Tim Johnson b. 1947

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer)
A painter by profession, Johnson initially studied architecture at Sydney University which is not surprising given his family's strong ties to architecture both in the public and private sectors. He taught for some years at NSW schools. Johnson was an early and major collector of Western Desert Aboriginal art.
Tags: Conceptual art, Aboriginal connections, Spiritual values
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exhibited at
Biennale of Sydney: All our relations
Date
2012
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

18th Biennale of Sydney

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://bos18.com/
exhibited at
Tim Johnson: painting ideas
Date
10 November 2009 - 13 February 2010
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

This major survey exhibition begins with Johnson’s activities as a conceptual and performance artist in the early 1970s and co-founder of the Inhibodress artists’ collective in Sydney. In addition to performance, documentation, films, and artists’ books made in the early 1970s, this section also includes Johnson’s paintings and prints that are inspired by Punk music. The main section of Tim Johnson: painting ideas commences with paintings inspired by Johnson’s visits to Papunya in the 1980s and his subsequent collaborations with Aboriginal artists including Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Michael Jagamarra Nelson, among others.

Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2001/toyear/2012/exhib-date/2009-11-10/exhib/tim-johnson-painting-ideas
exhibited at
Three views of emptiness: Buddhism and the art of Tim Johnson, Lindy Lee and Peter Tyndall
Date
2001
Place
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Michael, Linda and Hulse, Adele, Three views of emptiness: Buddhism and the art of Tim Johnson, Lindy Lee and Peter Tyndall. Clayton, Vic : Monahs University museum of Art, c2001
ISBN 073262181X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Installation, Painting
exhibited at
Tim Johnson: across cultures: cultural repatriation
Date
1993
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Ian Potter University of Melbourne exhibition archive;

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Performance
exhibited at
Rotary Collection of Australian Art
Date
1993 - c.1993
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Languish
Date
1986
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
performed at
Changing programme (Biennale of Sydney satellite program)
Date
11 April 1979 - 28 May 1979
Place
Sydney Sculpture Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

A changing program of installations, performances, video and sound pieces, films, discussions and lectures.

Type
Festival
exhibited at
Australian and New Zealand Post-Object Show- A Survey
Date
May 1976
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Post-Object Art in Australia and New Zealand: A Survey
Post Object Art in Australia and New Zealand

exhibited at
Project 9: Documents, Film, Video
Date
1975
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
performed at
Events/Structures
Date
24 September 1974 - 4 October 1974
Place
Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Concepts
Date
10 March 1974 - 30 March 1974
Place
Contemporary Art Society Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Australian Art
Date
19 October 1973 - 18 November 1973
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
participated in
Event
Date
22 April 1972
Place
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
Description

A public performance arranged by Neil Evans in which the arrival of the invited audience was the work: a forerunner of the twenty-first century 'flash mob’

Type
Performance
Tags
Conceptual art, Performance Art, Audience participation
exhibited at
The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art
Date
16 July 1971 - 6 August 1971
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Curated by Terry Smith and Donald Brook, The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art, was a survey exhibition of conceptual and experimental works in Australia, sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) held at Central Street. David Aspden’s work listed in the catalogue was replaced by a work by James Doolin in the exhibition itself.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
One Central Street
exhibited at
Marland House sculpture competition
Date
22 June 1971 - c.June 1971
Place
Age Gallery, 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
John Kaldor Art Projects 2, Szeemann: I want to leave a nice, well done child here (20 Australian Artists)
Date
29 April 1971 - 13 May 1971
Place
Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

ALSO: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, with additional installation by Mike Brown

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Group exhibition
Date
7 November 1970 - c.November 1970
Place
Inhibodress Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Inaugural exhibition at Inhibodress

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Inhibodress
exhibited at
32nd annual C.A.S. exhibition
Date
28 October 1970 - 10 November 1970
Place
Farmers Blaxland Gallery, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Contemporary Art Society
exhibited at
Royal Easter Show: Art prize exhibitions 1970
Date
20 March 1970 - 31 March 1970
Place
RAS Showgrounds, Moore Park, NSW
Type
Exhibition

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