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Johanna Sandels  (b. 1996, Stockholm) practice gravitates around the translation of the concept väsen, mainly through means of sound and installation.



Education
2023 – 2025    Kunstakademiet Tromsø (MA, Fine Art), Tromsø, Norway
2021 – 2023    École supérieure d'art et de design – Tours (BA, Fine Art), Tours, France
2016 – 2019    SOAS University of London, (BA, international development studies and politics), London, United Kingdom

Selected shows
2025    solo show, DOM Gallery, Riga, Latvia (upcoming)
2025    I can only be thought in relation to we, group show, gallery Kurant, Tromsø, Norway
2025    HMS, group show, Tromsø International Film Festival, Gamla Galleri Snerk, Tromsø, Norway  
2024    waiting room for the northern lights, solo show, Gamla Galleri Snerk, Tromsø, Norway
2023    forest-garden, duo performance and installation with Paule Corounne, Hôtel Gouïn, Tours, France
2023    reflection-resonance, sound sculpture with Leah Williamsson, Les Octrois, Tours, France
2021    ström, sound installation made with Konstkollektivetkontakt, Parcours d’art 2021, Avignon, France 
2020   Ousia, Passage, group show, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France

Albums
2024    silkeskuggorna,  Apraviva Recordings, Paris, France
2024    te, duo album as taupe étoile, Chienne dees Ondes, Tours, France
2022     väsen,  Apraviva Recordings. Paris, France


Solo and duo performances
2025    warm up before Andrew Keese, solo performance, concert, Riga Reformation Church
2024    waiting for the northern lights and improvisation, solo performance, opening of Laikam at Rainis and Aspazija House. Riga, Latvia
2024    waiting for the northern lights and improvisation, solo performance, Abysse concert, Gallery Abstract Project. Paris, France
2024    waiting for the northern lights and improvisation, solo performance, AUSMĀ concert, Anglican Church, Riga, Latvia
2024    waiting for the northern lights and improvisation, solo performance. Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
2024    taupe étoile concert, duo performance, Super 9. Tours, France
2023    taupe étoile release concert TE, duo performance, 2bis rue de Lucé, 3ème étage. Tours, France

Other projects, talks, workshops
2025   Erica Synths short term residency, Erica Synths, Riga, Latvia
2025    A/B, contribution for album by Ensemble Ex Materia, Apraviva Recordings, Paris, France
2024   City out of  Sight, KUNO short term mobility, Trondheim, Norway 
2024   Tīrkultūra, guest show on the radio station. Riga, Latvia
2023    Recollection Bureau: An instructive happening, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2023   YES Sculpture, Erasmus+ short term mobility, TALM - École Supérieure d'Art et de Design Tours Angers- Le Mans, France
2022   SymbolSourc€book. Brussels, Belgium 
2021    Performer, Mission O. Sicily, Italy
2021   Passerelle de Carmignon, inaguration concert of bridge Elgaland-Vargaland. Bagnols Sur Ceze, France

Awards, grants
2025    Insomnia Cloud: Exit talent program award, supported by SNN Samfunnsløftet and Talent Norway, Tromsø Norway
2024    TVIBIT funding for sound systems, Tromsø , Norway

Professional appointments
2024    Intern at Mono+, sound design for churches. Stockholm, Sweden
2023    Field recorder, Banquet festif – Laurent Derobert Beaux-arts de Paris (Mondes Nouveaux). Paris, France
2022    Artist assistant for Daniel Buren, Au detour des routes et des chemins 7 travaux in situ.  Ile d’ Arz, France
2022    Artist assistant for Benoit Pype, De rives 5 –  Galleri Aline Vidal. Paris, France

Recent press
Et Mykere Vi (June 2025)
https://www.hakapik.no/home/2025/7/17/et-mykere-vi


Silkeskuggorna
review on Loop magazine (January 2025)
https://loop.cl/johanna-sandels/