Robert Johansson (SE)
Born 1977 in Grums, Sweden
Lives and works in Moss/ Oslo, Norway
Current and upcoming projects
2024-2025 Reiser og ruiner, with Jenny Ueland, Tankeplass 2, Innlandet fylkeskommune/ county council, Vinstra, NO
2025 Natura stuccatura, installation, Bøler library, Oslo, NO
2023-2027 Committee member of NMBU art council, Ås, NO
2023-2025 Project manager & producer, KORO- Public Art Norway
Public art
2024 Saturnia pavonia, Narvik helsehus/ Nye UNN, Mesén, Narvik municipality & Helsebygg HF, NO
2022 Domus meus, Sommerlystvegen barne- og avlastningsboliger, Tromsø municipality, NO
2021 Ephemeros, Holen skole, Laksevåg, Bergen municipality, NO
2021 In presentia, Fergevegen bofellesskap, Tromsø municipality, NO
2019 Aureum agri, Nye Hoppern skole & flerbrukshall, Jeløya, Nye Moss municipality, NO
2018 Strövtåg, Kongsvinger ungdomsskole (junior high school), Kongsvinger municipality, NO
2017 Mikado, temporary outdoor art project in Mo i Rana, initiated by Nordnorsk kunstnersenter, NO
2016 Cambia imago, Senja videregående skole (high school) avd Finnfjordbotn, Troms fylkeskommune/ county council, NO
2015 Stratum, Nytt operationshus (New Surgery Hospital), Karlstad, Landstinget/ Region Värmland, SE
2011 Inaugura, Boston Harbor Arts,, Massachussetts, USA
2009 In situ, Våler ungdomsskole (junior high school), Hedmark, Våler municpality & KORO Public Art Norway,
Art consultant/ producer
2014-2024 Art consultant together with Trond Hugo Haugen, Campus Ås, KORO-Public Art Norway
2021-2024 Committee member of LES 12 KORO/ Public Art Norway
2021-2023 Løkenåsveien 45, Lørenskog municipality, NO
2015-2018 Nedre Foss park, Oslo municipality, NO
2015-2016 Research & production of sculptures by Siri Anker Aurdal at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2014-2015 Roundabout E18 Sydhavna, Oslo Havn KF and Statens Vegvesen, NO
2013-2014 Bok og blueshuset Notodden together with Yngvild Færøy, KORO and Notodden municipality, NO
2013-2014 Godlia skole, Oslo municipality, NO
Exhibitions (*=group show)
2023 I skogen, installation Alsters herrgård, Konstfrämjandet Värmland, & Karlstad municipality, SE
2023 Daywalkers, performance with Stine Kvam & Eric Medeiros, Spikersuppa lydgalleri, Oslo, NO
2022 Vandringer, gesamtkunstwerk, Theodor Kittelsens kunstnerhjem Lauvlia, Buskerudmuseet, NO
collaboration with philosopher Kamilla Freyr and curator Per Gunnar Eeg Tverbakk
2022 Stuckaturer i marknivå, Kolonin, Arvika, SE
2019 KLIMALAB*, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, NO, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2019 Bergen Atelier Gruppe- BAG 10 year show*, USF Verftet, Bergen, NO
2018 Dark drawn*, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation, Vilnius, Lithuania. Curator: Ian Damerell. Organized by NIDA Art Colony
2015 Bergsdikt, Oslo Utmark, NO collaboration with Jan Hakon Erichsen, curator Jørund Aase Falkenberg
2015 Träd*, The Museum of Drawings/ Teckningsmuséet, Laholm, SE
2014 Värmlands konstförenings konstsalong*, Slottsbrons konstförening, SE
2013 Nordnorsk kunstnersenter, Svolvær, NO, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2013 Lemniskate, Frantz Navle, Bergen, NO
2013 Solo show, Nils Aas kunstverksted, Inderøy, NO
2012 Pine Pitch Aether, Kunstbanken, Hamar, NO
2012 Solo show, Värmland Museum, Karlstad, SE
2011 Ocularum, Window Box, Pushwagner Gallery, Oslo, NO
2011 Acting on a tip*, Grünerløkka kunsthall, Oslo, NO
2010 Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels
Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim, NO, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2010 Hotch Potch*, LX Factory, Lisboa, Portugal
2010 Jagd und Räuberei, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde, NO, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2010 Taking down heaven*, Alma Löv Museum, Östra Ämtervik, SE
2010 Transit Station*, Copenhagen, DK, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2010 Nos fables, SP Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2009 Mørketid, Tromsø kunstforening, NO, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2009 #1*, Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, NO
2009 Portræt Nu*, Frediksborgs Slot, DK
2009 Volta, Falkenbergs museum, SE, with Per Brunskog, Debora Elgeholm & Susanne Vollmer
2009 Fly, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
2008 Anonyme Zeichner no.9*, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2008 Tou Works 2, Tou Scene, Stavanger, NO
2008 Fly, Porsgrunn Kunstforening, NO
2008 Urban Jealousy /1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran*, IR
2008 Østlandsutstillingen*, NO
2008 Anonyme Zeichner no.8*, Blütenweiss, Berlin, DE
2007 Organ 3*, Oslo, NO
2007 Call of the Wild, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, DE, performance with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2007 The Spring Show*, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
2006 Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, SE
