Johan Andersson (born 1986 in

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) is a

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painter.

Awards

Johan Andersson is co founder of Art Unified and lives and works in Los Angeles. He has exhibited in major museums such as Royal West of England, Saatchi gallery, V&A museum and National portrait gallery. In 2007 Andersson became the youngest ever artist to be shortlisted for the

BP Portrait Award The BP Portrait Award was an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. It is the successor to the John Player Portrait Award. It is the most important portrait prize in the world, and is reputedly ...

, winning third prize for his painting ''Tamara''., which was viewed by over 195,000 people. The representational simplicity of his early work has been compared to recent works by

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. Andersson is also a winner of the

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Contemporary Painters Prize; his winning piece ''Kate'' has since sold on the secondary market for "in excess of £40,000" in a deal involving Eugene Tenenbaum. Following his early critical acclaim, Andersson has exhibited in six countries, at two major art fairs and in three museums including the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

Painting of Amy Winehouse

In late July 2011 Andersson received a posthumous public commission to paint

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, which incorporated subtle use of spray paints. In July 2011 with Art Below he unveiled an image of the singer on the

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just two weeks after Winehouse's death. The image was re-exhibited in July 2012 in Art Below's build-up show to the

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. One year after Winehouse's death, Art Below reinstalled the image at Camden Town tube station, on Northern line Platform 1.

Collaborations

He has collaborated with the founder of Givey, David Erasmus, on a

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called ''The Power of Connection.'' His first formal series ''STOLEN FACES'' was revealed, exhibited and auctioned at Englefield House,

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in May 2012. He has since worked on two other series - paintings from Brand for Life were exhibited in both the

Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the ...

and the

Royal West of England Academy The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in Clifton, Bristol, near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. Situated in a Grade II* listed building, it hosts five galleries and an exhibition prog ...

; whilst Generation of War has led to Andersson collaborating for a short film, which was specially recognised by The Celeste Prize.

References

External links

www.artunified.com Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Johan 1986 births Living people 20th-century Swedish painters 20th-century Swedish male artists Swedish male painters 21st-century Swedish painters 21st-century Swedish male artists People from Trollhättan Alumni of Central Saint Martins Artists from Västra Götaland County