Johan Soderstrom

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Emerging Artist
Johan Soderstrom
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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    #555 The Assassination of Olof Palme by Johan Soderstrom
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    #555 The Assassination of Olof Palme by Johan Soderstrom
    #554 Voice Of The People by Johan Soderstrom
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    #554 Voice Of The People by Johan Soderstrom
    #554 Voice Of The People
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    #553 Master Signifier by Johan Soderstrom
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    #553 Master Signifier by Johan Soderstrom
    #553 Master Signifier
    Paintings - 64x84 cm
    #552 Pecking Order by Johan Soderstrom
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    #552 Pecking Order by Johan Soderstrom
    #552 Pecking Order
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #551 Family Affair by Johan Soderstrom
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    #551 Family Affair by Johan Soderstrom
    #551 Family Affair
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #550 Love Story by Johan Soderstrom
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    #550 Love Story by Johan Soderstrom
    #550 Love Story
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #549 Loquor Ergo Sum by Johan Soderstrom
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    #549 Loquor Ergo Sum by Johan Soderstrom
    #549 Loquor Ergo Sum
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #546 Re Public by Johan Soderstrom
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    #546 Re Public by Johan Soderstrom
    #546 Re Public
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #547 No Public by Johan Soderstrom
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    #547 No Public by Johan Soderstrom
    #547 No Public
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
    #544 External Fear by Johan Soderstrom
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    #544 External Fear by Johan Soderstrom
    #544 External Fear
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #543 Internal Fear by Johan Soderstrom
    #543 Internal Fear
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #540 The River by Johan Soderstrom
    #540 The River
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #541 The Sea by Johan Soderstrom
    #541 The Sea
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #539 Spread by Johan Soderstrom
    #539 Spread
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #538 Spread by Johan Soderstrom
    #538 Spread
    Paintings - 84x64 cm
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    #537 Spread by Johan Soderstrom
    #537 Spread
    Paintings - 84x64 cm

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