Born
1967 Born, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Studies
1989 BA (Hons) Fine Art 2:1, University of Reading
1999 MA Sculpture (distinction), Winchester School of Art
1990-2004 Worked and lived in Co. Donegal, Belfast, Southampton and the Isle of Wight.
Exhibited extensively in the UK & Ireland, participated in exchanges and residencies in Denmark,
Australia, Scotland, Uzbekistan, Spain, Alabama and Newfoundland.
Worked as Part-time Acting Exhibitions Co-Ordinator at Quay Arts IOW
2010 Currently working on a variety of creative projects and part of the Gallery Education Team at Quay Arts, Isle of Wight.
Selected One Person Exhibitions and Projects
2010 'the wrongbirds' Painting exhibition, Fugl Project, Odense, Denmark
2010 'pathway over the sea', gallery installation, The Depozitory, Ryde Arts Festival
2007 Behind the Barriers, photography commission for Island 2000, East Cowes
New Forest, No Barriers Painting Commission for Island 2000, East Cowes
2006-7 Outside In, Creative Partnerships project leader, St.Mary’s Primary School Ryde
2005 Big Willow Event – Scottish Basket Maker’s Circle Artist in Residence alongside Patrick Dougherty.
looking between, Highland Council touring one person photographic exhibition
Highland Council Craftmaker in Residence, Kingussie. 10 week project with touring exhibition.
The Isle of Wight Lobster Pot & Basketmaking Tradition, exhibition curated by Tim Johnson
2003 Bundles and Ropes, One Person Show & Residency, Art & Design Gallery,
University of Hertfordshire. Catalogue published.
2002-3 Artist in Residence, Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. six month project including
co-ordination of exhibitions, commissions, publication & education programme.
2002 Out of Hand One Person Exhibition and Residency, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight.
Artist in Residence, Ventnor Botanic Gardens, Isle of Wight
Artist in Residence, Munsley Bog, Isle of Wight, supported by Island 2000.
2001 Year of the Artist, 2 month artist in residence, Pan Allotments, Newport, Isle of Wight.
2000 Artist in Residence, New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, Australia,
2 month project including one person exhibition and sculpture commission.
1999 Crossover Artist in Residence, Haverhill, Suffolk, supported by Bury St.Edmunds Art Gallery.
1998 gathering dust, sculpture and drawings, Hampshire Sculpture Trust, Winchester.
my friend’s kitchen, paintings, Earagail Arts Festival, Co. Donegal.
Artist in Residence, The Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry.
Artist in Residence, Wickham, Hants, 6 weeks, supported by Southern Arts.
1997 meeting places, National Trust Sculpture Residency, Co.Fermanagh and Co.Derry, six weeks.
Artist in Residence, Gracefield art Centre, Dumfries, six weeks.
Queens Festival Artist in Residence, Ballymena Primary School, mural and billboard project.
nest, public sculpture commission for Belfast City Council’s Forest of Belfast.
1996 Artist in Residence, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, four weeks.
Southampton City Council Artist in Residence, 3 months.
The Bargate Drawings, Southampton City Art Gallery.
after the rain, National Trust Sculpture Residency, Co.Fermanagh and Co.Down, six weeks.
1995 Corona, sculpture, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen.
Donegal Environmental Sculpture Residency, Falcaragh, Co.Donegal.
Artist in Residence, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamakerrig, Co.Monaghan.
1994 Ok, Which is it fins or wings?, monoprints, Earagail Arts Festival, Co.Donegal.
1993-5 The Corncrake’s Lament, installation toured to ten venues throughout Ireland.
