ABOUT

Baltimore based artist Teddy Johnson received his BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, his MFA in drawing and painting from the University of Georgia, and studied painting and Italian Art for a year in Cortona, Italy. His paintings have been exhibited publicly in galleries such as the Fay Gold Gallery and the Bill Lowe Gallery, and UnionDocs in the United States. His paintings have also been exhibited in group shows in Italy and Korea. His Illustrations have frequently appeared in Baltimore’s Indypendent Reader where he was a member of the editorial staff from 2007-2009. He currently teaches Art at both Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD. He has also taught at The University of Georgia and Shepherd University. His paintings play with the traditions of Western narrative painting as a forum to explore human psychology, color, and contemporary culture.