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Dion Johnson is a Los Angeles based artist. His paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and light. Gradient color fields are juxtaposed to and interwoven with planes of precise hardedge abstraction. These color fades are both intimate and vast – they may reflect internal moods with wandering thoughts and insightful realizations, or they may suggest vivid sunsets on Mercury or Mars with chemical skies and radiant perspectives. The hardedge shapes seem to reach up and stretch down; their elongated curves, interlocking contours, and bold colors allude to kinetic sensations and evolving environments.<\/span>

\u00a0It\u2019s something like shifting gears in a high-performance automobile, only smoother and swifter and, when you stand back and take in the complex rhythms that Johnson has orchestrated, defined by a kind of simultaneity that is not possible in race cars, whose engines have gears that must be moved through sequentially.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>

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Selected Solo Exhibitions<\/span><\/p>

2024 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>“Chromatic Coordinates,” Keller Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2023 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201dColor Play,\u201d L. A. Louver, Venice, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cHigh-Def Color Phase,\u201d Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201dVibrant,\u201d Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX.<\/span><\/p>

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFeel the Sky, Ten Year Survey,\u201d Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cColor Chords,\u201d Western Project, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOptic Energy,\u201d Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX.<\/span><\/p>

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cLuminous Trajectories,\u201d Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cChromatic Momentum,\u201d De Buck Gallery, New York, NY.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cVivid Slipstream,\u201d Western Project, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cVelocity,\u201d De Buck Gallery, New York, NY.<\/span><\/p>

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNew Paintings,\u201d Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cDion Johnson,\u201d Western Project, Los Angeles, CA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBrilliant Frequencies,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cShadows and Vistas,\u201d Project 210, Pasadena, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cTwilight,\u201d Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIsotope Series,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWorks on Paper,\u201d Empathy Design Company, South Pasadena, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cRadiance,\u201d Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cContinuous Transmission,\u201d Desiree Synder Gallery, Sarasota, FL.<\/span><\/p>

2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNew Paintings: Project Room,\u201d Stephen Stux Gallery, New York, NY.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWow and Flutter,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPopsicle Scenarios,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cSofter Frequencies,\u201d Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPaintings,\u201d Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY.<\/span><\/p>

2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDion Johnson,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTwo of Us, Dion Johnson & Michael Reafsnyder,\u201d Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFuture Perfect, Dion Johnson & Christopher Pate,\u201d Modfellows Art Gallery, Nashville, TN.<\/span><\/p>

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDion Johnson & David Skeens, New Editions,\u201d Joseph Editions, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTripod, Dion Johnson & Kyla Hansen,\u201d Peggy Phelps Gallery Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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2023 \u00a0 \u00a0“RED,”<\/span> L. A. Louver, Venice, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 “The Flower Show,” L. A. Louver, Venice, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 “States of Being,\u201d AMcE Creative Arts, Seattle, WA.<\/span><\/p>

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAbstraction not Abstraction,\u201d PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIn Sequence,\u201d Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cTaking Interest, Summer in the City,\u201d Contemporary Art Matters, online.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cFlying Colors,\u201d Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cChromatic,\u201d Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.<\/span><\/p>

2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cL.A. Stories,\u201d Leo Castelli Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201c$2,500 x 18,\u201d Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cEnd of Summer,\u201d Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDriving Forces,\u201d The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cLos Angeles Painting,\u201d Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cSummertime Blues,\u201d Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cPulled in Brooklyn,\u201d International Print Center, New York, NY.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cColor Spectrum,\u201d Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEvolver,\u201d L. A. Louver, Venice, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cMagic,\u201d Roberts Projects, Culver City, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWestern Project – Werkartz Chinatown,\u201d Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cFor the Love of Painting,\u201d Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cInaugural Exhibition,\u201d Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cLos Angeles Painting, Formalism to Street Art,\u201d Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAbstraction in the Singular: Part I,\u201d curated by Dr. Grant Vetter, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cKarl & Beverly Benjamin Fellowship in Art Recipients Exhibition\u201d Peggy Phelps Gallery Claremont Graduate \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 University. Claremont CA.<\/span><\/p>

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cManmade,\u201d Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cWestern Project @ Jaus,\u201d Jaus, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIntent Fortuity,\u201d Jamie Brooks Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSurface to Edge,\u201d Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNOWism,\u201d Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cSummer Selections,\u201d De Buck Gallery, New York, NY.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201c11 Years \u2013 Anniversary Group Show,\u201d Western Project, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201c6018 Wilshire,\u201d Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cColormetry,\u201d Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSummer Selections,\u201d De Buck Gallery, New York, NY.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAbout Paint,\u201d Carl Berg Projects, West Hollywood, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSet Theory,\u201d Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cConstruction Zone,\u201d Western Project, Los Angles, CA.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWestern Project: The First Six Years,\u201d Western Project, Culver City, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cDrawings,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPlush,\u201d curated by Martin Durazo, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFamily Garden,\u201d curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, Elizabeth Paige Smith Atelier, Venice, CA.<\/span><\/p>

2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDion Johnson, Sush Machida Gaikotsu & Kelly McCormick,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.<\/span><\/p>

