Artist, Curator and Art Director, Georgina Johnson is the editor of The Slow Grind (2020) and mind behind
the digital expansion of this project, @theslowgrind.world.
Johnson believes in art and culture as realms where we can develop imaginative
and reparative solutions and
cultivate more of a symbiotic relationship between people,
planet and community (human + nonhuman). Her hybrid practice has resulted in the curation and production of 
experiential content as well as the development of visual communications that illustrate
the delicate and 
complex connection between ＋＋ radical ecology, race, mental health and sustainability.
She defines art in its most expanded sense as: discourse, dreaming, playing, writing, pausing and questioning.
Johnson often oscillates
between these states in diverse contexts, both independently and in fellowship and collaboration with a constellation 
of global artists, thinkers and mavericks across the climate, arts and design realms. This has lead to the production of exhibitions and publications, public programmes in partnership with leading institutions such as Frieze, The Design Museum, The V&A, Now Gallery, Amsterdam Art Weekend and ++ her leading on progressive strategies for agencies such as Protein and Eco-Age. She has been commissioned by The Smithsonian, The Photographers’ Gallery and received awards from Arts Council England and Jerwood Arts. Her profile in the cultural psyche
has the stamp of approval by notable cultural publications and platforms such as The Modern House, Apartamento, Creative Review, Atmos
, British Vogue and i-D.
In essence, her work in the creative, cultural and social-environmental spheres is a vital asset to the development of future imaginings of these spaces
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- SLOW GRIND
The Slow Grind as a project anchors on and applies the strong relationship between ecology and art to critical discourse. This message lives within the physical architecture of the first book - The Slow Grind: Finding Our Way Back to Creative Balance (2020) and digitally via the learning space theslowgrind.world on Instagram.
The Slow Grind (TSG) book is an intersectional environmentalist anthology. Through conversations, essays and think pieces by a plethora of voices across the climate, arts and design industries, The Slow Grind uses
social justice, conservation, colonialism, wellbeing, climate justice and hyper-acceleration as location points for the rethinking of the arts, creative realms as well as our relationship to and with nature and community. This is achieved through rare candour and deep excavation from a cohort of more than 20+ thinkers resulting in the presentation of a dynamic blueprint for shaping the future of our cultural industries and a universal vision for life and work that centres care for people and the planet.
The list of contributors is as far-reaching as it is powerful and includes Curator Sumitra Upham, artist Juno Calypso, Curator Francesca Gavin, biotechnologist and material researcher Guilia Tomasello, Material Driven - the archive and materials research studio, stylist and Dazed editor-in-chief Ib Kamara, designer Bethany Williams, and Kimberly Jenkins, professor and founder of the Fashion and Race Database, among others.
“Rare enough to find such insights in most publications, so a unique blessing indeed to find them in one.” - Martin Raymond, Author and Co-Founder of The Future Laboratory. - PRESS
Georgina has been published
digitally on Apartamento,
Friends of Friends,
i-D,
ATMOS,
Fashion Revolution,
Denier,
LSN Global,
Garage,
British Vogue,
CNN,
Another Mag,
1Granary,
Riposte.
And featured on
podcasts Wardrobe Crisis with Clare Press,Back to the F**kture with The Future Laboratory,
Conscious Chatter,
Tate – The Art of the Hustle,
Digital Discourse with Gemma Fletcher; and videos with
The Modern House,
SHOWstudio,
Urban Outfitters.
She has also been
published in print titles such as: The Modern House,
Disegno,
Creative Review,
Hole and Corner,
i-D 40th Anniversary Issue,
Limbo Magazine,
Harpers Bazaar
, and Grazia .
- PROJECTS
LAUNCHING AUTUMN 2023
The Slow Grind #2
INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK
The Slow Grind, Finding our way back to creative balance.
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Productivity; Life After Loss, ATMOS
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Productivity; Is an Abelist Fantasy, ATMOS
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
The Way Back: Agriculture + Colonialism, ATMOS
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Distances Are Reloaded, Limbo Magazine
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Designing Ecologies of Care, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2021
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Slowness as a Bridge, Now Gallery, 2020
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
This Must Be the Place, The V&A, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
‘Something From|For the Body’, V&A, Sound Installation, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
I and I, Performance, Cubitt Gallery, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
National Museums Scotland ‘Body Beautiful’, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Yam and Other Hard Food, Now Gallery, 2018
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Saint, The Empty Pose, The Photographers’ Gallery, 2017
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
Birdsong ‘An evening with Georgina Johnson’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
The Sustainable Angle Future Fabrics 10th Expo
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
Kingston University BA Fashion
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
The Photographers Gallery ‘Expanding Your Creative Practice’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
Fashion Revolution ‘Slow Fashion to Save Minds’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
LCC Photo-journalism
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio
Introducing The Slow GrindLECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio
‘Sustainability: Big vs Small’LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio Jean Paul Gaultier Review
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
D&AD Festival
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
National Museums Scotland Roundtable
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
Now Gallery ‘Slowness as a Bridge’ Curators Talk
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
CSM BA Fashion Communication
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio Burberry Review
PUBLICATIONS
Yam and Other Hard Food, zine in collaboration with Photographer Adama Jalloh, Commissioned by Now Gallery
PUBLICATIONS
Belonging, zine in collaboration with Photographer Tyler Mitchell
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Everybody Come, Article on Yinka Ilori, Disegno
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Engaging with Degrowth, Future Lab
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
The Revolution Begins with Care Fashion Revolution
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS
Jerwood Arts, Curatorial Accelerator Fellowship
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS
Mulberry Publishing Grant
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS
Arts Council England, DYCP
CONSULTANCY 2020-2022
SPACE10, Eco-Age, Protein, The Future Laboratory, Livity, Mix Cloud
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
The Slow Salon series in partnership with Birdsong, 2022
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Surviving in the Arts, Market Peckham, 2020
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Surviving in the Arts,The Wing LA, 2020
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Surviving in the Arts,Iniva x The Laundry arts, 2020
