emma johnson

1992 HDFA (Painting), Slade School of Fine Art, London

1990 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Reading

1986  Jacob Kramer College of Art, Leeds

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

Group exhibitions

2023 UNCONSUMED A cross-generational, post-pandemic exhibition by East Anglian Artists, The Shoe Factory, Norwich

2022 Asylum Sudios at Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh Suffolk

2022 EARTH North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex

2022 LOCKDOWN FEATHERCUT Book Launch at Asylum Studios, Bentwaters, Suffolk

2022 HOLD The Packing Shed, Hart’s Mill, Port Adelaide, Austrailia.

2021 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London

2021 AAF Battersea, London, TAG Fine Arts.

2020 The Catto Gallery, Hampstead, TAG Fine Arts pop-up Christmas Exhibition.

2020 AAF Battersea, London, TAG Fine Arts

2020 VESSEL, The Packing Shed, Hart’s Mill, Port Adelaide, South Australia.

2019 TURN THE PAGE ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR, The Forum, Norwich.

2019 SPRING SHOW, Studio 90, Rendham, Suffolk.

2019 AAF NYC, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. TAG Fine Arts.

2019 AAF Battersea, London, TAG Fine Arts.

2019 KNOWN UNKNOWNS, The Frame Workshop, Ipswich.

2018 TURN THE PAGE ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR, The Forum, Norwich.

2018 AAF NYC, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. TAG Fine Arts.

2018 WHOOSH! The Garage Gallery, Aldeburgh.

2018 AAF Battersea, London, TAG Fine Arts.

2018 AAF Hampstead, London, TAG Fine Arts.

2018 BRIDGE, Harts Mill, Port Adelaide, Australia.

2017 A POINT OF VIEW, Denman College, Marcham, Oxfordshire, Acuity Arts.

2017 TURN THE PAGE ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR, The Forum, Norwich.

2017 SNOOP III, Asylum Studios, Bentwaters, Suffolk.

2017 IPSWICH INTERPRETATIONS, Kersey’s Solicitors, Ipswich.

2017 AAF Hampstead, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2017 AAF NYC, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. TAG Fine Arts.

2017 AAF Battersea, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2017 GRAIN The Packing Shed, Harts Mill,  Port Adelaide, Australia. ADELAIDE FRINGE 2017

2016 SINGAPORE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, F1 Pit Building, Singapore. TAG Fine Arts.

2016  THE SHEEP’S GREATEST HITS, The Freudian Sheep Gallery, Ipswich.

2016 SIZEWELL SUMMER SHOW, 1 Coastguard Cottages, Sizewell, Suffolk.

2016 TURN THE PAGE ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR, The Forum, Norwich. (Winner of the ttp2016 Book Prize)

2016 DRAWN & QUARTERED, The Aldeburgh Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

2016 HONG KONG AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. TAG Fine Arts.

2016 Wish You Were There?, The Freudian Sheep Gallery, Ipswich.

2016 AAF  NYC, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. TAG Fine Arts.

2016 AAF Battersea, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2016 LONDON ART FAIR, Business Design Centre, Islington, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2015 SINGAPORE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, F1 Pit Building, Singapore. TAG Fine Arts.

2015 ACUITY ARTS @ PAINTED COUNTRY, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

2015 THE IMAGINARY MUSEUM: MAPPING MEMORY, Unfold – British Art Show Fringe, 42 New Briggate, LEEDS.

2015 FIRSTSITE OPEN EXHIBITION, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester.

2015 CAMBRIDGE ART FAIR, Guildhall, Cambridge. Acuity Arts.

2015 SYNESTHESIA, Art & Music @ Asylum Studios, Bentwaters, Suffolk.

2015 TIME & TIDE, and LINES, The Freudian Sheep Gallery, Ipswich.

2015 SHIFTING NARRATIVES, Asylum Studios, Bentwaters, Suffolk.

2015 AAF  NYC, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. TAG Fine Arts.

2015 KNOT, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide, Australia ADELAIDE FRINGE 2015

2015 AAF Battersea & Hampstead, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2015 LONDON ART FAIR 2015, Business Design Centre, Islington, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2014 SUBTERRANEAN BOULEVARD GALLERY, Ipswich.

2014 SMALL WORLDS, The Freudian Sheep Gallery, Ipswich.

2014 ATLAS, The Jam Factory, Oxford

2014 AFFORDABLE ART FAIRS, Battersea & Hampstead, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2014 ART14, Kensington Olympia, London

2014 SMOKE, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide Fringe 2014

2014 FESTIVAL OF THE BEATS, Town Hall Gallery, Ipswich.

2014 LONDON ART FAIR 2014, Business Design Centre, Islington. TAG Fine Arts.

2013 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, The Old Printworks gallery, Saxmundham.

2013 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, Battersea London. TAG Fine Arts.

