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Glenys Johnson

Header: Glenys Johnson
Also known as: Glenys Johnson; primary name: Johnson, Glenys
Details: individual; publisher/printer; printmaker; British; Female
Life dates: 1952-
Biography: Printer and printmaker, painter, performance artist. Born in Lancashire, lives in London. Studied at the Gloucestershire College of Art, 1970-1974, and Slade School, London, 1974-1976; Performed with the Theatre of Mistakes, 1977-1980; Exhibited at Artists Space, NYC, 1981, and moved to the city in 1983; Later returned to London; Named to the Venice Biennale, 1984; Exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery in 1986; Solo exhibition at the ICA, 1989. Works consistently engage with life in the modern metropolis.