Justine Johnson

Exhibiting international and national award winning artist who practice also includes commission for commercial as well as private collectors. Creative artist making meaningful inspiriting poetic art to cherish.Indigo because it colours everything, all emotion, our fragile planet, our universe. Madder is the colour of open flesh, wounds and healing, love and heartbreak"









Indigo, 6000 years of historical importance that continues to inspires me. I make my own non-toxic fermentation indigo vats using century old recipe, plant dyes and pigments from the Earth on washi, wool, silk, this contrasted with industrial materials- cast iron, steel, concrete, engages me in a dialogue that creates a deeper connectedness to being.The tension of light, ephemeral and heavy dark industry produces a emotional experience.
I find the dust and grime ingrained surfaces, when the edges worn with layers of time, muted colours greyed into man made materials. The experience of being in a rivers current and looking up through the heavy deep grey black blue sky to a ray light reflecting back.

BA in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University, where I developed an interest in Japanese textiles that lead me to study the Shibori and Roketsuzome techniques with Hiroshi Hashida in Osaka,Japan. In the UK I went to West Wales School of Art, where I received a BA(1 Hons) in 1998 and then an MFA from Middlesex University, London in 2003.

Solo Exhibition
'Indigo' ProjekTraumFN, Friedrichshafen, Germany, February-March ,2017
Oriel Fach, Narberth,September 7-October 5, 2013
'She Walks The Spiral Path', Everyman Cinema, Belsize Park ,London 2012
'Bell for Peace' Cast Iron Performance Pour Coed Hills Artspace Wales 2008
Nevill Gallery Llanelli 2004
American Embassy London 1998
Soundscape Gallery Santa Rosa California 1994
Seasons Gallery Hong Kong 1989
Domus Gallery Hong Kong 1988
Group Exhibitions
'Confluence' Safehouse 1, Peckham Rye, London, September,2019
Invited, 'Room', Loveland Museum Gallery, Loveland, Colorado, 2019
Selected, 'We Are Making a New World', Artisan Gallery, Torquay, Devon, 2018
Selected ‘Sugar and Spice’, Plasticpropaganda, Devon House, London, 2016
’Uncharted’ with Art Shape Mammoth , Lewis Gallery, Millsap College,Miss, 2016
Franconia Sculpture Park,20th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition at Casket Gallery, MN,2016
Selected-Milslip College, Mississippi, 2015
Selected-8th Annual Governors island art Fair, NYC,NY, 2015
Selected-Art Experimenta, TriSpace Gallery, London...