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In Her Own Words
Step into Joanna’s world through her own voice. In this short film, she shares the inspiration behind her layered works, the interplay between interior and exterior spaces, and the quiet surrender that fuels her creative process. Hearing directly from the artist transforms each piece from an image into an intimate story. -
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Behind the Scenes
“I layer images in-camera to create a dialogue between the seen and the felt.”Beyond the finished works lies the quiet rhythm of Joanna’s studio — sketches, experiments, and fragments that slowly gather into form. This glimpse invites you into the private spaces where memory and imagination first take shape. -
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Where We Surrender
Inspired by Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese”“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” – Mary Oliver
“This series was inspired by a poem by Mary Oliver called Wild Geese. There is a particular line in it — ‘You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves’ — that really spoke to me.
I think we often project a certain persona to the world that is not entirely our real self. I have found this in my own life and it was something I wanted to explore through my work.
This series is about surrender — surrendering to that soft animal inside us. That moment when our conscious mind shuts off and we are simply feeling, dreaming, without constructs.
As I developed the series — it was three years in the making — it became clearer that it wasn’t just about rooms and forests. They became metaphors for my own experience. Having lived through the death of both my parents, moving away from my home, and living with chronic illness in our family — this work became a solace, a call to action for my own life.
For me, they are about despair, letting go, and heading home.”
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Featured Collection
Each photograph in this series has been prepared with the highest conservation standards, ensuring both quality and longevity.Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Museum Etching, dry-mounted to conservation 8-ply mat board. Framed with 70% AFR glass in a matte black shadow box frame. Paper-backed with certificate of authenticity and artist’s signature. -
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Joanna Johnston, The Forest$CAD 3,900.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Rushing$CAD 6,500.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Fairytales$CAD 3,900.00
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Joanna Johnston, Of Joy$CAD 3,900.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Millions$CAD 6,045.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Opening$CAD 5,850.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Smallest Cracks$CAD 5,200.00
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Joanna Johnston, You Don't Have To Be Good$CAD 5,200.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Hedges$CAD 6,500.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Tenderness$CAD 6,500.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Dying$CAD 6,500.00
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Joanna Johnston, Of Their Grace$CAD 6,045.00
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Joanna Johnston, The Shadows$CAD 6,045.00
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Joanna Johnston, Don't Fall$CAD 5,200.00
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Joanna Johnston, Lost$CAD 5,200.00
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where we surrender
On View September 13th - October 2nd
Joanna Johnston | where we surrender
Current viewing_room
Join us at the Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 6–9 pm Artist Talk: 7 pm
