Trinity Johnson
‘Puncture (holding it together)’ 2025. Recycled pillowcase, eucalyptus oil, acrylic, oil and canvas; Canvas work: approx. 100 x 100cm; Fabric work: approx. 70 x 50cm.
Artist statement
Puncture (holding it together) is a part of a wider project exploring how in/visibility can be fabricated to reclaim one’s own body.
Specifically interested in the thinning of borders between the internal and external body in the after image of trauma, the work confronts the perception of the body by questioning its legibility and overt visibility.
Each work references particular experiences but remains ambiguous to the viewers, the paintings themselves evidencing the emotional resonance instead as another form of personal protection and reclamation.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
