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Claudette Johnson
Claudette Johnson, MBE RA (b. 1959, Manchester, UK), lives and works in London. Johnson started her career as part of the newly formed BLK Art Group, which she joined in 1981 while a student at Wolverhampton University. In the 1980s, Johnson showed her work in a number of significant exhibitions including Five Black Women, Africa Centre, London (1983); Black Women Time Now, Battersea Arts Centre, London (1984); The Thin Black Line, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1985) and In This Skin: Drawings by Claudette Johnson, Black Art Gallery, London (1992). Johnson is nominated for the 2024 Turner Prize for her solo exhibition Presence at The Courtauld Gallery (2023) and Drawn Out at Ortuzar Projects, New York (2023). Three Women, a mural commission for Art on the Underground is on view at Brixton underground station until autumn 2025.