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.
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Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Remnant - SMITH, Cape Town
2016 Changing Hands - SMITH, Cape Town
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Rendevous II - SMITH, Cape Town
2019 Emphatic Whispers - SMITH, Cape Town
2019 Re-Imagining Realities - Open24Hrs, Cape Town
2019 Art Joburg, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH
2018 Close Encounters - SMITH, Cape Town
2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, presented by SMITH
2017 Nano 1.1 - Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Out of Nowhere - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Salad - SMITH, Cape Town
2016 Sketch - MITH, Cape Town
2016 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, presented by SMITH
2016 FNB JHB Art Fair, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH
2015 Two - SMITH, Cape Town
2019 Remnant - SMITH, Cape Town
2016 Changing Hands - SMITH, Cape Town
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Rendevous II - SMITH, Cape Town
2019 Emphatic Whispers - SMITH, Cape Town
2019 Re-Imagining Realities - Open24Hrs, Cape Town
2019 Art Joburg, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH
2018 Close Encounters - SMITH, Cape Town
2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, presented by SMITH
2017 Nano 1.1 - Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Out of Nowhere - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Salad - SMITH, Cape Town
2016 Sketch - MITH, Cape Town
2016 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, presented by SMITH
2016 FNB JHB Art Fair, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH
2015 Two - SMITH, Cape Town
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