Chris Johanson

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Chris Johanson

Born 1968
San Jose, California
Nationality American
Field Graffiti, murals, sculpture, installation art, anda painting
Movement Mission School
Awards Whitney Biennial exhibition, SFMOMA SECA award

Chris Johanson, a painter, and street artist, is one of the most prominent members of San Francisco's Mission School art movement.

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[edit] Biography

Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He has no formal training in art, learning some technique by painting skateboards and houses.[1] He moved to San Francisco, California's Mission District in 1989, where he became a member of the local art community, initially drawing cartoons on lampposts and bathroom walls using black Sharpies.[1] In 2004 he bought a home and moved to Portland, Oregon.."[2]

Johanson achieved international fame after participating in 2002 Whitney Biennial exhibition. The next year he was one of winners of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's "SFMOMA SECA Experimental Design Award."[3]

[edit] Works

Johanson's works, involving expressing urban themes through found and recycled materials and graffiti, are a response to his suburban childhood.[1] Johanson has made a number of site installations, and prefers to work in that medium.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Chris Johanson. KQED's Spark (April, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
  2. ^ "Citation is missing a {{{title}}}. Either specify one, or click here and a bot will complete the citation details for you. {{{title}}}" (Spring, 2004). Planet Magazine. 
  3. ^ "Adobe proved fertile ground for 'Mission School' artist", San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-09-04. 

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