Erin Johnston

Erin Johnston is a multidisciplinary artist whose material interests lie within the fields of printmaking, painting, and paper sculpture. An early academic background in conservation biology informs her artistic inquiries, which aim to explore the intersections between living and manufactured ecosystems, consumerism and mortality.

Johnston graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis in 2022. She earned a post baccalaureate in studio art from Eastern Washington University in 2020 and a Bachelor of Science in wildlife biology from The Evergreen State College in 2013. She has exhibited work in St. Louis, Washington, and Idaho. She has produced public works for the City of Spokane including a mural located within City Hall, and is the illustrator of “Búhos de Colombia,” a published field guide to Colombian owls. She is a recent recipient of the Artist Support Grant through St. Louis’ Regional Arts Commission. She teaches printmaking at the Sam Fox School and is the post-graduate fellow at Island Press.