Johan Thurfjell. Photo: Johan Löfgren

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In The hour of meeting evil spirits, and in his recent works, contemporary artist Johan Thurfjell explores the borderland between wakefulness and sleep, fantasy and reality, life and death. His imagery often touches upon people’s need to picture paranormal and spiritual phenomena. This interest was prompted by Thurfjell’s relationship with his father, who lived with Alzheimer’s for a decade before his passing.

Thurfjell works in many different medias and materials and his works include everything from drawings and objects to computer generated images, animation and video.

Thurfjell's solo exhibition "Den andra sidan" (The other side) is currently shown at Fullersta Gård in Huddinge. It received a rave review by Joanna Persnman in Svenska Dagbladet: "Johan Thurfjell is a master at creating clever twists in his enigmatic rooms. Much is based on surprises and the power of suggestion. The atmosphere is charged, but nothing feels particularly threatening here. … We stand among the shadows, at eye level with death, without having to fear it. There is a marvellous comfort in that." Read more about his exhibition at Fullersta gård here.

Johan Thurfjell (b. 1970 in Solna) received his MFA at the University College of Art Craft & Design in Stockholm in 2002. Since then he has participated in several group exhibitions both in Sweden and abroad and has received a number of prizes and grants in Sweden. He currently lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.