Penny Johnson

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Penelope Jane Johnson CBE (born 23 June 1956) was Director of the Government Art Collection from 1997 to 2022. [1] [2] In 2023 she was a trustee of the Bridget Riley Art Foundation, and was a judge for the Rugby Open 23 exhibition. [3]

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She was educated at St. Helen's School, the University of East Anglia (BA, 1978) and the University of Manchester. [4] She was made a CBE in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Before taking up the post at the Government Art Collection she had worked in museums and galleries including the Towner Art Gallery and Museum, Eastbourne and Stoke-on-Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, [1]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Penny Johnson CBE". TEDx Whitehall Women. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Penny Johnson". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Artistic talent in the spotlight at Rugby Open 23". Rugby Borough Council. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. ↑ 'JOHNSON, Penelope Jane', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
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