Jonas Johansson is an anywhere-based artist, educator, and designer from Glommen, Halland. His work explores light and technology through play, community, and (un)human intervention.
Since 2024 Jonas plans courses for Svenska Tecknare, taught Visual Communication at Beckmans (2017–2025), served as Industry Leader at Hyper Island (2014–2022), and have lectured at Aalto University, Konstfack, School of Machines, Berghs, Nyckelviken, Futuregames, to name a few.
Jonas's professional experience includes KRAM/WEISSHAAR (SE/DE), FIELD (UK) and Moment Factory (CA). He interned at W+K Tokyo (JP) and UltraSuperNew (JP).
Under the moniker Scenic Route, he has performed for artists such as La Fleur, Kornel Kovacs, Gesafellstein, Yuksek and all time idol, The Field.
Today, Jonas runs the artist residency Visualia, produces the fulldome film festival Dome Dreaming, co-creates events with PLX, collaborates with the lighting collective Svartljus, and co-founded Nordic Audiovisual Artists. He shares a studio in Stockholm with SMASH and Rose Hallgren.
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.
