Ingela johansson is a stockholm based artist, whose research-based artistic practice often responds to site-specific issues with an interest in social history and collective memory. Her interdisciplinary approach combines various aesthetic strategies and media to create an engaging body of work.
Her most recent exhibitions, screenings and projects include: Moderna museet, 2019; Center for Contemporary Art, Riga; Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, 2018; Kunsthall Trondheim, 2017; Alternativa, Gdansk, Tranzit, Bratislava, 2016; Kalmar Konstmuseum, 2015-16; Kunsthaus Dresden, Flutgraben, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, 2014; Norrbottens museum, Luleå, Tensta konsthall, 2013; Konsthall C, Stockholm, Bildmuseet, Umeå, 2012.
Books: The art of the strike, voices on cultural and political work during and after the mining strike 1969-70 (eds. Martin Högström, Kim Einarsson) was published by Glänta in 2013.
Contact: info@ingelajohansson.net
Art education:
2000-2005 Master of Fine Arts, Umeå University, Sweden
2011-2012 1 year certificate post-graduate program in curating, Zhdk, Zürich
1999-2000 Gerlesborg Foundation School of Fine Art, Stockholm
1999 Lunnevads Folk High School, Linköping
1996-1999 Culture Studies program, Linköping University
Solo / duo exhibitions:
2018 The nearest point to the free world, 1989, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius
2018 Andrei´s Maria, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2017 Filialen and The Art of the Strike, Rutiga golvet, organized by Kim West, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2017 Segern kan vi bara nå med att vakta och vakta, Gerlesborgs konsthall, curated by Karolina Pahlén
2017 Andrei´s Maria, Kunsthall Trondheim, film screening (together with Nástio Mosquito), curated by Helena Holmberg
2016 Kungsbacka Blodbok, Norra Halland, organized by Charlotta Hanno and Camilla Rosberg, invited by Kungsbacka Kultur & Turism, Konst i Halland/Hallands Konstmuseum & Region Halland
2013 What happened to the art of the strike? curator Jan Erik Lundström, Norrbottens museum, Luleå
2013 What happened with the art of the strike? curated by Maria Lind, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
2012 The art of the strike, Book-project, editorial work together with Kim Einarsson and Martin Högström, Konsthall C
2011 A Sense of Solidarity – A survey of the spaces in between, together with Nina Svensson, Västerbotten Museum, Umeå
2010 A sense of Solidarity – repeating the circle, Museum of Work, together with Nina Svensson, Norrköping
2007 A short institutional affair, CCCK. Union of Artist Gallery Odessa, curated together with Inga Zimprich, supported by Index Contemporary Art Foundation and Swedish Institute
Group exhibitions:
2018 Portable Landscapes, Latvian National Museum of Art, curated by Solvita Krese, Inga Lāce, Diāna Popova, Antra Priede-Krievkalne, Andra Silapētere, Latvian Centre of Contemporary Art, Riga
2016 Damage and Loss, curated by Lívia Páldi, Anna Nawrot and Aneta Szylak, Alternativa, Gdansk
2016 Moving Mass, The Glass Factory, Boda
2015/16 Moving mass, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2014 Kirunatopia – Art on Landscape and Resources in the 21 st Century, curated by Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz, Kunsthaus Dresden
2014 Die Ästhetik des Widerstands, curated by Julia Lazarus and Moira Zoitl, Galerie im Turm, Berlin
2012 Kirunatopia – In the Shadow of the Future, Bildmuseet, curated by Kim Einarsson, Umeå
2011 Mutual Matters, Konsthall C, curated by Petra Bauer, Marius Dybwad Brandrud, Kim Einarsson, Stockholm
2011 Get to Work, Verkligheten, Umeå
2010 Open Studio, Gasworks, London
2010 Här, Kalmar Art Museum, curated by Kim Einarsson, Malin Nilsson and Anna Norberg
2010 Art and work II, A sense of Solidarity, Gallery Box, Gothenburg
2008 A sense of Solidarity, Trade Union Organisation Congress, together with Nina Svensson, Stockholm
2008 Art as a gift, Periferic Biennial 8, Speaking of a gap can cause doubles, (with Inga Zimprich, Sönke Hallmann), curated by Dora Hegyi, Iasi, Romania
2008 What about power relations, Ex Ponto, GALERIJA ŠKUC, Ljubljana
2008 Exteriors, CCA, curated by Index, Kiev
