Edgeworth Johnstone | British Contemporary Expressionist Artist

Edgeworth Johnstone, born Brussels 1977, is a British contemporary artist from Muswell Hill, North London. He is primarily an expressionist oil painter, but also works in acrylic, pencil and block print carving. He sells his art directly from an Ebay shop, or via this website.

Artists Statement:
I work from imagination, without preparation thinking or sketches. I like vagueness in art and expressionism.

Permanent Publicly Open Collections:
The Museum of Everything, Primrose Hill, North London, UK

The Remodernism Centre, Lewenhagen, Germany

Artspace Gallery, Mayfair, Central London, UK

Nolias Gallery, Southwark, Central London, UK

Selected Exhibitions:
Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, UK, 2010 - Exhibition of works owned by The Museum of Everything.

No Soul For Sale, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2010 - Exhibition of contemporary Outsider Artists.

Outsider Artist Inside Nolias, Nolias Gallery, London, UK, 2011 - Solo exhibition.

Selected Publications of Art work:
Bagazine - US publication of Contemporary Punk Art

Everything #2 - Outsider Art publication by The Museum of Everything

The Enemies of Art - by Edward Lucie-Smith, Charles Thomson and Dr. Robert Janas

Penguin Book of Modern Classics, 100 Artists' Manifestos. The book finishes with a humorous manifesto co-written by Johnstone.

Stuck Near Tate Modern - A book written by Johnstone and his wife, Shelley Li. See Tate Gallery library.

Review
"Is a wind of change blowing through the art world?...Edgeworth Johnstone's work was placed on display in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall for the gallery's 10-year anniversary"
Hugh Muir, 2010 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/15/hugh-muir-diary

"Edgeworth's paintings are deep and emotional with an incredibly adept use of colour; often bold and confident, reminiscent of Matisse's later paintings."
Sabina Lucia, 2010 - http://sabinalucia.com/2010/05/

"continues to amaze and delight. It's fresh, surprising, full of creative vitality."
Nick Young- Broadcast journalist, US- http://nickyoungart.blogspot.com/

"The steady gaze of the Hundred Year Old Man; strong red figures in Animated Conversation; A Bullring showing the defeated silhouette of the bull: all capture the essence of their subjects."
Sheila Armstrong, 2010 The Archer - http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2010/2010Sep10.pdf

"There is so much going on yet everything is in harmony."
Scope Exhibiton Panel - New York 2011, reviewing Everything English painting on-line

"Superb work carried out with impressive imagination, wit and style."
Artfxs- www.artfxs.com

"A true original. Great talent; even greater imagination."
Christopher Dodds - http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l4n_new_artists/n22ua_dodds_west_vista.htm

"A magnificent portfolio. I could spend all day enjoying this art work."
José Luis Zorrilla Campos (Spain)- http://yaye.artelista.com/en/

"The art totality moves me. It makes me pensive. The man in brown who looks like a reflection in glass on a rainy day...on the verge of sadness, like they lost something a long time ago and never got over it."
G. Singh, M Ed

"Awesome paintings with marvelous style."
Basant Soni - http://www.basantsoni.blogspot.com/

"An inspiration. Daring and free."
Ablo - Maldives

"It speaks to me. My association: cello etc. heaven; a joint effort with precision from each member (all of us after playing our own little instrument in the orchestra of life). Painted in shades of melancholy and humor, wonderfully inspired by unconscious world of thoughts, dreams and perception in fanciful and nightmarish images. a tribute to all kind of heroes, inc. fallen heroes, with prayers, tears, and song."
Sirpa Mononen- Swiss Contemporary Artist, commenting on Orchestra painting