Johnna in front of her installation one form and/or another at the Dorsky Museum of Art, 2026
Johnna Arnold is an interdisciplinary artist based in Beacon, New York. Working across photography, ceramics, sculpture, drawing, and installation, she creates works that invite closer attention to the relationships between bodies, materials, and the living world. From woven photographs and hand-built ceramics to immersive structures that invite visitors inside, her work uses material experimentation to create spaces for curiosity, reflection, and interaction.
Arnold has presented solo exhibitions at San Francisco Camerawork, Sarah Shepard Gallery, and Traywick Contemporary, and her work has been included in exhibitions at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Headlands Center for the Arts, the Oakland Museum of California, the Palo Alto Art Center, and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.
Her work is held in the collections of the Saint Mary's College Museum of Art and UNESCO in Paris. Arnold received a BA in Photography from Bard College and an MFA from Mills College. She has taught photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, the University of San Francisco, and SUNY New Paltz, and has been awarded residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts, Kala Art Institute, Vermont Studio Center, RayKo Photography, Byrdcliffe, and Craigardan.
