/ BIO

Jori Johnson (b. 1989) is a Southern California native, currently based in orange County, CA.

Her practice is built upon the synthesis of interdisciplinary research across a variety of scientific fields, translated through mediums of painting, installation, creative writing, and musical composition. Her creative process and content of her work are interwoven with her history of navigating physical and mental health challenges and continuously propel her to expand and grow spiritually.



/ statement

My work considers patterns of perceptual experience in relationship to time, space, memory, and identity.

I investigate how we craft meaning from abstract phenomena of time. Vivid color systems become metaphors for the pools of sensory rhythms we bathe in— offering planes for playful exploration into the space between memory configurations. Drawing from these individually curated collections of time fragments, we pattern the identity we come to understand and express ourselves by.

For me, this symbiotic event of human perception is the most intriguing paradox. Our relationship with Time is an ongoing process of which we are both passive recipients of, yet equally responsible for actively shaping. Its patterns are dynamic, and change is its constant. Each one of my series plays within these fluctuating currents, guiding each unresolved movement into definitive maps of a moment.