JOHAN ANDRÉN

artist and photographer,
Oslo / Gothenburg



︎    commissioned photography

︎    NEJD Magasin



︎    CV / about

︎            Artist and photographer. Born 1991 in Sweden, working between Oslo, Norway and Gothenburg, Sweden.
︎            mail (at) johanandren.se

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Member of The Artists’ Association of Sweden (KRO), and Forbundet Frie Fotografer. 

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EDUCATION

2021—2023     Master of Fine Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2014—2017     Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Valand Academy
2016                 exchange semester at Iceland Academy of Arts
2012—2013     Foundation year in Photography, Gamleby Fotoskola

2017                 The Expanded Field of the Publication, HDK/Valand Academy
2017                 Writing as Artistic Tool, HDK
2016                 "Thinking is a kind of movement, like dancing or shaking a fist", workshop with Annika Larsson, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS

2024     Ögonhåla, Orbit, at Oslo Prosjektrom
2024     Strangers, Friends and You, trio show with Naeun Kang and Sara Guldmyr at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
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
2016     A Glass, a Mirror, a Pair of Glasses, Galleri Rotor2, Gothenburg
2015     Regarding Meaning, with Ingvild Davidsen and Sebastián Cruz, Galleri Rotor2, Gothenburg
2015     Hjärtligt Välkomna, exhibition and book release with Isa Andersson and Kristofer Gullard Lindgren, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024     Athens Art Book Fair
2024     Upplaga 6—helg för självpublikation, NEJD, Gothenburg
2024     Kunstbokmessen B*stard
2024     Bergen Art Book Fair
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
2019     HANDS UP!, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway
2019     Upplaga 2—afton för självpublikation, NEJD, Gothenburg
2019     Rising Action, Klimax, Stockholm
2019     Konstrukt, NEJD, Gothenburg
2018     Upplaga 1—afton för självpublikation, NEJD, Gothenburg
2017     Opening of NEJD, NEJD, Gothenburg
2017     The Absence of Something is Not Enough (BFA degree show), Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
2017     How to Make a Hug, Gallery Rotor2, Gothenburg
2016     The Waiting Room, Landspitali University Hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland
2016     My Hands are Literally Shaking, Umeå
2016     Formerly Known As, A-venue, Gothenburg
2015     CREATION COLLECTION CURATION, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg
2015     Story on Story (GIBCA Extended), Alingsås Museum, Alingsås
2015     take two (Copenhagen Photo Festival), Galleri Krebsen, Copenhagen
2014     Today’s Pop-Up Show, Gothenburg
2014     ARCHIVE / ME, Gallery Entrance, Gothenburg
2014     B.Y.O.B., Konsthallen, Gothenburg
2013     En evighet, en kort sekund, Gamleby

PUBLICATIONS

2024     They Shone White and Small, right above the Lonely Graves, self-published zine
2024     I blindo, med händerna trevande framför mig, self-published artst book
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

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & COMMISSIONS

2024     Norwegian Photographic Fund
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
2016     Travel grant, Adlerbertska Foundations
2016     K-pengar, KulturUngdom
2014     Kulturstöd för unga, Stockholms stad

OTHER

2017—2020    One of two founders and one of four artists running NEJD, independent art collective and gallery/music scene in Gothenburg