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
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
exhibited at
Project 9: Documents, Film, Video
Date
1975
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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