Artist

Esther Johnson

Esther Johnson (MA Royal Collage of Art, BA University of London) is an artist and filmmaker whose research practice explores documentary portraiture through moving image, audio and photography. Her work reveals resonant stories of the everyday that may otherwise be hidden or ignored. Recurring themes include personal histories, heritage, tradition, architectural vernacular and precarious futures. Her work has been exhibited internationally including Tate Modern; Tate Britain; BFI; IDFA; LFF; ICA; NASA; Istanbul Biennial and on Channel 4 and BBC television and radio. She has written for several arts publications, is an independent film/video curator and former Director and Curator of Hull Film. In addition Johnson is Reader in Media Arts at Sheffield Institute of Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, UK and in 2012 she won the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Performing and Visual Arts for young scholars.

Artist Code: 769

Videography

Study in Light and Form 1 & 2

2008, 02:00 minutes

Highway Home

2008, 03:00 minutes, colour, English

Celestial

2007, 15:30 minutes, colour, English

Yalda

2007, 15:02 minutes, colour, English

Tune In

2006, 14:16 minutes, colour, English

Point and Shoot

2006, 01:00 minutes, B&W, English

Playback

2005, 04:53 minutes, colour, English

A Street Named Humber

2004, 16:15 minutes, colour, English

Lenox

2004, 10:00 minutes, Colour, English

Homewards

2003, 09:00 minutes

Performance

2003, 01:46 minutes, B&W

Hinterland

2002, 12:00 minutes, B&W, English

To a Notebook

2001, 01:35 minutes, B&W