The approach of Michael Johansson (1977) is one of collecting, organizing, stacking and puzzling. He gives everyday objects he brings together a new form and context in his sculptures and installations
Johansson visits flea markets and thrift shops to collect old televisions, transistor radios, video recorders and other equipment He proceeds to arrange them by color and brings them all together into one new object. His artworks are also dubbed ‘real-life Tetris'. He constructs these sculptures not only for museum exhibitions all over the world, but also in public spaces, such as in alleys and porches.
Johansson visits flea markets and thrift shops to collect old televisions, transistor radios, video recorders and other equipment He proceeds to arrange them by color and brings them all together into one new object. His artworks are also dubbed ‘real-life Tetris'. He constructs these sculptures not only for museum exhibitions all over the world, but also in public spaces, such as in alleys and porches.
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MICHAEL JOHANSSON (Trollhättan, 1975)
2003-2005 Malmö Art Academy (SE) [M.F.A.]
2000-2003 Art Academy in Trondheim (NO) [B.F.A.]
2003 Royal College of Art, Stockholm (SE)
2002 Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (DE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2018 Galerie Ramakers The Hague (NL)
Galerie Massimo Carasi – The Flat, Milaan (IT)
Fifi Projects , San Pedro (MX)
2017 Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
National Designmuseum kunsthuset Stockholm (SE)
2016 Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup (SE)
2015 Swedish Democracy, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki (FI)
2014 Relocation, RAKE visningsrom, Trondheim (NO)
Familiar Abstractions, Värmlands Museum, Karlstad (SE)
Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
2013 Parallella Historier, Konsthallen Trollhättan (SE)
Familiar Abstractions, Vigeland-museet, Oslo (NO)
2012 Still Lifes, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT)
Luleå Konsthall, Luleå (SE)
Familiar Abstractions, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT)
2010 Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
2009 Frameworks, Østfold Kunstnersenter/Galleri ØKS, Fredrikstad (NO) *
Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup (SE)
Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm (NO) *
2008 Cuboids. Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunt, Trondheim (NO) *
1,5m2, 21m2, Stavanger (NO)
Strings Attached, Nordin Gallery, Stockholm (SE) *
Strings Attached, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Svolvaer (NO)
2007 Monolit, Bastard, Oslo (NO)
Some Assembly Required, Galleri Mors Mössa, Göteborg (SE)
Engine Bought Separately, Galleri S:t Gertrud, Malmö (SE)
2006 FILM – Short Cuts, Neon, Brösarp (SE)
2005 ”…one more time”, CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö (SE)
”Oops, I did it again…”, Master’s Exhibition, Galleri PEEP, Malmö (SE)
Wind of Change, PICTURA, Lund (SE)
2004 KMRIICSH (with Kristina Lenard), Vladimit Nazor Gallery, Zagreb (HR)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2018 Art Rotterdam Galerie Ramakers
Museo Archeologico e d´arte della maremma, Grosseto (IT)
Christinehams Konstmuseum Stockholm (SE)
2017 Volta art fair Basel (Galerie Ramakers)
“abstracted| Aeroplastics Brussels in cooperation with Galerie Ramakers
Galleri Christoffer Egelund (DK)
Mapping Berlin, Galerie Wedding Berlin (DE)
2016 Galerie Hartwich Rügen, Berlin (DE) upcoming Sept
Colours of the Season, Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
Fifi Projects, San Pedro (MX)
2015 Samling, Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup (SE)
2014 Sand in Vaseline, Black Market, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin (DE)
Samlarens Blick, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla (SE)
Metropolitan Kitchen Gardens, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT)
2013 Baltic Sea Record 2013, Stadtgalerie Kiel (DE)
Yes Naturally, GEM/Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (NL)
2012 Imaginary Travels, Amerika Haus, Berlin (DE)
Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama (JP)
Museiparken Karlstad (SE)
Point Blank - Mikser on Belef, Geozavod, Belgrade (RS)
Scratch my name on your arm..., Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, (SE)
Déjà vu – Contemporary Art from Malmö Art Museum's Collection, Turku Art Museum (FI)
