![]() At this time she met fellow-artists Kenneth Noland, David Smith (sculptor), Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Philip Guston and Joseph Cornell. Her Bennington instructor, Tony Smith (sculptor), was a close friend and her art-history professor, Eugene Goossen, a mentor and later her husband. Through her contacts at Bennington, Johanson became part of the 1960s New-York art-world. As a high school student, she excelled at music, but at Bennington College (1958–1962) she was a painting major. Her mother, a former model, introduced her to the arts. ![]() She grew up in New York City, where she spent countless hours in Frederick Law Olmsted parks. ![]() Johanson's enthusiasm for nature and for art began in childhood. Her early paintings and sculptures are part of Minimalism. These project designs date from 1969, making her a pioneer in the field of ecological-art (or eco-art.) Johanson's work has also been classified as Land Art, Environmental Art, Site-specific Art and Garden Art. She designs her functional art projects, created with and in the natural landscape, to solve infrastructure and environmental problems, but also to reconnect city-dwellers with nature and with the history of a place. ![]() Johanson is known for her large-scale art projects that create aesthetic and practical habitats for humans and wildlife. Patricia Johanson (born September 8, 1940, New York City) is an American artist. Bennington College Hunter College CCNY Architecture School ![]()
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