Helsinki Contemporary (FI)

Helsinki Contemporary shows distinguished contemporary art by emerging and established artists from Finland and abroad. Spanning all artistic media, the core of the gallery's programme are artists who take an ambitious, in-depth approach to their work. The gallery focuses on creating international networks between artists, curators and galleries.

Michael Johansson (SE)

Swedish artist Michael Johansson is renowned for transforming found objects and everyday items into distinctive sculptures and installations with geometric patterns. Driven by the agenda to densify the world, objects are morphed into precisely stacked rectangular shapes, connected to a certain place, where their original purposes are transformed into catalysts of new meanings. Found objects within the same colour range are reconstructed into a homogeneous image of a fictional life reinforced by our collective imaginary – they become the compressed scenery from a time gone by.

Michael Johansson (b. 1975, Trollhättan; SE) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. After studying at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, Johansson completed his MFA at Malmö Art Academy in 2005. Johansson has exhibited extensively internationally including significant solo presentations at Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar; NL), Göteborg Art Museum (Gothenburg; SE), Ystads Art Museum (Ystad; SE) and Vigeland-museet (Oslo; NO).Michael Johansson (b. 1975, Trollhättan; SE) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. After studying at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, Johansson completed his MFA at Malmö Art Academy in 2005. Johansson has exhibited extensively internationally including significant solo presentations at Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar; NL), Göteborg Art Museum (Gothenburg; SE), Ystads Art Museum (Ystad; SE) and Vigeland-museet (Oslo; NO).

Crossfade - Green/Blue

Mixed media
2023

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

Some Assembly Required

Mixed media
2020

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

KUBIKK

Mixed media
2015

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

Some Assembly Required - Scooter scale 1:1

Mixed media
2007

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

Crossfade - Clay

Mixed media
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

Crossfade - Fog

Mixed media
2021

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

Engine Bought Seperately - Hugin (Dark Blue)

Mixed media
2019

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary

 

Michael Johansson, Repetitions, Installation View

Courtesy of the artist and Helsinki Contemporary. Photo by Jussi Tiainen