Julie Johnstone

Her own work with text and language has been featured in several exhibitions. She creates minimal yet resonant works exploring the visual and linguistic nuances contained in short phrases and gatherings of words. These explorations are realised in small handmade books and cards as well as in wall-hung screenprints.

'Julie Johnstone's incredibly sensitive pieces using grey text against white ground exemplify the gentle, contemplative nature of the genre.'
Scotland on Sunday (October 2006)

Julie Johnstone's prints are like yoga in a frame. They, like her magazines and artist's books, are made with an almost unbearable lightness of touch.
Sunday Herald (September 2006)

Exhibitions in 2006 included:
Island Works at StAnza Poetry Festival, March 2006
Word Order at Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, 13 May - 17 June 2006
Word Order (touring) at The Changing Room, Stirling, 9 September - 21 October 2006
Small Publishers Fair, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square London, 20-21 October 2006

Julie is also the Librarian of the Scottish Poetry Library and the editor of the award-winning The Thing that Mattered Most: Scottish poems for children (SPL/Black&White, 2006). www.spl.org.uk

Works currently available by Julie Johnstone:
in a different light (screenprint by the artist, edition of 7) £120
falling softly (screenprint editioned by Peacock Visual Arts, edition of 30) £120
fragment (1) raindrop (screenprint A6 editioned by Peacock Visual Arts, edition of 20) £25/$50
ten skies (box of ten cards) £12/$25
glimpsed in passing (25mm badge) £1/$2
easily missed (handbound booklet) £3/$6
little book of grey (handbound booklet) £4/$8
wire/field (large folded card, photographs) £2.50/$5
seed envelope (small envelope filled with letters) £2.50/$5
tag (small booklet, handbound luggage tag) £2/$4
a pause in the pace of words (set of six bookmarks) £3/$6
small is quietly beautiful (tiny card) 50p/$1
sanctuary (handbound booklet) £5/$10
minim (handbound booklet) £4/$8
a book of tears ((handbound booklet) £5/$10
almost (set of 40 postcards) £10/$20
walking in / walking out (long handbound concertina booklet) £20/$40
threshold (handbound booklet) £3/$6
meditation (handbound booklet) £3.50/$7
still (handbound booklet) £3.50/$7
autumn evening (handbound booklet) £2.50/$5
little sea house (handbound booklet) £2.50/$5
midwinter (handbound booklet) £2.50/$5
for thought (folded card) £1.50/$3
falling softly (card) £1.50/$3
cloud berry burst (card) £1.50/$3
cloud glade rain (card) £1.50/$3
rainfall landfall (card) £1.50/$3
a white space (card) £1.50/$3
a quiet moment (card) £1.50/$3
sweet meadow (card) £1.50/$3
apart (card) £1.50/$3
stream (card) £1.50/$3
thread (card) £1.50/$3

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Image of Julie Johnstone by Gerry Cambridge www.gerrycambridge.com

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