Born in Antofagasta, Chile in 1967, Johanna trained as a visual artist and Art Therapist. She received an MA in Fine Arts from Camberwell College in London and a BA in Graphic Design from the School of Architecture at the Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile. Johanna also studied Art in the US at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and has been invited to do residencies in Switzerland and Germany. She has taught painting since 1999 in the UK and abroad. In 2007, she established and opened an artist studio and gallery complex called BLANK in Brighton, England where she lives and works and in 2010 she co-founded Involuntary Park, an Arts practice working in place-making, regeneration and social engagements through the Arts. Johanna’s work is in private collections in the UK, South and North America and Europe.
Inez Dance of Life series has taken two years to realize. Her paintings most always depict a dancer’s movements. This is seen in her work like a gazelle jumping in a field. She is drawn to dance and the mechanics of body movement. A self taught and visceral artist whose love, joy and kindness is rooted in her Art.