Edgeworth Johnstone North London Artist

Edgeworth Johnstone, born Brussels 1977, is a British expressionist artist from Muswell Hill, North London. CV below. Join Mailing List: Email:

Artists Statement:
I work from imagination, without preparation thinking or sketches. My art is expressionism. I am part of the North London Expressionist art gallery, Aardwolf UK.

Permanent Publicly Open Collections:
The Museum of Everything, Collection of outsider art, Primrose Hill, North London, UK - roughly 30 drawings, paintings and block prints.

The Remodernism Centre, Lewenhagen, Germany - 4 oil paintings.

Artspace Gallery, Mayfair, Central London, UK - 1 oil painting.

Nolias Gallery, Southwark, Central London, UK - 10 oil paintings, various drawings and block prints.

Selected Exhibitions:
Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, UK, 2010 - Exhibition of works owned by The Museum of Everything.

No Soul For Sale, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2010 - Exhibition of contemporary outsider artists.

Outsider Artist Inside Nolias, Nolias Gallery, London, UK, 2011 - Solo exhibition.

Selected Publications of Art work:
2012 - Bagazine 5 - US publication of contemporary punk art.

2011 - Penguin Book of Modern Classics, 100 Artists' Manifestos. - A Penguin book of contemporary and modern art manifestos ends with a humorous manifesto co-authored by Johnstone.

2010 - Bagazine 4 - American Contemporary Art publicatoin of punk artists.

2010 - Everything #2 - Outsider Art publication by The Museum of Everything.

2010 - The Enemies of Art - by Edward Lucie-Smith, Charles Thomson and Dr. Robert Janas.

2009 - Stuck Near Tate Modern - A book written by Johnstone and his wife, Shelley Li. Published by Victoria Press. Accepted in to Tate Collection. See Tate Gallery library & archive .

Review
"Is a wind of change blowing through the art world?...Edgeworth Johnstone's work was placed on display in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall for the gallery's 10-year anniversary"
Hugh Muir, 2010 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/15/hugh-muir-diary

"Edgeworth's paintings are deep and emotional with an incredibly adept use of colour; often bold and confident, reminiscent of Matisse's later paintings."
Sabina Lucia, 2010 - http://sabinalucia.com/2010/05/

"continues to amaze and delight. It's fresh, surprising, full of creative vitality."
Nick Young- Broadcast journalist, US- http://nickyoungart.blogspot.com/

"The steady gaze of the Hundred Year Old Man; strong red figures in Animated Conversation; A Bullring showing the defeated silhouette of the bull: all capture the essence of their subjects."
Sheila Armstrong, 2010 The Archer - http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2010/2010Sep10.pdf

"There is so much going on yet everything is in harmony."
Scope Exhibiton Panel - New York 2011, reviewing Everything English painting on-line

"Superb work carried out with impressive imagination, wit and style."
Artfxs- www.artfxs.com

"A true original. Great talent; even greater imagination."
Christopher Dodds - http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l4n_new_artists/n22ua_dodds_west_vista.htm

"A magnificent portfolio. I could spend all day enjoying this art work."
José Luis Zorrilla Campos (Spain)- http://yaye.artelista.com/en/

"The art totality moves me. It makes me pensive. The man in brown who looks like a reflection in glass on a rainy day...on the verge of sadness, like they lost something a long time ago and never got over it."
G. Singh, M Ed

"Awesome paintings with marvelous style."
Basant Soni - http://www.basantsoni.blogspot.com/

"An inspiration. Daring and free."
Ablo - Maldives

"It speaks to me. My association: cello etc. heaven; a joint effort with precision from each member (all of us after playing our own little instrument in the orchestra of life). Painted in shades of melancholy and humor, wonderfully inspired by unconscious world of thoughts, dreams and perception in fanciful and nightmarish images. a tribute to all kind of heroes, inc. fallen heroes, with prayers, tears, and song."
Sirpa Mononen- Swiss Contemporary Artist, commenting on Orchestra painting

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