2011 ARTISTAS, Galeria Filomea Soares, Lisbon (PT)
Space Invaders, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen (DK)
Norsk Skulpturbiennale, Vigelandmuseet, Oslo (NO)
La Vie Mode d'Emploi, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (BE)
Witte de With Straat Festival, Rotterdam (NL)
Container Architektur, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf (DE)
2010 Spår, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, (SE)
Moscow International Biennial for Young Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (RU)
Pastiche: When a Tree Falls in the Forest..., Sølyst Castle Park, Jyderup (DK)
Utan titel, Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad (SE)
2009 Space Invaders, FACT, Liverpool (UK)
Northern Lights and White Russians, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå (SE)
Truth or Dare, Århus Kunstbygning, Århus (DK)
Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (SE)
2008 Galleri Flach+Thulin, Stockholm (SE)
PRESENT, Alma Löv Museum, Ö Ämtervik (SE)
The View Outside, cameracartell - Scenario 1, Elektrohaus, Hamburg (DE)
2007 Pumphusets Konsthall, Landskrona (SE)
Samling, Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup (SE)
2006 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
P.A.N.K 2006, Marabouparken, Stockholm (SE)
2005 Polyfonia, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, (FI)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris (FR)
LOOP-05, Barcelona (ES)
No Volvo, No Bergman, No Blix: New Swedish Video, Monkeytown, New York (US)
2004 Who´s the storyteller?, Landmark - Bergen Art Museum, Bergen (NO)
2003 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
Who´s the storyteller?, Kiasma, Helsinki (FI)
Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim (NO)
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2016 Some Assembly Required – Fire Fighter Starter Kit, Station City, Helsingborg (SE)
Some Assembly Required – Living Room, Smestad Gjenbruksstation, Oslo (NO)
2015 KUBIKK, Sydhavna, Oslo Hamn (NO)
Shelf Life, Levanger ungdomsskole, Levanger (NO)
Förskolan Nytorps Mosse, Huddinge (SE)
2014 Echo, Aust-Agder kulturhistoriske senter, Arendal (NO)
Rep-tiles, Brunnsängsskolan, Södertälje (SE)
Tetris, Notodden Bok- og Blueshus (NO)
2013 Some Assembly Required, UMAS, Region Skåne, Malmö (SE)
Tetris, SUS, Region Skåne, Lund (SE)
2012 Past Forward, State Theatre, Sydney (AU)
2011 Some Assembly Required - Hard Hat Diving. Statens Konstråd, Karlskrona (SE)
2010 Rubiks Kurve, Svartlamon (NO)
2007 Some Assembly Required, within P.A.N.K 2006, Hallonbergen Centrum, Stockholm (SE)
COLLECTIONS
Art Council Norway
Museum Voorlinden
Malmö Konstmuseum
Aegon Kunstcollectie
Örnsköldsviks Museum & Konsthall
The Von Bartha Collection
Many private collections
2003-2005 Malmö Art Academy (SE) [M.F.A.]
2000-2003 Art Academy in Trondheim (NO) [B.F.A.]
2003 Royal College of Art, Stockholm (SE)
2002 Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (DE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2018 Galerie Ramakers The Hague (NL)
Galerie Massimo Carasi – The Flat, Milaan (IT)
Fifi Projects , San Pedro (MX)
2017 Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
National Designmuseum kunsthuset Stockholm (SE)
2016 Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup (SE)
2015 Swedish Democracy, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki (FI)
2014 Relocation, RAKE visningsrom, Trondheim (NO)
Familiar Abstractions, Värmlands Museum, Karlstad (SE)
Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
2013 Parallella Historier, Konsthallen Trollhättan (SE)
Familiar Abstractions, Vigeland-museet, Oslo (NO)
2012 Still Lifes, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT)
Luleå Konsthall, Luleå (SE)
Familiar Abstractions, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT)
2010 Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
2009 Frameworks, Østfold Kunstnersenter/Galleri ØKS, Fredrikstad (NO) *
Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup (SE)
Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm (NO) *
2008 Cuboids. Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunt, Trondheim (NO) *
1,5m2, 21m2, Stavanger (NO)
Strings Attached, Nordin Gallery, Stockholm (SE) *
Strings Attached, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Svolvaer (NO)
2007 Monolit, Bastard, Oslo (NO)
Some Assembly Required, Galleri Mors Mössa, Göteborg (SE)
Engine Bought Separately, Galleri S:t Gertrud, Malmö (SE)
