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Robert Johansson
Born 1977 in Grums, Sweden
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Upcoming exhibitons and projects
2009 Commission at Våler school, Norway
2009 Transit Station, Copenhagen, Denmark, collaboration with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2009 Volta, Falkenbergs museum, Sweden, with Per Brunskog, Debora Elgeholm & Susanne Vollmer
2009 Fly, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Exhibitions (*=group exhibition)
2008 Anonyme Zeichner no.9*, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2008 Tou Works 2, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
2008 Fly, Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Norway
2008 Urban Jealousy /1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran*, Iran
2008 Østlandsutstillingen*, Norway
2008 Anonyme Zeichner no.8*, Blütenweiss, Berlin, Germany
2007 Organ 3*, Oslo
2007 Call of the Wild, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany, performance with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2007 The Spring Show*, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2006 Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
2006 Nuevo Estocolmo*, Södertälje Konsthall, Sweden
2005 Tour Grandia*, Grandia, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Salong 100*, Oslo, Norway
2003 Galleri Thomasson*, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 JAGA, Kurzbauergasse, Vienna, Austria, collaboration with Sebastian Mathias Kretzschmar
2002 One Day Stands, Galleri ID:I, Stockholm, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2002 Ende flere triks, Kuben, Stockholm, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2002 A Tall Story, Galleri 21:24, Oslo, Norway
Performances and exhibitions in collaboration with Vanna Bowles
2008 The 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, China
Sweet Punch: Recent Nordic Video, tour 2006-2007:
-New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington, NZ
-The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
-te tuhi - The Mark, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 ARS 06, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2005 NORWYDEO*, ATA, San Francisco, USA
2005 Mera kropp, Pilotgalleriet, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm, performance tour in ten schools in Akershus county, Norway
2004 Mera kropp, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway
2004 Kroppens tunna skal, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
2004 Fra kaos til kosmos*, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
2004 The Graduation Show*, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
2003TESTOMONY, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway
2002 Pugnae Spectaculum, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Publications
2008 The Physics Room Annual 2006, New Zealand
2008Värmländsk seger i Peking, Lena Bonnevier, 16 August, Värmlands Folkblad, Sweden
2008 What is olympic art? Melinda Liu, 16 July, Newsweek, U.S. Edition
2008 The Album of the 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, China
2008 Østlandsutstillingen, catalogue, text by Per Brunskog, Norway
2007 Everything is connected , Mark Hamilton, 23 February, The Dominion Post, New Zealand
2006 ARS 06 catalogue, text by Per Brunskog, Finland
2006 Utflukt, magazine, no.1, Norway
2005 Interactions in three works by Vanna Bowles and Robert Johansson, 60 points essay in Swedish, Per Brunskog, Lund University, Sweden
2004 Atlet - Idrettens egen kulturkrønike, Tom Tande & Marie Fongaard Seim, Norway
2004 Djuriskt på gymmet, Joar Tiberg, 13 June, Aftonbladet, Sweden
2004 Fysisk kunst, Mona Larsen,14 May, Dagsavisen, Norway
2003 Instant Performance, Ingunn Knudsen, Kunst, no. 4 Norway
2002 Knock en illustrasjon på modernismen, Christer Dynna, Billedkunst, no. 4, Norway
Collections
2008 Pilotgalleriet, Akershus kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm, Norway
2006 Gothenburg municipality, Sweden
2006 Södertälje municipality, Sweden
Grants and awards
2008 Best work award, The 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, China
2007 Exhibition grant, Arts Council Norway
2007 Villa Bergshyddan, residency, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Selvaag travel grant, Norway
2005-2006 2 years working grant, Government Grants for Artists, Norway
2005 & 2006 Sleipnir, travel grant, The Nordic Countries
2005 2 months residency, NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art), Helsinki, Finland
2004 & 2005International support, Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
2004 Exhibition grant, Arts Council Norway
2003 Material grant, Government Grants for Artists, Norway
2003 Grums Municipality Culture Prize, Sweden
2002 & 2003 Gustaf och Signe Widéns Foundation, Sweden
2001& 2002 Disponent Chr. Storjohanns Foundation, Sweden
Education
2000-2004 The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
2003 Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
1998-2000 The Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland
1996-1998 Falkenberg Art School, Sweden