Jonas Gazell | News/CV
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Dagdröm 2022




flat panel monitor, wood frame, venetian blinds, video (loop, no sound)





Blanksliten 2022


sand, 14" CRT monitor, video (loop, no sound)



video stills







Ensamseglaren 2022


flat panel monitors, two channel synched video, (loop, no sound)







Diktsamling 2022


Clay Brick, metal handle, acrylic marker




Souvenir 2022




high visibility safety vest, wood frame




Exterior view from the exhibition "I andras sällskap" 2022
@Konstnärsfrämjandet






Återglans 2020






high visibility safety vest, wood frame




Transpasser 2020




high visibility safety vest, wood frame



@Defib Art / photo: Tina Nejderskog / video: Daniel Torarp




No Moment 2019




flat panel TV's, plywood pillars, 4 chanel video (loop, no sound)






Voicing a body (in G major) 2018




speakers, wool string, eight channel, sound mono (loop)






Attempted Escape #1 2018




plywood, foam mattress, cotton bed sheet, cell phone, digital image,
sound mono (loop)









Soft Reboot
Collaboration with meaning.coffee (Loes Degener & Douwe Mulder)

There is no such thing as a free lunch 2017


acrylic glass, wood, LED strip




Waste 2017


analog FM radio, metal fence, field recording sound mono, FM transmitter




I'm too sad to tell you 2017


DVD player, DVD-R copy of "I'm too said to tell you" (1971) by Bas Jan Ader,
plinth




Six smart phones sharing the same image of a Van Gogh painting 2017


six smart phones, digital image of a Van Gogh painting, wood board, cable




HD Ready 2017


HD Ready flat Screen TV, slide show, hand trolley, cable




445" Class (445" Diag.) - 7:1 - Ultra Quantum Dynamic - White 2017




DV tape, nails




445" Class (445" Diag.) - 7:1 - Ultra Quantum Dynamic - White
Limited Home Edition
2017







download user's guide here.




For a Brief Moment 2015




8" speaker, floor tom, cable, sound mono (loop)






Premonition Peak 2015


sound composition, 3:39
review from Neural




Two Cycles Encounter 2014


floor standing speaker, q-tips, plinth, sound stereo (loop)




Abrasive Void 2014


10" speaker element, acrylic on canvas, cable, sound mono (loop)




Complacency Falling 2014




42" flat panel TV, video (loop, sound stereo), cloth, steel wire.
Photo documentation by Johan Österholm.




It Will All End In Tears 2014




8 CRT monitors, 8 DVD players, video (loop, sound stereo), steel wire, cable







Alternative Stable State 2013


14" CRT monitor, wood, video (loop, sound stereo)




Let Out 2013


11 CRT monitors, 11 DVD players, video (loop, sound stereo), corner.










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News
 
Nov/3/23 Presenting works @Arvika Ljus.



Sep/16/23 Composing a live soundtrack for fire sculpture and
dance performance @Rural Movements.

May/29/23 Featured on XOR radio show.




Nov/11/22 Solo exhibition "I andras sällskap" @Konstnärsfrämjandet.


Oct/27/22 Curating an exhibition with Ann-Catrin Olsson @Kolonin Arvika.


Oct/14/21 Group exhibition "Find Us" @ Galleri .
Part of Supermarket Arti Fair 2021.


Aug/28/21 Part of "Skogen Mellan Oss" @Konstfrämjandet.




Oct 2020 Presenting new works @Arvika Ljus.


Oct/9/20 Solo exhibition "Transpasser" @Defib Art.


Summer 2020
Exhibition together with Katrin Westman and Josefin Bergman.




Oct 2019 Solo exhibition "No Moment" @Kolonin Arvika. Review here.

Aug 2019 Solo Exhibition "Farewells" @Off The Hook Gallery. Rewiew here.

Apr 2018 Presenting new works with Lars Brink @Galleri .

Mar 2018 Group exhibition "Cold Current 2018", @Adiacenze, Curated by
Helene Førde & Manuel Portioli

Sep/30/17 The work 445" Class (445" Diag.) - 7:1 - Ultra Quantum Dynamic White
Limited Home Edition
is on sale @Mossans Marknad accompanied by the Soft Reboot
catalog funded by Mossutställningar.

Jun/30/17 Exhibition @Bangen and @Galleri Lars Palm in Sandviken.

Jun/15/17 Opening of "Sound of Sörmland II" @Sörmlands Museum, together with:
Mikael Ericsson, Gideonsson/Londré, Mari Kretz, Kajsa Magnarsson,
Anders Rönnlund, Åsa Stjerna, Linda Tedsdotter and Magnus Wassborg.

Apr/28/17 Exhibition "Soft Reboot" @IDKA Gävle.
A collaboration with meaning.coffee (Loes Degener & Douwe Mulder).
Reviews here(Gefle Dagblad) and here(Arbetarbladet).


