Johnna Slaby

Abstract painter from Osaka. Originally, she aspired to be a classical pianist, but at the age of 18, she encountered urban sketching and was so moved by the colors of watercolor that her life took a drastic turn. She fell in love with the various styles of life expressed through abstract painting a...

Abstract painter from Osaka. Originally, she aspired to be a classical pianist, but at the age of 18, she encountered urban sketching and was so moved by the colors of watercolor that her life took a drastic turn. She fell in love with the various styles of life expressed through abstract painting and began using acrylics in 2014. She discovered in abstract painting that there is a source of emotion and conversation that she does not usually feel: the colors, the brushstrokes, the touch, the curiosity that she has never felt before. To this day, she mainly works with a combination of soak stain technique, calligraphy, and other techniques. He has also experimented with various techniques, such as incorporating used coffee shop grounds into his work, to expand the boundaries of his expression. In 2020, he moved to the UK by himself. The following year, he will expand his activities to Brooklyn, New York in the U.S., and return to Japan in July 2022. In August of the same year, he experienced the creation of an 11-meter-long wall art piece. He is currently based in Tokyo.