Gregory Johnson
was born January
30, 1955, in
Chicago Illinois.
His early training
includes the
Art Institute
of Chicago and
tutoring by
several world-class
artists. An
art scholarship
sent him to
Bowling Green
State University
in Ohio in 1973.
Later, after
winning the
Elizabeth Stein
Award of Art
Excellence Scholarship,
he traveled
to Illinois
State University,
where he studied
sculpture, painting,
and art history
for the following
six years. After
graduating from
ISU with a Masters
of Science in
Art, he began
his chosen career
as an artist.
His work has
sold well in
the gallery
environment,
and resulted
in numerous
awards, commissions,
reviews and
one-man exhibitions.
In 1981 he
moved to the
Southeast to
begin his career
anew. The region
offered many
new challenges
and sites to
paint. His first
art exhibitions
in Atlanta were
received very
well, resulting
in the establishment
of the artist’s
first studio
in north Georgia.
Johnson has
created public
art works in
Cumming-Forsyth
County, Blairsville-Union
County, Blue
Ridge-Fannin
County, Dahlonegha-Lumpkin
County, Athens
Classic Center,
Fayetteville,
Thomaston,
Barnesville,
State of Georgia
Botanical
Gardens, and
Gainesville.
Other works
are located
in numerous
museums, and
corporate
and private
collections
throughout the
United States,
Europe, Costa
Rica, and
the Middle East.
Currently,
the artist resides
in Forsyth County,
Georgia with
his wife Jane
and family where
he professionally
pursues his
career of making
art.
The
Blairsville Sculpture
Garden is a cooporative
of the Blairsville
Union Chamber of
Commerce, The Downtown
Development Authority
of Blairsville,
the City of Blairsville,
and various private
businesses. The
Sculpture Garden
is also sponsored
in part by the Grassroots
Arts Program of
the Georgia Council
for the Arts through
the appropriations
of the Georgia General
Assembly and in
partnership with
Sustainable Arts
Society, Inc. The
Grassroots Arts
Program provides
funds to support
art activities
and encourage local
collaborations
between artists
and arts organizations.
Gregory Johnson
was born January
30, 1955, in
Chicago Illinois.
His early training
includes the
Art Institute
of Chicago and
tutoring by
several world-class
artists. An
art scholarship
sent him to
Bowling Green
State University
in Ohio in 1973.
Later, after
winning the
Elizabeth Stein
Award of Art
Excellence Scholarship,
he traveled
to Illinois
State University,
where he studied
sculpture, painting,
and art history
for the following
six years. After
graduating from
ISU with a Masters
of Science in
Art, he began
his chosen career
as an artist.
His work has
sold well in
the gallery
environment,
and resulted
in numerous
awards, commissions,
reviews and
one-man exhibitions. 