Elin Johnston - Practice Statement & Bio
Working from her dedicated studio and workshop, Elin is an award-winning Visual Artist in practice since 2010. Her practice is inter-disciplinary in basis with digital process at its core, including Video and Experimental Moving Image, 2D Digital Imaging, and 3D Sculptural Assemblage.
Through her work she investigates aspects of place and space, disruption and disintegration, and the registry of time, and seeks to make visible site-specific resonances of personal and collective memory.
Her work has been exhibited & screened nationally and internationally, including digital arts and film festivals in Dublin, Berlin, Copenhagen, Athens, Madrid, Barcelona, Porto, Sweden, the UK, the USA.
Johnston's work has been acquired for a number of public collections including that of Arts Council NI, The Poetic Phonotheque, Copenhagen, and Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council NI, and she has had work published in Abridged, The Honest Ulsterman, Cyphers , and Epoque Press.
She was formerly an independent Creative Director with projects implemented worldwide including Hong Kong, Tokyo, Melbourne, & Toronto, and also lectured at a wide range of Art & Design Faculties in England and Wales.
Elin pursues an active involvement in arts engagement & development with professional, educational, & public audiences aimed at creating and enriching awareness and appreciation of contemporary visual arts, including 'Meet The Artist' talks & educational workshops.
History of Artistic Practice
Exhibitions / Events
2023-24
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2019-20
2019
2019
2018/20
2018
2018
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
ACNI Contemporary Art Collection, Curated Selection Exhibition - Ards Art Centre.
"Confluence" Solo Exhibition & Meet The Artist,
2 Royal Avenue, Belfast City Council Cultural Hub.
Crescent Writers Read & 'Visual/Verbal' Exhibition - Belfast Book Festival, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast.
Tranås At The Fringe - International Arts Festival - 'Awareness' Curated Segment - Kultivera, Tranås, SE.
"Told/Untold" Solo Exhibition & Meet The Artist, Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Gallery, Armagh.
Oregon Documentary Film Festival - Sunshine Mill Theatre, The Dalles, OR.USA.
17th Athens Digital Arts Festival "Tactus" - Museum of Modern Greek Culture - Athens.
Duende Sessions Festival - Tomasa Cuevas Civic Centre, Les Corts - Barcelona.
Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival - Kulturhuset Islands Brygge - Copenhagen.
'The Collection' - ACNI Contemporary Art Collection, Curated Selection Exhibition - Ards Art Centre.
'Anna Cheyne Biennial Visual Arts Awards' Exhibition, IAC - Lisburn.
"Collected Presence' Exhibition, Island Arts Centre - Lisburn.
'Meet The Artist', Lagan College - Belfast.
'Lost in Linen' Exhibition - Linen Biennale N.Ireland, IAC - Lisburn.
'Meet The Maker' - R-Space Gallery - Lisburn.
'Etsy Four Corners of Craft' Exhibition, Tent London, London Design Festival.
'Innovation Boost' Exhibition, Craft NI - North Down Museum.
'Perspective.Inspiration Unveiled' Exhibition, Craft NI - London & Belfast.
Solo Maker Showcase - St.Patrick's Trian - Armagh.
RDS National Crafts 'Discover Ireland' Exhibition - Dublin.
World Skills International Exhibition - London.
'Celebrate' Exhibition, Craft & Design Collective - Down Arts Centre.
'Out of The House' Exhibition - SpaceCraft - Belfast.
'In The House ' Exhibition - CraftFest, Castleward.
'Art of Craft' Exhibition - Armagh.
Residencies / Cpd
2023
2022
2020
2019-20
'Go On Your Nerve' +"Place & Space"- Reading & Writing Poetry Courses - Crescent Arts Centre - Belfast.
'Text As Material' - Creative Writing Workshop- Belfast Book Festival - Crescent Arts Centre - Belfast
Artist's Residency - Digital Arts Studios - Belfast.
'Future Labs' Programme - Digital Arts Studios -Belfast.
Affiliations
2019-on
Visual Artists Ireland - Professional Member.
Film Screenings / Selections
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival Copenhagen - Official Selection - "The Realm of The Less".
Bloomsday Film Festival - Dublin, ROI, Official Selection/Screened - "The Realm of The Less".
Tranås At The Fringe - International Screening of Experimental Films & VideoPoems - Tranås - Sweden. Official Selection/Screened - 'Memoria'.
Tune Into Green Short Film Series, Minor Chord 2, Austin TX, USA, Official Selection/Screened - 'Memoria'
Oregon Documentary Film Festival - Portland, OR,USA. Best International Director. Finalist, Best Experimental Micro Film - 'Laudation Trilogy'.
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival -Llanelli, Wales, UK. Official Selection/Screened - 'Before A Truth'.
Uninhabited International Film Festival - Copenhagen - Official Selection - 'Before A Truth'.
Micro Mania Film Festival - Buffalo, USA. Official Selections - 'The Semiotics of Adornment' & 'This Dark Water.
Bizarrya Short Film Festival - Porto, Portugal - Official Selection/Screened - 'The Semiotics of Adornment'.
FICIMAD International Film Festival - Madrid.
Best Experimental Film - 'The Semiotics of Adornment'
Berlin Flash Film Festival - Berlin -'Laudation Trilogy',
Honourable Mention.
Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival Copenhagen - Official Selection/Screened - 'This Dark Water'.
17th Athens Digital Arts Festival - Athens.
Official Selection/Screened - 'The Semiotics of Adornment'
Duende Sessions Festival -Barcelona -Official Selection / Screened - 'This Dark Water', 'Before A Truth'
Cardora Micro-Movie Film Festival - Bucks. UK - Official Selection/Screened -'This Dark Water'
White Deer International Film Festival -Notts. UK - Best MicroShort Documentary. Best Soundtrack - 'Laudation Trilogy'.
Awards / Collections / Nominations
2021
2021/23
2019
2019
2019
2023/2019
2013/2011
2018/19
2014
2011
FICIMAD Best Experimental Film Award, Madrid.
The Poetic Phonotheque Collection, Copenhagen.
Arts Council NI Contemporary Art Collection.
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Art Collection.
Anna Cheyne Biennial Visual Art Award LCCC
Arts Council NI SIAP Awards.
Arts Council NI SIAP Awards.
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Arts Awards.
Craft NI Innovation Boost Initiative.
City & Guilds Medal of Excellence, London.