PSHKN/A
Chloe Johnson (Also Known As PSHKN/a) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer and writer based in London.
Graduating from Middlesex University in 2015 with a degree in Fashion Design, she has since gone on to have a successful career as a Multi-Product Fashion Designer for a variety of brands, specialising in Sportswear and Streetwear.
Chloe has recently completed a Masters in Fashion at the Royal College of Art, where she took the opportunity to explore her personal creativity beyond the scope of clothing, delving deeper into her understanding of self, her talents in other fields, and purpose within the creative industry.
Her work is inspired by the social, political, and historical culture of the Caribbean diaspora, with previous works centred around the Windrush Generation and her complicated relationship with religion. Her most recent project explores the legacies of colonialism, lost identities, and the diaspora’s yearning for ancestral connection. Each piece she creates aims to provoke thought, spark conversation and re-humanise millions of people whose voices have been lost to the complexities of history. Using a variety of materials and mediums, from fabric to cane sugar, her work is manifested through fashion, installation, performance, sculpture, and literature.
Her work and words have been featured in various exhibits and publications, including London Fashion Week, Dazed Digital, Vogue Italia and The Fundamentals of Fashion Design. This year, she has published three books and will be exhibiting her work at two group exhibitions later in the year.
PUBLICATIONS
To Be Free Is Very Sweet, 2023
A Brief History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 2023
Are You Listening?, 2023
Walsall Advertiser Article, February 2016
The Fundamentals of Fashion Design, Richard Sorger, 2015
Vogue Italia Article - “Top 10 Ones To Watch”, June 2015
Dazed Digital Article - “Stand Out Graduates”, June 2015
Vogue UK Catwalk Feature, June 2015
Wonderland Magazine Article, June 2015
Fucking Young Article, June 2015
Exhibitions/EVENTS
SHOW ME LOVE, Royal College of Art, 2023
ENTRÉE, Royal College of Art, 2023
London Fashion Week Digital Presentation, 2020
London Fashion Week Presentation, 2016