Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Johnson is a contemporary painter. Born in 1964, in Rock Hill, South Carolina,and raised in New York and Virginia, 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, 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.