Per Johnny Kristiansen was born in Norway in 1965. He took part time classes in drawing and painting in his hometown and was enrolled in the T. Ramberg studio in Steinkjer, Norway, from 1999 - 2001. Per Johnny began his studies at The Florence Academy of Art in January 2002. He completed his three-year painting certificate and fourth year of specialization in painting in December 2005. He participated in a juried exhibition in Tromsø, Norway in November 2005, in the Second Annual Alumni Exhibit in Florence in 2006 and in a group exhibit at the W.H. Patterson Gallery in London in 2006. He lives and works in his hometown in Norway

“In our modern world with all our new technology I strongly believe in our inheritance from the past, and what can be focused on in figurative painting today. If one learns from all the gifted masters from the past, then I believe it is possible for painters to do great work also in the future. Surrounded with a all kinds of modern art, my path into the future is very clear with figurative realism, even if it is very difficult.”