Fine-art portrait photography captured at Muriwai beach, Auckland, New Zealand
"I think your capture of nature, particularly the sea that is so moody and powerful, is wonderfully uplifting"
- Liv Hulsman, private collector
- Liv Hulsman, private collector
Charlotte E. Johnson
Ph.D, ARPS, APSNZ
Ph.D, ARPS, APSNZ
I’m a mixed media artist, chiefly working in digital image. Originally from the UK, I've been living and working in Auckland as a professional photographer, videographer and microscopist for over 6 years.
In my artwork, I create original images filled with emotion: contemporary portraiture and landscapes, particularly seascapes. My art has gained a national audience within Aotearoa-New Zealand as part of several exhibitions, books and magazines, and international publications. Pieces are held in the New Zealand Maritime Museum, the McGregor Museum, and private collections.
FATHOM (2023) was my debut solo exhibition at Lake House Arts Centre and part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 20th anniversary program. I have taken part in the festival multiple times over the years, including a group exhibition, Disrupted, in 2022 and a digitally-displayed exhibition, Positive Disintegration, in 2021.
My second solo exhibition, DWELL (2024), took place at 250 Gallery in Ponsonby. This was my first public showcase of mixed media artworks and moving image, stepping away from photography, and formed the final major project for my MA in Fine Arts, which I achieved in May 2024.
FATHOM (2023) was my debut solo exhibition at Lake House Arts Centre and part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 20th anniversary program. I have taken part in the festival multiple times over the years, including a group exhibition, Disrupted, in 2022 and a digitally-displayed exhibition, Positive Disintegration, in 2021.
My second solo exhibition, DWELL (2024), took place at 250 Gallery in Ponsonby. This was my first public showcase of mixed media artworks and moving image, stepping away from photography, and formed the final major project for my MA in Fine Arts, which I achieved in May 2024.
I'm currently focussed on capturing intimate portraits of the liminal landscapes of Auckland's west coast beaches - places which have been a consistant source of inspiration for my artworks - and have moved onto medium format photography. I'm also following in the footsteps creating pottery incorporating place by adding black sand, shells, beach grasses and feathers gathered from Muriwai.
Contemporary portraiture: ABYSS I
Selected Exhibitions
2024
- Dwell, solo exhibition, 250 Gallery, Auckland, NZ
- Baradene Art Show, Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, Auckland, NZ
- Baradene Art Show, Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, Auckland, NZ
2023
- FATHOM, debut solo exhibition, Lake House Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
- Our Aotearoa, group exhibition, Kumeu Arts, Auckland, NZ
- Baradene Art Show, Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, Auckland, NZ
- The Trusts 36th Art Awards Exhibition, Corban Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ
- King's College Art Exhibition, King's College, Auckland, NZ
- Our Aotearoa, group exhibition, Kumeu Arts, Auckland, NZ
- Baradene Art Show, Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, Auckland, NZ
- The Trusts 36th Art Awards Exhibition, Corban Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ
- King's College Art Exhibition, King's College, Auckland, NZ
2022
- Summer show members exhibition, Upstairs Gallery, Auckland, NZ
- Kumeu Arts Awards exhibition, Kumeu Arts, Auckland, NZ
- Small Things, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- From the Inside Out, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- As above, so below, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- Disrupted, group exhibition, Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, NZ
- Uncharted Waters, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- Logan Campbell Photography Expo, Auckland, NZ
- Kumeu Arts Awards exhibition, Kumeu Arts, Auckland, NZ
- Small Things, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- From the Inside Out, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- As above, so below, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- Disrupted, group exhibition, Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, NZ
- Uncharted Waters, group exhibition, Railway Street Studios, Auckland, NZ
- Logan Campbell Photography Expo, Auckland, NZ
2021
- Positive Disintegration, part of Digital Screens, Auckland Festival of Photography