About
Born 1945 in Örebro, Sweden.
Lives and works in Höganäs, Sweden.
Gerry Johansson is a reserved but investigative photographer. In his grayscale images, composed down to the last detail, he visualizes a phenomenon that is often understood as an abstract, elusive concept: Culture. Or, to be more precise, the cultural differences between the locations portrayed – no matter how subtle they may be. The true meaning of Johansson’s works can only be found in the deeper layers. For decades he has traveled to countless places all over the world, some relatively close like the Swedish Kvidinge, others far away like the Mongolian Ulan Bator or the city of Pontiac in the Midwestern, United States.
Gerry Johansson’s independent visual language is the central thread that connects the places aesthetically with each other. At the same time, however, it also represents the key that enables the viewer to decode the cultural differences in what is shown.
His interest in photography began to develop as a teenager. After a stay in New York for several years in the early 1960s, he first studied graphic design at the School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg, Sweden. After graduating in 1969, he worked as a graphic designer for 15 years before dedicating himself completely to photography in the mid-1980s.
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1969 Graphic Design, School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, SE
2025
#69 tokyo/ehime, Ibasho Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2024
In Palin View, Large Glass, London, UK
2022
THE BOOKS, Landskrona Museum, Landskrona, SE
2020
At Home In Sweden, Germany and America, Spazio Labo‘ – Centro di Fotografia, Bologna, IT
2019
AMERICA SO FAR, 1962-2018, MiCamera, Milan, IT
Roots around Gerry Johansson, Copenhagen Photo Festival 2019, Harbo Bar, Copenhagen, DK
America Winter, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2018
America Winter, Galerie f5,6, Munich, DE
Deutschland/Schweden, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, DE
2017
Tokyo, Vu‘ La Galerie, Paris, FR
Tyre Choice, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2016
Tokyo, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
Tokyo, ONLY PHOTOGRAPHY, Berlin, DE
2014
GERRY JOHANSSON, Galerie f5,6, Munich, DE
GERRY JOHANSSON, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, SE
2013
Amerikabilder 1962-1993, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
Deutschland, Freelens Galerie, Hamburg, DE
Moment, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
Deutschland, Swedish Photography, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, DE
Closing The Books, GunGallery, Stockholm, SE
Deutschland, MiCamera, Milan, IT
2009
Small Gardens And Squares, GunGallery, Stockholm, SE
2008
Impediment, Double Elvis Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2007
Photographs, 1978-2006, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, SE
Landsbygd, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, SE
2005
GERRY JOHANSSON, Panoptikon Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, SE
2003
Antarctica, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2002
GERRY JOHANSSON, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
1998
GERRY JOHANSSON, Galleri F48, Stockholm, SE
2025
8 Projects – From Landscape To Interior, Projektbüro DFI e.V., Düsseldorf, DE
2024
being human, being material, with Andreas Johnen, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, DE
Observing, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2023
Stepping Stones: Three Photographic Journeys, Large Glass, London, UK
Hidden Gems, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, DE
2022
20 Years of Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2021
GERRY JOHANSSON + JOHAN RÖING, Dorothèe Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, DE
2020
Diachronie, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2019
double trouble double grins is it so with twins, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich, DE
Framed Landscapes, European Photography Commissions, 1984-2019, Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, ES
In dialogue with Strömholm, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, DE
2018
Summer in the City ’18: Cars, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
Il deserto rosso now, Photographic Reactions to Antonioni’s Classic Film, Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln, DE
2016
Trees, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
2015
Summer in the City ’15: Cars, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL
A Way of Life, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2014
KONSTELLATIONEN, Galerie f 5,6, Munich, DE
Between Realities. Photography in Sweden 1970-2000, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, SE
2013
FotoDoks, Festival für aktuelle Dokumentarfotografie, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, DE
2012
Sense of Place, Palais des Beaux-Arts / Bozar, Brussels, BE
Another Story, 1000 Photographs from the Moderna Museet Collection, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2008
Nordic Moods – Landscape Photography of Our Time, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, DK
2006
Xposeptember 2006 – Stockholm fotofestival, Stockholm, SE
2005
Fotografi i Fokus – Malmös och Lunds fotobiennal, Malmö fotobiennal, Malmö, SE
Scandinavian Photography 1: Sweden, Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College, IA, Grinnell, US
2004
Gerry Johansson/Susanna Hesselberg/Regina Viserius, Institut Suédois, Paris, FR
1999
European Eyes on Japan. Museum of Art, Matsuyama, JP
Impediment, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, SE
1992
Trivia, Photographs from the eco-doc project Fotografiska and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
1989
Photographs from EKODOK 90, with Arne Persson, Varberg Museet, Varberg, SE
2025
Maine
2023
Coast to Coast
2022
Spanish Summer
The Books
2021
Esker / Gerry Johansson
GGGJ Verso Nord Guido Guidi / Gerry Johansson
2020
At home in Sweden, Germany and America
Meloni Meloni
Lalendof und Klaber / Gerry Johansson
Ehime
2019
Halland
Borås
2018
Härryda Kommun
America Revised
American Winter
Supplement: Deutschland
2017
Tyre Choice
2016
Tokyo
Ravenna
2015
Tree Stone Water
2014
Antarktis
2012
Hattfabriken/Luckenwalde
Deutschland
Ölgunda
2011
God Jul och Gott Nytt År önskar Ann och Gerry
Pontiac
Dalen
2009
America Special Edition Ulan Bator
2007
Fyrbodal Kvidinge
2005
Sverige (Sweden)
1998
America
1995
Amerikabilder 1962-93
1992
Från Skåne
Trivia
Betong
1985
Halland. 30-tal och 80-tal
1980
Gerry Johansson. Fotografier 1976-81
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
Museet for Fotokonst, Brandt, DK
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
The Swedish Art Council, SE