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Born 1968 San Jose, California. Known for: Cartoon style drawing, caricature, figures, painting, vehicles-sculpture, street art.
Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement. Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up... Read full biography
Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement. Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up skateboarding, attending punk rock shows, drawing, and with a dry yet sharp sense of humor. He has no formal... Read full biography
Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement. Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up skateboarding, attending punk rock shows, drawing, and with a dry yet sharp sense of humor. He has no formal training in art, learning some technique by painting skateboards and houses. He was a prominent 'zine' artist, and his publication Karmaboarder, a skateboarding and art zine he published in the early... Read full biography
Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement. Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up skateboarding, attending punk rock shows, drawing, and with a dry yet sharp sense of humor. He has no formal training in art, learning some technique by painting skateboards and houses. He was a prominent 'zine' artist, and his publication Karmaboarder, a skateboarding and art zine he published in the early to late 1980's, helped shape what later became initial well-known works. ?. 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... Read full biography
Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement. Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up skateboarding, attending punk rock shows, drawing, and with a dry yet sharp sense of humor. He has no formal training in art, learning some technique by painting skateboards and houses. He was a prominent 'zine' artist, and his publication Karmaboarder, a skateboarding and art zine he published in the early to late 1980's, helped shape what later became initial well-known works. ?. 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. In 1994, Johanson did one of the initial board graphic runs for a new San Francisco-based skateboard bra... Read full biography
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Chris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement.
Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He grew up skateboarding, attending punk rock shows, drawing, and with a dry yet sharp sense of humor. He has no formal training in art, learning some technique by painting skateboards and houses.
He was a prominent 'zine' artist, and his publication Karmaboarder, a skateboarding and art zine he published in the early to late 1980's, helped shape what later became initial well-known works. ?
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