© Sture Johannesson


Sture Johannesson


Born 1935. Married to Ann-Charlotte, textile, fiber and paper artist, daughter Malinda, Master of Science in Engineering Physics, married to Christer, grandson Sixten born 1998.
  Graphic Art studies 1955-1959, photographer 1959-1961. Worked with experimental films, mixed media, posters, and conceptual art in the 60’s. Early Computer Graphics experiments 1970 together with Sten Kallin, IBM Senior Technical Staff Member. Sture and Ann-Charlotte built the first Apple II-based microcomputer graphics studio in Scandinavia, The Digital Theatre, in 1978. 1986~1998 working together with Sten Kallin again in The EPICS Project: Exploring Picture Space. Represented at MOMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Department of Architecture and Design, The Swedish National Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Bibliothèque Nationale, Musée de l’Affiche et de la Publicité, Musée de la Publicité aux Arts décoratifs, Paris, and several other international museums, archives, and private collections.


Utdrag ur Nationalencyklopedin

Johannesson, Sture, f. 1935, grafisk bildkonstnär. J. framträdde vid 1960-talets slut som en ytterst tids- och formmedveten konstnär med bilder i psykedelisk undergroundstil. Hans affischer, ofta med starkt provokativt uttryck, fick även internationell spridning. Under 1970-talet och därefter har han bl.a. experimenterat med en bildvärld skapad med dator. Litt.: T. Weimarck, Ann-Charlotte & Sture Johannesson: The Digital Theatre (1983).


Exhibits and participations

● 1964
“CORITUS, Konst som rit” Uppsala, Sigtuna, Strängnäs,
Galleri Holte, Copenhagen, “POEX” Den Frie, Copenhagen.

● 1966
“Nordiska Ungdomsbiennalen” Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.

● 1967
Galleri Cannabis, Malmö, Galleri Observatorium, Stockholm,
“Stadsbilder” Svensk-Franska, Stockholm, “Skånes Konst” Lund Konsthall.

● 1968
“Bild som vapen” Skånska konstmuseum, Lund.

● 1970
Galleri Glemminge, Glemmingebro, Galleri Nordvästen, Helsingborg, Siegfrieds Printing Office, Amsterdam, “Skånes Konst” Lund Konsthall, “UNDERGROUND” Skånska konstmuseum, Lund.

● 1972
“NEW GENERATION” Kalmar konstmuseum, “MICRO” Galleriet, Lund,
Tinghallen, Viborg.

● 1973
“CIRCUIT” Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan,
“CONTACT II” Sigma 9, Bordeaux, “INTRA-X” Rickarums Kvarn,
“Salongen” Kristianstads museum, “T-5” Galerija Grada Zagreba, Zagreb.

● 1974
“ART 5” Basel, Arbetets Galleri, Malmö, Galleri 69, Göteborg,
“CONCEPTRIP” 2nd International Computer Art Exhibition, Tokyo,
Grafikhuset Stockholm, “Grafiktriennalen” Liljevalchs, Stockholm,
IBM, Stockholm, “IFIP—MEDINFO” Stockholm, Lomma konstförening, Lomma,
“RETURNED TO SENDER” Gallery Schema, Firenze,
Renströmska Museet, Göteborg, “Svenska Realister” Lund Konsthall,
“The Bat-Sheva Seminar on the Interaction of Art & Science”
The Jerusalem Program in Art & Science, Jerusalem.

● 1975
“ART 6” Basel, “Datorgrafik” Galleri Wallner, Malmö,
“ICCH/2, International Conference on the Computers & the Humanities”
University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
“NEW MEDIA ZERO” Galerie Leger, Malmö, S.K.O., Konstfrämjandet, Malmö,
“VARGEN” Moderna Museet Stockholm.

● 1976
“Om Tyskland — i Tiden” KulturHuset Stockholm,
Renströmska Museet, Göteborg, Malmö Konsthall, Galerie S:t Petri, Lund,
“INBOUND/OUTBOUND” Gallery Zona, Firenze,
“KUNST & VLIEGWERK” Amsterdam, “Vad kampen gällde” Norrköpings museum.

● 1977
“REGNBUE—UDSTILLINGEN” Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, STUDIO 11, Malmö, “Teckningar” Malmö museum.

● 1978
Bildgalleriet, Varberg, “ART OF THE SCIENCE ERA” von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama, International Poster Biennale, Warzaw, “Vietnam i våra hjärtan” Hanoi.

● 1979
“ARTISTE ET ORDINATEUR” Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris, Lille, Caen, Arkivmuseum, Lund, Norrköpings museum, “CYBERNETIC SYMBIOSIS” “International Computer Art Exhibition” Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California, “Lahti Poster Biennale” Finland,
“Månadens Konstverk” Galerie Börjeson, Malmö, Osby konstförening,
“The Baghdad International Poster Exhibition” London, Baghdad.

● 1980
Galerie Green, Malmö, International Poster Biennale, Warzaw,
“Skånskt 70-tal” Maneten, Pustervik, Göteborg, Södertälje Konsthall.

● 1981
“Lahti Poster Biennale” Finland, “Nordisk Grafik” “21 Meetings” Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Sölvesborgs konstförening, Sölvesborg.