2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cObservations,\u201d Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cReordering Reality: Collecting Contemporary Art,\u201d The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFresh: Works on Paper, A Fifth Anniversary,\u201d James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cTen Years in Columbus, Part 1,\u201d Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH.States<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2022<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2022 Zotos, John, \u201cVibrant,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Visual Art Source,\u00a0<\/i>January 18, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Tonguette, Peter \u2018Driving Forces,\u2019\u00a0The Columbus Dispatch<\/span>,\u00a0November 17<\/span><\/p>

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Wood, Eve. \u2018Magic at Roberts Projects,\u2019\u00a0Art and Cake<\/span>, August 10, online\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Osberg, Annbel. \u2018Gallery Rounds: Dion Johnson,\u2019\u00a0Artillery,\u00a0<\/span>February 20,<\/span>\u00a0online<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Pagel, David. \u2018Abstract Painting in Los Angeles,\u2019 Gallery Magazine, June, p. 18 ill<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Brewer, Gary. \u2018Studio Visit: Dion Johnson, The Curvature of Light,\u2019\u00a0Art and Cake<\/span>,\u00a0July, online<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Tonguette, Peter \u2018<\/span>Elegant, spare design transforms text into art,\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Columbus\u00a0Dispatch<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>February 12,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>p. E5 ill<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Carasso, Roberta. \u2018Continuing and Recommended Exhibition,\u2019\u00a0Art Scene,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February, online<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Vetter, Grant. \u2018Dion Johnson at Bentley Gallery,\u2019\u00a0The Arts Beacon,\u00a0<\/span>December, online<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Bridget, Gleeson. \u2018Color in Motion: Dion Johnson\u2019s Abstract Paintings of Light, Shape and Color,\u2019\u00a0Artsy Editorial,\u00a0<\/span>January 8, online\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Nichols, Kimberly. \u2018Colormetry Uses Color as Instigator,\u2019\u00a0Droste Effect<\/span>, February 25, p 44 ill\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Frank\u00a0, Peter. \u2018Colormetery,\u2019\u00a0Artillery,\u00a0<\/span>March 4, p. 112<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Bush, Bill. \u2018The Opposites of Art,\u2019\u00a0Huffington Post<\/span>, June 10, online\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 \u2018The Radiant West Coast of Dion Johnson,\u2019\u00a0LanciaTrendVisions.com,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November 15, online<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Esterow, Milton. \u2018The ARTnews 200 Top Collectors,\u2019\u00a0ARTnews,\u00a0<\/span>Summer, p. 95 ill\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Fitzpatrick, Kyle. \u2018Dion Johnson Melts Color,\u2019\u00a0Los Angeles I\u2019m Yours,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December 20, online<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Lima, Benjamin. \u2018Critic\u2019s Pick,\u2019\u00a0Art Forum,<\/span>\u00a0October, online<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Daichendt, G. James. \u2018Continuing and Recommended Exhibition,\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Art Scene,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>September, online<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u2022 \u2018Dion Johnson: New Paintings,\u2019\u00a0Artweek.LA,\u00a0<\/span>August, online<\/span><\/p>

2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Cohen, David. \u2018Pic of the Fairs\u2019\u00a0Artcritical,<\/span>\u00a0December 6, online\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Yates, Christopher A. \u2018Two Views Challenge Senses,\u2019\u00a0The Columbus Dispatch<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>December 9. p. E6 ill<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Nys Dambrot, Shana. \u2018Plush,\u2019\u00a0Flavorpill Los Angles<\/span>, November 7, online<\/span><\/p>

2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Myers, Holly. \u2018Around the Galleries,\u2019\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/span>, December 2,\u00a0<\/span>p. E30 ill<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. \u2018Painter crafts, mixed media into his personal diary,\u2019\u00a0<\/span>The Columbus Dispatch<\/span><\/span>, January 25, p. D4<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Starker, Melissa. \u2018Entering The Atmosphere,\u2019\u00a0Alive<\/span>, January 21, p. 21 ill<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. \u2018Sextet’s Modern Pieces Sparkle,\u2019\u00a0The Columbus<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Dispatch<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>April 6. p.F4<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. \u2018Childhood’s Mystery Seen in Sunny Visions,\u2019\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Columbus Dispatch<\/span><\/span>, March, p. G7<\/span><\/span><\/p>

2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Johnson, Ken. \u2018Bill Maynes Exhibition Review,\u2019\u00a0The New York Times,<\/span>\u00a0October 19,\u00a0<\/span>p. E40<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u2022 Scheiber, Curtis. \u2018Dion Johnson, Paintings That Dogs and Cats Can Understand,\u2019\u00a0Dialogue<\/span>, January\/February, p. 28 (cover shot)<\/span><\/p>

1998 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2022 Hall, Jacqueline. \u2018Images Won\u2019t Stand Still,\u2019\u00a0<\/span>The Columbus Dispatch, <\/span><\/span>December 6<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Dion Johnson\u2019s Symphonic Vertical Vibes<\/em> by Annabel Osberg<\/a><\/span><\/h5>
Perfection<\/em> by Catherine Wagley <\/a><\/span><\/h5>
Chromatic Momentum<\/em> by David Pagel<\/a><\/span><\/h5>
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2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Dion Johnson is a Los Angeles based artist. His paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and light. Gradient color fields are juxtaposed to and interwoven with planes of precise hardedge abstraction. These color fades are both intimate and vast – they may reflect internal moods with wandering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dionjohnsonstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}