American/British Artist Justine Johnson was born in Orange California. She received a BA in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University where she developed an interest in Japanese textiles that led her to study the Shibori and Yuzen techniques with Hiroshi Hashida in Osaka. After a year of study in Japan she worked in Hong Kong from 1985-1992 as. Designer/Art Director in the fashion industry and continued to develop textile painting/drawing as well as costume designs for Hong Kong Ballet. In 1992 she moved to London and Wales. At this time she wanted to expand her ‘making’ skills and enrolled in the sculpture program at West Wales School of Art where she received a BA (1Hons) 1995-1998 and an MFA (tutelage Professor Jon Thompson) 2000-2003 from Middlesex University London. Justine has participated in many group and solo exhibitions. Most recently she was selected for ‘Sculptural Responses’ at Historical Kidwelly Castle, participated in the USUK Cast Iron Art Symposium at Salem Art Works, NY. Invited Artist with Nor Hall presented ‘Ironl’ore multi-media performance and film ‘She Walks The Spiral Path’ for the Nor’easter Conference , State University of New York College at Buffalo and selected for ‘Iron Organism’ Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY and invited Artist Iron Tribe at Burris Hall Gallery , New Mexico Highlands University . Justine was awarded a grant from Arts International Wales in 2012.
Member Since 2012I primarily work in Sculpture and Drawing . My practice encompasses a wide variety of materials and methods that include paper,film,textile,printmaking,painting,artist books,casting,sewing,carving. I am making and unmaking constantly working to transform materials and ideas, to grasp the emotional and metaphysical.
– The smell of fresh air , early morning bird song, the river running to the sea, the waterfall as background noise, trees without leaves and with flowers wild and planted, the endurance Of animals and the mud between my toes. The colours when the sun shines and when it’s all grey light and rain. The elements of fire,water,Earth,wind. The inner world of my mind , flowing with spirit after a meditation –
This fires up my creative energy in the pursuit of art and hope.’
http://www.justinejohnson.co.uk/