A native of San Jose, California, Chris Johanson is a visual artist based in the Mission district of San Francisco. He typically creates site-specific sculptural installations, which include figurative images, candid yet humorously-written commentary that collectively addresses salient issues, from personal relationships to world events with a sense of humor, to represent varied social and economic realities of life in urban San Francisco. In recent years, Johanson’s work, along with the work of other artists of the “Mission School,” has become one of the most identifiable aspects of contemporary art in the San Francisco Bay Area for its highly personal and activist-like visual vocabulary. He participated in the current Whitney Biennial and is working on exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Vienna, Tokyo, and San Francisco.