Jonas Gazell | News/CV
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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 mono sound, 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, amplifier, sound loop




Premonition Peak 2015


sound composition, 3:39



review from Neural




Two Cycles Encounter 2014


floor standing speaker, q-tips, podium, amplifier, sound loop




Abrasive Void 2014


10" speaker element, acrylic on canvas, cable, amplifier, sound loop




Complacency Falling 2014


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






It Will All End In Tears 2014


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









Alternative Stable State 2013


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




Let Out 2013


11 CRT monitors, 11 DVD players, video, stereo sound, corner.




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News
 
September 2022
Solo exhibition "I andras sällskap" @Konstnärsfrämjandet.


October 14-17 2021:
"Find Us" group exhibition @ Galleri , Part of Supermarket Arti Fair 2021.


August 2021:
"Skogen Mellan Oss" , Konstfrämjandet


October 2020:
"Arvika Ljus" @ Kolonin Arvika.



October 2020:
Solo exhibition "Transpasser" @ Defib Art.



Summer 2020:


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

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

October 2018:
Received a one year working grant from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

September 2018:
Digital release on Garble
"red 757.53hz orange845.98hz yellow 472.75hz green527.35hz blue588.86hz indigo632.05hz violet657.54hz lucy tuned"

April 2018:
New works with Lars Brink @ Galleri Nos

March 2018:
Cold Current 2018, Bolonga, Italy @ Adiacenze, curated by Helene Førde & Manuel Portioli

March 2018:
Received a travel grant from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee for participating in Cold Current 2018.

Febuary 2018:
Received a three year atelier and studio support for artists in Stockholm City

September 30 2017:
The work "445" Class (445" Diag.) - 7:1 - Ultra Quantum Dynamic White Limited Home Edition" is sold at
Mossans Marknad accompanied by the Soft Reboot catalog funded by Mossutställningar.

June 30 2017:
exhibition at Bangen Jazz & Blues Festival that later travels to Galleri Lars Palm in Sandviken.

June 15 2017:
Opening of Sounds of Sörmland II together with Mikael Ericsson, Gideonsson/Londré, Mari Kretz, Kajsa Magnarsson,
Anders Rönnlund, Åsa Stjerna, Linda Tedsdotter, Magnus Wassborg at various locations in Sörmland.

April 28 2017:
Exhibition "Soft Reboot" at IDKA in Gävle in collaboration with meaning.coffee (Loes Degener & Douwe Mulder).
Reviews here Gefle Dagblad and here Arbetarbladet.

September 2016:
Exhibition at Centrifug, Konsthall C with Lars Brink entitled "Vi ser inte framtiden för all tid i världen".

September 2016:
Contributed to a cassette compilation called "Det Grymma Svärdet 24.5". You can buy a copy here.

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

May 2016:
Avid Certified Pro Tools User.

January 2016:
Tomma rum catalog complete, download pdf here.



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




Selected Exhibitions
2022 "I andras Sällskap", Konstnärsfrämjandet, Karlstad
2021 "Find Us" Galleri NOS, Stockholm
2021 "Skogen Mellan Oss" Konstfrämjandet, Arvika
2020 "Arvika Ljus", Kolonin, Arvika
2020 "Transpasser" (solo), Defib Art, Stockholm
2020 "Fastland" (With Josefin Bergman & Katrin Westman), Visteruds fd. missionshus, Östra Ämtervik
2019 "No Moment" (solo), Kolonin, Arvika
2019 "Farewells" (solo), Off The Hook Gallery, Årjäng
2018 "Post Human Touch" (with Lars Brink), Galleri Nos, Stockholm
2018 "Cold Current 2018", Adiacenze, Bolonga, Italy, curated by Helene Førde & Manuel Portioli
2017 Mossans Marknad (with meaning.coffee), Mossutställnigar, Stockholm
2017 Konst på Bangen / Galleri Lars Palm, Sandviken
2017 "Sounds of Sörmland II", Konstgalleriet i Hälleforsnäs, Flen
2017 "Soft Reboot" (with meaning.coffee), IDKA Kulturkiosken, Gävle
2016 "Vi ser inte framtiden för all tid i världen" (With Lars Brink), Centrifug, Konsthall C, Stockholm
2016 "Utställning 2016" Alma Löv Museum, Östra Ämtervik
2016 "All Friends Are Invited", Galleri Bokboden, Bergen
2015 "Rumsbrott" (solo), Cigarrvägen 13, Stockholm
2015 "Efterklang/Reverberations", Röda Sten, Göteborg
2015 "Itch", Panncentralen, Stockholm
2015 "Continuum", Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2014 Kulturhusfestivalen, Nya Kulturhuset, Umeå
2014 Länssalongen Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå
2014 Länssalongen Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
2014 Riv Huset grand opening, Skellefteå
2014 "Cultural Capital", ZK/U, Berlin
2014 "Cultural Capital", Bildmuseet, Umeå
2014 "It Will All End In Tears" (solo), Galleri Rörelsen, Umeå
2013 "Music for Pieces of Wood" Tårnet, København
2013 "National Videoscreening del 1", Bildmuseet, Umeå
2013 "20x20", Mødestedet, Aarhus
2012 "Paper Tape: The Beast Eulogies, valeveil, online
2013 "Grizzly. Man." (with Stina Kajaso), CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö
2012 Tomma Rum, Kil
2012 "Hörlursfestivalen", LAB gallery, Sollefteå
2011 "Surplus of Obsolete Technology" (solo), Galleri Maskinen, Umeå
2011 "The Reflecting Landscape", Galleri 60, Umeå
2010 Strange Age Art Festival, Oslo
2010 Tomma Rum, Tranås
2009 "Untitled People", Verkligheten, Umeå
2009 Galleri Vitrin, Stockholm
2008 "Tänk Om...!", Stockholm

Education
2016 Avid Certified Pro Tools User
2014 Nordic Sound Art, KUNO Joint Study Program
2014 Master of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts
2010 Landscape Painting, Umeå Univerity, 15 ECTS
2009 Video Art, Umeå Univerity, 15 ECTS
2009 Gerlesborgsskolan, Stockholm

Grants etc.
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 (with 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
2019 Alma Löv, technical producer, Östra Ämtervik
2015 Tomma Rum, organizer, Ljusne
2015 "Continuum", co-curating with Jens Lindqvist, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2014 "Maskinen Art Boat", curator as part of Galleri Maskinen, Umeå/Vaasa
2014 "Staden", technical assistant, Sliperiet, Umeå
2014 "Embrace", scenography assistant, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå
2013 "Lost in Space" curator as part of Galleri Maskinen, Konstfack, Stockholm
2013 "Rutaruna" organizer, International Exchange of Artists, Stockholm/Kiev
2013 Tomma Rum, organizer, Unnaryd
2013 "Liket Lever", scenographer, Sliperiet, Umeå
2012 "Juxtapose Workshop", organizer, Kil Kommun, Kil
2009 "Alla Ting Är Tre", curator as part of Galleri60e, Wasagallerian, Umeå
2009 "Pre Sang Real", scenography assistant, Inside, Bergen
2008 "Knif", sound technician, Kilen, Stockholm
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