Ervin johnson biography
Ervin A. Johnson
Ervin A. Johnson graduated from the University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign with a bachelor’s in Rhetoric and began work on his second bachelor’s at Columbia College Chicago in photography in 2012. He completed his MFA in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design and returned to Chicago. Ervin utilizes photo-based mixed media to reimagine his cultural and racial identity via photography and video. In his most recent body of work, #InHonor, Ervin pays homage to the lives lost to police brutality and racism.
In 2016 he was awarded the Critical Mass Solo Exhibition Award and completed an alumni summer residency with Columbia College followed by the 2016 Diane Dammayer Fellowship, a photographic residency which partners Heartland Alliance and Columbia College’s photography department. The Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues creates a space for a socially engaged photographer to produce a compelling and dynamic body of work highlighting human rights and social issues. Ervin has exhibited all across the United States, most notably with Blue Sky Gallery in Portland and Arnika Dawkins Gallery in Atlanta and also Detroit’s Wright Museum. He was chosen as of one of the 2017 Critical Mass finalists. Most recently Ervin was selected for the 2019 fifth edition of the Venice biennial art exhibition “PERSONAL STRUCTURES – Identities”. The exhibition will present a wide selection of works from emerging and internationally-renowned artists, photographers, sculptors and projects of academic institutions from all over the world, illustrating the different subjective reflections on the topics of “Time, Space and Existence” and on the concept of Identity. Ervin recently completed an artist residency with The Center for Photography at Woodstock in the Fall of 2019.
Magic Johnson
American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)
For other uses, see Magic Johnson (disambiguation).
"Earvin Johnson" redirects here. For the NBA center, see Ervin Johnson.
Johnson in 2022 | |
| Born | (1959-08-14) August 14, 1959 (age 65) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| High school | Everett (Lansing, Michigan) |
| College | Michigan State (1977–1979) |
| NBA draft | 1979: 1st round, 1st overall pick |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1979–1991, 1996, 1999–2000 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 32 |
| 1979–1991, 1996 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1999–2000 | Magic M7 Borås |
| 2000 | Magic Great Danes |
| 1994 | Los Angeles Lakers |
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| Points | 17,707 (19.5 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,559 (7.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 10,141 (11.2 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman
Ervin Johnson
American basketball player (born 1967)
For the former Los Angeles Lakers player named Earvin Johnson, see Magic Johnson.
Johnson in 2010 | |
| Born | (1967-12-21) December 21, 1967 (age 57) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| High school | Block (Jonesville, Louisiana) |
| College | New Orleans (1989–1993) |
| NBA draft | 1993: 1st round, 23rd overall pick |
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Playing career | 1993–2006 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 50, 40 |
| 1993–1996 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1996–1997 | Denver Nuggets |
| 1997–2003 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2003–2005 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2005–2006 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Points | 3,473 (4.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 5,148 (6.1 rpg) |
| Blocks | 1,087 (1.3 bpg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Ervin Johnson Jr. (born December 21, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who is a community ambassador for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA for the Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves as a center from 1993 to 2006.
Early life
Johnson attended Block High School in Jonesville, Louisiana, where he played basketball until he quit in the 10th grade. Three years after high school, he worked at a Baton Rouge supermarket and grew 8 inches. A friend suggested that he try out for the New Orleans Privateers, which did not have a big man. Privateers head coach Tim Floyd offered Johnson a scholarship on sight despite Johnson not having played basketball in years.
College career
UNO recorded 87 victories during Johnson's time in the program. They earned two NCAA tournament bids and one NIT tournament appearance. When he finished, he was the second all-time leading scorer in UNO history (1,608 poin .