LAVINIA JANNESSON

Born 1987 in Gothenburg [SE]
Lives and works in Stockholm [SE]

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Painters' Salon, Flat Octopus, Södertälje Konsthall
2024 "6" Langska Huset, Visby
2024 Speglingar, Olle Nymans ateljéer, Stockholm
2021 80/20 or Familiar Grounds, Boy konsthall, Bollebygd (solo)
2019 As I was Standing Watch...Konstepidemin, Gothenburg (solo)
2018 Galleri Arnstedt. Östra Karup
2017 From Violet to Vermilion, KHM Gallery, Malmö (solo)
2016 Playing Under a Drum, Gallery Pildammsparken, Malmö
2016 Annual Exhibition, Malmö Art Academy
2015 Some Roses and their Phantoms, Sölvesborgs Konsthall
2014 Marsvinsholms sculpture park, Ystad
2014 Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
2014 BFA Exhibition. KHM gallery, Malmö
2014 Annual Exhibition, Malmö Art Academy

EDUCATION

2015-2017 Master of Fine Art, Malmö Art Academy, tutor João Penalva
2011-2014 Bachelor of Fine Art, Malmö Art Academy
2009-2011 Gothenburg Art school, department of painting

GRANTS

2024 Konstnärsnämnden 1 year work grant
2023 Helge Ax:son Johnssons stiftelse
2017 Konstakademien. 2017
2017 Stiftelsen AAA. 2017
2014 Ann-Margret Lindells stiftelse
2011 Gothenburg art school painting grant

OTHER

2014-2016 Curator at Galleri CC, Malmö

I investigate documented history through artistic research. With a fascination for synchronicity, I seek to uncover hidden relationships and disrupt the boundaries between disciplines by entertaining alternative timelines through rhizomatic storytelling.

During my research, I remain attentive to the recurrence of certain pieces of information—dates, locations, shapes, and colors. These repetitions complicate the narrative, causing it to branch in unexpected directions. Alongside the generation of ideas, this mind-map-like process leads to an exploration of materials, techniques, and mediums that become vital to the work. Often, the projects reach completion in a full but skewed circle—a ghostly return to the point of departure