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Assoc Prof Rhiannan Johnson

Name Rhiannan Johnson
Position Associate Professor (Creative Arts)
Section School of Education and Creative Arts
Office A240
Location Toowoomba Campus
Email
Qualifications BVisArt University of Southern Qld , BFineArts(Hons) Royal Melbourne Inst of Tech , PhD University of Southern Qld
Homepage https://www.rhijohnsonprint.com/
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Biography

Rhi Johnson is an Associate Professor in Creative Arts (Visual art; Printmaking). She teaches a range of practical techniques including linoprinting, screenprinting, etching, monoprinting, and bookbinding. She has supervised students across a range of subject matter including contemporary printmaking, visual narratives, artist books, mixed media practice, arts and wellbeing and art and design.

Rhi has studied at RMIT University, and also has a PhD from the University of Southern Queensland. She has been a practicing artist since 2007, and has exhibited nationally and internationally with works held in a range of public and private art collections.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

A Partial Overlap, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Queensland

2019

The Passive Spectator, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

2018

Adherence, Crow’s Nest Regional Art Gallery, Crow’s Nest, Queensland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

Colour, Remembered, UniSQ B Block Art Gallery (presented by Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery), Toowoomba, Queensland

Common Threads, St. Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

Previous Owner 2026, UniSQ A Block Foyer Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

Repeat After Me, UniSQ A Block Foyer Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

TEND, St. Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

Regional Art Prize 2026, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, New South Wales

2025

Create/Respond, Crow's Nest Regional Art Gallery, Crow's Nest, Queensland

Telling Tales: Narratives of Care, St Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

Plus One, UniSQ A Block Foyer Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

Previous Owner 2025, UniSQ A Block Foyer Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

2024

My Backyard, St Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

Fill Your Eyes 2, UniSQ A Block Foyer Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

Postcard Project 2024, Tebbs Gallery, Kent, United Kingdom

Postcards from North and South, PressNorth Printmakers, Townsville, Queensland & Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria & The Printing Girls, South Africa

Global Print Palooza 2024, Ingleside Studios, South Australia

Resilience, St Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

Regional Landscape Prize, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, New South Wales

Recovered Futures, King George Square, Brisbane, Queensland

2023

Time & Space, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Queensland

Fill Your Eyes, UniSQ A Block Foyer Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland

Undercurrent: Arts and Wellbeing, St Andrew’s Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

Contemporary Landscapes and Botanicals, St. Andrew’s Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland

PRINT 2023, Aird Gallery, Canada

AWARDS AND INDUSTRY COMMISSIONS

2025

Speedball Art Pinnacle Award - Best in Show, Global Print Palooza, Gallery 1855, South Australia

2024

Speedball Art Honourable Mention, Global Print Palooza, Campbelltown Arthouse, South Australia

2020

Print Council of Australia Print Commission Artist

UniSQ RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION PAGE

https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/811q3/dr-rhiannan-johnson

Research Career


  • Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) ( 190502 )
  • Art Theory and Criticism ( 190100 )
  • Art History ( 360100 )
  • Fine Arts ( 360602 )
  • Visual Arts ( 360600 )

Contemporary Printmaking, Visual Narratives, Art and Trauma, Motherhood and art, Narrative subversion, Contemporary art, Art and education.


Member of the Print Council of Australia


  • Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)

Teaching


Courses:
VIS1012 Foundational Studio Practice (Painting/Printmaking)
VIS2032 Intermediate Studio Practice (Printmaking)
VIS3012 Advanced Studio Practice (Printmaking)
VAP3012 Professional Visual Arts Project
SCA4000/1 Honours Dissertation 1/2
SCA4002/3 Research Practice A/B

Programs:
Bachelor of Visual Art (BVSA)
Bachelor of Creative Arts and Community Wellbeing (BCAW)
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (BCAH)


17 Years


Bachelor of Visual Art (BVSA) Program Director
Co-Associate Head of School - Learning, Teaching & Student Success (School of Education and Creative Arts)

Supervision


  • Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) ( 190502 )
  • Art History ( 360100 )
  • Fine Arts ( 360602 )
  • Visual Arts ( 360600 )