Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them
Paul Johns
28 September 2024–26 January 2025
Offsite: The Dowse Art Museum


Paul Johns is a conceptual artist based in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa, working predominantly in photography, film, neon and installation. With a practice spanning over five decades, recent exhibitions include Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them, The Dowse Art Museum with City Gallery Wellington; Perilous, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi; Midnight Cowboy, Pah Homestead, Tāmaki Makaurau; Body-Maker, Olga, Ōtepoti; Listening Stones Jumping Rocks, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara; Been Here Long?, Visions, Tāmaki Makaurau; Paul Johns & Billy Apple, Nadene Milne Gallery, Ōtautahi.

Paul Johns: Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them was presented at The Dowse Art Museum in partnership with City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi alongside Derek Jarman: Delphinium Flowers, 28 September 2024–26 January 2025.

Read more about Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them here.