EDUCATION

2008-2012

Chinese Brush Painting/Calligraphy, Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, CA

2006-2009

ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2008-2006

Otis College of Art & Design, LA, CA

2009-2010

Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, LAAFA, Van Nyes, CA

1985-1988

Dick Grove School of Music, Graduate, Studio City, CA Oakland University, Auburn Hills, MI

EARLIER

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
John Robert Powers Modeling & Finishing School, Graduate, Detroit, MI
Taylor University, Freshman, Upland, IN

ADDITIONAL LIST OF ARTISTIC WORK

SEE BELOW: 3 decades of Hands-on Conceptual and Intuitive Problem Solving experience that has contributed greatly to my art making.

1979-2010: JOHNSON EDWARDS PRODUCTIONS, Co-Partnership, LA, CA; a Full Service Event Production Company, specializing in producing Music and Entertainment, including: Environmental Design, Multi-Media Shows, Lighting, Music/Dance Shows, Video and full decor for a very discriminating clientele. Awards show include, 15 years of the GRAMMY -Governors Ball, The OSCARS-Governors Ball, SOUL TRAIN Televised Production and AFTERparty, GOLDEN GLOBES events, TONY AWARD events. A few clients include: LA Opera (20 years), Warner Bros Music, Sony, Fox, William Morris, CAA, Saban Entertainment, Nintendo, Eli Broad, David Hockney, Dino de Laurentis, Steven Spielberg, George Lucus; celebrity and corporate clients on request. Produced shows with name performers such as: Kristin Chenoweth, Kenny G, Diana Krull, Dolly Parton, Bette Midler, Robb Thomas, Babyface, Paul Anka, Burt Bacharach, Gary Morris.

1979-1982: J. JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, Sole proprietor, Beverly Hills, CA: Contract Design/Space Planning, Southern CA; final project: The Kennedy Company, 340,000sqft of designed space.

1995-2017: Award winning poetry, published in the USA, UK and Australia in Small Press Publications, Chapbooks, Anthologies and on Recorded Albums. Publishers on request.