Jonas Johansson (b. 1987) is a designer, artist, educator and speaker from Glommen, Halland. He studied graphic design in Norrköping, Reims, and Stockholm, and has worked at leading design studios in Tokyo, Montreal, London and Munich. He taught visual communication at Beckmans (2017–2025), and facilitated learning journeys at Hyper Island (2014–2022).
Jonas runs the artist residency Visualia, plans courses at Svenska Tecknare, and shares his studio with SMASH and Rose Hallgren. He is a part of PLX, a Svartljus artist and is currently organising Dome Dreaming and Ode Joy.
Visualia
An audiovisual artist residency in a former school on the west coast of Sweden.
Visualia grew out of my work with NAVA (Nordic Audiovisual Artists) and the open call collaborations around Harpa and Sónar Reykjavík, where visual artists were paired with musicians to create new audiovisual performances. The idea of pairing artists to make something new kept pulling at me. I found a place for it in Långaveka småskola, a former school from the late 1800s in Glommen, Halland, where my family is from. Two artists stay for three weeks, working both individually and together.
The first edition in 2022 brought Gabriela Prochazka and Annie Tådne, who created "Here May Be Dragons," a projection onto coastal boulders at dusk. In 2023, Sui and Niklas Alriksson were in residence. In 2024, Tomas Larsson, Merle Karp, and Leo Pahta worked at the school and exhibited at Into the Woods in Unnaryd, joined by micro-residents Erik Natanael, Murilo Polese, and Hara Alonso. Visualia is a registered non-profit, run together with Rose Hallgren.
