TORBJÖRN JOHANSSON
b. 59 Sweden Lives and works in Sweden and Spain
EDUCATION
2003–2004 Royal Institute of Art, Department of Video, Stockholm
1997 University of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Stadens ljus – artists and architects, Stockholm
1987–1992 Royal Institute of Art, Department of Painting, Stockholm
1981–1982 University of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Glass and Ceramics, Stockholm
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Another kind of Blue, with Isak Hedtjärn (clarinett) Sound Yard
2025 Kutral, Ronda, Spain
2025 White Energy, Study for Art Platform, Stockholm
2024 Day and Night / Dag och Natt, south east – south west, KC Grad, Belgrade
2024 Crossroads, Artipelag, Stockholm
2024 Lines in Press and Space, Teatergrillen, Stockholm
2023 The Sun Changes Place, south east – south west, Samfundet De Nio, Stockholm
2022 Stroke Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, Marbella
2020 VÄNDA I, Stene Projects, Stockholm
2019 The Machine, Cité Internationale des Arts, Open Studio, Paris
2019 Fan, south east – south west, WIP Konsthall (WIP Art Gallery), Stockholm
2019 Circle and Splash, with Jan Marius Kiøsterud, Molekyl, Malmö
2018 Shades of Pink, Katrineholms Konsthall (Katrineholm Art Gallery), Katrineholm
2017 Now, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen
2017 Emmaboda Konsthall (Emmaboda Art Gallery), Emmaboda
2016 FÄRG, Örebro Konsthall (Örebro Art Gallery), Örebro
2012 The Colour of My Eye, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2011 Sender / Receiver, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2011 Eugene Delacroix Taught Me to Understand Colour, Gallery VER, Bangkok
2011 Workshop, Verkstad, Norrköping
2010 Rum Rum, Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, Trondheim
2008 Floor, Gallery Niklas Belenius, Stockholm
2008 All Over, Netterlunds, Bjästabacken
2007 Color Body, ACNE, Stockholm
2006 Colores Apparentes, Haninge Konsthall (Haninge Art Gallery), Haninge
2005 Omomigen, Botkyrka Konsthall (Botkyrka Art Gallery), Botkyrka
2000 Swedish Embassy, Tokyo
1999 Konstakuten, Stockholm
1998 Project Membran, National Archives (Gamla Riksarkivet), Markuskyrkan, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
1997 Smålands Konstarkiv, Värnamo
1997 Galleri Argo, Stockholm
1997 Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå
1995 Galleri Argo, Stockholm
1995 Overgaden, Copenhagen
1995 Galleriet, Växjö
1994 Galleri Argo, Stockholm
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Wanderings, Kummelholmen, Stockholm
2025 Blå Timmen, Salong, Stockholm
2025 Painters Salon, Flat Octopus, Södertälje Konsthall (Södertälje Art Gallery), Södertälje
2024 Fleeting Sense of Becoming, south east – south west, Belgrade Art Week, Belgrade
2024 Skulpturparken Ängelsberg, Ängelsberg
2024 Hasta Luego, Tönnheim Gallery, Marbella
2024 URVANITY Art Fair, Tönnheim Gallery, Madrid
2024 IPIHAN, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
2024 Transcending Time, The Arts Society of Nerja, Nerja
2024 Showroom Show, Andy’s Gallery, Stockholm
2023 Salangen Biennale, IPIHAN, Salangen
2023 Late Night, Andy’s Gallery, Stockholm
2022 Ripe, Andy’s Gallery, Stockholm
2022 Konstkompaniet, Stockholm
2022 VOLTA Art Fair, Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, New York
2022 Side by Side, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
2021 Heat / Energy, Kummelholmen, Stockholm
2021 Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, Marbella
2021 Tidsmaskinen, Muskot at Benhuset, Stockholm
2021 Smorgordsbordet, curated by Ebba de Faire, Sotheby’s, Stockholm
2021 WTG Obertura Art Festival, Carabanchel, Madrid
2020 Isolation / Communication, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2020 Endagsvarelser, Muskot pop-up, Samfundet De Nio, Stockholm
2020 South East / South West, Hinna Offspring, Sätraskogen, Stockholm
2020 Behind the Glass, International Corona Exhibition
2019 Measure of Poetry, Bogaerdenkapel, Cultural Centre Bruges
2018 Mellanluft – Hidden Transparency, Aarhus
2017 Manifest, Undantaget, Öland
2017 Läckö Art Center, Läckö
2016 I Call It the Universal Circle, Rymd Konsthall (Rymd Art Gallery), Nacka
2016 M as in Painting, Moderna Museet Malmö
