Stephen Johnston

Serenity

By Stephen Johnston

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 101cm by 66cm

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Nowhere Fast

By Stephen Johnston

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 55cm by 80cm

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Man with Pear

By Stephen Johnston

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 60cm by 70cm

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A Brief History

Stephen Johnston’s work explores the relationship between everyday objects and the figure. He does this by juxtaposing the figure, inanimate objects and different surrounding contexts. Johnston’s body of work is a continual experimentation of this concept, putting the focus back onto things that might ordinarily have been overlooked.
Johnston was Born in 1987 in Co. Down Northern Ireland. He graduated with a BA in Fine and Applied Arts at the University of ULster in Belfast.
As well as having had his work in the Saatchi gallery, he has won numerous awards including the The De Veres Art Award- For work of Distinction at the RHA (182nd Annual Exhibition) and the Towry Award for best from Northern Ireland at the National Open Art competition last year.
This young exciting emerging artist is quickly establishing himself having work in private and public collections around the UK.

Education

2007- 2010
BA (Hons) Fine and Applied Art, University of Ulster


2005-2006
Diploma in Foundation Studies (In Art and Design), University of Ulster

Solo Exhibitions

2016
The Unreal, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia


2014
Observations, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Tommy Bowe Series, The Merchant Hotel. Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast, Northern Ireland


2011
Perceptions, Art Tank, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Group Exhibitions and Awards

2016
New Contemporary, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art, London, England


2015
Hennessy Portrait Award, National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 134th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Semblance, Gormleys Fine Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Heart of Hope, Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Royal Hibernian Academy 185th Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
36th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, Australia
20|21 International Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art, London, England


2014
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 133rd Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern
Ireland
Royal Hibernian Academy 184th Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland


2013
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 132nd Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
RHA 183rd Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award (Work Highly Commended), Lethbridge Gallery, Australia


2012
London International Creative Competition, (Work Shortlisted) London, England
RUA 131st Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The National Open Art Competition, The Prince’s Foundation Gallery, London, England
RHA 182nd Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin


2011
RUA 130th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast, Northern
Ireland
RUA - Art Aid Exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Saatchi ArtParis, Art Paris at le Grand Palais, France
Wonter Contemporary Exhibitin, Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland


2010
Open University, Public Collection, UK
Art of Nurture, Saatchi Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Art of Nurture, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, UK

Awards

2013
Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award - Highly Commended


2012
TOWRY Award - Best from Northern Ireland, The National Open Art Competition, The Princes’s
Foundation Gallery, London, England
The De Veres Art Award - For work of Distinction
RHA 182nd Annual Exhibition - Diageo Award: Emerging Artist Award


2010
Diageo Award: Emerging Artist Award, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Carson McDowel Award, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Art of Nurture National Finals, Saatchi Gallery
Art of Nurture Regional Winner, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England

Public Collections

2013
Northern Ireland Arts Council Collection, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2010 Open University Public Collection, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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