Emma Johnson explores the fragmented, multifaceted nature of memory, time and history. Johnson reconstructs maps into artworks, cutting paths and layers to transform the originals into reconstituted and complex new objects. As functional items, they are rendered virtually unreadable, but symbolically they suggest journeys (both geographical and artistic) and an almost obsessive attempt to communicate
Qualifications and training
1992 - HDFA (Painting), Slade School of Fine Art, London
1990 - BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Reading, Reading
Solo exhibitions
2009 - Points of Reference, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
2008 - Editorial Intelligence, Asylum Studios, Bentwaters, Suffolk
Group exhibitions
2014 - SMOKE, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe 2014)
2014 - Art14, Kensington Olympia, London.
2014 - Festival of the Beats, Town Hall, Ipswich.
2014 - London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London. TAG Fine Arts.
2013 - When Worlds Collide, Tho Old Printworks Gallery, Saxmundham
2013 - Affordable Art Fairs, Battersea Park, and Hampstead, London.
2013 - SNOOP, Asylum Sudiios, Building 118, Bentwaters, Suffolk,
2013 - London Art Fair 2013, Business Design Centre, Islington, London TAG Fine Arts.
2013 - TAR, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe 2013)
2012 - Affordable Art Fairs, Battersea Park, and Hampstead, London.
2012 - Being British, Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford
2012 - London Art Fair 2012, Business Design Centre, Islington, London. TAG Fine Arts.
2012 - SNOOP, Asylum Studios, Bentwaters, Suffolk
2011 - The Art of Mapping, The Air Gallery, London
2010 - RESPONSE, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
2009 - 10th Anniversary Show, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
2009 - The Map as Art, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York
2008 - Installation, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
2007 - DARK & DARING (part iii), St. Mary @ Quay, Ipswich
2006 - BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, The Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich
2006 - FOLD, Design Centre North, Barnsley & The HUB National Centre For Craft & Design, Navigation Wharf, Sleaford
2006 - ON THE MAP, North House Gallery, Manningtree
2006 - TARDIS international (Videoart, Installation & Performance), Argyle Street Annexe, Suffolk College, Ipswich
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
Curated projects
2007 - PLAY, Key Arts, St.Mary-at-the-Quay Church, Ipswich
Residencies
2009 - Points of Reference, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
2000 - "OUT OF THE BLUE", 10th International Art Symposium and Exhibition, MAMU Galeria, Budapest, Jaszbereny & Budapest, Hungary