ALLI JOHNSTON
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Visual Artist - Newfoundland
ARTIST CV
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Solo Exhibitions
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2024 - The Bridge - Gander Arts & Culture Centre, Gander, NL
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2023 - The Bridge - Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador Gallery, St. John’s, NL
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2021 - This & That - Picture it in a Frame, Corner Brook, NL
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2021 - …and still the wildflowers grew. - Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL
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2016 - Home is Familiar - Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL
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2013 - Watercolours - JL Gallery, Corner Brook, NL
Group Exhibitions
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Juried Exhibitions
2023 - Annual Members Exhibition - Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2021 - Annual Members Exhibition - Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2021 - Pushing Play (with David Dyck, Louis McDonald & Dirk Muir) - CB Nuit Festival - Corner Brook, NL
2021 - Terra Incognita - Writers at Woody Point, NL
2019 - Change - Writers at Woody Point, NL
2019 - Newfoundland & Labrador Arts & Letters Awards Exhibition - The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
2018 - Our Games - Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL
2018 - Under the Surface - Featured/Poster artist - Writers at Woody Point, NL
2018 - Presence - Arts & Culture Centre, Corner Brook, NL
2018 - Forage: Creative Gros Morne’s ExBox Travelling Exhibition - Gros Morne National Park, NL
2017 - Summer in a Jar - Nuit 150 After Dark Arts Festival, Corner Brook, NL
2017 - Salvage - Writers at Woody Point, NL
2016 - Woody Point Art Show - Writers at Woody Point, NL
2015 - Mancel’s Poppies - Writers at Woody Point, NL
2014 - Journey - Fishers’ Loft, Port Rexton, NL
2011 - Bridging the Gap - Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, NL
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2019 - Here & There - Arts & Culture Centre, Corner Brook, NL
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2015 - 2022 - Members Exhibition - Rotary Arts Centre
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2017 & 2019 - Members Show - Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
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2016 - Six: Six Artists, Six Walls - Arts & Culture Centre, Corner Brook, NL
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League of Artists of Western Newfoundland (LAWN) Exhibitions
2009-2023 - HeArt of Christmas - Arts & Culture Centre, Corner Brook, NL
2016 - A Month of LAWN: Celebrating 10 Years - Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL
2012-2014 - Growing Artistically - Arts & Culture Centre, Corner Brook, NL
Grants
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2024 - ArtsNL Professional Project Grant - in support of Gather Yourself (painting and printmaking work in progress)
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2020 - ArtsNL Professional Project Grant - in support of The Bridge
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2020 - Creative Gros Morne Connecting Through Culture Project Grant in support of …and still the wildflowers grew.
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2018 - ArtsNL Professional Project Grant - in support of work for Under the Surface at the Writers at Woody Point Festival
Awards
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2022 - Newfoundland & Labrador Arts & Letters Award - Senior Visual Arts
Other
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2024 - watercolour painting"Big Dipper Watches Over the Forest" used as the artwork for The Once's album "Out Here"
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2021 - art selected for the 2021 edition of the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival “Director’s Cut” Quidi Vidi beer
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2018 - Commissioned and featured artist for the Writers at Woody Point literary festival
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2018 - Participant in Flattering the Master, an event in tribute of Gerald Squires - Woody Point, NL
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2018 - Participant in the Cottage Creative - Norris Point, NL
Curatorial
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2021 - Guest Curator and Programmer - PULP Gallery - Grenfell Campus School of Fine Arts, Corner Brook, NL
Publications
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2021 - Riddle Fence – issue #39 – Exhibition review for “…and still the wildflowers grew.”
Workshops
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2016 - Month of LAWN – watercolour workshop for adults
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2014 & 2015 - NL English School District – Cultural Connections Program
Board and Committee Activities
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2018 - 2020 - CB Nuit Art Festival – event organizing committee
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2018 - 2020 - Eastern Edge Gallery – rOGUE Gallery Programming Committee
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2012 - 2016 - League of Artists of Western Newfoundland (LAWN) - Executive Committee Secretary
Memberships
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Corner Brook Rotary Arts Centre (RAC)
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Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
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Eastern Edge Gallery
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League of Artists of Newfoundland (LAWN)
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VANL-CARFAC
Education
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2019 - 2020 - Grenfell Campus, Memorial University – credit courses in textile art, printmaking, and drawing
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1996-1997 - Page Layout & Design – George Brown College