Joakim Ojanen

A propos | Biographie | Exposition | Presse

Born 1985 in Vasteras, live and study in Stockholm. 

Education

2012 ­- 2014
MFA, Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design.
2009 ­- 2012
BA, Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design 

Solo & Duo Exhibitions

2016
What A Time To Be Alive :( ­ Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US 2016 Ebelingmuseet, Torshälla Eskilstuna, Sweden
Konsthallen Passagen (with Jeff Olsson), Linköping, Sweden

2015
The Bries Space, Antwerp, Belgium
Market Art Fair, Galleri Thomassen, Stockholm, Sweden

2014
Självbild, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden
This Is The Shit That I Live 4, KAZ Galleri, Västerås, Sweden

2013
Dirty Hands, Filthy Feets ­ Superclub Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Projektionen av mig på dig (Joakim Ojanen & Hanna Andersson) ­ Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden

2012
Röknäsor, Elefanter & Regnbågar (Joakim Ojanen & Hanna Andersson) ­ NAU Gallery, Stockholm 2011 Konstfack Student gallery ­ Vernissage, Stockholm, Sweden

2010
The creamy two's (Joakim Ojanen & Hanna Andersson) ­ Gallery Le Petit Mignon, Berlin, Germany
Phaces, Nya Skolan, Göteborg, Sweden

2009
Street Smart, Show Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden

2008
The creamy two’s (Joakim Ojanen & Hanna Andersson) ­ Gallery Hangups, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 ­- 2017
Wertical I, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, Germany

2016
Untitled Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami beach, US
How High, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, US
EXPO Chicago art fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, US
BoobyTrap ­ The Hole NYC, New York, US
Seattle Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Seattle, US
Swedish Art: Now! Sven Harrys Konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
The Garden Party (Group show) Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
KARNEVAL (Group show) Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden
Young Frankensteins Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, US

2015­ - 2016
POWERFUL BABIES: THE IMPACT OF KEITH HARING, Spritmuseum, Stockholm Sweden

2015
BEHOLD! THE BLOB, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Samlat 2010­2015, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden
Påsksalong, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden

2014 ­- 2015
Winter Show 2014, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark

2014
Moving, Watdafac Gallery, New York, US
Påsksalongen, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
Keramik, NAU Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
WHAT A GAS! AT THE ZOO ­ 3:E Våningen, Gothenburg, Sweden

2013
Magnus Magnum ­ Studio Belleflamme, Liège, Belgium
Retrospective
Opposites Attract ­ Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago IL, US

2012 ­- 2013 Bang On The Beet ­ Swedish Special ­ Watdafac Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2012 ­
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
Blaque Lyte Richmo ­ ADA Gallery, Richmond VA, US
Point of no return ­ Konstfack Degree Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden

2011 ­- 2012
Blaque Lyte ­ Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, US

 

Commissioned Work

2015
Väntrum, Mini Maria, Kaverös äng 5, for The City of Gothenburg

2010
Landskapsmålning, Utsmyckning, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Represented By Work

Colección Solo, Madrid, Spain
Statens Konstråd (Public Art Agency Sweden)
Västerås Art Museum, Sweden
Åberg Museum, Bålsta, Sweden
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
The City of Gothenburg, Sweden
The City of Linköping, Sweden
The City of Eskilstuna, Sweden
The City of Östersund, Sweden
The City of Katrineholm, Sweden
County Council of Gävleborg, Sweden
Värmdö municipality
The Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, the Art Institute of Chicago, US

 

Grants

2016
Konstnärsnämnden, Internationellt kulturutbyte och resebidrag

2015
Konstnärsnämnden – Working grant – the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Stockholm Stad Kulturstipendium, Bildkonst
Konstakademien, E. Sääfs stipendium
Konstnärsnämnden, Internationellt kulturutbyte och resebidrag 2013 Västerås Stad Kulturstipendium

2010
Gefeldts & Reeves Stiftelse