February 2024 • Grades 10 to 12

This February, AFK is excited to offer an Artist-in-Residence program for senior art students, providing an opportunity to work for two school days at the AFK studios with artist Mark Johnson. The AFK Artist-in-Residence programs provide vital skills training and the necessary dedicated time and focus that gives young artists the rare opportunity to immerse themselves in creativity and art making. During two school days, senior art students who are nominated by their school will work with professional printmaker, Mark Johnsen.

Mark Johnsen Biography

Mark Johnsen (he/him) is an American visual artist living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. His print-based practice examines the possibilities of the unique, hand-pulled impression in an era of digital reproduction. Through studies of material exploration, traditional and non-traditional printing techniques: he works to capture gestural and representational time stamps. He is the co-founder of Patio Press, a hybrid printmaking residency run alongside artist, Sara-Jeanne Bourget.  He holds a BFA in Photography from California College of the Arts (2012) and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2020). He has exhibited throughout The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Turkey, Bosnia, Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand and is currently an Assistant Professor in Print Media at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.