson, Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Oakland, CA, Curator: Andre Kreft
Amana Johnson, CornNuts Corporation, Oakland, CA

1995

Passage to Our Ancestral Truth, National Institute of Art and Disabilities, Richmond, CA

1994

Chapungu Annual, Chapungu Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

1993

Zimbabwe Heritage Annual, Zimbabwe National Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

1993

Alternatives in Black: An Exploration of Non-Traditional African American Art, Oakland, CA

2007

Paul Robeson College Preparatory School of Visual and Performing Arts, Oakland, CA

2006

StoneDream Studios, Oakland, CA
Paul Robeson College Preparatory School of Visual and Performing Arts, Oakland, CA
State of California, Elihu Harris State Building, Oakland, CA

2004-5

StoneDream Studios, Oakland, CA
Paul Robeson College Preparatory School of Visual and Performing Arts, Oakland, CA

2002

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2000-1

Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1997

Mission Voices Youth Program, San Francisco, CA

1996

Contra Costa College, Richmond, CA

1996-9

Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1995

Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

American Ethical Union National Assembly, Chicago, IL

1995-6

Encampment for Citizenship Youth Leadership Development Institute Philadelphia, PA

1995-00

StoneDream Studios, Oakland, CA

1994

TODOS Youth Leadership Institute, Petaluma, CA

1991-3

Encampment for Citizenship, Sausalito, CA

1991-2

Randall Museum, San Francisco, CA

2007

San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA

2001

Baltimore Artscape, Baltimore, MD

1997-9

City of Oakland, Knowland Park Zoo, Oakland, CA

1995-6

City of Oakland, Knowland Park Zoo African Savanna, Oakland, CA

1992

California Council for the Humanities, California Hotel History Project, Oakland, CA

2004

Jan Hart-Schuyers Artistic Achievement Award, Richmond, CA

2003

New York Studio School, New York, NY

2002

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2002

Baltimore Museum of Art Public Arts Residency Program, Baltimore MD

1996

Serpent Source Foundation Personal Achievement Award, San Francisco, CA

1996

CornNuts Corporation Award of Artistic Merit, First Prize, Oakland, CA

1993-4

California Arts Council Artist-In-Residence Program, Oakland, CA

1993

Pachipamwe International Artist Residency, Cyrene Mission, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

East Bay Express, January 18-24, 2006, “Stone Beautiful Smooth Expressions”, K’yinde Marcelous.

Richmond Globe, February 9, 2005.“Celebrate the Art of Living Black”, S. Metrick .

San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 2005. “Touring Art Exhibit Showcases Black Bay Area artists”, J.Johnson.

More Magazine, February/March 2005. “Awake at 3am”, Sarah Mahoney.

Connections, a publication of the Richmond Art Center, December 2004

Ressler, Susan R. Women Artists of the American West. North Carolina: McFarland & Co. 2003
The Maryland Sun, July 15, 2001.“It’s July in Baltimore? This Must Be Artscape,” M. Blackburn.
Ledger Dispatch, January 21, 2000.“Area Sculptor Allows Nature to Guide Her Chisel,” F. Vaughan.
Oakland Tribune, June 25, 1999. “Statue of Fatherly Devotion Moves Into Zoo’s Savanna,”
G. Chapman.
The Montclarion, May 24, 1999. “Sculpture Featured in Oakland Zoo Exhibit,” S. Yokomizo.
Oakland Tribune, April 11, 1998. “Out of Africa”, J. Thym
San Francisco Examiner, April 11, 1998. “Slice of Wild Africa at Oakland Zoo,” B. Yeung.
The Montclarion, April 10, 1998. “New at the Zoo,” L. Mahoney.
San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 1998. “Oakland Zoo’s New Look,” R. DelVecchio.
Contra Costa Times, April 5, 1998. “Out of Africa –Zoo’s New Attraction Recreates Savanna Life,”
L. Davis.
The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya), October 3, 1993. “Ghetto Girl’s ‘Brush’ with Harsh Realities of Life,”
M. Wa Gachoru.
Western Edition News – a publication of the Western Edition Center for Drug-free Schools and
Communities.
“Paint is a Powerful Weapon in Phantom Hands,” R. Baker.

2004

City of Oakland Public Art Program, Selection Committee for Open Proposals, Oakland, CA

2000  

City of Oakland Mayor’s Task Force for Redefining Guidelines of Public Art Programs, CA

1996

City of Oakland Public Art Program, Selection Committee for Laurel District Project, CA

1995

Serpent Source Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Selection Committee for Foundation Grants

1991

Guardian Visual Arts Mural Project, Oakland, CA