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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    #346-49 Small Circle Pace (Inverted) by Johan Soderstrom
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    #346-49 Small Circle Pace (Inverted) by Johan Soderstrom
    #394-97 U-Turn Pace by Johan Soderstrom
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    #394-97 U-Turn Pace by Johan Soderstrom

    #394-97 U-Turn Pace

    Paintings - 168x128 cm
    #387-90 Capital by Johan Soderstrom
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    #387-90 Capital by Johan Soderstrom

    #387-90 Capital

    Paintings - 168x128 cm
    #376-79 Corporal by Johan Soderstrom
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    #376-79 Corporal by Johan Soderstrom

    #376-79 Corporal

    Paintings - 168x128 cm
    #317 Call To Arms by Johan Soderstrom
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    #317 Call To Arms by Johan Soderstrom

    #317 Call To Arms

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #313-316 Circle Walk by Johan Soderstrom
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    #313-316 Circle Walk by Johan Soderstrom

    #313-316 Circle Walk

    Paintings - 150x150 cm
    #356-67 Ellipse Pace (Arches) by Johan Soderstrom

    #356-67 Ellipse Pace (Arches)

    Paintings - 252x256 cm
    #350 Even Split by Johan Soderstrom
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    #350 Even Split by Johan Soderstrom

    #350 Even Split

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #351 Even Better by Johan Soderstrom
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    #351 Even Better by Johan Soderstrom

    #351 Even Better

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #352 Even More by Johan Soderstrom
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    #352 Even More by Johan Soderstrom

    #352 Even More

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #391 Fringes by Johan Soderstrom

    #391 Fringes

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #312 Pace by Johan Soderstrom

    #312 Pace

    Paintings - 64x84 cm
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    #501 From The River To The Sea by Johan Soderstrom

    #501 From The River To The Sea

    Paintings - 87x64 cm
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    #467 Quit Quitting by Johan Soderstrom

    #467 Quit Quitting

    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #459 Sciopero Bianco by Johan Soderstrom

    #459 Sciopero Bianco

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

    #321 Res Ipsa

    Paintings - 84x64 cm

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