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In 1960, Johnston married novelist and poet, John E. Berry (1915-2000), whom she met while on a
Huntington Hartford Foundation residency grant several years prior. The couple collaborated on numerous sculptural works over the decades, and their travels to Nepal, Cambodia, and Japan in 1964–1965 were
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Johnson continued to exhibit her work nationally and internationally over the course of her life, including in Mexico, the United
Kingdom, and Japan. Johnston also received a commission from the Graphic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1981, and she was an artist in residence
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in New York, the first of many presentations of her work on the East Coast. In 1952, Johnston's work was exhibited as the first solo exhibition at the new Paul Kantor
Gallery, founded by Paul and Jo Kantor, where she would continue to show consistently until the mid-1960s. Johnston produced prints
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Johnston started teaching art classes at various universities and colleges in 1950 and ended teaching in 1980. She began at
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Johnston exhibited with different Los
Angeles galleries between 1947 and 1949, and she moved to Los Angeles in 1949. In 1950, Johnston was included in a juried exhibition, curated by
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surface of her works. Johnston's printmaking practice included intaglio, woodblock printing, and lithography. Of her works, Johnston wrote:
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in 1952 for fine art, which allowed her travel to Italy. In 1955–1956 she was awarded the
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grant to India. Johnston would form enduring friendships with her classmate
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