lucy sm johnston
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bio.
A graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art, her work has been featured in the Telegraph, the Times, Campaign Magazine and Livingetc. Magazine.
She has been exhibited in Selfridges, The Vibe Gallery, The Green Gallery, Clerkenwell, Through the Pane Exhibition, Concrete and Glass festival, Shoreditch, as well as in Womankind Exhibition for International Women’s Day, No Barking Art Biennial, The Marmite Prize, Nasty Women UK and shortlisted for the Secret Art Painting Prize 2019.
inspiration.
Lucy's practice takes a critical view of socio-cultural subjects, referencing the visual vernacular from contemporary modern life. Exploring the complex relationships between pop-culture, kitsch and fine art, she crafts perfect messages imperfectly. On closer inspection, her photo-realist style, is simple mark marking, strokes and scribbles, all layered evidence of the passage of time.
Her subject matter is rendered through a hyper-real colour palette but there is often a dark underbelly railing against the idealism, a shadow over the idyll to remind us of the transitory nature of experience.
Her fascination with retro aesthetics has been an influence in her work, her love/hate relationship with Memphis inspired graphics of the 80’s.
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