CV Exhibitions
Selected One Woman Shows
2012
‘Southampton Stories’, Sea City Museum, Southampton.
2011
‘Downed’, Kings Hill Gallery, Kings Hill, Kent
2010
‘Fireweed’, London Metropolitan Archive, Finsbury, London.
2009-10
‘Thread of Life’, Valentines Mansion, Ilford, London
2008
‘Fireweed’ Birkbeck College, Gordon Square London
2007
‘Downed’ National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London.
2006
‘Downed’ The Chocolate Factory, London.
2003–5
‘Roaring Girls’ Imperial War Museum North, Salford.
2004
‘Bitter Place’, Atrium Gallery, Price Waterhouse Cooper, London.
2003
‘Black Diamonds’, Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Scotland.
2002
‘Roaring Girls’ , Canada Place Gallery, Canary Wharf, London.
‘Roaring Girls’ ,Gallery Holt, Sherborne, Dorset.
2000
‘Roaring Girls’, Rotherham Arts Centre, Rotherham.
1999
‘Black Diamonds’, Lancashire Mining Museum, Salford.
1998
‘Land of Laundries’, Vestry House Museum, London.
1997
‘Black Diamonds’, Woodhorn Museum, Ashington, Northumberland.
‘Land of Laundries’, Ragged School Museum, Hackney, London
1996
‘Black Diamonds’, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Yorkshire.
‘Black Diamonds’, National Mining Museum, Caphouse Colliery, Yorkshire.
‘Land of Laundries’, Monaghan County Museum and Art Gallery, Monaghan Ireland
1995
‘Land of Laundries’, Sutton House, Hackney, London.
‘Black Diamonds’, Rhondda Mining Heritage Park, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
1994
‘Modern Times’, Selen Odenstrand, Stockholm, Sweden.
‘Modern Times’, The Angle Gallery Birmingham.
Selected Commissions
2012
Sea City Museum, Southampton
2009
Valentines Mansion, Ilford London
2005
Laing Gallery, Newcastle.
Victoria And Albert Museum, London.
Wandsworth Museum, London.
2004
Imperial War Museum North, Salford.
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
1996
Monaghan County Museum and Art Gallery, Monaghan, Ireland.
Selected Group Shows
2012
‘Flight and the Artistic Imagination’, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
2010 – 2012,
‘The Climate is Changing’
The North Light Gallery, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington.
The Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset.
Farfield Mill, Sedburgh, Cumbria.
Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Torfaen
Museum Tessuto, Prato, Italy
Historiches Zentrum, Wuppertal, Germany
Holzhof, Gottingen, Germany
2010
‘62 Group of Textile Artists’
Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands.
Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2007
‘Fidem’ International Medals Exhibition, Colorado Springs, USA
‘18 @108’ Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
‘Deep Inspiration’, Jerwood Space, London.
2003
Royal Society of British Sculptors Annual Show, London.
‘National Print Exhibition’, Mall Galleries, London
‘Wrexham Print International’, Wrexham, Wales
2000 – 2002
'Artspoken',
Burlington Resources, Canary Wharf, London.
State Street Bank, Canary Wharf, London
Business Link, Lombard Street, London.
1998
'Evidence' Maidstone Museum, Kent.
1995
'No More Hiroshimas':
Canolfan Nagoya, Japan
Tengu Square, Hiroshima Peace Park, Japan
The Angle Gallery, Birmingham
King Street Gallery, Bristol
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry.
Northern Visions , Belfast.
Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.
Selected Publications
‘Guardian’, July 2012
‘Crafts’, March April 2012
‘Embroidery’, July August 2011
‘Tiger seen on Shaftesbury Avenue’, Andrew Graham Dixon, 2008
‘Federation Internationale de la Medaille’ Catalogue. 2007
'The Medal', British Museum, 2002, 2003
'The Art Of War' Printmaking Today, 2002
‘Oral History Journal’, British Library, 1998
‘War Works’, Val Williams, 1995
Selected Audio
Invited sculptor for the ‘Be Inspired’ Audio Tour, the National Gallery, London 2009
Invited Artist for the ‘The National Gallery’s Grand Tour’ Audio Tour, London 2008
Invited artist for ‘Renaissance Red’, the National Gallery Podcast, 2008
‘Land of Laundries’, Interview, Womans Hour 1995
Al Johnson
Born Hackney, London
BA HONS Fine Art
MA Sculpture
Associate Royal Society of British Sculptors (ARBS)
Member of British Art Medals Society, (BAMS)
Member of the 62 Group of Textile Artis
2012
‘Southampton Stories’, Sea City Museum, Southampton.
