JOHAN ANDRÉN

artist and photographer,
Oslo / Gothenburg




︎    CV / about

︎    commissioned photography


BETWEEN YOUR EYE AND THE OTHER


MFA degree solo show, at White Box, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, March 10th – 19th 2023.

“A ray of light is sent from the Apache Point Observatory on Earth towards the Moon, on the face of the moon the light hits a mirror and is then reflected back to the Earth.”

Digital projection, 16mm film projection loop, graphite rubbings, risograph prints, mirror, publication.

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TO SEE IS TO EXPOSE ONESELF TO LIGHT, TO LET ONESELF BE IMPRESSED BY THE WORLD


Shown at BLOOM_, a groupshow at Vulkano, Gothenburg, May 6th – 7th 2022.

Unique silver gelatin prints with direct positive paper, artist built frames. Series of 5 prints, each print: 10 x 12,5cm, frame: 31 x 38,5 x 2,5cm.

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SUNBLIND


Solo show at Skylight, Oslo, April 13th 2022 (opened an hour before sunset, closed an hour after the sun had set). 

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NEJD MAGASIN NR4 “NEJD UPPREPAR SIG”


An attempt at making the editorial process of the publication NEJD Magasin into a spatial and curatorial one. Created and produced together with David Eng, around themes of repetetive acts, reiterations and collecting. At 3e Våningen, Gothenburg, January 29th – February 19th 2022.

Gesamtkunsverk / immersive spatial installation, consisting of artist built wall structure, found objects and individual works (sculpture, drawing, photography, video, sound and performance) by artists Johan Andrén, Ingvild Bertelsen, Vilde Blom, David Eng, Hanna Larsson, Longest Night (Anna Ehrlemark and Mileta Mijatovic) and Anton Josephson.

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KAN JAG PEKA PÅ EN STJÄRNA ÅT DIG? (CAN I POINT TO A STAR FOR YOU?)


Visual essay wtih a starting point in Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon, and contradictory eye witness accounts. Published in NEJD Magasin NR3 “NEJD KORRESPONDERAR”, January 2022.


Visual essay, 6 pages, each page 169 x 239mm.

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