John Johnston

Dr. John Johnston is an art historian specializing in Buddhist art and material culture. He is also a specialist on a variety of Asian ceramics traditions. He has held professorial and curatorial posts in America, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. He is currently Assistant Professor at the College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University (Thailand). Dr. Johnston is author of Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection (2014) and co-author of 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade (2011) and The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan (2008). He is also author of numerous scholarly articles on Buddhism and Asian art.