About the Artist and Exhibition:

Amanda Johnson is a painter and writer living and working on Gadubanud Country at Cape Otway. Since graduating from a Masters course at Victorian College of the Arts in 1995, she has been the recipient of Asialink and Arthur Boyd Bundanon residencies for painting. A previous solo show, Friable: The Lost Garden, was held at Geelong Gallery in 2015 as part of the gallery’s regional artists program. Colonial Heat continues the artist’s long-term exploration of landscape, place and toxicity in response to a troubled ecological present.

Following on from the themes this work speaks to, In the Skies Art & Music also wishes to acknowledge the Gadubanud owners of the land that this work was created on, and where our gallery is located , as well as all regional First Nations peoples. We recognise that climate change/environmental destruction and First Nations displacement/oppression go hand in hand and we seek to do all we can to reverse this, to stand in solidarity for decolonisation, and to live and work in a way that respects your sovereignty.

View the Catalogue for ‘Colonial Heat’ by Amanda Johnson here (please note, sales for this catalogue have now closed)

For available works by Amanda Johnson, please contact the artist directly