1878 Gallery

June 1 - August 18, 2024

ArtWalk Reception
Saturday, June 1, 2024
6 – 9 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM

These exhibitions are supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Artist accommodations generously provided by Hotel Lucine.

Presented in conjunction with PrintHouston 2024, a contemporary print biennial.

Liv Monique Johnson
Waters Running High

Waters Running High is an exhibition of original prints and print-based installation work by Liv Monique Johnson that focus on the landscape as an agent of change. Johnson creates uncanny settings where the unexpected reveals itself in transitional environments and presumptions of paradise. For Johnson, the natural environment can be familiar until brief flashes of activity hint at larger unseen forces. Johnson’s practice incorporates a wide range of printmaking techniques that involve a labor-intensive process of applying and reducing anywhere from three to nine layers of color, printed one on top of the other. These translucent layers create a final image rich in a variety of colors and textures. Her installations use screenprints on cut and formed media to create organic three-dimensional forms.

Born and raised in Pahoa, Hawaii, Liv Monique Johnson earned her BA at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and her MFA in Studio Art at Texas Tech University with an emphasis in Printmaking and Sculpture. Her work has been shown across the country as well as internationally and is in private and public collections. As a botanical illustrator she has published the first scientific illustrations of newly discovered species of Cyrtandra in the peer-reviewed journal Phytokeys. She now lives in Houston where she continues to develop her art at Burning Bones Press and is an Instructor and Print Studio Manager for the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

livjohnsonart.com