2007 Private with Public CCA, together with Inga Zimprich and Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Kiev
2006 IASPIS, Open Studio, Stockholm
2006 It is hard to touch the real, curated by Sören Grammel, Grazer Kunstverein, Austria
2006 We invite all, Bildmuseet, curated by Sören Grammel, Umeå
2005 Dispatched, Bildmuseet, curated by Power Ekroth, Umeå
2004 Whatever Happened to Social Democracy? We invite all, project by Umeå Art Academy in collaboration with Sören Grammel. curators Roseum: Pavel Buchler and Charles Esche
Symposia, lectures, book releases, study-circles, workshops & talks:
2019 Måleri och Lyrik för Folkets hus: Ett möte mellan vagabondkonstnären Hans Tombrock och dramatikern Bertholt Brecht under svensk exil, with Margareta Ståhl, Mint
2019 Filmklubben, Moderna Museet, talk with Catrin Lundqvist and Olivia Eriksson
2019 Study group Folkfronternas estetik, organized by Kim West
2018 Död; lunga; hand & om löftet, talk with Frida Hållander, Rejmyre Art Lab
2018 The nearest point to the free world, 1989, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius
2018 Red Love, Dora Garcia, Reading of Agneta Plejels “Hey, you! Sky!”. Organized by Michele Masucci, Tensta Konsthall
2018 Sy-fabrikssystrar! öxabäck IF-utan er ingen morgondag, panel with Frida Hållander and Åsa Norman, Swedish Labour Movement’s Archive and Library, Sthlm
2017 Portable Landscapes, LCCA, Riga
2017 ”Filialen and the Art of the Strike”, E2-E4-program by Kim West (Lars Bang Larsen, Stephanie Hessler), Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2017 Samtidskonstdagarna, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2017 Konstfrämjandet 70 år, book release of Glass is a moving mass
2017 Samtal under arbete, moderated by Henrik Andersson, organized together with Karolina Pahlén, Gerlesborgs Konsthall
2017 Glas är massa i rörelse, book release organized by Massa i rörelse together with Konstfrämjandet, The Glass Factory
2017 Konsten, museerna och kulturarvet, Supermarket talks, moderated by Ann Ighe, with Lisa Rosendahl and Johan Hegardt. Organized by Konstepidemin / Ord & Bild
2017 Experimentellt Kulturarv, organized by Bodil Petersson LNU
2017 Arbetarkonst som strejkkonst, moderated by Fredrik Svensk, organized by Paletten / ABF / BRA 10
2016 No man is an Island, Café Berlinka, organized by Tranzit, Bratislava
2016 No man is an Island, Tranzit, workshop together with Livia Páldi, Åsa Sonjasdotter, Bratislava
2016 Andra ögon på staden, Kungsbacka. Moderated by Lena From, with: Catharina Thörn, Catharina Gabrielsson, Per Hasselberg, Lisa Torell, Linnea Eriksson
2016 Art and the Manifestation of social change, moderated and organized by Lisa Rosendahl and Kalmar Konstmuseum
2015 The Eros Effect: Art, Solidarity Movements and the Quest for Social Justice, Tensta Konsthall
2015 Öppet konstpedagogiskt forum, GIBCA Extended / Kungsbacka kommun och Konst i Halland/ Hallands Konstmuseum & Region Halland
2015 Body of Work Summer Camp, Faculty of Invisibility (Sönke Hallmann, Inga Zimprich), Künstlerhäuser Worpswede
2014 Book release: The resistance movement in theory and practice, with Per Hasselberg, Nina Hanson, Jörgen Johansen. Reading and text-contribution by David väyrynen. Organized by Konstfrämjandet with Provins and Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
2014 Witnessing the writing of history, workshop, Flutgraben, Berlin
2014 Faculty of Invisibility: Auditorium, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2014 Esto es un mensaje explosivo, Beta Local, organized by Beatriz Santiago Munos, Eva Arnqvist and Johanna Gustavsson, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2014 MAKE.A.MATCH, book launch, Mumok, Vienna
2013 Inverse institution, Flutgraben, Berlin
2013 MAKE.A.MATCH, collaboration with Hugo Canoilas, Iaspis, curated by Katharina Schendle
2013 What was the meaning of the medium of exhibition in relation to 1968 movement? Witness seminar moderated by Maria Lind. Tensta Konsthall in collaboration with The Institute for Contemporary History, Södertörns University, Stockholm
2013 Book release: The Art of the Strike: voices on cultural and political work during and after the mining strike 1969-70. Moderated by Rebecka Thor. Reading by Linn Hansén and Martin Högström. Text contribution by Beata Berggren, Konsthall C