● 1983
“Datorgrafikdagar” Tekniska högskolan, Linköping, “ELECTRA — IMAGE NUMERIQUE” Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, Euroc konstförening, Malmö, “International Art Contributed for Uruguay” “International Poster Biennale” Warzaw, “Lahti Poster Biennale” Finland, “SIGRAD’83” Stockholm, Sydkraft konstförening, Malmö.

● 1984
Galerie Green, Malmö, Peace Museum Bridge of Remagen, Germany,
S:t Olofs Gille, Falsterbo.

● 1985
“1st International Triennal of Posters” Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan, Agriconsult konstförening, Malmö, “International Poster Biennale” Warzaw, Vinslövs konstförening, “Lahti Poster Biennale” Finland,
“SIGGRAPH’85” Academy of Art College Gallery, San Francisco,
School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York.

● 1986
“Computer Graphic Arts 86/87” Pratt Center, New York,
Galleri Glemminge, Glemmingebro.

● 1987
“Konst åt alla” Folkets Hus, Malmö, BioCarb, Ideon, Lund,
Konstklubben Trelleborg AB.

● 1988
“The 29th G.U.I.D.E. Conference” Austria Center, Vienna,
“INSEA Congress: Art as a Tool and Conveyor of Knowledge” Stockholm,
IBM Forum, Kista, “SEAS Anniversary Meeting” Aalborg,
“KONST & NY TEKNIK” Rydals museum,
CERN, European Center for Nuclear Research, Geneva.

● 1989
“IBM Publishing ICX” La Hulpe, Brussels, IBM Forum, Kista.

● 1990
“IBM Publishing ICX” La Hulpe, Brussels, “Nordiskt 60-tal” Iceland, Denmark, Norway, KulturHuset Stockholm, Sveaborg Finland,
“Digitala drömmar” Norrköpings konstmuseum, Sandvikens Konsthall.

● 1991
“Konst/Fotografi” Göteborgs konstmuseum, Hasselblad center,
Kalmar konstmuseum.

● 1992
Sydkraft konstförening, “Tiden” Göteborgs konstmuseum,
Galeries Mansart et Mazarine, Paris.

● 1994
“Ny Grafik” Göteborgs konstmuseum.

● 1998
“Med hjärtat till vänster” Göteborgs konstmuseum, Konstens Hus, Luleå, Slottet, Uppsala, Galleri Y1, Stockholm.

● 1999
Galleri SvD internet gallery, Södertälje Konsthall,
“Konst i bokform” Röhsska Museet Göteborg, Form/Design Center, Malmö,
“Screentryckt (form)” Form/Design Center, Malmö, The Pineapple Malmö,
“Efter Majrevolten” Moderna Museet Stockholm,
“Framtidstro” Nordiska museet, Stockholm.

● 2000
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen,
“Tillbakablickar” Pictura/Skånska konstmuseum, Lund,
“I blickfånget” Kungl. biblioteket, Stockholm, “Avesta Art” Avesta,
“Pyramids of Mars” Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.

● 2001
“Pyramids of Mars” Barbican Art Galleries, London, Trapholt museum, Kolding, Länsmuseet, Varberg, “Motstånd, The Path of Resistance”
“MoMa Meets Moderna” Moderna Museet Stockholm.

● 2002
“My HEAD is on FIRE but my HEART is full of LOVE”
Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.

● 2003
“Creeping Revolution 2” Rooseum, Malmö, Galleri Fåglasång, Eljaröd,
“Dom bortbjudna” Malmö konstmuseum at Rooseum,
“Utopia Station” Venice Biennale.

● 2004
Staffanstorps Konsthall, National Maritime Museum, Stockholm,
“Counterclockwise Circumambulation” Lund Konsthall,
Mostra d’Oltre Mare, Naples, “Utopia Station” Haus der Kunst, Munich,
Sensi Contemporanei in Campania, “Electrohype” Malmö Konsthall.

● 2005
“Utopia Station” World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil,
“Electrohype” Malmö, Göteborgs konstmuseum, “Nordic Pioneers”
DAM (Digital Art Museum), Berlin, “Himmelbjerget Appearance” Denmark,
“Ecstacy: In and About Altered States”
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (catalogue)
“Golden Krust” Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York.

● 2006
Marc Selwyn Fine Art — Gallery, Los Angeles,
“Peace Tower” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
“LUSTFORLIFE” The Breeder, Athens, Greece,
“Grönska” Kristinehamns konstmuseum, “Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before” Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, “Distort Information” Signal, Malmö,
“Reclaim the Pot!” installation at Aluma, Malmö.

● 2007
“I Love Malmö” Åbo konstmuseum, “Grönska” Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Lunds konsthall 50 År, Lund,
“Bit International” Neue Galerie Graz, ZKM Karlshruhe, Germany,
“Forms of Resistance — Artists and the Desire for Social Change”
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, 22/09/07 — 06/01/08,
“Art and Social Change” Tate Publishing & Afterall Books, London,

● 2008
“PUSS 1968-1973” Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm,
“Radical Software”, Den Frie, Copenhagen,
“Bit International”, ZKM Centrum for Art and Media, Karlsruhe,
“MyComputer”, 300m3 ArtSpace, Gothenburg,
“AUTO STOP” Malmö Konsthall


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