Jeanette Johns

The work of Jeanette Johns is based on observation and the gaze, focusing particularly on two-dimensional representations of space. Through drawing, photography, and etching, she elegantly explores scientific systems of representing the world such as diagrams, perspective games, and optical illusions. 

Also interested in the landscape genre, Johns draws on theoretical and empirical knowledge to produce images that exist on the border between mathematics, geometry, and decorative design.

Caroline Quach-Thanh and Michel Jodoin are the generous sponsors of Jeanette Johns’s studio in 2022. Jeanette Johns’ studio was sponsored by the generous support of Lillian & Billy Mauer in 2021 and of Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal in 2020.

Biography

Johns comes from Winnipeg and holds a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Manitoba, and an MFA in Studio Arts (Print Media concentration) from Concordia University. She participated in many production and creation residencies, in Canada, the USA and Finland. In 2016, she published the artist book With Sufficient Distance, printed in risograph by Parameter Press.

Recent exhibitions

2021	Of things as they happen to be, Fonderie Darling Everything Merges, Emerges, then Fades Again, Group show, Fonderie Darling (Place Publique), Montreal
2020	Ex-centrer, 3rd group show, Maison d'Art Desjardins, Drummondville, QC
2017	The Weight of the Earth’s Curve, Arprim, Montreal To Step is to Rise, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Winnipeg (MB)
2016	Exposition de la relève du FJIM, group show, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal
2015	Our Earthly Flatform, MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal Collision 11, group show, Parisian Laundry, Montreal
2014	Looking for Length, aceartinc., Winnipeg (MB) Actual Artists, group show, Actual Gallery, Winnipeg (MB) Perspective from Above, Centre3 for Print and Media Arts, Hamilton (ON)