Sep 2016 Exhibition at Centrifug @Konsthall C with Lars Brink.

Sep 2016 Contributed to the cassette compilation "Det Grymma Svärdet 24.5".
You can buy a copy here.

Jun 2016 Exhibition at The Alma Löv Museum from 18/6 to 21/8.

Jan 2016 The catalog "Tomma rum finns i Sverige" is complete. Download:
You can borrow it @Stockholms stadsbibliotek.





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CV
Born 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Lives and work in Östra Ämtervik, Sweden.




Education
2014 MFA Joint Study Program, Nordic Sound Art
2014 MFA Umeå Academy of Fine Arts
2009 Gerlesborgsskolan Stockholm

Selected Exhibitions
2023 Arvika Ljus (upcoming), Arvika
2023 "Sammankomst", Rural Movements, Öa Ämtervik
2023 "Unhomed Objects" XOR Space, online
2022 "I andras Sällskap" (solo), Konstnärsfrämjandet, Karlstad
2021 "Find Us" Galleri NOS, Stockholm
2021 "Skogen Mellan Oss" Konstfrämjandet, Arvika
2020 Arvika Ljus, Arvika
2020 "Transpasser" (solo), Defib Art, Stockholm
2020 "Fastland" (w/ Josefin Bergman & Katrin Westman), Öa Ämtervik
2019 "No Moment" (solo), Kolonin, Arvika
2019 "Farewells" (solo), Off The Hook Gallery, Årjäng
2018 "Post Human Touch" (w/ Lars Brink), Galleri Nos, Stockholm
2018 "Cold Current 2018", Adiacenze, Bolonga
2017 Mossans Marknad (w/ meaning.coffee), Mossutställnigar, Stockholm
2017 Konst på Bangen / Galleri Lars Palm, Sandviken
2017 "Sound of Sörmland II", Konstgalleriet i Hälleforsnäs, Flen
2017 "Soft Reboot" (w/ meaning.coffee), IDKA, Gävle
2016 Centrifug, Konsthall C (w/ Lars Brink), Stockholm
2016 Alma Löv Museum, Östra Ämtervik
2016 Galleri Bokboden, Bergen
2015 "Rumsbrott" (solo), Cigarrvägen 13, Stockholm
2015 "Efterklang/Reverberations", Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborg
2015 "Itch", Panncentralen, Stockholm
2015 "Continuum", Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2014 Kulturhusfestivalen, Umeå Kulturhus, Umeå
2014 Länssalongen, Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå
2014 Länssalongen, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
2014 Riv Huset grand opening, Skellefteå
2014 "Cultural Capital", Bildmuseet, Umeå and ZK/U, Berlin
2014 "It Will All End In Tears" (solo), Galleri Rörelsen, Umeå
2013 "Music for Pieces of Wood" Tårnet, København
2013 "20x20", Mødestedet, Aarhus
2013 "Grizzly. Man." (w/ Stina Kajaso), CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö
2012 "Paper Tape: The Beast Eulogies, valeveil, online
2012 "Hörlursfestivalen", LAB galleri, Sollefteå
2011 "Surplus of Obsolete Technology" (solo), Galleri Maskinen, Umeå
2010 Strange Age Art Festival, Oslo

Grants etc.
2023 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee two year working grant
2022 Development Assignment, "Kreativ Kraft", Region Värmland
2018 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee one year working grant
2018 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee travel grant
2018 Stockholm City atelier and studio support for artists
2015 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee project grant (w/ Tomma rum)
2014 "Sonotopia 2015" nominee, (Bonn Hören/Beethovenstiftung Bonn)
2014 Eva och Hugo Bergmans Minnesfond
2014 Stiftelsen Georg Suttners stipendiefond
2013 Balticdonationen Internationellt stipendium

Miscellaneous
2023 Technical producer, Alma Löv Museum, Östra Ämtervik
2022 Curator, "Fönstergalleriet", Kolonin Arvika
2022 Workshop, Kolonin Arvika
2019 Technical producer, Alma Löv Museum, Östra Ämtervik
2015 Organizer, Tomma Rum, Ljusne
2015 Co-curator, "Continuum"
0000 (w/ Jens Lindqvist), Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2014 Co-curator, "Maskinen Art Boat"
0000 as part of Galleri Maskinen, Umeå/Vaasa
2013 Co-curator, "Lost in Space"
0000 as part of Galleri Maskinen, Konstfack, Stockholm
2013 Co-curator, "Rutaruna",
0000 International Exchange of Artists, Stockholm/Kiev
2013 Organizer, Tomma Rum, Unnaryd
2012 Workshop, Tomma rum, Kil

Teaching Örebro Konstskola, Konstskolan i Gävle
Teaching and Kyrkeruds Folkhögskola

Represented by Statens Konstråd and Region Värmland.

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