Johanna Valom is an oil painter and textile artist based in Perth, Western Australia.
Inspired by tapestries inherited from her grandmother, Johanna reflects on the paradoxical emotion of nostalgia and the fleeting nature of memory. She creates abstract landscapes which seek to explore the sublime, the joy, and the whimsy found in mundane every day scenes. Picturesque cottages, dilapidated sheds and untamed bushland all serve equally as inspiration in her works.
Johanna’s practice plays with the evocative ability of colour and luscious application of paint; using striking combinations in her focus on abstraction within landscapes. She paints from both direct observation and from memories - in this she continues to consider the importance of both the breaking and preservation of traditions, and the oscillating, tacit dialogue between past and present.
CURRICULUM VITAE (RECENT)
CURRENT Represented Artist: Studio Gallery Group (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)
CURRENT Artsource Commercial Leasing Program (WA)
CURRENT Fine Art @ Hale 2024
2024 Affordable Art Fair (Brisbane)
2024 Finalist - Omnia Art Prize
2023 HEIRLOOM (Solo Exhibition): Stala Contemporary
2023 Finalist: Melville Art Awards (work acquired by goverment collection)
2023 Thinking Hands: Stala Contemporary
2023 Into the Pink: Stala Contemporary
2022 A Sunday Afternoon In 2022: Studio Gallery Group (Sydney)
2022 Visual Conversations: Nyisztor Studio Gallery
2021 Expander - COLOUR: Stala Contemporary
2021 Stockroom Artist: Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Object Image: Earlywork Gallery
2019 Ceramic works in collaboration with Jo Darvall: Millbrook Winery
2019 Winged Realm: Heathcote Gallery