Mitchell Johnson (painter)

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Mitchell Johnson is a contemporary painter. Born in 1964, he currently paints in Palo Alto, California as well as in Buonconvento, Italy; Meyreuil, France and Bornholm, Denmark. Johnson earned his M.F.A. at Parsons School of Design in 1990 ^[1] where he studied with Larry Rivers, Paul Resika, Leland Bell, Robert de Niro, Sr., Nell Blaine and John Heliker - all former students of Hans Hofmann.

During graduate school, Johnson supported himself doing odd jobs for various NY artists, most notably Frank Stella, Sol Lewitt, Sandy Skoglund and Stella's own assistant, Earl Childress. In the fall of 1990, while waiting to hear if would be able to join Lewitt's Wall Drawing Team, Johnson was offered a studio assistant job with Sam Francis and this is what landed him in Palo Alto. He has since divided his time between California and Europe.

In 2007 he was an artist-in-residence at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, Connecticut. His paintings can be found in over 300 private collections and 10 US Museums. His work has been the subject of solo-exhibitions in Milan, New York, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Helena, Portland and Scottsdale.