A/Pr Rhiannan Johnson
| Name | A/Pr Rhiannan Johnson |
|---|---|
| Email Address | rhiannan.johnson@unisq.edu.au |
| Job Title | Associate Professor (Creative Arts) |
| Qualifications | BVisArt USQ, BFineArts(Hons) RMIT, PhD USQ |
| Department | School of Education and Creative Arts |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-5954 |
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Biography
Rhi Johnson is an Associate Professor in Visual Art (Printmaking), and is the Co-Associate Head of School (Learning, Teaching and Student Success) (School of Education and Creative Arts). 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 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.
Employment
| Position | Organisation | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor (Creative Arts) | UniSQ | 2025 | |
| Senior Lecturer (Creative Arts) | UniSQ | 2023 | 2024 |
| Lecturer (Creative Arts) | UniSQ | 2019 | 2022 |
| Casual Academic Employee | UniSQ | 2011 | 2020 |
Expertise
Printmaking
Community Art
Artists' Books
Zines
Motherhood and art
Teaching
VIS1012 Foundational Studio Practice (Printmaking/Painting)
VIS2032 Intermediate Studio Practice (Printmaking)
VIS3012 Advanced Studio Practice (Printmaking)
VAP3012 Professional Visual Art Project
Fields of Research
- 360602. Fine arts
Professional Membership
| Professional Membership | Year |
|---|---|
| Print Council of Australia (PCA) |
BVisArt
USQ
2010
BFineArts(Hons)
RMIT
2010
PhD
USQ
2014
Current Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nostalgia Revisited: Exploring Australian ¿90s Kid¿ Toy Aesthetics and Nostalgia through a Contemporary Trans-Media Landscape Painting Practice. | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2025 |
| Processing Grief: The Representation of Impermanence and the Metaphysical in Life Narratives Through the Most Archival of Analogue Photographic Techniques | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| New technologies in the visual creative industries | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| The Art of Visual Diction: An analysis of Curatorship¿s disciplinary development in Australia | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| The Strangely Familiar: Contemporary Art as Visual Conundrum | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| The Artist's Joke: Sidney Nolan's Helmeted-Ned Kelly Oeuvre | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
| Not All Pixies and Fairy Dust: Investigating the Socioeconomic Impacts on and Practices of Australian Women Artists Ola Cohn and Janice Mills | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
| Exploring how genuine arts integration can enhance quality learning experiences in the primary classroom | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
| A Grief with No Name: A Psychoanalytic Autoethnography Exploring a Mother of a Drug Users¿ Mourning and Discursive Resistance through Reflective Artmaking. | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Completed Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| When Buildings Remember: How Art can Reclaim Architectural Memory | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2025 |