Artist Mitchell Johnson opens 2026 with two exhibits in San Francisco

Menlo Park artist Mitchell Johnson opens 2026 exhibiting 18 large scale paintings at two San Francisco locations.

• Large New England Landscapes (Selected Paintings 2008-2025); 425 Market Street, San Francisco / January 4–April 3, 2026
• Giant Abstract and Landscape Works (Selected Paintings 2012-2025); 555 California Street, San Francisco / January 11–April 10, 2026

At 425 Market Street, the exhibition focuses on New England where Johnson has been making regular painting trips since 2005. Views include Cape Porpoise, Maine and Cape Cod.

At 555 California Street eleven, 78 x120 inch canvases, show the breadth of Johnson’s work. “Race Point Bench” 2025, inspired by DeChirico and Morandi is installed alongside the abstract work “Tokyo,” 2012-2014. In a very meta moment, the 555 California exhibit will feature two SF cityscapes which incorporate the building itself.

Mitchell Johnson’s paintings are in 700 private collections and the permanent collections of 40 museums. His work has been the subject of two museum retrospectives. An exhibition of his small paintings will be on view in Paris at Galerie Mercier, March, 2026.

More information is available at http://www.mitchelljohnson.com.

Painting shown is “From 450 Sutter,” 2012-2014, 78×120 inches, oil/canvas