Where did Jasper Johns live?



Where did Jasper Johns live growing up?

rural South Carolina

Born in 1930 in Augusta, Georgia, Jasper Johns grew up in rural South Carolina and lived with his paternal grandparents after his parents divorced when he was only a toddler.

Where does Jasper Johns live today?





Sharon, Connecticut

In 1963, Johns and Cage founded the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, now known as the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York City. Johns currently lives in Sharon, Connecticut, and on the island of Saint Martin.

Where does Jasper Johns live in CT?

Sharon, Connecticut

Jasper Johns has big plans for his home and studio in Sharon, Connecticut—and the town is officially on board. Following his death, the artist plans to transform his pastoral property, where he has lived since the 1990s, into an artists’ retreat, providing a live-work space for 18 to 24 artists at a time.



What year did Jasper Johns move to New York?



1948

He began drawing as a young child, and from the age of five knew he wanted to be an artist. For three semesters he attended the University of South Carolina at Columbia, where his art teachers urged him to move to New York, which he did in late 1948.