The Seven Sisters (detail) 2006 concrete, plastic, sterling silver 51x38x86cm(x7)

NAME: Justine Johnson

PROFILE:

My work in general is grounded in technical discipline and in everyday experience. I am looking to transform familiar experience, nature and artefacts into objects that transcend their origin and evoke emotional, spiritual, personal, universal and sometimes comical responses, which I manipulate through the acquired knowledge and skills of the artist. I see this as a type of alchemy.

Justine was born 1960 in Orange California; she studied at San Francisco State University where she received a bachelor of arts in theatre after that she went to Japan to study with artist Hiroshi Hashida. Worked in Hong Kong as a designer. Also she worked for the UNHCR using art as a tool for expression with Vietnamese refugee.
She moved to Wales in 1992 with her architect husband Chris Griffiths. She gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in sculpture and printmaking at West Wales’s School of Art. Masters of Fine Art from Middlesex, London. Justine has participated in many group and solo exhibitions.

Most recent selected young curators, Oriel Davis Gallery, and Newtown, Washington Gallery, Penarth, and invited artist, Iron Tribe sculpture exhibition, New Mexico.

CONTACT:

justinemjohnson@mac.com