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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    #431 Scratch Ticket by Johan Soderstrom
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    #431 Scratch Ticket by Johan Soderstrom

    #431 Scratch Ticket

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #429 Scratch Ticket by Johan Soderstrom
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    #429 Scratch Ticket by Johan Soderstrom

    #429 Scratch Ticket

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #430 Scratch Ticket by Johan Soderstrom
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    #430 Scratch Ticket by Johan Soderstrom

    #430 Scratch Ticket

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #429-31 Scratch Tickets by Johan Soderstrom
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    #429-31 Scratch Tickets by Johan Soderstrom

    #429-31 Scratch Tickets

    Paintings - 84x200 cm
    #428 Obstructed View by Johan Soderstrom
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    #428 Obstructed View by Johan Soderstrom

    #428 Obstructed View

    Paintings - 64x84 cm
    #425-26 A Rock And A Hard Place by Johan Soderstrom
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    #425-26 A Rock And A Hard Place by Johan Soderstrom

    #425-26 A Rock And A Hard Place

    Paintings - 84x138 cm
    #423 Swedish Conditions - Karlslund by Johan Soderstrom
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    #423 Swedish Conditions - Karlslund by Johan Soderstrom
    #417 Height Strip by Johan Soderstrom
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    #417 Height Strip by Johan Soderstrom

    #417 Height Strip

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #416 Long Stick Drawing by Johan Soderstrom
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    #416 Long Stick Drawing by Johan Soderstrom

    #416 Long Stick Drawing

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #414 Long Stick Drawing by Johan Soderstrom
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    #414 Long Stick Drawing by Johan Soderstrom

    #414 Long Stick Drawing

    Paintings - 85x64 cm
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    #413 Turned Table - Ball by Johan Soderstrom

    #413 Turned Table - Ball

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    #408 XCIX by Johan Soderstrom

    #408 XCIX

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    #409-11 Back And Forth Pace by Johan Soderstrom

    #409-11 Back And Forth Pace

    Paintings - 84x192 cm
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    #320 Res Ipsa by Johan Soderstrom

    #320 Res Ipsa

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #322 Res Ipsa by Johan Soderstrom

    #322 Res Ipsa

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #323 Res Ipsa by Johan Soderstrom

    #323 Res Ipsa

    Paintings - 84x64 cm

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