1992 Just Places, photographs 1986-1991, Letterkenny, Co.Donegal, and Ulster Arts Club, Belfast.
Selected Group Exhibitions, Projects and Exhibitions
2010 'the hillbirds' and 'Hazel Bower', Fugl Project, Odense, Denmark
2009 Mumchance & Guise, Cecil Sharp House, London
X-flet, recycled cable touring exhibition & performance, Denmark
Focus on Bark, Invited tutor & participant, Vissinggaard, Denmark
The Cherry Basket Exhibition, Johannes Larsen Museum, Kerteminde, Denmark
2008 Location, Landscape open, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
The Cherry Basket Exhibition, Johannes Larsen Museum, Kerteminde, Denmark
2007 East Weaves West, Japanese & British Basket makers touring exhibition.
2006 Shopping trolley, Baskets and skulls – Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
British Baskets, exhibition at Salt basketmaking Fair, Salt, Gerona
Pushing the boundaries, Highland Council & Scottish Basketmaker’s Circle touring exhibition.
2005 Over the hills, Highland Craft maker in Residence touring exhibition – 3 person
2002-4 Thirteen Hand’, Caol Crafts Team Touring Exhibition, through the Highland and Islands.
Collaboration with Mary Butcher, Sue Paraskeva and Vincent Large.
2003 Christmas Tree Exhibition, collaborative exhibition curation with Jo Whiteman, Quay Arts.
2001 Natural Choice, four person exhibition, Contemporary Applied Arts, London.
Crossover, basketry & sculpture exhibition, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery - outdoor commission for the Abbey Gardens.
Crossover Conference invited speaker with Gyongy Laky and Dorothy Gill Barnes et al.
Travelling, exhibition with Mary Butcher, Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
2000 In Focus, contemporary basketmaking exhibition, Sotheby’s, London.
1999/00 Contemporary International Basketmaking, Crafts Council touring exhibition
1999 Happy Families, MA Sculpture Final Exhibition, Winchester School of Art.
The Art of Chairs, Southampton City Art Gallery.
The Vessel, Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire Sculpture Trust Exhibition.
1998 Artist in Residence, The Dane Valley Willow Project, Cheshire.
An Cosan Glas, Donegal Environmental Sculpture Residency, Falcaragh, Co. Donegal.
Artist in Residence, Earagail Arts Festival Carnival Project, Co. Donegal.
1997 Irish Landscape Painting, touring exhibition from The Department of the Environment.
New Installations and Works on Paper, Kathy Herbert and Tim Johnson, touring exhibition,
Ormeau Baths, Belfast, Triskel Art Centre, Cork.
Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
1996 ABBACUS II, Alabama/Belfast Artists Exchange exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery.
Human/Nature, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, Canada.
Works on Paper, Queen Street Studio Exhibition, La Libreria Andrea, Zacatacas, Mexico.
1995 Artist’s Union of Uzbekistan Artist’s Exchange, 2 weeks including an exhibition in Tashkent.
Works Too, Department of the Environment recent acquisitions, No.1 Oxford Street, Belfast.
ABBACUS I, Belfast/Alabama Artists Exchange, 4 week project in USA.
1994 The Fibre Show, Galway Art Centre.
Beyond the Partitions, Queen Street Studio 10th Anniversary Exhibition.
1993 Heads and Hangings, Donegal County Museum.
Irish Wild Bird Conservancy 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Bank of Ireland Art Centre, Dublin.
Collaborative Projects
2009 Kingdom of Old, Michael West Gallery, Quay Arts in collaboration with Chris Jenkins.
2008-9 Potager Project, St.Mary’s Primary School Ryde
2007 Natural Line, Tim Johnson & Mary Butcher, Quay Arts, collaborative exhibition project.
2005 Improvised performance, with James Nye, Shopping Trolley, Quay Arts, IOW
2003 Billow installation with Mary Butcher, Riverhouse gallery, Walton on Thames.
2002 Out of Hand Band, improvised performance for Out of Hand exhibition closing.
2001 a box of things we made Thirteen Hands Touring Exhibition, The Highland Council,
collaboration with Mary Butcher, Sue Paraskeva and Vincent Large.
2001 Year of the Artist Residency at Cambridge University Botanic Garden,
in collaboration with Mary Butcher.
2000 Year of the Artist Fish Weir Project, Arundel Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust,
collaborative project with Mary Butcher.
2000 Year of the Artist ‘thinking, moving, making’ Liss Community Centre, Hampshire,
collaborative project with dancer Katy Lee.
