Johnson Weree
Born 1970 in Liberia
Lives and works in The Netherlands
Johnson Weree’s artistic practice involves drawing from early morning until late at night, creating surreal and otherworldly portraits of imagined subjects. As a child in Liberia, Weree salvaged discarded materials for his creations. Using battery fluid for paint and scrap wood for canvas, his limited access to media made him cherish colour. He now works with ballpoint pens, gels, pencils, and pastels with a palette of unlimited vibrancy. Dog noses sit close to thin lips and men’s hairlines recede. The women of Weree’s world have bright blushed cheeks and wear multi-coloured eye shadow. Often figures appear within figures, emerging from buttonholes or like a third eye in the centre of a forehead. Weree’s works have been exhibited in several exhibitions, including Exhibition #6, The Museum of Everything, Rotterdam (2016) and Francis Marshall and the Beautiful People, The Gallery of Everything, London (2017). His works are also included in a number of private collections.
Johnson Weree, Untitled, 2018, Coloured pencil on paper, 50 x 35 cm. Courtesy of The Gallery of Everything.

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