Paulina M. Johnson

As an artist, my work is rooted in a minimalist design aesthetic and a genuine love of paper. I am inspired by nature and strive to capture its complexity and beauty with the simplest of elements—such as circles and lines. I work solely with paper because I believe it is a humble, versatile and beautiful medium. Throughout history paper has served as a vessel for documenting, spreading and sharing ideas. These have thread together the breath of human thought from science, art, culture and history, to meaningful personal narratives. I believe paper can be more than an empty vessel. I believe it can be both the story and the storyteller in a work of art. Much of what I do is fueled by a curiosity to understand how paper strips that are adhered on edge interact with their environment. I am intrigued by the ways in which they come to life when they are pushed beyond the flat surface, into the three-dimensional world of light and shadow.

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