Dominic Johns was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. He started in the tile industry at 14; a part time job in a leading tile shop, selling, delivering, laying the product, and learning the trade on the job.
Dom completed his degree and ran several businesses specialising in various aspects of the tiling industry. Dom then heard the call of Far North Queensland and Cairns in particular, moving to the area permanently in 1992 where he continued to work in commercial and domestic tiling.
In 2002 Dom opened ‘Shardworks’; his studio committed to the art of mosaic, and began exhibiting his artworks. Spending considerable time in Cape York and Torres Strait
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Islander communities, Dom has been working to extend the boundaries of mosaic through Education Projects, writing curriculum for trades based traineeships as well as skills training organisations.
Dom has completed several public art projects around Australia and overseas and been nominated several times for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Work in the Community, co-director of The Blunt Edge of Portraiture, and had a number of successful solo exhibitions and many group showings. He has helped educate thousands of students in the wonderful art of mosaic.
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