A/Pr Rhiannan Johnson

A/Pr Rhiannan Johnson
NameA/Pr Rhiannan Johnson
Email Addressrhiannan.johnson@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleAssociate Professor (Creative Arts)
QualificationsBVisArt USQ, BFineArts(Hons) RMIT, PhD USQ
DepartmentSchool of Creative Arts
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-5954
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BVisArt
USQ
2010
BFineArts(Hons)
RMIT
2010
PhD
USQ
2014

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Nostalgia Revisited: Exploring Australian ¿90s Kid¿ Toy Aesthetics and Nostalgia through a Contemporary Trans-Media Landscape Painting Practice.Associate SupervisorDoctoral2025
Processing Grief: The Representation of Impermanence and the Metaphysical in Life Narratives Through the Most Archival of Analogue Photographic TechniquesAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
New technologies in the visual creative industriesAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
The Art of Visual Diction: An analysis of Curatorship¿s disciplinary development in AustraliaAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
The Strangely Familiar: Contemporary Art as Visual ConundrumAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2023
Not All Pixies and Fairy Dust: Investigating the Socioeconomic Impacts on and Practices of Australian Women Artists Ola Cohn and Janice MillsAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2022
The Artist's Joke: Sidney Nolan's Helmeted-Ned Kelly OeuvreAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2022
Exploring how genuine arts integration can enhance quality learning experiences in the primary classroomAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2021
Lost Signifiers: A practice-led enquiry into the complex grief of parents of adult drug users using Art therapy to elicit and symbolise the unspeakable and then analyse in writing through a psychoanalytic framework to facilitate healing.Associate SupervisorDoctoral2019

Completed Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCompleted
When Buildings Remember: How Art can Reclaim Architectural MemoryAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2025

Rural Realities: Curatorial Essay

Johnson, Rhiannan. 2024. Rural Realities: Curatorial Essay. Western Downs Regional Council.

Good Grief

Johnson, Rhiannan. 2024. "Good Grief." good grief, danish quapoor. Australia. Pinnacles Gallery. pp. 7-9

Socially Distant Social Constructivism: Transitioning Visual Arts Pedagogies Online During COVID-19

Cutcliffe, Katrina, Batorowicz, Beata, Johnson, Rhiannan, Cantrell, Kate and McLean, Tanya. 2024. "Socially Distant Social Constructivism: Transitioning Visual Arts Pedagogies Online During COVID-19." Studies in Art Education. 65 (1), pp. 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2023.2285208

In Progress

Johnson, Rhi. 2024. In Progress. United Kingdom. Tebbs Gallery.

'Abandoned #17' in Postcards from the North and South 2024

Johnson, Rhi. 2024. 'Abandoned #17' in Postcards from the North and South 2024. Australia. PressNorth Printmakers.

Days/Daze

Johnson, Rhi. 2024. Days/Daze . Australia.

Fill Your Eyes 2

Johnson, Rhi and Berghofer, Peta. 2024. Fill Your Eyes 2. Toowoomba, Australia 22 Mar - 26 Apr 2024

My Backyard

Johnson, Rhi, Abraham, Rick, McLean, Tarn, Fitzgerald, Catriona, Ballinger, Marisa, Clark, Linda, Jenkins, Kyle, Mackenzie, Geraldine, Osborn, Peter, Stalling, Alex, Usher, David, West, Meg, Gogas, AJ and Klease, Torti. 2024. My Backyard. Toowoomba, Australia

Expanding Creative Communities in the Visual Arts: Using Padlet to Support Student Engagement and Belonging in Stressful Contexts

Johnson, Rhiannan, Cantrell, Kate, Cutcliffe, Katrina, Batorowicz, Beata and McLean, Tanya. 2023. "Expanding Creative Communities in the Visual Arts: Using Padlet to Support Student Engagement and Belonging in Stressful Contexts." Art Education. 76 (4), pp. 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2023.2207999

Fill Your Eyes

Johnson, Rhi and Berghofer, Peta. 2023. Fill Your Eyes.

A Partial Overlap

Johnson, Rhi. 2023. A Partial Overlap.

Picture This: Gardens of the Mind. A Virtual Exhibition of Art and Short Prose

Fletcher, Sarah, Fletcher, Margaret, Johnson, Rhi, McAllan, Emily, Morrissey, Emma, Thompson, Emily, Vultur, Ela, Ahsia, Barber, Elizabeth, Beames, Matt and Mealing, Kirsty. 2023. Picture This: Gardens of the Mind. A Virtual Exhibition of Art and Short Prose. United Kingdom. PhDancer's Teapot.

