Back view of Stock, 2016 Helen Johnson Acrylic on canvas 290 x 240cm
Helen Johnson
Helen Johnson is an artist, writer and teacher based in Melbourne. Painting is at the centre of her practice. Recent solo exhibitions include Barron Field as part of the 2016 Glasgow International and Slow Learners at Château Shatto, Los Angeles in 2015.
She has recently exhibited work as part of June: A Painting Show at Sadie Coles, London; In my absence at Jocelyn Wolff, Paris; and Pleasure and Reality at the NGV. In 2017 Johnson will present a solo exhibition at the ICA in London.
In 2015 she launched a book titled Painting is a Critical Form, developed from a PhD in Fine Art completed at Monash University in 2014, where she is also a lecturer. Johnson is represented by Sutton Gallery in Melbourne and Château Shatto in Los Angeles.
Date: 5pm, Thursday 21st July 2016
Venue: RMIT Design Hub
WRITING & CONCEPTS: Lecture Series
Produced by Jan van Schaik. 5:00pm Thursdays, March > October 2016. RMIT Design Hub
http://designhub.rmit.edu.au/exhibitions-programs/writing- and-concepts-lecture-series
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WRITING & CONCEPTS is a free public lecture series designed to explore the potential of writing as both a process and an outcome.The lectures will alternate between practitioners for whom the written form is their primary professional output and practitioners whose work manifests as exhibitions or events within the domain of contemporary art.