MITCHELL JOHNSON

 

Born in 1964 in Rock Hill, South Carolina

Childhood: South Carolina, Texas, Kansas, New York, Virginia

Moved to California in 1990

Resides in Palo Alto, CA

 

 

EDUCATION

Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA; B.S. 1986, Studied with Ray Berry

Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C., 1987-88,

      Studied with Jo Weiss Le, Lee Newman, Jack Boul and David Holt

Parsons School of Design, New York City; M.F.A. 1990

      Studied with Paul Resika, Leland Bell, John Heliker, Robert DeNiro, Nell Blaine and Larry Rivers

Studio Assistant to Sam Francis, Palo Alto, CA, 1990-91

Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1992, Studied with Wolf Kahn

New York Studio School Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson, 2000

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2001    Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

           Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Siena, Italy

           Latham Square organized by Oakland Museum of California,

                  (Curated by Elizabeth McLaughlin)

2000    The I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA

1999    Galleria D'Arte Contemporanea, San Donato Milanese, Italy

           Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA

           Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

1998    Tatistcheff and Company, New York, NY

           The I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA

1997    Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

           Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA

1996    Spazio Culturale Avicenna, Milano, Italy

           Osteria del Leone, Bagno Vignoni, Italy

1995    Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993    Stanford University Faculty Club Gallery, Stanford, CA (also '96, '98)

1992    Young Gallery, Los Gatos, CA

           Stanford University Faculty Club Gallery, Stanford, CA (also '96, '98)

1991    Place de la Mairie, Meyreuil, France (also '90, '89)

1990    Synchronicity Space, New York, NY

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Oakland Museum of Art Foundation, Oakland, CA

York County Museum, Rock Hill, SC

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC

Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA

Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

York County Museum, Rock Hill, SC

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Di Piero, W.S. "On Mitchell Johnson,", (Santa Monica: Terrence Rogers Fine Art), exhibition catalogue.2001

Fontana, Sara. "Mitchell Johnson," (Santa Monica: Terrence Rogers Fine Art), exhibition catalogue., 2001

Bijan, Donia. "Mitchell Johnson," (St. Helena: I. Wolk Gallery), exhibition catalogue., 2000

Carboni, Tiffany. "Local Gentry," Gentry Magazine (February, 2000), p. 42-44.

Ito, Itaru. "Outerline Milano," In Natural International (January, 2000), p. 130-131.1999

Corgnati, Martina. "Mitchell Johnson," (San Donato Milanese, Italy), exhibition catalogue, 1999

Di Piero, W.S. "On Mitchell Johnson," (San Donato Milanese, Italy), exhibition catalogue, 1999

Pichevin, Claude. "Mitchell Johnson," (San Donato Milanese, Italy), exhibition catalogue, 1999

________, "Atmosfera stelle e strisce su tela," Il Giorno (October 27, 1999), p.39.

Tadini, Emilio. "I paesaggi bucolici della California nelle tele di Mitchell Johnson," Il Cittadino (October 12, 1999), p. 44.

Henry, Gerrit. "Mitchell Johnson: Beginnings," (Portland: Augen Gallery) Exhibit essay, 1998

Harrington, Jim. "The Master of Momentum," Palo Alto Weekly (August 14, 1998), p.10-11.

Bijan, Donia. "Mitchell Johnson," (New York: Tatistcheff Gallery), exhibition catalogue, 1997

Luciani, Annette. "Mitchell Johnson," (New York: Tatistcheff Gallery), exhibition catalogue, 1997.

Byers, Susanna. "Seeing paintings instead of locations," American Artist (July, 1997), pp. 44-51.

Buckley, Patricia Morris "Two Distinct artists share common thread," North County Times (July18, 1997), p. 17.

Sussman, Diane. "Chasing Light," Palo Alto Weekly (February 23, 1996), p. 9.

Farmer, Rob. "Gallery Going," Where San Francisco (Spring, 1996), p. 11.

Ito, Itaru. "I paesaggi di Mitchell Johnson," (Milan: Spazio Avicenna), exhibition essay, 1995

Ayres, Jane. "Painters revive former gallery," Peninsula Times Tribune (February 3, 1992), p. 18.

Sussman, Diane. "Mitchell Johnson: that inimitable French style," Palo Alto Weekly (February 5, 1992), p. 38.