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Contemporary Histories, Now Gallery x The Laundry arts, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Mosaic Rooms Jazz Art Class x Mohamed Melehi, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Belly Full, V&A 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Nii Journal Issue 3 Launch, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Realistic Distance, Amsterdam Art Weekend, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Building Bigger Narratives, Nike Women, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Free Range, The Photographers Gallery, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
The Design Museum IWD programme, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
British Council x Africa Nouveau Fesitival Kenya, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Slow Fashion to Save Minds, Ace & Tate x The Laundry arts, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Contatto, Yinka Shonibare Guest Projects, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
NOM, The Laundry arts, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Cunt, The Laundry arts, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Brighton Photo Fringe, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
DIWHY Series, Peckham Levels, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Memories, The Laundry arts, 2017
as a project anchors on and applies the strong relationship between ecology and art to critical discourse. This message lives within the physical architecture of the first book -
The Slow Grind (TSG) book is an intersectional environmentalist anthology. Through conversations, essays and think pieces by a plethora of voices across the climate, arts and design industries, The Slow Grind uses
The list of contributors is as far-reaching as it is powerful and includes Curator Sumitra Upham, artist Juno Calypso, Curator Francesca Gavin, biotechnologist and material researcher Guilia Tomasello, Material Driven - the archive and materials research studio, stylist and Dazed editor-in-chief Ib Kamara, designer Bethany Williams, and Kimberly Jenkins, professor and founder of the Fashion and Race Database, among others.
Georgina has been published
Friends of Friends,
i-D,
ATMOS,
Fashion Revolution,
Denier,
LSN Global,
Garage,
British Vogue,
CNN,
Another Mag,
1Granary,
Riposte.
And featured on
Back to the F**kture with The Future Laboratory,
Conscious Chatter,
Tate – The Art of the Hustle,
Digital Discourse with Gemma Fletcher; and videos with
The Modern House,
SHOWstudio,
Urban Outfitters.
She has also been
Disegno,
Creative Review,
Hole and Corner,
i-D 40th Anniversary Issue,
Limbo Magazine,
Harpers Bazaar
, and Grazia .
LAUNCHING AUTUMN 2023
The Slow Grind #2
INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK
The Slow Grind, Finding our way back to creative balance.
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Productivity; Life After Loss, ATMOS
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Productivity; Is an Abelist Fantasy, ATMOS
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
The Way Back: Agriculture + Colonialism, ATMOS
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Distances Are Reloaded, Limbo Magazine
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Designing Ecologies of Care, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2021
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Slowness as a Bridge, Now Gallery, 2020
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
This Must Be the Place, The V&A, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
‘Something From|For the Body’, V&A, Sound Installation, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
I and I, Performance, Cubitt Gallery, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
National Museums Scotland ‘Body Beautiful’, 2019
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Yam and Other Hard Food, Now Gallery, 2018
COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Saint, The Empty Pose, The Photographers’ Gallery, 2017
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
Birdsong ‘An evening with Georgina Johnson’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
The Sustainable Angle Future Fabrics 10th Expo
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
Kingston University BA Fashion
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
The Photographers Gallery ‘Expanding Your Creative Practice’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
Fashion Revolution ‘Slow Fashion to Save Minds’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
LCC Photo-journalism
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio
Introducing The Slow Grind
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio
‘Sustainability: Big vs Small’
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio Jean Paul Gaultier Review
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
D&AD Festival
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
National Museums Scotland Roundtable
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
Now Gallery ‘Slowness as a Bridge’ Curators Talk
LECTURES, PANNELS, TALKS
CSM BA Fashion Communication
LECTURES, PANELS, TALKS
SHOWstudio Burberry Review
PUBLICATIONS
Yam and Other Hard Food, zine in collaboration with Photographer Adama Jalloh, Commissioned by Now Gallery
PUBLICATIONS
Belonging, zine in collaboration with Photographer Tyler Mitchell
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Everybody Come, Article on Yinka Ilori, Disegno
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
Engaging with Degrowth, Future Lab
ARTICLES, ESSAYS, THINK PIECES
The Revolution Begins with Care Fashion Revolution
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS
Jerwood Arts, Curatorial Accelerator Fellowship
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS
Mulberry Publishing Grant
AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS
Arts Council England, DYCP
CONSULTANCY 2020-2022
SPACE10, Eco-Age, Protein, The Future Laboratory, Livity, Mix Cloud
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
The Slow Salon series in partnership with Birdsong, 2022
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Surviving in the Arts, Market Peckham, 2020
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Surviving in the Arts,The Wing LA, 2020
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Surviving in the Arts,Iniva x The Laundry arts, 2020
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Contemporary Histories, Now Gallery x The Laundry arts, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Mosaic Rooms Jazz Art Class x Mohamed Melehi, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Belly Full, V&A 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Nii Journal Issue 3 Launch, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Realistic Distance, Amsterdam Art Weekend, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Building Bigger Narratives, Nike Women, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Free Range, The Photographers Gallery, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
The Design Museum IWD programme, 2019
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
British Council x Africa Nouveau Fesitival Kenya, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Slow Fashion to Save Minds, Ace & Tate x The Laundry arts, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Contatto, Yinka Shonibare Guest Projects, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
NOM, The Laundry arts, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Cunt, The Laundry arts, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Brighton Photo Fringe, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
DIWHY Series, Peckham Levels, 2018
CURATION, EVENTS, PROGRAMMES
Memories, The Laundry arts, 2017
