Background

Johnson, Diana Mcneil was born on January 1, 1945 in Casino, Australia. Arrived in the United States, 1984. Daughter of Leslie Charles Thomas and Norma Gwendolyn (McNeil) Sedgwick.

Education

Student, West Australia Institute Technology, Perth, 1973-1976; student, National Art School, New South Wales, 1962-1965.

Career

Specialist art teacher, Perth Modern H.S., 1966; specialist art teacher, City Beach H.S., Perth, 1967; graphic artist, Gidding Jenny Inc., Cincinnati, 1969; sculpture lecturer, Perth Technology College, Perth, 1979-1978; instructor art appreciation, Barstow College, Yokosuka, Japan, 1979; instructor, sculpture, United States Army Recording Center, Stuttgart, Germany, 1981-1983; instructor, sculpture, Arlington (Virginia) Arts Center, 1985-1988; instructor, sculpture, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1989-1994.

Membership

Member Washington Project for the Arts, Maryland. Arts Place, International Sculpture Center, Museum of America Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocations: history, visiting art museums and galleries.

Connections

Married Ralph Joseph Fryda. Children: Simon, Gabrielle, Fryda. Married William Lloyd Johnson, July 8, 1978.

father:

Leslie Charles Thomas Sedgwick

mother:

Norma Gwendolyn (McNeil) Sedgwick

spouse:

Ralph Joseph Fryda

spouse:

William Lloyd Johnson

child:

Fryda Johnson

child:

Gabrielle Johnson

child:

Simon Johnson