Elizabeth Johnson
b. 1991
Education
2017 - 2021 MFA in Fibres & Material Practices, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
◦ 05/2019: Concordia Short-term Design Field School, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - 2015 BFA in Studio Arts: Intermedia, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
◦ 2014 - 2015: Exchange program (Sculpture), Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, DE
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
12/2024 Duo: To Touch It Is To Know It, Elizabeth Johnson & Anne Dahl, Galerie McClure, Montréal, QC
11/2023 Duo: Vicious Dwelling, Elizabeth Johnson & Anne Dahl. Sound by Maggie Tiesenhausen
Ateliers Belleville, Montréal, QC
04/2021 Solo: The Fire is Alive As I Have Never Been, MFA thesis streamed online
03/2018 Duo: ART.ART VII, 6814 St. Hubert St, Montréal, QC
10/2015 Solo: FLATLANDS, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
05/2025 Upcoming: Textile Languages, Woven Thought, La Guilde, Montréal, QC
07/2023 The Weaver's House, Strangefield, Glasgow, UK
06/2023 XL Group Exhibition, AXENÉO7, Gatineau, QC
05/2023 Membership exhibition, Celine Bureau, Montréal, QC
12/2020 A Sign of the Times, Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, NY
09/2019 Made in Japan expo, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
04/2019 Maureen IV, Galerie Yves Laroche, Montréal, QC
12/2017 INOBJECTSWETRUST Art & Design Fair, STUDIO 7, Toronto, ON
08/2015 Y-LEVEL: Wooden Fruit, Park Lane Mall, Halifax, NS
02/2015 Capture All, Transmediale Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
07/2014 INTER Between/Among, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
04/2014 INTERMEDIA GENERAL, NSCAD Academy Building, Halifax, NS
07/2013 GOOD ARTISTS WORKING WITH VIDEO, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS
12/2013 Media Landscapes, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, NS
02/2013 Cyber Khyber, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, NS
09/2012 WPGC Montréal Showcase, WWTWO Gallery, Montréal, QC
12/2011 Printed Matter, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
01/2010 Visual Paradise 20th Anniversary, 122 Princess St, Kingston, ON
Grants / Scholarships
2024 - 2025 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Exploration and Research Grant
2022 - 2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization Grant
2019 Peter N. Thomson Field School Award, Travel Grant
2019 Concordia University, Mobility Grant
2017 - 2019 Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship
2018 Milieux Institute of Art & Technology - Textiles & Materiality, Individual Research Grant
2017 Concordia Merit Scholarship
Collaborative Curatorial Projects
2018 Maureen III: Concordia's MFA Studio Arts Exhibition, Darling Foundry, Montréal, QC
2014 Eyelevel Gallery: ERI 6: Labour & Leisure. Toured various artist-run centres across Atlantic Canada. Link
2012 Eyelevel Gallery: The World Portable Gallery Convention. Exhibition of portable and alternative art venues within Halifax and Montréal. Link
Publications / Press (Selected)
2024 Needlebound Vol. 1. Link
2018 Rowan Lynch, “Tie It Off & Count Again” Exhibition and publication of textile work by women and non-binary artists. Link
2018 Zoé, Dion-Van Royen, ART.ART VII Exhibition Review.
2017 Holland, Fiona "Monochrome Weaving and Screensaver Dreaming - a visit to Elizabeth Johnson's studio"
2015 Young & Lobo “From the digital to the material – artist transcends traditional art” The Signal.
2015 Dykes, Manet “Wooden Fruit” Y-Level Group Exhibition Catalogue.
2014 FreeCoffee - NSCAD Student Publication.
2012 "Post-Modem" in ART NOW Essays 2012, Blurb Publications.
2012 The Periodical Project, Issue #4: Obsessions
2012 The Periodical Project, Issue #2: Light/Dark (Cover Image)
2012 "Notes on Stunted Production" in CTRL-P Journal of Contemporary Art, Issue 17