JOHAN SÖDERSTRÖM

Johan Söderström works with material- and process-based painting. His works are made using standard filler applied to oak panels, developed through a self-devised technique that results in a graphic visual language combined with a pronounced tactile materiality. The works often take the form of series, and at times expand into spatial installations. In parallel, he engages in participatory art projects.

Söderström’s practice is grounded in the idea of a fundamental alienation within the human subject. Through painting, he articulates notions of lack and desire as integral to our perception of reality, and examines how these conditions may illuminate social and cultural forms of alienation—related to privilege, class, and racism. His work addresses different forms of distance between people.

Söderström was educated at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and has exhibited extensively in Norway and Sweden. His works are included in private and public Scandinavian collections, and he has completed several public art commissions. From 2020 to 2025, he has been receiving a working grant from Billede Kunstneres Vederlags Fond. He lives and works in Oslo.

Upcoming solo exhibition: Galleri Ramfjord February 7 – 28, 2026