Biography
Born in 1969 in Karlstad, Sweden, JH Engström has been developing for two decades a major work that questions the conditions of our existence in the form of installations consisting of photographs, films and books. His work with a strong autobiographical dimension, based on the experience of an artist in movement – JH Engström has lived in Sweden, the United States and France – questions the role of private memory, the relationship to our origins, the link between the urban and natural environment, and the modes of representation and domination in our contemporary societies. His work has been the subject of numerous monographic exhibitions at the Varmlands Museum (Sweden, 2017 and 2009), FOAM Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2014), the National Media Museum, Bradford (United Kingdom, 2010) or the Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (Sweden, 2005). His works are housed in the collections of the Fotomuseum Winterthur (Winterthur, Switzerland), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (United States), the Museum of Modern Art / Moderna Museet in Stockholm (Sweden) or the Musée Nicéphore Nièpce (Chalon-sur-Saône, France). He is the author of critically acclaimed books and winners of international awards, including the trilogy consisting of Trying to Dance (published by Journal in 2003), Tout va bien (Aperture, 2015) and Revoir (Akio Nagasawa Publishing / Journal, 2017). JH Engström currently lives between the Swedish region of Värmland and Paris.Education
*Assistant toMonographs
*''Härbärge/Shelter.'' Bokförlaget DN, 1997. Winner of "The photographic book of the year in Sweden" 1998. . *''Trying to Dance.'' Stockholm: Journal, 2004. . *''Haunts.'' Göttingen:Filmography
*''A Film about with Anders Petersen'' 2006. 52 minutes, directed and produced by JH Engström, edited by Kasja Grandell. *''Bertil & Maggan'' 2006. 28 minutes, written and directed by JH Engström, produced by Jenny Örnborn. *''Har/Ici/Here'' 2018. 4 minutes, 42 seconds, directed, produced, and edited by JH Engström. *''Ordet/Le Mot/The Word'' 2017. 6 hours, directed by JH Engström. *''Djuret/L'Animal/The Animal'' 2020. 4 minutes, 43 seconds. Directed by JH Engström. *''TIDIGT/TÔT/EARLY'' 2022. 4 minutes 56 seconds, directed by JH Engström.Grants and awards
*Bildhuset grant for young photographers, 1996. *Stockhölm Cultural award, 1998. *Grant from The Andrea Frank Foundation, 1998 *Winner of The photographic book of the year in Sweden for ''Härbärge/Shelter'', 1998 *Grant from the Swedish Authors Foundation, 1998 *Grant from The Swedish Arts Council, 1999 *Grant from the Swedish Authors Foundation, 2004 *Grant from Hasselblad Center, 2004 *Artist in residence at Contretype, Brussels, 2003 *Grant from the Swedish Arts Council, 2004 *Artist in residence at Musée de Niepce,Solo Exhibitions
*''Entreacte'' Gallery F48, Stockholm, Sweden, 2000. *''Shelter'', The Nordic Museum, Stockholm, 2002. *''Trying to Dance'', Artotèque d'Angers, Angers, France, 2002. *''Trying to Dance'', Contretype, Brussels, 2002. *''Trying to dance'', Galerie VU‚ Paris, France, 2004. *''Haunts'', Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2005. *''Je Suis Où,'' Contretype, Brussels, 2006. *''Milliken'', Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. *''Haunts'', Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. *''Haunts'', Galerie VU, Paris, France, 2006. *''Trying to Dance'', Nantes Photofestival,Group Exhibitions
*''Territory'', Stockholm Cultural House, Sweden, 1994. *''Tempo – A documentary Festival'', Stockholm Cultural House, Sweden, 1998. *''Shelter/Café Lehmitz'', With Anders Petersen, Gallery Prinsen in Stockholm, Sweden, 1998. *Photographic Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998. *''Swedish Photography'', Theatre des images, Nice, France, 2002. *''Inspiration Strömholm'', Gallery CFF, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002. *''Stockholm too Close'', Stockholm Cultural House, Sweden, 2002. *''Unstable'', Stockholm Cultural House, Sweden, 2004. *Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. 2005. *Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, USA, 2005. *''Unstable'', Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden, 2005. *''Deutsche Börse Photography Prize'', Photographers Gallery, London, UK, 2005. *''Der Traum vom Ich, der Traum von der Welt'', Winterthur Fotomuseum, Switzerland, 2005. *'Deutsche Börse Group, Frankfurt, Germany, 2005. *Gooroom project, South Korea, 2005. *Langhans Galerie, Galerie VU, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005. *Mois de la Photo, Paris, France, 2006. *Caprice Horn Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2006. *''Genre Humain'', Brussels, Belgium Fotografins Hus, 2006. *''Face a Face'' Stockholm, Sweden *Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen, Netherlands, 2006. *D-Foto, San Sebastian, Spain, 2006. *Cohan and Leslie Gallery, New York, USA, 2007. *''Darkside'', Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, 2008. *Arles Photofestival, show curated by Nan Goldin, Arles, France, 2009. *''Das Porträt. Fotographie als Bühne'', Kunsthalle Wien, Das Porträt-Fotografie als Buhne, Austria, 2009. *''Darkside II'', Darkside II, Winterthur Fotomuseum, Switzerland, 2009. * ''La Residence'', Contretype Photcenter, Brussels, Belgium, 2010. *Liege Photobienale, Belgium, 2012. *''Out of Focus'', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2012. *''Eyes Wild Open'', commissioned by Marie Sordat, Botanique, Brussels, Belgium, 2018.Institution Collections
*Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland. *Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden. *The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA. *Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. *Musée Nicéphore-Niépce, Chalon-Sure-Saône, France. *The Nordic Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. *Noorderlicht Photography Foundation, Grongingue, Netherlands. *Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. *Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, Sweden.References
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