Johan Andrén
(He/him)
Address: Kunstnernes Hus Atelier (FKDS), Wergelandsveien 17, 0167 Oslo
Floor: 3
Room number: 3
The studio is open Sunday 28 April from 12-17
I remember listening to a radio program several years ago, that attempted to bring together astronomy and philosophical or at least existential themes. The astronomer in the program explained that to get a better image of how space is actually laid out, I could lie down on my back outdoors on a starry night, look up towards the stars but know that it was actually downwards I was looking.
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Photography is central to my practice, I make images with a camera and use found image materials, and often experiment with different analogue techniques. In addition to photography I also use other media: text, publishing, video/film and installation.
Photography, film, installation, publishing, text
Detail of "see I what see You, You see what I see", 16mm film loop (00:43 seconds), 16mm projector, cast tin object (7 x 7 x 1cm), 2023, KHiO White Box.
Cousins, xerox prints (enlargement of graphite rubbing), wallpaper glue, 200 x 250 cm, 2023, Kunsternes Hus.
Detail of untitled work, table top replaced with engraved mirror glass, 60 x 70 x 3cm, 2023, the restaurant at Kunstnernes Hus.
Black Sun 1, solarised silver gelatin print on direct positive photo paper, 6,5 x 5,5cm, 2023, Kunstnernes Hus.
In my studio
In my studio you can get an insight into my daily work in the studio, and works that are in process at the moment: large mural photographs and 16mm film loops with analog projectors.
Planned projects and exhibitions
Spring 2024: trio show (with Naeun Kang and Sara Guldmyr) at Kunstnernes Hus
April 2024: participating in Bergen Art Book Fair, with newly published fanzine
September 2024: solo show, Oslo Prosjektrom
CV
EDUCATION
2021—2023 Master of Fine Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2017 The Expanded Field of the Publication, HDK/Valand Academy
2017 Writing as Artistic Tool, HDK
2014—2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Valand Academy
2016 (autumn) exchange semester at Iceland Academy of Arts
2016 (summer) “Thinking is a kind of movement, like dancing or shaking a fist”, workshop with Annika Larsson, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts
2012—2013 Foundation year in Photography, Gamleby Fotoskola
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS
2023 Between your eye and the other (MFA degree show), White Box, Oslo
2022 SUNBLIND, Skylight, Oslo
2022 NEJD Magasin NR4, NEJD upprepar sig, with David Eng, 3:e Våningen, Gothenburg
2021 Duo exhibition with Vilde Blom, Macken, Malmö
2021 Among Other Things, Galleri Format, Malmö
2020 Den här ytan är viktig för berättelsen, with Moa Gustafsson Söndergaard, NEJD, Gothenburg
2020 Catalogue of Gestures of Power, Third Iteration, by Slåpåkunst at Sosiologisk Poliklinikk, Trondheim, Norway
2017 THINGS ARE NOT JUST THINGS!, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, Norway
2017 My hands are literally shaking, Galleri 54 Peepshow, Gothenburg
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Upplaga 5—helg för självpublikation, NEJD, Gothenburg
2023 Free Education for All; It’s Not Too Late to Change Your Mind (MFA group degree show), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2023 The Art of Mirrors, Atelier Nord, Oslo
2022 Fotobok Ggb, Litteraturhuset, Gothenburg
2022 Waiting to go upstairs, Akademirommet, Oslo
2022 BLOOM_, Vulkano, Gothenburg
2021 Use your heart as a phone, Interkulturelt Museum, Oslo
2020 Upplaga 3—helg för självpublikation, NEJD, Gothenburg
2020 Le Book Club, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
PUBLICATIONS
2023 LUNANUNA, self-published zine
2022 NEJD Magasin NR3 “NEJD upprepar sig”, edited and art directed with David Eng
2021 Work published in Atla On Paper, third issue Forbindelser
2020 Like a mirror, like the still surface of the sea, like no thing at all, self-published zine
2020 NEJD Magasin NR2 “NEJD blickar mot rymden”, edited and art directed with David Eng
2020 Korrespondens / Den här ytan är viktig för berättelsen, self-published artist book with Moa Gustafsson Söndergaard
2019 Nånting om fotografi, self-published zine
2019 NEJD Magasin NR1 “NEJD publicerar tidning”, edited and art directed with David Eng
2018 Månen speglar sig inte två gånger i samma flod, self-published zine
2017 Work published in New Magazine, Shape Issue
2015 Hjärtligt Välkomna, self-published photobook with Isa Andersson and Kristofer Gullard Lindgren
2015 Work published in Valand Academy Yearbook
2013 Pangea, self-puplished artist book, together with the class at Gamleby Fotoskola
SELECTED GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & COMMISSIONS
2024 Establishing Grant, City of Oslo
2023 Studio grant at Kunstnernes Hus, FKDS
2023 Miscellaneous Grant for Newly Graduated Artists, Arts and Culture Norway
2022 Mobility funding, Nordic Culture Point
2021 Pronto project support, City of Gothenburg
2021 Public art commission by Kalmar Region
2020 K-pengar, KulturUngdom
2020 One year working grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2020 Two months residency at LKV, Norway
2019 Travel grant, IASPIS
2019 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2019 Wilhelm & Martina Lundgrens stiftelser
2018 Two week residency at artist run space Tomma Rum, Sweden
2017 K-pengar, KulturUngdom
OTHER
2017— One of two founders and one of four artists running NEJD, independent art collective and gallery/music scene in Gothenburg