2013 Book release: Strejkkonsten / The Art of the Strike panel talk with Agneta Andersson and Jan Erik Lundström, Norrbottens museum, Luleå
2013 Book release: Strejkkonsten / The Art of the Strike. Gällivare museum
2013 Strejkkonsten /Art of the Strike: voices on cultural and political work during and after the mining strike 1969/70, Gothenburg book-fair
2012 En stor sak för en människa, workshop together with Ellen Nyman, Konsthall C in collaboration with Teateralliansen
2012 Culture productions during the great miningstrike 1969/70, Witness seminar at Konsthall C, moderating and organizing together with Kim Einarsson and Kjell Östberg at The Institute for Contemporary History, Södertörns University
2012 Arsenal Book Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2011 Index / OEI. Invited speaker / reader, together with Sophie Berrebi
2011 In the Act – kvalitativ konst, Högkvarteret Stockholm, organized by Imri Sandström
2011 Cinenova, The Showroom, in the framework of a screeningprogram, London
2010 Faculty of Invisibility: Assembly, Shedhalle, curated by Sönke Hallmann and Inga Zimprich, Zürich
2010 Images of work: Art Activism and anthropology, paneltalk organized with filmmaker and anthropologist Massimiliano Mollona. Invited speaker: Filmmaker Margarete Dickinson, Gasworks, London
2010 Work, Work, Work, Iaspis, organized by Michele Masucci and Cecilia Widenheim
2010 To parasite on the parasite, Bezdomny, organized together with Nina Svensson, Camilla Larsson and Kalle Brolin, Gothenburg
2008 The Swizhe experience, past, present and future Ukraine, organized by Swedish Institute, Kiev
2008 Supermarket Talks, Stockholm
2008 Visibility Works, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2008 Peace and Love, Open Studios Iaspis, Stockholm
2007 Kaliningrad the redefining of urban space, twochange, Stockholm
2007 Interview, TV Culture channel Odessa, Ukraine
2007 Try to find another cow. CCA, Kyiv
Screenings:
2019 The Immesurable, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Thames-Side Studios, filmprogram curated by Linda Persson and Hannah Conroy
2019 Filmklubben, Moderna Museet, curated by Catrin Lundqvist
2018 Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius
2017 Kunsthall Trondheim, curated by Helena Holmqvist
2017 Gotlands museum, Visby
2017 Almedalen, Folkets Bio
2017 Konst i arbete, Kulturens Hus Luleå, curated by Hans Karlsson
2017 Les Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
2016 No man is an island, Tranzit, Bratislava, curated by Livia Paldi and Judit Angel
2016 Konst i arbete, Kulturens Hus Luleå, org by Hans Carlsson
2016 Gotland Artweek, När´s Bygdegård, supported by BAC, Baltic Art Center, Gotland
Performances, reenactments:
Mossans marknad, Mossutställningar, organized by Stella D’ailly, 2017
Tensta Konsthall, 2013
Bildmuseet, 2012
Residencies:
2016 Research-in-residence (RIR) BAC, Gotland
2016 Andra ögon på staden, art pedagogic residency, Kungsbacka Kultur & Turism, Konst i Halland/Hallands Konstmuseum & Region Halland
2011 Kirunatopia, A residency- exhibition project, initiated by Goethe Institute
2010-2011 Gasworks/Acme, London
2009 Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Interspace Sofia, Bulgaria supported by EMARE
2007 Swedish Institute/Index foundation Stockholm, CCA Kiev, Ukraina
2007 Het Blauwe Huis, residency together with Inga Zimprich and Volodymyr Kuznetsov, organized by Jeanne van Heeswijk, Amsterdam
2006 International artist program / Swedish Institute, Kiev
2005 The Swedish Grants Committee’s international program for visual arts, IASPIS
Represented:
Hallands Konstmuseum
Iaspis
Teaching:
2018 Guest teacher, Åredalens Konstskola, Folk High School
2017 Guest teacher, Gerlesborg Foundation School of Fine Art, Bohuslän
2016 Course in site-specific art with Henrik Andersson, Gerlesborg Foundation School of Fine Art, Bohuslän
2014 Hållands Folk High School, exam course in curating
2014 Umeå Art Academy, lecture
2012 Workshop with Teateralliansen, Konsthall C, together with Ellen Nyman
Curatorial projects:
2014 Moving mass, in collaboration with Eva Arnqvist, Johanna Gustavsson Fürst, Caroline Mårtensson, Malin Pettersson Öberg, Åsa Jungnelius
2007 A short institutional affair, CCCK. Union of Artist Gallery Odessa, supported by Index Contemporary Art Foundation and Swedish Institute