Individual works in group exhibition - Undercurrent: Arts and Wellbeing [Touring exhibition accompanying Creative Returns: Reformation, Recovery, Renewal Symposium]

Batorowicz, Beata, Batorowicz, Krystyna, Baguley, Margaret, Shantz, Susan, Johnson, Rhiannan, Webb, Jen, Castro, Jason, McLean, Tarn, Clark, Linda, Ward, Alistair, Usher, David, Hobbs, Lisa, Osborn, Peter, Baker, Alyson, Walker, Gwen, Akenson, David, Baker, Alyson, Carter, Joe, Oancea, Sorin, ..., Spurrier, Stephen. 2023. Individual works in group exhibition - Undercurrent: Arts and Wellbeing [Touring exhibition accompanying Creative Returns: Reformation, Recovery, Renewal Symposium]. St Andrew's Hospital, Cancer Care Centre, Toowoomba (Part One).

Contemporary Landscapes and Botanicals

Johnson, Rhi and Usher, David. 2023. Contemporary Landscapes and Botanicals. Toowoomba, Queensland 16 Feb - 11 Aug 2023

'Crossing' in Print 2023

Johnson, Rhi. 2023. 'Crossing' in Print 2023. Canada. John B. Aird Gallery.

Resting Place

Johnson, R.. 2023. Resting Place. Townsville, Queensland.. Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts.

An Australian University Printmaking Exchange 2023

Johnson, Rhi, Mckenzie-Craig, Carolyn, Harding, Richard, Jolley, Emma, Spurrier, Stephen, Flynn, Kristen, Batorowicz, Beata, Usher, David, Jenkins, Kyle, McKie, Andy, Walker, Gwen, Cera, Toph Tri, Orme, Jane, Masotti, Luca, Edwards, Alexis, Crook, Bethany, Gordon, Julie, Sullivan, Judith, Elwell, Rora, ..., Weeks, Ruby. 2023. An Australian University Printmaking Exchange 2023. Australia.

Face Off

Johnson, Rhi. 2022. Face Off. Melbourne, VIC Nov - Dec 2022

Coping with COVID: Pandemic Narratives for Australian Children

Gildersleeve, Jessica, Cantrell, Kate, Bryce, India, Daken, Kirstie, Durham, Jo, Mullens, Amy, Batorowicz, Beata, Johnson, Rhiannan, Gildersleeve J., Cantrell K., Bryce I., Daken K., Durham J., Mullens A., Batorowicz B. and Johnson R.. 2022. "Coping with COVID: Pandemic Narratives for Australian Children." Heliyon. 8 (5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09454

Printmaking Exchange Portfolio 2022 [Creative Portfolio]

Spurrier, Stephen, Johnson, Rhi, Usher, David, Jenkins, Kyle, Batorowicz, Beata, Walker, Gwen, Weeks, Ruby, Jane, Sonia, Churchward, Ashley, Courtney, Jade, Jones, Amber, Baker, Jennifer, Hodges, Noelle, Digweed, Amanda, White, Jemma, Pitts, Maddy, Goodall, Susan, Masotti, Luca, Rasmussen, Julieanne, ..., Mackenzie-Craig, Carolyn. 2022. Printmaking Exchange Portfolio 2022 [Creative Portfolio].

Alchemy Embodiment Transmutation: An USQ School of Creative Arts Research Publication [Textual Work]

McLean, Tarn, Johnson, Rhi and Batorowicz, Beata. 2021. Alchemy Embodiment Transmutation: An USQ School of Creative Arts Research Publication [Textual Work]. Toowoomba, Australia 24 Sep 2021

Fragile States

Berghofer, Peta, Jenkins, Kyle, Usher, David, Spurrier, Stephen, Walker, Gwen, Young, Emily, Park, Johanna, Finlay, Olivia, Johnson, Rhi, Abkin, Gary, Elborne, Daniel, McLean, Tarn, McAleer, Damien, McPherson, Karri, Neuman, Sarah, Osborn, Peter, Oxenford, Laurie, Parker, Catherine, Payton, Stephen, ..., Taylor, Brodie. 2021. Fragile States. Toowoomba, Queensland 06 - 28 Aug 2021

