CLAIRE JOHNSON
B. 1986. CAPE TOWN, ZA
Claire Johnson lives and works in Cape Town, where she graduated from Michaelis School of Fine Art. Johnson work’s as a solo artist and as part of the creative studio Hoick, which she co-founded. Johnson has been part of numerous group shows and fairs, notably the FNB Joburg Art Fair and the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.
Johnson’s practice is underpinned by an investigation into the relationships that forms between humans and objects, through the mediums of paintings, print-making, fabric work and video. Johnson’s work first looked at the representation of objects, personal or found, by reducing them to ostensibly abstract forms, questioning the ability of the objects to speak for themselves once removed from their original context.
More recently her work has turned towards the stories and secrets contained within the negative space. Focusing less on the objects themselves and more on the stories and impressions that shape our memory of them. Of late, her focus has been centred around cloth, the intimate and protective nature of clothing and fabric, and how it survives beyond us – telling or concealing stories.
Johnson’s practice is underpinned by an investigation into the relationships that forms between humans and objects, through the mediums of paintings, print-making, fabric work and video. Johnson’s work first looked at the representation of objects, personal or found, by reducing them to ostensibly abstract forms, questioning the ability of the objects to speak for themselves once removed from their original context.
More recently her work has turned towards the stories and secrets contained within the negative space. Focusing less on the objects themselves and more on the stories and impressions that shape our memory of them. Of late, her focus has been centred around cloth, the intimate and protective nature of clothing and fabric, and how it survives beyond us – telling or concealing stories.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
AKAA
Art Fair
Paris, FR
2021
Group Exhibition
Nuweland, NL
2021