artist
Johan Thurfjell
- Born
- Sweden
Johan Thurfjell’s art leads straight into big and small mysteries, oscillating between extremes such as dream and waking, life and death, light and darkness. It’s not about the actual opposites but the passages in between – a twilight zone where definitions fail, time is sealed in and people and spirits slip into each other’s domains. Johan Thurfjell’s works are infused with craftsmanship. He paints, builds and carves wood sculptures with mechanical parts that perform simple repetitive movements. A great deal relies on surprise and the power of suggestion. The atmosphere is tense but nothing feels threatening.
Johan Thurfjell was educated at Konstfack i, Stockholm, Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and Kungl. Konsthögskolan in Stockholm.