2006 Nuevo Estocolmo*, Södertälje Konsthall, SE
2005 Tour Grandia*, Stockholm, SE
2004 Salong 100*, Oslo, NO
2003 Galleri Thomasson*, Gothenburg, SE
2003 JAGA, Kurzbauergasse, Vienna, AU, collaboration with Sebastian Mathias Kretzschmar
2002 One Day Stands, Galleri ID:I, Stockholm, SE, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2002 Ende flere triks, Kuben, Stockholm, SE, with Jan Hakon Erichsen
2002 A Tall Story, Galleri 21:24, Oslo, NO
Performances and exhibitions in collaboration with Vanna Bowles
2008 The 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, CH
2006-2007 Sweet Punch: Recent Nordic Video*:
-New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington, NZ
-The Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ
-Te tuhi - The Mark, Auckland, NZ
2006 ARS 06, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
2005 NORWYDEO*, ATA, San Francisco, USA
2005 Mera kropp, Pilotgalleriet, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm, DKS performance tour in ten schools in Akershus county, NO
2004 Mera kropp, Kunstbanken, Hamar, NO
2004 Kroppens tunna skal, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, SE
2004 Fra kaos til kosmos*, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, NO
2004 The Graduation Show*, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, NO
2003 TESTOMONY, Kunstbanken, Hamar, NO
2002 Pugnae Spectaculum, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
Collections
Region Värmland, SE
Falkenberg municipality, SE
Gothenburg municipality, SE
Lørenskog municipality, NO
Pilotgalleriet, Akershus kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm, NO
Södertälje municipality, SE
Private collections
Grants, awards and residencies
2023, 2005, 2004 International support, Office for Contemporary Art, NO
2022 Misc. grant, Oslo municipality, NO
2021 Project support, BKH- Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond, NO
2021 Project support, Arts Council Norway
2021 Project support, Sparebankstiftelsen, NO
2019, 2014, 2011 1 year working grant, Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond, NO
2016 Misc. grant, Government Grants for Artists, NO
2013, 2011 Project support, Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond, NO
2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2004 Exhibition grant, Arts Council Norway
2012 Utsira lighthouse residency, NO
2011, 2010 Mobility support, Nordic Culture Point
2008 Best work award, The 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, CH
2007 Villa Bergshyddan, residency, Stockholm, SE
2006 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, SE
2006 Selvaag travel grant, NO
2005-2006 2 years working grant, Government Grants for Artists, NO
2005 & 2006 Travel grant, Sleipnir, The Nordic Countries
2005 2 months residency, NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art), Helsinki, FI
2003 Material grant, Government Grants for Artists, NO
2003 Grums Municipality Culture Prize, SE
2002 & 2003 Gustaf och Signe Widéns Stiftelse, SE
2001 & 2002 Disponent Chr. Storjohanns Stiftelse, SE
Education
2000-2004 The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, NO
2003 Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, AU
1998-2000 The Nordic Art School, Kokkola, FI
1996-1998 Falkenberg Art School, SE
Publications
2019 Vi skal elske naturen, Else Matilde Lund, Museumsnytt, 1 Oct
2018 Transcenduojantis pieštukas (Transcending pencil), Agnė Narušytė, 7MD, review of the show Dark Drawn (in Lithuanian)
2015 Arkaisk og omformet, essay in Norwegian for Oslo Utmark by Arve Rød, 2 Oct
2013 Norrøn romantikk, Erik Friis Reitan, 2 February, Artscenetrondheim, NO
2012 Tyst skog, Rolf Zandén, 31 March, Tidningen Kulturen, SE
2012 Både skrämmande och fascinerande, Jonna Säll, 22 March, Nya Wermlands-Tdningen, SE
2010 Förvirringen gör ingenting, Dan Backman, 29 July, Svenska Dagbladet, SE
2010 Transitstation Copenhagen 2010, Per Brunskog, 28 April, www.konsten.net, SE
2010 Myter och hot, Niels Hebert, 28 Jan, www.omkonst.com, SE
2009 Lys i mørket, Hanne Hammer Stien, Billedkunst no. 7, NO
2008 The Physics Room Annual 2006, NZ
2008 Värmländsk seger i Peking, Lena Bonnevier, 16 August, Värmlands Folkblad, SE
2008 What is olympic art? Melinda Liu, 16 July, Newsweek, U.S. Edition
2008 The Album of the 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, CH
2008 Østlandsutstillingen, catalogue, text by Per Brunskog, NO
2007 Everything is connected , Mark Hamilton, 23 February, The Dominion Post, NZ
2006 ARS 06 catalogue, text by Per Brunskog, FI
2006 Utflukt, magazine, no. 1, NO
2005 Interactions in three works by Vanna Bowles and Robert Johansson, 60 points essay in Swedish, Per Brunskog, Lund University, SE
2004 Atlet - Idrettens egen kulturkrønike, Tom Tande & Marie Fongaard Seim, NO
2004 Djuriskt på gymmet, Joar Tiberg, 13 June, Aftonbladet, SE
2004 Fysisk kunst, Mona Larsen, 14 May, Dagsavisen, NO
2003 Instant Performance, Ingunn Knudsen, Kunst, no. 4, NO
2002 Knock en illustrasjon på modernismen, Christer Dynna, Billedkunst, no. 4, NO