
Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends
2022
Installation view
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne

HELEN JOHNSON
Painting-making
2022
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
114.2 x 83.8 in / 290 x 213 cm
Recto

Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends
2022
Installation view
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The birth of an institution
2022
Synthetic polymer paint and pencil on canvas
119 x 164 in / 304 x 417.5 cm

The birth of an institution

Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends
2022
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Installation view

Globule
2022
Acrylic on canvas, cotton stitching
88.6 x 67.9 in / 225 x 172.5 cm

Globule

Let’s head back
2022
Acrylic and painted silk on canvas, cotton stitching
88.6 x 67.2 in / 225.2 x 170.8 cm

Let’s head back

Pieces of Work

University (Institutional being)
2021
Synthetic polymer paint, graphite pencil and water-soluble intaglio ink on canvas
89 x 67 in / 226 x 170.2 cm

University (Institutional being)

HR (Neighbour)
2021
Synthetic polymer paint, graphite pencil and water-soluble intaglio ink on canvas
90.5 x 68 in / 229.9 x 172.7 cm

HR (Neighbour)

Pieces of Work

Basic Needs
2020
Synthetic polymer on canvas
96 x 72 in / 244 x 183 cm
Recto

Basic Needs

Basic Needs

Basic Needs

Basic Needs

Sun/Humans
2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in / 61 x 45.7 cm

Healing crystals set
2020
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
24 x 18 in / 61 x 45.7 cm

Trees/Humans
2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in / 61 x 45.7 cm

Agency
2019
Pilar Corrias, London
Installation view

Agency
2019
Pilar Corrias, London
Installation view

Agency
2019
Pilar Corrias, London
Installation view

Helen Johnson: Ends
2018
New Museum, New York
Installation view

Helen Johnson: Ends
2017
New Museum, New York
Installation view

Helen Johnson: Ends
2017
New Museum, New York
Installation view

Helen Johnson: Ends
2017
New Museum, New York
Installation view

Helen Johnson & Megan Cope
2017
Chapter Arts, Cardiff
Installation view

Helen Johnson & Megan Cope
2017
Chapter Arts, Cardiff
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Warm Ties
2017
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Installation view

Seat of power (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Seat of power

Seat of power (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

A feast of reason and a flow of soul (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

A feast of reason and a flow of soul

A feast of reason and a flow of soul (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

A feast of reason and a flow of soul (verso)

The sack (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

The sack

The sack (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Impotent observer (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 94.5 inches / 380 x 240 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Impotent observer

Impotent observer (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 94.5 inches / 380 x 240 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Worst comes to the worst (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Worst comes to the worst

Worst comes to the worst (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 86.6 in / 380 x 220 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Worst comes to the worst (verso)

Bad debt (recto)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Bad debt

Bad debt (verso)
2016
Acrylic on canvas, wood, velcro
149.6 x 126 in / 380 x 320 cm
Warm Ties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2017

Empire Play (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

Empire Play (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

McCubbin redux (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

McCubbin redux (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

Or Else (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

Or else (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
110.25 x 84.25 in / 280.05 x 214 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

Stock (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

Stock (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
114.15 x 94.5 in / 289.9 x 240.05 cm
Mary Mary, Glasgow for Art Basel Statements 2016

Barron Field, Glasgow International 2016

Barron Field, Glasgow International 2016

Barron Field, Glasgow International 2016

Barron Field, Glasgow International 2016

Barron Field, Glasgow International 2016

My Word (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Glasgow International 2016

My Word (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Glasgow International 2016

The Rape of Europa (Australian version)
Acrylic on canvas
122 x 94.5 in / 309.85 x 240.05 cm
Glasgow International 2016

The Rape of Europa (Australian version) – (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Glasgow International 2016

Colonial Reef (recto)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Recto

Colonial Reef (verso)
Acrylic on canvas
90.55 x 70.85 in / 230 x 180 cm
Verso

Cayetano Ferrer + Helen Johnson
OFFICIELLE 2015
Château Shatto booth at Les Docks: Cité de la Mode et du Design
Paris, France

OFFICIELLE 2015

Becoming limp before another’s interpretive projections
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

Personality type painting
2015
Synthetic polymer paint and collage on linen
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

OFFICIELLE 2015

Loose knots II (Equal obscurity)
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

Club Horoscope
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

OFFICIELLE 2015

Our increasingly uncomfortable relationship to money
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

Loose knots I (Victorian renovation)
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

June: A Painting Show
2015
Installation view
Sadie Coles HQ, London

June: A Painting Show
2015
Installation view
Sadie Coles HQ, London

The Saboteurs
2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
98 x 71 in / 248.95 x 180.35 cm

Post Colonial Feminist Drama
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
98 x 71 in / 248.95 x 180.35 cm

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

Spy
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
34 x 24 in / 86.35 x 60.95 cm

True Gifts and Free Facts
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
56 x 48 x 1.5 in / 142.25 x 121.95 x 3.8 cm

Ex-Execs
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
71 x 98 in / 180.35 x 248.95 cm

Ex-Execs
Minerva, Sydney
2014
Installation view

Urban Myth
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

Robber in a Hot Tub
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
18 x 24 in / 45.75 x 61 cm

Island (Time Flies II)
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
66 x 44 in / 167.65 x 111.75 cm

History Problem
2013
Acrylic on canvas
98.5 x 70.75 in / 250.2 x 179.7 cm

Corporate Hopper
2013
Acrylic on linen
67.35 x 44.5 in / 171 x 113 cm

Meantime
Sutton Gallery
2013
Installation view

The Angry Reader
2013
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Detail

New Business Plan
2014
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Detail