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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    #496 Balancing Act by Johan Soderstrom
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    #496 Balancing Act by Johan Soderstrom

    #496 Balancing Act

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #494 Elegy by Johan Soderstrom
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    #494 Elegy by Johan Soderstrom

    #494 Elegy

    Paintings - 160x64 cm
    #495 Do We Truly Want Peace by Johan Soderstrom
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    #495 Do We Truly Want Peace by Johan Soderstrom

    #495 Do We Truly Want Peace

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #492 Container by Johan Soderstrom
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    #492 Container by Johan Soderstrom

    #492 Container

    Paintings - 100x64 cm
    #481 Spread Without Lemons by Johan Soderstrom
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    #481 Spread Without Lemons by Johan Soderstrom

    #481 Spread Without Lemons

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #490 Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Johan Soderstrom
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    #490 Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Johan Soderstrom
    #488 Here We Are Now by Johan Soderstrom
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    #488 Here We Are Now by Johan Soderstrom

    #488 Here We Are Now

    Paintings - 64x84 cm
    #489 Entertainers by Johan Soderstrom
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    #489 Entertainers by Johan Soderstrom

    #489 Entertainers

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #485 A Room With A View by Johan Soderstrom
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    #485 A Room With A View by Johan Soderstrom

    #485 A Room With A View

    Paintings - 64x84 cm
    #483 A Good Deal by Johan Soderstrom
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    #483 A Good Deal by Johan Soderstrom

    #483 A Good Deal

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #471 Semblance by Johan Soderstrom

    #471 Semblance

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    #470 Fiscal Rim by Johan Soderstrom

    #470 Fiscal Rim

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    #468 Pitchfork Address by Johan Soderstrom

    #468 Pitchfork Address

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #466 Tang Ping by Johan Soderstrom

    #466 Tang Ping

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #465 Head Stone by Johan Soderstrom

    #465 Head Stone

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #464 Your Head Here by Johan Soderstrom

    #464 Your Head Here

    Paintings - 84x64 cm

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