Green Ring, 2024, clay, acrylic paint, moss, fabric, wire, LED lights, 14″ x 12″ x 12″
Pink Ring, 2024, clay, acrylic paint, sand, fabric, wire, LED lights, 14″ x 12″ x 12″
White Ring, 2024, clay, acrylic paint, sand, fabric, wire, LED lights, 14″ x 12″ x 12″
[BA] Studio Art – Sculpture
[Minor] Environmental Studies
My art springs from fascination with the natural world and concern for its wellbeing. I draw from plants and animals as a reference for my small-scale, surreal lifeforms. I sculpt with vibrantly colored clay and textiles to catch the viewers’ attention, and draw them in, much like the way the colors in flora and fauna function in nature. My hybridization of animal and plant features is recognition of the shared lineage and interconnection of all life on earth. Housed in miniature circus tents, my speculative creations offer a peek into a fantasy world, yet also invite viewers to think about the presence of nonhuman earthlings.
Margo Johnson is pursuing a BA in Studio Art with an emphasis in sculpture and a minor in environmental studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Margo has co-managed a community gallery in Lincoln called The Aliens and has exhibited her work at Generator Space in Omaha. She will debut her senior thesis in May at UNL’s Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.