2000 Vissingaard Willow Festival, Denmark, collaborative installation with Mary Butcher.
1998 Two, Duke’s Oak Gallery, Brereton, Cheshire, collaborative installation with Mary Butcher.
1994 FIX: Spherics, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, a collaborative performance with Andrew Megaw.
Selected Photography Commissions
2009 Alum Bay & the Needles, product & site photography
2008 Taste magazine, food photography, 4 issues
2006 Exchanging Views, artist portraits, IOW Council Arts Unit
2005 IOW Dance Festival , documentation, IOW Council Arts Unit
2005 looking between, Highland Council touring one person show
What If ? Public Art Consultation document & publication, Island 2000
2004-6 Regular exhibition documentation, Quay Arts, IOW
Collections Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland
New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, Australia.
Vissingaard Willow and Basketry Museum, Denmark
Isle of Wight Council
Belfast City Council
Donegal County Council
Down District Council
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Private Collections in Norway, Canada, Germany, UK, Ireland, Guernsey and USA.
Awards
2005 Sense of Place, Isle of Wight AONB Small Grant fund
2002 Regional Arts Lottery Programme Award, Isle of Wight projects.
2000 Year of the Artist Award, Isle of Wight Project
2000 Year of the Artist Award, Dance/Sculpture Collaboration
2000 Year of the Artist Award, Arundel WWT Project
2000 Year of the Artist Award, Cambridge University Botanic Garden Project
1997 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Large Project Award
1996 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Large Project Award
1996 & 95 Aer Lingus Art Flight Award, to New York
1995 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Award, to visit Uzbekistan
1994 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Award
1994 Aer Lingus Art Flight Award, to Rome
1991 & 2 Donegal County Council Arts Grant
Selected Teaching Projects
2009 The Making, occasional workshops in Basingstoke & Andover
2009 Meadow Nature Reserve Project, Admiral Lord Nelson School, Creative Partnerships
2008-9 Enquire gallery education projects, Quay Arts
2007 Tanglewood, Enquire education project, Quay Arts
2005-7 Creative Partnerships Project, St.Mary’s Primary School, Ryde.
2005,6,7,8,9 Invited basketmaking & sculpture tutor, Denmark
2004 &5 Invited Workshop Artist, Pilefestivel, Moesgard Ethnographic Museum, Denmark
2002-6 Quay Arts, Isle of Wight, regular workshops for adults and children.
2004 Arts Olympiad, Isle of Wight Schools
Medina High School Willow Project, Isle of Wight
2003 Memory Ropes Project, Hertfordshire Schools
Taigh Chearsabhagh Migration Summer School, North Uist.
Invited Artist, Ry Hojskole (Folk High School), Jutland, Denmark.
2001 Artist in Residence, Crescent Primary School, Eastleigh, Hampshire.
Artist in Residence, St. Mary’s Primary School, Ardara, Co. Donegal.
2000 Avenue of Limes Community Art Project, Worcester Arts Workshop, 4 weeks.
1999 Pilefletter Seminar, invited artist, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1998 The Starfish Kiln Project, St.Anne’s Primary School, Donaghadee, Co. Down.
1996 Ballymena Arts Festival Artist in Residence.
Selected Teaching Experience, Children’s Workshops and Slide Talks
Tim has worked on education projects with a wide variety of organisations including:
New England Regional Art Museum, Australia
The National Trust
The Highland Council
The Basketmaker’s Association
Pileforeningen, Danish Willow Association
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Embroiderers’ Guild
Southern Arts
Donegal County Council
The Ulster Wildlife Trust
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Southampton City Art Gallery
SE Education Board Northern Ireland
The Hampshire Sculpture Trust
The Making
Barnado’s
Age Concern
Quay Arts
Enquire
Island 2000 Trust
Creative Partnerships
Westhope College
Castletown Heritage Association, Inverness
Tim has lectured and taught as a visiting artist in higher education institutions in the UK, Canada, the USA and Denmark.