2006 FILM – Short Cuts, Neon, Brösarp (SE)
2005 ”…one more time”, CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö (SE)
”Oops, I did it again…”, Master’s Exhibition, Galleri PEEP, Malmö (SE)
Wind of Change, PICTURA, Lund (SE)
2004 KMRIICSH (with Kristina Lenard), Vladimit Nazor Gallery, Zagreb (HR)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2018 Art Rotterdam Galerie Ramakers
Museo Archeologico e d´arte della maremma, Grosseto (IT)
Christinehams Konstmuseum Stockholm (SE)
2017 Volta art fair Basel (Galerie Ramakers)
“abstracted| Aeroplastics Brussels in cooperation with Galerie Ramakers
Galleri Christoffer Egelund (DK)
Mapping Berlin, Galerie Wedding Berlin (DE)
2016 Galerie Hartwich Rügen, Berlin (DE) upcoming Sept
Colours of the Season, Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
Fifi Projects, San Pedro (MX)
2015 Samling, Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup (SE)
2014 Sand in Vaseline, Black Market, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin (DE)
Samlarens Blick, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla (SE)
Metropolitan Kitchen Gardens, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT)
2013 Baltic Sea Record 2013, Stadtgalerie Kiel (DE)
Yes Naturally, GEM/Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (NL)
2012 Imaginary Travels, Amerika Haus, Berlin (DE)
Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama (JP)
Museiparken Karlstad (SE)
Point Blank - Mikser on Belef, Geozavod, Belgrade (RS)
Scratch my name on your arm..., Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, (SE)
Déjà vu – Contemporary Art from Malmö Art Museum's Collection, Turku Art Museum (FI)
2011 ARTISTAS, Galeria Filomea Soares, Lisbon (PT)
Space Invaders, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen (DK)
Norsk Skulpturbiennale, Vigelandmuseet, Oslo (NO)
La Vie Mode d'Emploi, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (BE)
Witte de With Straat Festival, Rotterdam (NL)
Container Architektur, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf (DE)
2010 Spår, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, (SE)
Moscow International Biennial for Young Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (RU)
Pastiche: When a Tree Falls in the Forest..., Sølyst Castle Park, Jyderup (DK)
Utan titel, Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad (SE)
2009 Space Invaders, FACT, Liverpool (UK)
Northern Lights and White Russians, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå (SE)
Truth or Dare, Århus Kunstbygning, Århus (DK)
Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (SE)
2008 Galleri Flach+Thulin, Stockholm (SE)
PRESENT, Alma Löv Museum, Ö Ämtervik (SE)
The View Outside, cameracartell - Scenario 1, Elektrohaus, Hamburg (DE)
2007 Pumphusets Konsthall, Landskrona (SE)
Samling, Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup (SE)
2006 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
P.A.N.K 2006, Marabouparken, Stockholm (SE)
2005 Polyfonia, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, (FI)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris (FR)
LOOP-05, Barcelona (ES)
No Volvo, No Bergman, No Blix: New Swedish Video, Monkeytown, New York (US)
2004 Who´s the storyteller?, Landmark - Bergen Art Museum, Bergen (NO)
2003 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
Who´s the storyteller?, Kiasma, Helsinki (FI)
Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim (NO)
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2016 Some Assembly Required – Fire Fighter Starter Kit, Station City, Helsingborg (SE)
Some Assembly Required – Living Room, Smestad Gjenbruksstation, Oslo (NO)
2015 KUBIKK, Sydhavna, Oslo Hamn (NO)
Shelf Life, Levanger ungdomsskole, Levanger (NO)
Förskolan Nytorps Mosse, Huddinge (SE)
2014 Echo, Aust-Agder kulturhistoriske senter, Arendal (NO)
Rep-tiles, Brunnsängsskolan, Södertälje (SE)
Tetris, Notodden Bok- og Blueshus (NO)
2013 Some Assembly Required, UMAS, Region Skåne, Malmö (SE)
Tetris, SUS, Region Skåne, Lund (SE)
2012 Past Forward, State Theatre, Sydney (AU)
2011 Some Assembly Required - Hard Hat Diving. Statens Konstråd, Karlskrona (SE)
2010 Rubiks Kurve, Svartlamon (NO)
2007 Some Assembly Required, within P.A.N.K 2006, Hallonbergen Centrum, Stockholm (SE)
COLLECTIONS
Art Council Norway
Museum Voorlinden
Malmö Konstmuseum
Aegon Kunstcollectie
Örnsköldsviks Museum & Konsthall
The Von Bartha Collection
Many private collections
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