2015 One of Them Is Red, Moderna Museet Malmö
2015 You Say Light – I Think Shadow, A. Stratimirovic / S. Praun
2014 Side by Side, ID:I with D. Utterström, Stockholm
2012 Explosion, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2012 Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup
2011 The Beauty of Minor Matter, Skalitzer140_temporary, Berlin
2011 Rome Art Fair, Gallerie Italiane, Rome
2010 WIP, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2009 Lightbook, Artists’ Book, MoMA PS1, New York
2009 Drop-in Drop-out, Swedish Style Ospace, Tokyo
2009 Color for Body, Art in Office, Stockholm
2009 Nano, Studio 44, Stockholm
2007 Bricks, Galleri Mårtensson Persson, Båstad
2005 Döden Döden, Nöd och Lust, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2002 Kabusa Konsthall (Kabusa Art Gallery), Kabusa
2001 White Room – Oskuldens förlorade århundrade, Liljevalchs Art Gallery, Stockholm
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019 Stenen, droppen och himmel av färg, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde
2018 Solen, rosen och källan, Sabbatsberg Hospital, Stockholm
2017 Källan Är, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro
2016 Kosmos, Svalsta
2015 Alla Är, Art Site 5, Växjö
2015 Resan, Örnsköldsvik Travel Centre, Örnsköldsvik
2014 Som Du Är, Kungsmad School, Växjö
2014 In Between, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala
2014 Du Ljus – Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Hudiksvall Hospital
2014 Yellow Flow, Västra Brotorp
2013 Matter Tells, Iskristallen, Stockholm
2013 One Room for a Tree, One for You, Blåsut, Stockholm
2010 Reflexions, DKNVS, Trondheim
2009 Tre solar, ovala golvet och andra moln, Högdalen Library, Stockholm
2008 Paint, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala
2003 P lats Alfta, Swedish Public Art Agency, Alfta
2002 Malmö Dental School, Swedish Public Art Agency, Malmö
PERFORMANCE
2026 Another kind of Blue, with Isak Hedtjärn (clarinett) Sound Yard
2024 Fleeting Sense of Becoming, south east – south west, Belgrade Art Week
2023 Midnight Painting, Storhögen, Salangen Biennale
2023 Pink Kraftstationen, Salangen Biennale
2023 The Sun Changes Place, south east – south west, Samfundet De Nio, Stockholm
2023 Kvarpa och Blått, with Isak Hedtjärn, Konstkompaniet, Stockholm Art Week
2021 Karet, south east – south west with Malin Arnell and Mar Fjell, Heat / Energy, Kummelholmen
2020 Light Journey, south east – south west, WIP Konsthall Torbjörn Johansson / Daniela Hedman
2020 Marocko Dreams, south east – south west, 13 Festival Torbjörn Johansson / Daniela Hedman
2019 Fan, south east – south west, WIP Konsthall Torbjörn Johansson / Daniela Hedman
2018 Mellanluft, Hidden Transparency, Aarhus Torbjörn Johansson / Mats Lindström
2017 Now, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen Torbjörn Johansson / Mats Gustafsson / Annika Kompart
2016 Pinkwall, Örebro Konsthall (Örebro Art Gallery) Torbjörn Johansson / Your Planet Is Next (Arwid Wretman)
2012 Explosion, Moderna Museet, Stockholm Torbjörn Johansson / Anna Koch / Christine Abdelnour
ARTIST TALKS
Artist Talk, Maria Miesenberger, Galleri Anna Bohman, Stockholm Artist Talk, SIMKA GSP, Stockholm
2025 Artist Talk, Bella Rune, Kummelholmen, Artist Talk, Anna Nyberg, Kummelholmen, Artist Talk, Stina Persson, Kummelholmen, Artist Talk, Matias Di Carlo, Kummelholmen, Artist Talk, Liu Chien Kuang, Kummelholmen, Artist Talk, Anders Widoff, Kummelholmen, Artis Tall Astrid Svangren, Kummelholmen Stockholm.
CURATOR / PROJECT MANAGER
2025– Founder, One Day at Kummelholmen
2015–2025 Founder and Director, Kummelholmen, Stockholm
for exhibitions at Kummelholmen, www.kummelholmen.se
2007–2025 Project Manager, Stockholm Art, 45 public commissions
2006–2020 Founder and Director, WIP Stockholm
2001–2007 Project Manager, Stockholm County Council
GRANTS SELECTED
2022 Stockholm City Cultural Grant
2021 Working Grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2020 Working Grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2018 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, work and research trip, Iceland
2018 Swedish–Icelandic Cultural Fund, work and research trip, Iceland
2016 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, study and research trip, Chiang Mai