2011
‘Downed’, Kings Hill Gallery, Kings Hill, Kent
2010
‘Fireweed’, London Metropolitan Archive, Finsbury, London.
2009-10
‘Thread of Life’, Valentines Mansion, Ilford, London
2008
‘Fireweed’ Birkbeck College, Gordon Square London
2007
‘Downed’ National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London.
2006
‘Downed’ The Chocolate Factory, London.
2003–5
‘Roaring Girls’ Imperial War Museum North, Salford.
2004
‘Bitter Place’, Atrium Gallery, Price Waterhouse Cooper, London.
2003
‘Black Diamonds’, Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Scotland.
2002
‘Roaring Girls’ , Canada Place Gallery, Canary Wharf, London.
‘Roaring Girls’ ,Gallery Holt, Sherborne, Dorset.
2000
‘Roaring Girls’, Rotherham Arts Centre, Rotherham.
1999
‘Black Diamonds’, Lancashire Mining Museum, Salford.
1998
‘Land of Laundries’, Vestry House Museum, London.
1997
‘Black Diamonds’, Woodhorn Museum, Ashington, Northumberland.
‘Land of Laundries’, Ragged School Museum, Hackney, London
1996
‘Black Diamonds’, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Yorkshire.
‘Black Diamonds’, National Mining Museum, Caphouse Colliery, Yorkshire.
‘Land of Laundries’, Monaghan County Museum and Art Gallery, Monaghan Ireland
1995
‘Land of Laundries’, Sutton House, Hackney, London.
‘Black Diamonds’, Rhondda Mining Heritage Park, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
1994
‘Modern Times’, Selen Odenstrand, Stockholm, Sweden.
‘Modern Times’, The Angle Gallery Birmingham.
Selected Commissions
2012
Sea City Museum, Southampton
2009
Valentines Mansion, Ilford London
2005
Laing Gallery, Newcastle.
Victoria And Albert Museum, London.
Wandsworth Museum, London.
2004
Imperial War Museum North, Salford.
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
1996
Monaghan County Museum and Art Gallery, Monaghan, Ireland.
Selected Group Shows
2012
‘Flight and the Artistic Imagination’, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
2010 – 2012,
‘The Climate is Changing’
The North Light Gallery, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington.
The Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset.
Farfield Mill, Sedburgh, Cumbria.
Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Torfaen
Museum Tessuto, Prato, Italy
Historiches Zentrum, Wuppertal, Germany
Holzhof, Gottingen, Germany
2010
‘62 Group of Textile Artists’
Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands.
Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2007
‘Fidem’ International Medals Exhibition, Colorado Springs, USA
‘18 @108’ Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
‘Deep Inspiration’, Jerwood Space, London.
2003
Royal Society of British Sculptors Annual Show, London.
‘National Print Exhibition’, Mall Galleries, London
‘Wrexham Print International’, Wrexham, Wales
2000 – 2002
'Artspoken',
Burlington Resources, Canary Wharf, London.
State Street Bank, Canary Wharf, London
Business Link, Lombard Street, London.
1998
'Evidence' Maidstone Museum, Kent.
1995
'No More Hiroshimas':
Canolfan Nagoya, Japan
Tengu Square, Hiroshima Peace Park, Japan
The Angle Gallery, Birmingham
King Street Gallery, Bristol
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry.
Northern Visions , Belfast.
Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.
Selected Publications
‘Guardian’, July 2012
‘Crafts’, March April 2012
‘Embroidery’, July August 2011
‘Tiger seen on Shaftesbury Avenue’, Andrew Graham Dixon, 2008
‘Federation Internationale de la Medaille’ Catalogue. 2007
'The Medal', British Museum, 2002, 2003
'The Art Of War' Printmaking Today, 2002
‘Oral History Journal’, British Library, 1998
‘War Works’, Val Williams, 1995
Selected Audio
Invited sculptor for the ‘Be Inspired’ Audio Tour, the National Gallery, London 2009
Invited Artist for the ‘The National Gallery’s Grand Tour’ Audio Tour, London 2008
Invited artist for ‘Renaissance Red’, the National Gallery Podcast, 2008
‘Land of Laundries’, Interview, Womans Hour 1995
Al Johnson
Born Hackney, London
BA HONS Fine Art
MA Sculpture
Associate Royal Society of British Sculptors (ARBS)
Member of British Art Medals Society, (BAMS)
Member of the 62 Group of Textile Artis