James Ming Johnson — Paintings

*In the Vercors*, 2026 Oil and acrylic canvas, 60 × 48 in.

*Way Out West*, 2026 Oil and acrylic canvas, 48 × 60 in.

*The Slowest, Newest Year*, 2026 Oil and acrylic canvas, 36 × 30 in.

*Untitled*, 2026 Oil and acrylic canvas, 16 × 20 in.

*Miguel*, 2026 Oil and acrylic canvas, 14 × 11 in.

*Sweeper Keeper*, 2026 Oil and acrylic canvas, 60 × 48 in.

*Pizza Eater*, 2026 Oil on canvas, 20 × 16 in.

Info

James Ming Johnson is a painter based in South Bend, Indiana. He received an MFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Film & Media Studies from Stanford University.

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Education

2024 MFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design

2021 Post-Baccalaureate Program, Brandeis University

2012 BA, Film & Media Studies, Stanford University

Additional Study

2017–2020 Drawing & Painting, Art Students League of New York, NY

Exhibitions

2026 Around the Bend, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

2024 New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI

RISD MFA Painting Thesis Show, Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA

What Lovers Do: Kept and Being Kept, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY

RISD Graduate Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI

2023 Painting With Butter, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

2022 RISD Painting Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

Coming Home, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA

Out of Service, Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA

2021 Bad Service, Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Awards & Honors

2022–2024 RISD Graduate Fellowship

2022 RISD Materials Fund Grant

Teaching

2022–2024 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design

2021–2022 Teaching Assistant, Brandeis University

Publications

2025 Elena Dallorso, “In questo loft a Soho, ogni volta che torno tutto è come lo avevo lasciato,” Architectural Digest Italia, November 19, 2025