Grants / Scholarships:
2018 International Exchange (National Library, Vilnius), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2018 Swedish Embassy, Vilnius
2018 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Lithuanian Culture Institute
2018 Project grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Visual Arts Fund
2018 International Exchange (LCCA, Riga), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2017 Kulturkontakt Nord
2017 Längmanska Kulturfonden
2016 The Visual Arts Fund’s 2 years working grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2015 Project grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Visual Arts Fund
2015 Japanstiftelsen
2014 International Exchange (Kunsthaus Dresden), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2012 Project grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Visual Arts Fund
2010 Artist in Residence at the Swedish Studio in London
2008 The Visual Arts Fund’s 2 years working grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2009 International Exchange (Contemporary Art Factory Japan), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2008 Erst Patterns and programme of ”Links, Promoting and communicating contemporary culture
2008 International Exchange (Periferic 8 Art Biennial, Iasi), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2008 Swedish Arts Council, A sense of solidarity, Stockholm
2007 International Exchange (CCA Kiev, Ukraine), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2006 International Exchange (Het Blauwe Huis, Amsterdam), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2006 International Exchange ( Manifesta 6, cancelled), Swedish Arts Grants Committee /Iaspis
2006 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2005 Stockholm Art Fair
2005 JC Kempes Minnes fond
2005 Umeå Academy of Fine Arts grant
2000 Marta, Vivi och Åke Liljessons Stiftelse
Published articles, editorial in selection:
2019 Portable Landscapes, K.verlag. (coming up)
2018 Scener, härifrån, Art Lab Gnesta (article for Sebastian Dahlqvist)
2018 Lulu-journalen, (Eds. with Masha Taavoniku)
2018 Kunstkritikk, Vykort från Rügen
2018 E2-E4, edited by Kim West, Rutiga Golvet, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2018 Walden nr 9-10
2017 OEI # 77-78: Berg & infrastruktur
2016 Medusa, by Emma Kihl and Elisa Rossholm
2015 ArtLeaks Gazette, issue 3
2014 Oncurating.org, interview: Rainer Ganahl, with Katarina Schedle, issue 22
2013 Provins, Årgång 32, nr 4
2012 Work, Work, Work, edited by Cecilia Widenheim, Jonathan Habib Engqvist, Lisa Rosendahl, Michele Masucci, Iaspis / Sternberg press
2011 OEI # 53–54 2011 Dokument, Dispositiv, Deskription, Diskurs
2008 Periferic 8 Biennial for Contemporary Art. Art as Gift – catalogue, Vector Association, Iasi, RO
2008 Exteriors, produced by Mats Stjernstedt and Helena Holmberg, Index, Stockholm. Design, Lina Åberg
2007 CCCK and Private Investors Appear, Vector Magazine, Romania Issue 04/07, Vector Iasi, Romania
2007 Communiqué. Faculty of Invisibility, designed by Paul Gangloff, produced by Inga Zimprich
Publications:
2017 Glas är massa i rörelse/Glass is moving mass, designed by Jonas Williamsson
2016 Kungsbacka Blodbok, designed by Maryam Fanni
2014 Mural Journal, published in collaboration with Hugo Canoilas
2013 Strejkkonsten, röster om kulturellt och politiskt arbete under och efter gruvstrejken 1969-70, produced by Glänta / Konsthall C. (red. Kim Einarsson, Martin Högström) Design Martin Högström
2008 The Managed Avant-garde. The transition of the Soros Centers to Contemporary Art. Written by Octavian Esau, designed by Kateryna Svirgunenko. A CCCK publication (Ed.). Printed in Iasi, RO
2008 En känsla av samhörighet: är en skildring av arbetsförhållanden och yrken på några svenska arbetsplatser
2007 Try to find another cow, Post Funding Eastern Europe Center for Communication and Context – Kyiv (CCCK) design, OneDayNation
Bibliography:
2018 Kunstkritikk, Drömtid, by Frans Josef Petersson
2018 Found Review: The Foundation Pit, editor-in-chief, Karl Lydén
2018 Springerin, Issue 3, The institute of “Art”, by Rahma Khazam
2016 Kunstkritikk, Julkalendern, by Martin Grennberger
2015 Kunstkritikk, Solidaritet som readymade, by Fredrik Svensk
