​Paint

My hands mix
Crushed rock and pressed seed oil
Dust anointed with intention
Moved by a paintbrush
Grounded and flowing, colors pushed and pulled
With the unrelinquishing hope and pursuit of forming
A representation, a healing, a place to rest
Reflected refractions that we are connected, somehow
To Light, to earth and to one another
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(©Kari Lindholm-Johnson)

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Welcome! I hope you find a place to rest, be, and connect as you peruse these web pages.  I offer them to you as windows to my work as an independent contractor for art and spirituality creating original paintings, prints, workshops and art commissions. I've served in various roles at different institutions, including artist in residence, chaplain, interim pastor and associate pastor. I'm married with two grown children. I find great delight in the wonder of this world and connecting together with our Creator through art and faith.

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Name:                          Kari Lindholm-Johnson
E-mail Address:            [email protected]
Education:   
North Park University
B.A. in Fine Arts                                                                                                                         12/2020
Spiritual Director Training Transformational Listening Center, Prospect Heights, IL  5/2015
Ordained minister in Evangelical Covenant Church                                                        6/1993
North Park Theological Seminary Chicago, IL
M.Div.                                                                                                                                             5/1991                                                                                                      
Taylor University Upland, IN                                                                               
B.A.in Psychology                                                                                                                        5/1986
 Continuing Education classes at MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Drawing and Figure Drawing)
Art Exhibitions and Festivals:​​

•   Exhibitor at the Institute of Liturgical Studies, April, 2023, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
•   "Grand Marais Arts Festival" July, 2021, Grand Marais, MN
•   "Emergent Grace" Art Show and Sale, June, 2019, Chicago, IL
•    "North Park Art Walk" October, 2018, Chicago, IL
•    "Wisdom Wild Calls: Incarnation"  Solo Student Exhibition, Carlson Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL, March, 2018
•    "Core Forms in Life" Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL April 2016-January 2017
•    "Making Tracks" Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL June-October, 2015
•    "So Much More" Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL, October, 2014
•    “Passages” Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL, April, 2013
•     "North Park Neighborhood Artists Exhibition" exhibiting artist, Northeastern University, Chicago, IL October, 2012
•     "October Artist Month Show" exhibiting artist, Frankenstone Art Center, Chicago, IL, October, 2012
•     “A Testimony to Being” Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL, October, 2011
•      “Dreams of Healing” Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL April, 2010
•    “A Pinch and a Dash” exhibiting artist, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY March, 2009
•     “Through Suffering to Hope” Curator, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL October, 2008
•     "Divergent Emergence" exhibiting artist, Open Studio Project, Evanston, IL September, 2007

Publications:​

•   Lindholm-Johnson, Kari. “Going to the Light: A New Year’s Visual Contemplative Offering.”  January, 2022 New Eden Ministry.com    
• ​  Palmquist, Eric. “Expressions.” Covenant Companion January/February, 2018: 66. Print.
• Holt, Don. “A Year of Living Psalmfully” Covenant Companion.com May, 2016 https://covenantcompanion.com/2015/05/20/a-year-of-living-psalmfully/
• Friedman, Stan. "Work of Art Became Prayer Wall Following Paris Attacks" Covenant Companion.com November, 2015,  http://covenantcompanion.com/2015/11/30/work-of-art-became-prayer-wall-following-paris-attacks/
• Lindholm-Johnson, Kari. “In-Between the Icons” Covenant Quarterly Forum December, 2015, http://forum.covquarterly.com/author/klindolmjohnson/
•  WGN Chicago, IL broadcast, "Program Helps Cancer Patients Heal Through Art" October, 2015, http://wgntv.com/2015/10/16/program-helps-
• ​Warner, Eric. “Bedside Manners Matter” Chicago Health July 22, 2014. https://chicagohealthonline.com/bedside-manner-matters/
• Lindholm-Johnson, Kari. “Dreams of Healing” Hektoen International Volume 3 Issue 1, January 2011 https://hekint.org/2017/01/30/dreams-of-
• Friedman, Stan “Seeing Pain, Struggle, Hope Through Artist’s Eye” Covenant Companion.com November 28, 2011 https://covenantcompanion.com/2011/11/28/seeing-pain-struggle-hope-through-artists-eyes/
• Beck, Allison “ ‘Healing’ Art Show Opens Today at Swedish Covenant Hospital” Covenant Companion.com April 16, 2010 https://covenantcompanion.com/2010/04/16/7664/

Work Experience:
-Independent Contractor 1/19-present
-Lecturer at North Park Theological Seminary 5/2021-present
-Artist in Residence, Swedish Covenant Hospital January, 2012 to December, 2018
-Interim Pastor, Immanuel Evangelical Covenant Church, Chicago, IL, March, 2013-August, 2013
-Staff Chaplain, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL, February, 2008-November, 2011
-Framer and Cashier, Good’s of Evanston Evanston, IL September, 2006-December, 2007
-Part-time Chaplain, Covenant Village Golden Valley, MN May, 2001-December, 2002
-Associate Pastor, Trinity Covenant Church, Oak Lawn, IL  May, 1991-July, 1998
-Interim Assistant Chaplain Children's Home of Cromwell, Cromwell, CT September, 1989-January, 1990
-Intern Assistant Chaplain Children’s Home of Cromwell, Cromwell, CT September,1988-August, 1989
-Intern Associate Pastor Haddam Neck Covenant Church, East Hampton, CT September, 1988-August, 1989