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Born: 1964 in Rock Hill, South Carolina
Childhood: South Carolina, Texas, Kansas, New York, Virginia
Moved to California in 1990
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 w/ 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
SELECTED 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 I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA (also 1998)
1999 Galleria D'Arte Contemporanea, San Donato Milanese, Italy
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 Tatistcheff and Company, New York, NY
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
1994 Mitchell-Brown Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993 Stanford University Faculty Club Gallery, Stanford, CA (also '96, '98)
1992 Young Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
1991 Place de la Mairie, Meyreuil, France (also '90, '89)
1990 Synchronicity Space, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2001 Galleria Toselli, Milano, Italy
2000 "New Acquisitions", Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
CA di FRA, Milano, Italy
Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Siena, Italy
1998 Tatistcheff and Company, New York, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Museum sales Gallery, Buffalo,NY
Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
Tatistcheff and Company, New York
1996 Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Thomas Babeor and Company, La Jolla, CA
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1995 Leapingotis Fine Art, Vail, CO
1994 Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1993 9th Biennial Drawing/Print Show, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mitchell, Brown, Duncan Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Stanford University School of Law, Stanford, CA
Gallery 30, Burlingame, CA
Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1992 Stanford University Faculty Club Gallery, Stanford, CA
Gallery Provisoire (with Adam Schnitzer), Palo Alto, CA
Warner-Roberts Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Kathleen Spiegelman Interiors, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Randolph-Macon College (with Duane Keiser), Ashland, VA
Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1990 Reynolds-Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA
Duke University (with Una Kim), Durham, NC
Gallery at the Vineyards, New Hope, PA
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1989 Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, DC
The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
MUSEUM 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
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA
Dain Rauscher Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pasadena, CA
James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Contempo Seville Properties, Los Gatos, CA
Keker & VanNest, San Francisco, CA
Wexford Underwriting Management, San Francisco, CA
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
Crestar Bank, Richmond, VA
PHD Enterprises, Tucson, AZ
The Shansby Group, San Francisco, CA
Elsie Floriani, Menlo Park, CA
Preston & Carolyn Butcher, Menlo Park, CA
David Rain, Healdsburg, CA
Paul Braunstein, San Francisco, CA
Paul and Maureen Draper, Cupertino, CA
Robert and Shirley Turner, San Francisco, CA
Sally Cote, San Francisco, CA
Arizona Lithographers, Tucson, AZ
Lynne and Joseph Horning, Washington, DC
Stanley and Joy Prowse, Carlsbad, CA
Mason Phelps, La Jolla, CA
Sanpete Publications, Tucson, AZ
Cisco Systems, Vimercate, Italy
Rockwell International, Milwaukee, WI
Ridge Vineyards, Cupertino, CA
Comune di San Donato Milanese, Italy
Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
Comune di Buonconvento, Italy
The Oceana, Santa Barbara, CA
Indian Rock Imagesetting, Berkeley, CA
AWARDS
1992,3,5 Peninsula Community Foundation Grant
1988-90 Parsons School of Design Scholarship
1992 Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts Grant
1989 Leslie T. and Frances U. Posey Foundation Grant
1988 Washington Studio School Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2003 Cover and in a feature article in the February "Southwest Art" magazine.
2001
Di Piero, W.S. "On Mitchell Johnson," (Santa Monica: Terrence Rogers Fine Art), exhibition catalogue.
Fontana, Sara. "Mitchell Johnson," (Santa Monica: Terrence Rogers Fine Art), exhibition catalogue.
2000
Bijan, Donia. "Mitchell Johnson," (St. Helena: I. Wolk Gallery), exhibition catalogue.
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.
Di Piero, W.S. "On Mitchell Johnson," (San Donato Milanese, Italy), exhibition catalogue.
Pichevin, Claude. "Mitchell Johnson," (San Donato Milanese, Italy), exhibition catalogue.
"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.
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.
1996
Sussman, Diane. "Chasing Light," Palo Alto Weekly (February 23, 1996), p. 9.
Farmer, Rob. "Gallery Going," Where San Francisco (Spring, 1996), p. 11.
1995
Ito, Itaru. "I Paesaggi di Mitchell Johnson," (Milan: Spazio Avicenna), exhibition essay.
1992
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.
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