2012 Kunstkritikk, Kultur, motstånd, historia, by Hans Carlsson
2012 Artforum, Kirunatopia, in the Shadow of the Future, by Theodor Ringborg
2013 Riksutställningar, Bang Larsen: Konst kan aldrig bli ett massfenomen, by Sanna Svanberg
2011 Paletten, article by Kalle Brolin
2009 Flash Art, We are Ukrainians, What else Matters, by Claire Staebler
2007 Geist no 13, Opening the Open, Stockholm
2007 WMAOYW, Self reflexivity, by Saskia Holmqvist
2008 The Swizhe experience, past, present and future Ukraine, organized by Swedish Institute, Kiev
2006 It’s hard to touch the real, Es ist schwer das Reale zu beruhren, Grazer Kunstverein
2006 Sekcja magazine artystczny, article by Anna Lazar, Poland
Mentionings and citation, books/research:
Suffrage and the Arts: Visual Culture, Politics and Enterprise, Amanda Garrett, Zoë Thomas, Bloomsbury, 2018
The Exhibitionary Complex Exhibition, Apparatus, and Media from Kulturhuset to the Centre Pompidou, 1963–1977, Kim West, 2017
Det begravda berget, Ulf Eriksson, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2015
Outlaw Territories, Felicity Scott, Zone books, 2016
Press, daily newspapers & web 2010-2018:
Barometern, “Åter till Andreij Tarkovskijs Offret” (25.05.18)
SR, “Hon gör konst av Rädda Kynnfjäll” (14.06.17)
Barometern, “Glas är massa i rörelse” (23.04.17)
Norra Halland, “Konstprojekt med stadsfokus” (23.10.16)
Barometern, “Konst och historia under Bodadagen” (02.10.16)
Morgunbladid, Daglegt Lif, Pílagrímsferð á slóðir Fórnarinnar (28.07.16)
DN, ”Vårt arbete” på Lunds konsthall och ”Massa i rörelse” på Kalmar konstmuseum (28.01.16)
Barometern, Glasrikets sätts under lupp på Konstmuseet (04.12.15)
Östra Småland, Sex konstnärer gör upp med Glasriket (03.12.15)
Arbetarbladet, Strejk! När då? Nu? (06.03.14)
Dalademokraten, Den stora gruvstrejken skakade om (11.03.14)
Västerbotten Kuriren, Thriller om konsten att strejka (14.01.14)
Aftonbladet, Gruvstrejken, en thriller (09.12.13)
Rymden (20.11.13)
Sekotidningen, Den odammiga arbetarkonsten av Anneli Jordahl (05.10.13)
Arena, nr 6, 2013
TT, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta
Piteå-Tidningen, Unik konstsamling från gruvstrejkens dagar (18.10.13)
Norrbottens-Kuriren, Strejkkonst från 1969 (18.10.13)
Sydsvenskan, Konsten efter gruvstrejken (27.09.13)
Proletären, Vad hände med strejkkonsten? (28.03.13)
Arbetet, Vad hände med strejkkonsten? – Om ett konstprojekt av Ingela Johansson (12.12.12)
Barometern, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Bohusläningen, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Borås Tidning, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Göteborgs-posten, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Hallandsposten, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Västerbottenskuriren, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
UNT, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Piteå-Tidningen, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Gefle Dagblad, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Vi Människor, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Metro, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Itz, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Corren, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Norrtelje tidning, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
NSD, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Norrbottens Kuriren, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Svenska Dagbladet, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Västerbottens folkblad, Gruvarbetarnas konst visas i Tensta (15.03.12)
Riksutställningar, Bang Larsen: ”Konst kan aldrig bli ett massfenomen” av Sanna Svanberg.
Folkbladet, Reflektioner kring arbete i konsten (26.11.11)
Östran, Museets samlingar i dagens ljus (26.10.11)
Volym, Umeå och konstverkligheten (09.12.11)
Tidningen Kulturen, Kulturpolitikens problem debatterades på Galleri Verkligheten (15.11.11)
Folkbladet, Deras utställning är som en amöba (27.10.10)
Fria Tidningen, På jakt efter känslan av samhörighet (04.05.10)
SR/TV:
Den stora gruvstrejken visas genom konsten, Kulturnyheterna, SVT (13.03.13)
SR. I tiden om att göra upp med historien, Leonardo Padura, Joan Fontcuberta och “Vad hände med strejkkonsten?” (01.05.13)