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The Fine Art division contains most of my fine art, which are over 700 works. Not all artwork is for sale. Some pieces are only available as a reproduction. Prices vary and are subject to change. The art in the stores are available for purchase and are also available for licensing. Click on a link to view the catalogs, online store, and archives (Revise)

Artistic History

I have been creating art that I can gather and display since 1983.

Ronny Johnson was born on august 25, 1971 in Oakland, California. He attended Sheltons’s Kindergarten and Bancroft learning center in Berkeley, California. Here he first knew of what an artist was and began to try to be one because he had too many visions at his young age that art was a means of getting them out of his head.

He attended St. Joseph’s The Worker Elementary School in Berkeley, California, where he began to draw again around the 3rd grade. He drew and designed everything he wanted to from planes to boats to pets to cars to fruit to friends to whatever he saw and wanted to look better. By the seventh grade, his parents enrolled him into the California College of Arts & Crafts to start for his art education.

In the sixth grade, he got exposed to graffiti art and began to focus on that as his most enjoyable form of art. He drew something everyday of his four years of high school during classes and after to perfect his talent. He began to paint jackets (which he was world known), canvas boards, and airbrushed on clothing and wood.

In college, his education at UC Berkeley increased his yearn for art and helped him explore all forms of art and mediums much further than he cared to before. An education in art history, architecture, and psychology assisted his style of art by helping him think further into his intellect and the world he perceived.

After college, he wanted to develop himself as an artist and designer. During that time, many ideas and visions were created and put on the shelf for a later day. That day is now.


Mediums

Tools: Airbrush, Machinery, Watercolors, Acrylics, Oils, Ink, Pencil, Computer
Materials: Canvas, Paper, Wood, Glass, Steel, and more


Education

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Received Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture, May 1994
Received Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art, May 1994
Received Certified Internet Webmaster Certification June 2004


Artistic Style

Collage
My collage style is a mixed media collage of acrylics, pencils, inks, and airbrush paints. I developed my style from creating different objects of similar meaning and purpose and juxtaposing and organically or geometrically arranging them in such a unique way the viewer can understand the complexity and how it all flows together. Nothing is happenstance.

Graffiti (Writing)
Graffiti writing is an art form that many people do not fully understand nor comprehend. Its complexity and style within a simple structure is mind-boggling and/or discouraging to most viewers. My graffiti style is unique because I try to make words come alive and move off the medium and into your mind. Graffiti in its endless capacity is a means of direct expression of word and abstract shape, color, and imagery. I strive to make classic and timeless words that have feeling and emotion.

Painting and Imagery
I would call myself a "conscious fine artist". Whether it is political, social, ethnic, or something else; my purpose for painting is to create imagery that is relevant, rythmic, and powerful. I treat fine art similar to music or dance, in that the sign of the times and my experiences control my fine art and what I decide to express. What you see is what I feel about what is going on today and how it affects me.

Sculpture
Materials and sculpture is my freest for of creative expression and my emotion. My sculpture is from some real image or idea and then, abstracted in such a way that I try to demonstrate the freedom of another world mixing with our reality, creating a deeper visual meaning to our every day lives.

Commissions

Commissioned art is Fine Art for hire. I do commissioned work that can be priced hourly or as per project basis. My commissions include:

Paintings
Sculptures
Drawings
Murals


Projects, Achievements, and Shows

1987 - "Spray Can Art" - first published work in 125 page pictorial of urban art at age 16.

1988 - St. Mary's College High School - designed yearbook, logos, t-shirts, and banners

1989 - St. Mary's College High School - designed yearbook, logos, t-shirts, and banners

1989 - St. Mary’s College High School - received 1st "Pablo Picasso Award" for Art and design

1989 - City of Berkeley - Scholastic Achievement Awards - Received First Prize for Fine Art

1990 - Festival At The Lake - Annual Street Festival in Oakland, Ca. which featured a 15’ x 15’ mural painting

1992 - KMEL "Peace on the Streets Summer Jam Concert" – won first place mural for concert promotion

1989-1994 - University of California at Berkeley Art Museum - displayed current paintings, sculptures, and drawings

1994 - "Graphic Madness" - solo exhibit at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley Campus Art Museum

1994 - Tobacco-Free Bay Area Campaign - displayed 10’ X 10’ anti-smoking mural for a state wide campaign

1996 - "Rage and Beyond" - exhibition of Afro-American artists - participated in exhibit with three artwork pieces.

Explain Gap in Time in Shows

2008 - Pasadena Chalk Festival - Painted Akemulon Descendant in a street chalk competition

2009 - Pasadena Chalk Festival - PaintedBald Eagle in a street chalk competition

2010 - Pasadena Chalk Festival - Painted Avatar Movie Poster in a street chalk competition

2011 - Aerosoul2 Artshow - Oakland California - displayed Burden of Blackness peice in the event.

2011 - Falling Water- Painted The Falling Water residence by Fank Lloyd Wright in a street chalk competition.