Gretta Johnson
Gretta Johnson is a New York-based artist (b. 1985 in Milwaukee, WI.) She received her BFA from RISD in 2008. Her paintings, drawings, and sculptures have been exhibited among others, at the Desk of Lucy Bull, Condo NY with Night Gallery hosted by Rachel Uffner Gallery, Paris London Hong Kong in Chicago, IL, L' Inconnue, Feuer/Mesler, Safe Gallery, and Assembly Room in NY, Holiday Forever Gallery in Wyoming and Harpy Gallery in New Jersey. In 2015, her second art book OOLM was published by Dark Chart Press, and she is currently working on completing illustrations for a book of Creation Myths from around the world, with text written by Susan Strauss. Johnson also collaborates with Grimm Artisanal Ales to design an ongoing series of otherworldly labels.
Gretta Johnson, Open Gate, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 28 in (91.44 x 71.12 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Mud Baby Learning, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in. (91.44 cm x 121.92 cm)
Gretta Johnson, XIV, 2020, Watercolor and pastel on paper, Approximately 33 x 33” (84 x 84 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Full Moon Flower, 2018, Pastel and ink on collaged various papers, Approximately 60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Fed Lion, 2020, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in. (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Home in the woods, 2020, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in. (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Nut Girls Playing, 2021, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in. (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Home in the woods, 2020, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in. (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gretta Johnson, Precious Pods, 2019, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 in. (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)