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Beth Johnston (she/hers)
artist, researcher, photographer, educator

    b. Kuna, Idaho   
    c. Boston + New Hampshire









Beth Johnston is a visual artist working across photography, video, and installation. With a background in science and psychology, her work explores the intersections of ecology, cultural imaginations, and knowledge systems. She often collaborates with scientists to not only translate scientific knowledge into visual form but to explore the perspectives that science alone does not see. She is currently a Colorado Art Science Environment (CASE) Fellow at the University of Colorado-Boulder and holds an MFA in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design.


Current Research Interests:
Climate Science, Queer Ecology, Environmental Justice, Art as Activism, Poetry, and Place-based Pedagogies and Epistemologies














EDUCATION:

MFA, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design
BA, Psychology and Physical Sciences, Wake Forest University


FELLOWSHIPS:

CU Boulder CASE (Colorado Art Science Environment Fellowship), 2022-24
Center for Fine Art Photography Dennis Roussel Fellowship, 2023


ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES:  

Parsons School of Design
Pratt Institute
MassArt
University of Colorado Boulder
New Mexico School for the Arts
Adams State University
Colorado Creative Industries
Breck Create
Der Greif Magazine
Imagining America
Center for the Arts Crested Butte
BRDG Project Gallery
SITE Santa Fe


CURRENT / UPCOMING SHOWS + EVENTS:

2024:

Coloradans and Our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change
Center of Southwest Studies
Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
March 19, 2024 - February 14, 2025
Opening Reception 4.11.24


2025: 

Adapting Our Work to a Changing Climate
Artist Panel
Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference
Reno, NV
March 9th, 2025



PAST EXHIBITIONS:


2024

UnBound13!
Candela Gallery
Richmond, VA
July 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024

Hear/Say
Curated by Tya Anthony
Opening Reception June 14
Denver, CO
June 14, 2024 - July 14, 2024


SPE Women’s Film + Video Festival
Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference 
St Louis, MO
March 21, 2024 - March 23, 2024

Coloradans and Our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change
Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) Building
University of Colorado 
Boulder , CO
January 18, 2024 - March 27, 2024


2023

Coloradans and Our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change
Breck Create
Breckenridge, CO
December 9, 2023 - January 7, 2024

Little Creatures 
Canyon Gallery
Boulder, CO
August 12, 2023 - September 30, 2023

Coloradans and Our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change
Colorado State Capital Building
Denver, CO
May 19, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Experimental Film Forum
Hudson Theater
Los Angeles, CA
July 12, 2023

Experiments in Cinema
Guild Cinema
Albuquerque, NM
May 17, 2023

Fragments
Strata Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
January 9th, 2023 - February 15, 2023


2022

All Texts About Love
Curated by Anthony Elms
Microscope Gallery
New York, NY
July 28, 2022 - August 19, 2022


TEACHING APPOINTMENTS:

Adams State University
Rhode Island School of Design
Pingree School
Colorado Mountain College