Helen Johnson
°1979, Melbourne (AU) – lives and works in Melbourne (AU)
Helen Johnson is a painter with a particular interest in employing painting to reassert, shake open and question imagery that has played a role in the processes by which Australia has constructed and hidden among false histories of itself since colonial invasion. She is interested in aesthetic experience and how it can open the mind to critical contemplation. Johnson’s works are often large-scale, stylistically changeable and loose-hanging.
courtesy of MCA, Sydney
Helen Johnson - Self Portrait as Self-Conscious Left, 2019
Helen Johnson - University (Institutional being), 2021
Helen Johnson - A Mother, 2019
Helen Johnson - A Feast of Reason and a Flow of Soul, 2016
Helen Johnson - HR (Neighbour), 2021
Helen Johnson - The Centre for the Study of Adhocracy ..., 2005–2006
Helen Johnson - Grandmother painting, 2017
Recent solo exhibitions include New Museum, New York; Artspace, Sydney; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and Barron Field as part of the 2016 Glasgow International. Recent group exhibitions Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; TarraWarra Biennial 2016, Victoria; Jocelyn Wolff, Paris; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Johnson’s work is held in a number of public collections including Art & Australia / ANZ, Sydney; Artbank; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Australian Catholic University Art Collection; City of Yarra’s Art & Heritage Collection; Joyce Nissan Collection, Melbourne; Karpidas Foundation; Michael Buxton Collection, Melbourne; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Booth Collection, University of Chicago, USA.
Helen Johnson is represented by the following galleries;
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You can also discover more of Helen Johnson’s work on her own website.
Helen Johnson- Exhibition view of Ends, at New Museum, New York in 2018
Helen Johnson- Exhibition view of Ends, at New Museum, New York in 2018
Helen Johnson - Exhibition view of Pieces of Work, at Chateau Shato, Los Angeles in 2021
Helen Johnson - Exhibition view of Pieces of Work, at Chateau Shato, Los Angeles in 2021
Helen Johnson - Exhibition view of Pieces of Work, at Chateau Shato, Los Angeles in 2021
Helen Johnson - Barron Field, 2016 , Installation view at Glasgow International
Helen Johnson - Exhibition view of Agency at Pilar Corrias, London in 2019
Helen Johnson - Exhibition view of Agency at Pilar Corrias, London in 2019
