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