About me
Charlie Johnson MA
Charles (Charlie) Johnson studied at Colchester School of Art, Reading University and London University – Institute of Education. He lived in London for several years and taught in Further Education. He now shares his time between the Apennines of Emilia Romagna, Italy and East Anglia, England.
Exhibitions include:
1973 The Town Gallery, Burford
1978 Downshire House, Roehampton
1979 ‘Recent Diversions’, Pennybank Gallery, London EC1
1987 ‘It Was Healing Nicely’, Showroom Gallery, London E9
1988 ‘Voluntary Discharge’ [previewed at Approach Gallery, London E9] Assembly Rooms, Norwich
1989 ‘Bridport Stripped Bear’, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset
1990 Chisenhale Studios 10th Anniversary Show, London E9
1991 Christmas Show, Café Gallery, London SE16
1994 ‘Pigments of Our Imagination’, Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
1995 ‘Palletable’, Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
1996 Garden House Show, Rowland’s Castle, Stanstead Park, Hants
1996 Christmas Show, Café Gallery, London SE16
1997 IB 21, St Clare’s College, Oxford
1998 ‘Paint Counter Point’, Northbank Gallery, London N5
1999 ’50 Years of Neurotic Abstraction’, Moriarty’s, London N1
2000 MA Show, London University
2003 ‘I Visi di Castelletto’, Salone di Castelletto, PC, Italy
2003 Arte Valtolla – Forme e Colori – Mostra Collettiva, Spazio Arte, Castell’Arquato, PC, Italy
2004 ‘Codice Colori (Colour Codes)’, I Sassi, Fiorenzuola, PC, Italy
2005 ‘Codex Australis (South Polemic)’, Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie,Vigoleno, PC, Italy
2006 Fiera d’Arte – D’Ars, Bologna, Italy
2009 Mostra Personale, Revival, Castell’Arquato, PC, Italy
2015 Swan House Gallery, Harwich
2015 Mostra Personale, Pop-Up Gallery, Vernasca, PC, Italy
2015 ‘Vital Signs’, Gli Eroici Furori, Milan, Italy
2017 Spazio Rosso Tiziano, Piacenza, Italy – with Ilaria Locati
2018 The James Figg (part of TALF) – with Ian Chapman
2022 Anteros, Norwich – group exhibition with some of the contributors from the NOW THIS essay collection
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About Me
My name is Charlie Johnson. I studied at Colchester School of Art, Reading University and London University - Institute of Education. I lived in London for several years and taught in Further Education. I now live mainly in the Apennines of Emilia Romagna, Italy.