Cara Johnson’s craft-based works interrogate tensions and narratives connected to the ways land is treated and used through material, intention and invested labour. Her practice is entwined with her rural location and oscillates between a jewellery scale and expansive land interventions.
In 2016 Cara completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Hons.) at RMIT University. Solo exhibitions include Understory at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (2019), Semblance of Repair at Gallery Funaki (2019) and Overlay at Ararat Gallery TAMA (2023). Cara exhibits widely in group shows, nationally and internationally, notably Paper Art 2017 at CODA Museum in the Netherlands, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2021, Schmuck in Munich in 2022 and 2023, the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025. Cara’s works are held in various public and private collections, including Ararat Gallery TAMA, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria.
I acknowledge, with respect, that the lands where I live and work are those of the Gadubanud.