Biography

     Born in South Bend, Indiana in 1986, Johns has spent 32 of her 35 years living in four Midwest states. At Miami University of Ohio she received her B.A. degree in Psychology along with a minor in Entrepreneurship. Following her passion for photography, she then took knowledge from her high school and college course work in the darkroom and began freelancing in 2009. She has continued as a Professional Wedding and Portrait Photographer worldwide (with a legal business LLC) for the past 12 years.  She also contracted at a commercial photography studio in Los Angeles for two years and worked 4 months assisting a Fine Art Photography Artist in Santa Barbara. Johns' fine art photography work started touring in solo and group shows throughout California, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio in 2010. She is a Master of Fine Art Photography (MFA) graduate of Brooks Institute. 

    Johns has been trained in woodworking, metalsmithing, glass working, ceramics, and various other mixed media art forms. Her more physical photography includes dark room photography (since the age of 16), photogravure, cyanotypes, encaustics, and the like. Johns' fine art itself most often hinges on conceptual fine art with topics of injustice ranging from racism, sexism, and homophobia to violence and abuse. She believes deeply in fine art as a strong medium for the expression of ugly realities within our society. Johns hopes that with each artistic exposure of the ills of our society (within the less straight-forward conceptual work) that people take time to touch, examine, and contemplate their role in the uglier parts of our society.