Mitchell Johnson was born in 1964 in South Carolina, but grew up in New York and Virginia. He studied painting and drawing at Randolph-Macon College, The Washington Studio School and Parsons School of Design where he earned an MFA in 1990. He was strongly influenced by his New York teachers: Paul Resika, Leland Bell, Larry Rivers, Nell Blaine and Robert DeNiro, Sr. all former students of Hans Hofmann. Since 1990, Johnson has divided his time between his studio in Palo Alto, California and his favorite painting locations in Italy, France and Bornholm, Denmark.
Johnson’s paintings have been well collected and can be found in more than 300 private collections and 10 U.S. museums. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Santa Fe, Scottsdale, St. Helena, Portland, Cape Cod and Milan.
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