Below the Surface

Johnson, Rhi, Usher, Monica and Lawson, Alexandra. 2021. Below the Surface. Toowoomba, Qld 02 - 24 Jul 2021

Vale Eric Carle: Creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, A Story of Hope ... and Holes

Cantrell, Kate and Johnson, Rhiannan. 2021. "Vale Eric Carle: Creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, A Story of Hope ... and Holes." The Conversation.

made. Reunion Show

Eastell, Joeli, Gogas, A. J., Hermann, Erin, Hermann, Suzie, Hollis, Evan, Isaac, Margaret, Jarrett, Sandra, Johnson, Rhi, Karl, Alister, KE, Kylie, McMaster, Sue, Mee, Simon, Parker, Catherine, Plowman, Nic, Quapoor, Danish, Rei, Elysha, Simpson, Cara-Ann, Spurrier, Stephen, Stalling, Alex and Usher, David. 2021. made. Reunion Show. Toowoomba, Australia Jul - Aug 2021

'In Retrospect' in imPRESSions 2021: Galway International Arts Festival

Johnson, Rhi. 2021. 'In Retrospect' in imPRESSions 2021: Galway International Arts Festival. Galway, Ireland 2021 - 2022

20 x 20 Printmaking Exchange Portfolio 2016 - 2021

Johnson, Rhi and Spurrier, Stephen. 2021. 20 x 20 Printmaking Exchange Portfolio 2016 - 2021. Toowoomba, QLD 16 Mar - 14 Apr 2021

Entrancing Others

Green, Rona, Anderson, Sue, Antoniou, Andrew, Bot, G. W., Caprice, Hannah, Cininas, Jazmina, Compton, Paul, Derum, Rachel, Faulks, Philip, Fisher, Angus, Hanks, Rew, Harrison, Greg, Hart, John, Hay, Bill, Hitti, Deanna, Hooper, Nicola, Imazu, Kyoko, Jackson, Clare, Jobbins, Freya, ..., Williams, Deborah. 2021. Entrancing Others. Sale, Victoria 20 Mar - 23 May 2021

SICS Degrees

Quapoor, Danish, Carter, Lauren Jaye, O'Brien, Liz, Robertson, Margaret, Johnson, Rhi, Murray, Hannah, Usher, David, Ricardo, Erin, McPherson, Karri, Scott-Cumming, Lynne, Eastell, Joeli, Pope, Michael, Forsyth, Cameron, Gaemers, Marion and King, Oly. 2020. SICS Degrees. Townsville, Qld 13 - 29 Nov 2020

The Lion and the Mouse: A tale of kindness and creative resiliency in a regional university

Batorowicz, Beata and Johnson, Rhi. 2020. "The Lion and the Mouse: A tale of kindness and creative resiliency in a regional university." NiTRO: Creative Matters.

Objects of desire

Johnson, Rhiannan. 2020. "Objects of desire." Imprint. 55 (2), pp. 21-24.

Curiosities

Johnson, Rhi. 2020. Curiosities.

Satellites

Lawson, Alexandra, Berghofer, Peta, Jenkins, Kyle, Johnson, Rhi, McLean, Tarn, French, Hayley Megan, Parker, Catherine, Pottinger, Sandy, Roberts, Jude, Ryan, Sarah, Shafran, Tiffany, Spurrier, Stephen, Usher, David and Usher, Monica. 2020. Satellites. Toowoomba, Queensland 09 Dec 2020 - 08 Jan 2021

The Second Window

Johnson, Rhi. 2020. The Second Window. Townsville, QLD 02 Oct - 15 Nov 2020

Under the covers

Johnson, Rhiannan Patricia, Spurrier, Stephen, Baldoviso, Del, Breeden, Georgia, Butler, Emily, Digweed, Amanda, Else, Davina, Elwell, Aurora, Giles, Cindy, Fitzgibbon, Sonia, Mangakahia, Anita, Walker, Linsey and Yates, Kathryn. 2019. Under the covers. Toowoomba 15 Nov - 12 Dec 2019

The passive spectator

Johnson, Rhiannan P.. 2019. The passive spectator. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia 12 Oct - 10 Nov 2019

Adherence

Johnson, Rhi. 2018. Adherence. Crow's Nest, Australia 09 Jan - 04 Feb 2018

Disrupted meaning: a study of subverting logic through artists' books

Liesch, Rhiannan P.. 2014. Disrupted meaning: a study of subverting logic through artists' books. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland.