JOHAN ANDRÉN

artist and photographer,
Oslo / Gothenburg



︎    commissioned photography

︎    NEJD Magasin



︎    CV / about

COUSINS


Shown at group degree show Free Education For All; It’s not too late to change your mind, Kunstnernes Hus, May 4th – 14th 2023.

Xerox prints (enlargement of graphite rubbing), wallpaper glue, 200 x 250 cm.

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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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SEE I WHAT SEE YOU, YOU SEE WHAT I SEE


Shown at groupshow The Art of Mirrors, at Atelier Nord, Oslo, March 3rd – 19th 2023, curated by Greg Pope

Digitised 16mm film, shot with prepared 16mm camera, with sound based on the soundtrack of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950), which was the first feature film including shots straight into the sun.

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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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