Johan Soderstrom

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Emerging Artist
Johan Söderström creates unique minimalistic paintings with construction filler.
Johan takes inspiration from Japanese Kintsugi, Arte Povera, and Informalism.
The artist explores visual metaphors for existentialism, solitude, and time.

Johan Söderström is an abstract painter who constructs his work using ordinary construction filler in oak frames. However, his artwork is far from ordinary. Combining graphic expression and tactile materiality, he bestows his pieces with an immense physical presence. Johan also curates participatory art projects, with many of his creations extending beyond their frames and into the room.

Johan Söderström’s Creative Process

Johan works with a strict, minimalistic colour palette of white and light grey. He limits the number of aesthetic parameters to focus on what he deems to be the most significant elements: concept, composition, and physical presence. Using filler as his paint, when applied in thick layers, the mix of fine and coarse material properties contribute to irregularities and cracks in his pieces. Johan emphasises these idiosyncrasies- taking inspiration from Japanese Kintsugi, where broken ceramics are repaired with gold-coloured lacquer to highlight the object's story. The cracks become a visual metaphor for time. Johan equally draws from the immediacy and rawness of Arte Povera and Informalist works.

Exhibitions and Commissions

Johan trained at Kunstakademiet in Trondheim, Norway. He exhibits extensively across Norway and Sweden. His works are part of private and public Scandinavian collections, and he has accomplished several public commissions. The artist lives and works in Oslo, represented by Buer Gallery.

Johan Soderstrom Artworks

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    #515 Reading Interrupted by Johan Soderstrom
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    #515 Reading Interrupted by Johan Soderstrom

    #515 Reading Interrupted

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #514 Sabotage - Oil And Roses by Johan Soderstrom
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    #514 Sabotage - Oil And Roses by Johan Soderstrom

    #514 Sabotage - Oil And Roses

    Paintings - 168x128 cm
    #512 Self Assessment by Johan Soderstrom
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    #512 Self Assessment by Johan Soderstrom

    #512 Self Assessment

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #513 Truth Judgment by Johan Soderstrom
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    #513 Truth Judgment by Johan Soderstrom

    #513 Truth Judgment

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #511 Prospect Theory by Johan Soderstrom
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    #511 Prospect Theory by Johan Soderstrom

    #511 Prospect Theory

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #510 Framing Effect by Johan Soderstrom
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    #510 Framing Effect by Johan Soderstrom

    #510 Framing Effect

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #509 False Priors by Johan Soderstrom
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    #509 False Priors by Johan Soderstrom

    #509 False Priors

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #508 Extension Neglect by Johan Soderstrom
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    #508 Extension Neglect by Johan Soderstrom

    #508 Extension Neglect

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #507 Cognitive Dissonance by Johan Soderstrom
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    #507 Cognitive Dissonance by Johan Soderstrom

    #507 Cognitive Dissonance

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #506 Egocentric Bias by Johan Soderstrom
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    #506 Egocentric Bias by Johan Soderstrom

    #506 Egocentric Bias

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #504 Apophenia by Johan Soderstrom

    #504 Apophenia

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #504 Apophenia by Johan Soderstrom

    #504 Apophenia

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #502 Logical Fallacy by Johan Soderstrom

    #502 Logical Fallacy

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #503 Anchoring Effect by Johan Soderstrom

    #503 Anchoring Effect

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #498 Visit by Johan Soderstrom

    #498 Visit

    Paintings - 90x64 cm
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    #497 Dream Of A Banana by Johan Soderstrom

    #497 Dream Of A Banana

    Paintings - 94x64 cm

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