Works by prolific Baltimore artist, Elena Johnston (1985-2023) will remain on view at Current Space through February 17th, 2024. Gallery hours are Saturdays from 1-5pm, or by appointment.

Whether or not you knew Elena, we hope you'll come to see her work in the gallery. She was a talented and influential artist and so many details of her work can only be fully appreciated in person.

In 2022, Current Space showed a solo exhibition of Elena’s works Mood Ring. During the artist talk, she spoke about her work:

“The past few years have seen a lot of growth and change in my artistic practice and my personal life. These paintings are relics of a time when I lived in a liminal space. These types of spaces which bring us out of the past and into an uncertain future are an invitation to give ourselves over to something larger than ourselves. Sometimes this experience can be murky and uncomfortable. This process isn’t always pretty but that’s ok. I think the paintings are beautiful, but beauty can be rife with pain and the substance of transformation. I sometimes think they are ugly because I put so much emotion into them. Like looking at my high school diary.”

The paintings in the gallery now includes some work from that time, as well as older works and works produced very recently, before her untimely death.

Donations in Elena's memory can be made to the Elena Johnston Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will support the academic aspirations of a student in Maryland who is pursuing an education in the arts through an accredited 2- or 4-year degree program.

You can read memories of Elena, compiled in BmoreArt here:
In Memoriam: Elena Johnston

We love you Elena.

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