2013 SNOOP, Asylum Studios, Building 118, Bentwaters, Suffolk

2013 TAR, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide Fringe 2013 (winner BANKSA AWARD, Best Visual Art & Design)

2013 LONDON ART FAIR, Business Design Centre, Islington. TAG Fine Arts.

2012 AFFORDABLE ART FAIRS, Battersea & Hampstead, London. TAG Fine Arts.

2012 SNOOP, Asylum Studios, Building 118, Bentwaters, Suffolk

2012 BEING BRITISH, Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford: A pop-up exhibition in aid of The Children’s Society

2012 LONDON ART FAIR, Business Design Centre, Islington. TAG Fine Arts.

2011 THE ART OF MAPPING, The Air Gallery, London – curated by TAG Fine Arts

2011 AFFORDABLE ART FAIRS, Battersea & Hampstead. TAG Fine Arts.

2010 RESPONSE @ Landguard Fort, Felixstowe

2009-2010 Map as Art, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York

2009 10th Anniversary Show, North House Gallery, Manningtree

2008 Installation, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe

2007 PLAY, St. Mary @ Quay, Ipswich

2007 DARK & DARING (part iii), St. Mary @ Quay, Ipswich

2006 FOLD, Design Centre North, Barnsley

2006 FOLD, The HUB National Centre For Craft & Design, Navigation Wharf, Sleaford

2006 BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, The Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich

2006 TARDIS international (Videoart, Installation & Performance – Exhibiting artist and co-curator), Argyle Street Annexe, Suffolk College, Ipswich

2006 ON THE MAP, North House Gallery, Manningtree

2004 “REMOTE”, Centre Noroit, Arras, France

2002 Drawn Together, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Market Cross, Bury St.Edmunds

2002 Fragments, Kharkov City Art Gallery, Kharkov, Ukraine

2000 “OUT OF THE BLUE”, 10th International Art Symposium and Exhibition, MAMU Galeria, Budapest, Jaszbereny & Budapest, Hungary.

2000 3RD INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS’ BOOK EXHIBITION, King St. Stephen Museum & the City Gallery Deak Collection, Szekesfehervar, Hungary.

1999 “ILUZJA – ILUMINACJA” Inner Spaces 7 – Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Poznan, Poland. Invited artist.

“NOODLE DOODLE Z POZNANIA”, Installation, Galeria U Jezuitow, Poznan, Poland.

1999 “SITES ABROAD 2” – Exhibiting artist and co-curator International Multimedia Art , Forefront Gallery, Ipswich.

1999 “BOOKWAYS: ARTISTS’ BOOKS FORM BRITAIN”
National Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia,
Gallert Laipa, Valmeira, Latvia,
Madona Art Museum, Madona, Latvia.

1998 ECHO: a portable site-specific artwork, Marahau and Moeraki, New Zealand.

1998 “INNER SPACE” An Installation for EDGE, Gedgrave, Orford, Suffolk.

1998 ON THE BORDER “A DESIGN FOR LIVING”, Installation at Firstsite, The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester.

1997 The LARGE Print Show, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich.

 

Publications

THE MAP AS ART: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, by Katharine Harmon (Princeton Architectural Press)

CARTOGRAPHICS: Designing the Modern Map (Sendpoints Publications)

MAKING ART FROM MAPS: Inspiration, Techniques, and an International Gallery of Artists by Jill K. Berry (Rockport Publishers)

YOU ARE HERE: NYC: Mapping the Soul of the City by Katharine Harmon (Princeton Architectural Press)

Private Collections

Work is held in private collections in the US (New York, Greenwich CT, Houston), Finland (Helsinki), Adelaide (Australia), as well as London, Athens, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Singapore & Hong Kong.

Curation

In 1999, the GRIP partnership was set up with colleague Michael Lumb (www.michaellumb.co.uk) to generate and curate international exhibitions in Ipswich and abroad.

JULY 2006 – “TARDIS international” – An exhibition of Video, Installation and Performance art – Argyle Street,Ipswich:

Bergamot Group (Belarus); Martin Zet (Czech Republic); Laurent Pernot (France); Siglinde Kallnbach (Germany); Lukasz Glowacki (Poland); Ewa Swidzinska (Poland); Carla Bertola & Alberto Vitaccio (Italy); Giovanni & Renata Strada (Italy); Young Polish Video Art.

Di Clay; Mel Donohoe; Emma Johnson; David Keeble; Caroline Livingstone-Wright; Michael Lumb; Denise Powling; dawn rose; Ramon Sheppard; Claire Tabberer (UK based artists).

2004, “VIP1” – a Weekend of Video, Installation & Performance, at Butley

Mills Studios, Suffolk;

Mel Donohoe; Tess Glanville; Emma Johnson; Michael Lumb;

Helen Rousseau; Miranda Sharpe; Claire Tabberer; Philip Vaughan-Williams.

2004, REMOTE, Centre Noroit, Arras, France.

2003, SEGUE, A Festival of Installation Art, St. Mary at the Quay, Ipswich ;

Phill Vaughan-Williams, Emma Johnson, Helen Rousseau, Michael Lumb, Helen Armstrong, Mark Dixon, Craig Bloomfield, Julia Wainwright, (curated by Boxroom)

2002, Brian Peter Lane 1942 – 1999: artist, printer, publisher and writer, – A survey of his life’s work, Forefront Gallery, Ipswich.

1999, SA2, Suffolk College.

Emma Johnson; Hanni Jokinen (Finland); Lesley Lauriston; Michael Lumb; Mohammad Oghatian (Iran); Amalia Perjovschi (Romania); Cindi Rooney; Slawek Sobczak (Poland); Laurenz Theinert (Germany); Alexander Vereschak & Margarita Zinets (Ukraine); Marek Wasilweski (Poland); Tomek Wendland (Poland); Julia Wilson.