Anna Johnson is a musician and visual artist. Her sound unites electroacoustic improvisation with backgrounds in medieval folk traditions and sacred music. Based in drone and hypnotic repetition, she is particularly invested in vocal expression as a portal to somatic presence. Anna’s performances often integrate projection installations of her textural film work. Her approach to live art is ritualistic; she seeks embodied and communal experiences of vulnerability and spiritual catharsis. She is drawn to the meeting points between personal and mythical, present and ancient.

Anna is based in Chicago and tours regularly in North America and Europe. She originates from Minnesota, where she was raised with Celtic and Anglo folk traditions and sacred choral music, and studied both Western classical as well as traditional Eastern European polyphony with Mila Vocal Ensemble. She holds an MFA from the Performance department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Studio Art from Macalester College. She was awarded an Outer Ear Session at Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio in spring 2026 for a recording project of new work. Her debut EP Unknowing was released in 2025 by UK label Industrial Coast, and her debut LP is anticipated in 2026.